Paul Venezia
Senior Contributing Editor
Paul Venezia is a veteran enterprise architect and senior contributing editor at InfoWorld, where he writes analyses and reviews.
Linux at 25: Linus Torvalds on the evolution and future of Linux
The creator of Linux talks in depth about the kernel, community, and how computing will change in the years ahead
Linux at 25: How Linux changed the world
A devoted practitioner offers an eyewitness account of the rise of Linux and the open source movement, plus analysis of where Linux is taking us now
10 essential OS X command-line tips for power users
Believe it or not, the Mac GUI can't do everything -- or at least not as quickly or powerfully as these command-line utilities
Review: Cisco ACI shakes up SDN
Hands-on with Cisco’s highly scalable data center network fabric driven by -- surprise -- a completely open API
NAS shoot-out: QNAP vs. Synology
The beefy QNAP TVS-EC880 delivers better performance under heavy workloads, while the elegant Synology DS2015xs shines with useful tools
First look: VMware vSphere 6 keeps its edge
With welcome improvements to key features, as well as the bundling of backup and recovery, the leading virtualization platform doesn't disappoint
Review: Mirantis takes the sting out of OpenStack deployments
Mirantis' wizardly discovery, configuration, deployment, and pre-flight testing tool takes you from zero to OpenStack in a matter of hours
SDN in action: Hands-on with Cumulus Linux
Imagine being able to manage scores of network switches as easily as scores of servers; Cumulus Linux makes it happen
How-to: Get started with MariaDB
An easy step-by-step guide to setting up a MariaDB database server and phpMyAdmin on Fedora, CentOS, or Ubuntu
How to choose the right Linux distro
RHEL/CentOS, Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian, and OpenSuse have far more similarities than differences, but choosing the wrong one for the job can make life much harder
