Red Hat's Mark McLoughlin currently holds the title as the top OpenStack developer in the world by volume of code commits, but he wasn't always a cloud guy.
The Executive Director of the OpenStack Foundation explains what it takes to build a platform ecosystem.
The new Dell SUSE Cloud Solution, Powered by OpenStack takes aim at private clouds.
Linux vendor's new OpenStack distribution aims to make it easier to get up and running on the open source cloud.
Linux leader Red Hat details open source innovation in the latest OpenStack cloud platform release.
Radhesh Balakrishnan hired away from Microsoft to help spur Red Hat's role in virtualization and the cloud over the coming years.
OpenSUSE may be moving from MySQL to the open source MariaDB, but don't expect SUSE Linux Enterprise to do the same.
Big Blue tabs the open source cloud platform as the base for all of its cloud computing offerings.
Linus Torvalds walks away from Intel 386 chip support as Linux moves ahead.
The Linux vendor releases OpenShift Enterprise 1.1 as plans for converged cloud server offerings continue to ramp up.
Open source OpenStack cloud vendor gets a little help from Cisco in a new round of funding.
The CEO of the cloud computing startup explains why his company's approach will make it easier to get started with OpenStack and why contributing to open source is important.
Dreamhost's CEO elaborates on the evolving role of Linux use at his hosting company.
Dell helps out the Apache Software Foundation with the donation of a new Calxeda ARM-powered server.
As the open source cloud project continues to grow, new projects could land in the next release.
The latest Linux release adds a variety of new cloud-focused server tools.
VMware CTO Steve Herrod tells OpenStack that he want to join the party.
Ubuntu, SUSE and Red Hat explain how the nascent market for packaged cloud server distributions is beginning to shape up.
Mark Shuttleworth details what it takes to deliver OpenStack in production, in 3 minutes or less.
The networking hardware giant releases a key open source cloud distribution.
With OpenStack Folsom now officially available, Red Hat reveals how it's putting the open source cloud technology together for an Enterprise release.
Will political in-fighting and dissent over open and closed cloud platform alternatives prevent cloud providers from helping make the cloud enterprise a reality?
The incoming Executive Director of the group responsible for overseeing OpenStack's development provides insight into the foundation's official launch and the challenges that lie ahead.
The social networking site’s lead systems engineer details his company's approach and plans for changing server infrastructure.
Different cloud server technologies all come together and get abstracted in Deltacloud 1.0.
After more than two years of promoting the open source OpenStack project, Rackspace is finally ready to deliver it for its own cloud customers.
Is it officially the summer of OpenStack? Work on governance as well as technology continues to accelerate.
After months of free for all access, Red Hat starts the process of making money from its PaaS platform.
The new OpenStack private cloud will take full advantage of SUSE Studio and cloud management capabilities.
While Amazon boasts that NASA is saving $1M by moving to AWS, the truth is a bit more complex.
New provisioning tool takes aim at bare metal server deployments.
Highlights of NGINX version 1.2.0 include flexible configuration options for proxy redirects, improved load balancing and extended DNS resolver configuration.
ServerWatch Senior Managing Editor Amy Newman looks back on her 13 years of steering the site through industry and publishing changes, and welcomes a new editor on board.
Citrix kills its commercial OpenStack efforts, claiming it wasn't Amazon compatible; OpenStack execs disagree.
These 13 free network and DNS tools will go a long way toward helping you administer, troubleshoot, manage and secure your network.
Open source cloud computing platform gets a new on-ramp with TryStack effort.
Latest Netcraft stats show Microsoft losing its No. 2 spot for the first time. And at No. 1? Yup, still Apache.
Citrix XenServer may not be the most advanced or robust server virtualization platform, but organizations with simple virtualization requirements or those looking for a supplementary virtualization solution will be more than satisfied with it.
No, that's not a typo. Sure, Red Hat's flagship Linux is at the 6.2 version, but that doesn't mean development is over on the 5.x series.
New releases advance content delivery and middleware server management.
Multi-language and enterprise features debut in latest entrant in the Platform-as-a-Service space.
The open source server configuration management tool makes the leap to Windows, enabling automation for both Linux and Windows.
New cloud service for PHP developers takes flight with tools to help build and test cloud applications.
Java on Ruby implementation takes a big leap forward enabling deployment of production supported cloud.
A new take on OpenStack debuts with automated deployment and security baked in.
Configuration management tool gets new reporting user interface and faster synchronization.
Identity, networking, management and high-availability get a boost in new release of open source cloud platform.
If security is a primary concern for you (it should be), introduce yourself to 10 secure Linux distributions ready to work in any environment from small to enterprise to cloud.
HP joins Dell, Citrix, Cisco, Ubuntu and more than 86 other vendors in the land-grab rush for open source stack superemacy.
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Ubuntu, Dell, OpenStack, open source, HP
Moving messages from .NET to Java platforms get easier with new middleware messaging engine.
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open source, WSO2, CEP, middleware, open source software
Citrix formally announces the name and direction of their OpenStack open source cloud virtualization stack initiative
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virtualization, OpenStack, Citrix, open source
Connect to this list of heavy hitters in your push toward KVM-based virtualization on any scale.
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HP, Red Hat, open source, open source software, open virtualization alliance
New solutions for creating and managing clouds announced, but they're not all open source -- yet.
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open source, cloud computing, Red Hat
Data aficionados constantly on the lookout for better ways to display charts and graphs will appreciate CairoPlot, Python-based plotting software pretty enough to impress even the most jaded Mac user.
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open source software, open source, Python
A recent HP-commissioned Forrester Consulting survey finds this to indeed be the case for some enterprises holding fast to their OS of choice despite Linux's
steady move upstream. Are they the last holdouts or an indicator that UNIX still
has much to offer?
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server os, Linux, Unix server, OS, open source
Want a quick and easy way to write to system logs? Check out logger, an shell utility that works with syslog. Don't let its ease of use cause you to overlook its value.
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Linux, open source, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, open source software, log management
Wrap your arms around the five biggest changes in the latest release of Debian -- everything you need to know about version 6 of the open source server OS.
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open source server, Debian, open source, server os, Linux
The Novell acquisition moves forward. Is anyone wondering what the future of NetWare will be? Is there a future for NetWare?
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OS, open source, Novell
Dell is now set to integrate Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud on PowerEdge servers.
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cloud computing, open source, Ubuntu, Canonical, Dell
Yum Plugins make it easy to extend the open source tool's functionality. The security plugin and the priorities plugins are a great place to start.
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open source software, open source tool, open source, tip of the trade, security
If you've been wondering what's sucking the life out of your Linux laptop's battery or driving those higher electric bills in the server room, be sure to check out Powertop. The popular Linux tool profiles systems to help determine which programs are using the most power.
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open source, tip of the trade, open source tools, open source software, power management
Google exec details how new mod_pagespeed open source module accelerates web server traffic for Apache Web Server users and why Go Daddy's millions of users are going to get a speed boost as a result.
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open source, apache web server, Google, Apache, Go Daddy
There are numerous open source server, firewall and router and projects, but few, like Endian, are also Linux distros that can turn any system into both a full-featured network and Internet security appliance. We step through a basic Endian config, including setting up the Internet connection and creating a local network, and then setting up the OpenVPN server.
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firewall, router, server, open source
An effort originally started by NASA and Rackspace three months ago is now releasing production-ready code as outside contributions pour in.
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open source, Rackspace, cloud computing, NASA, open source software
GNU Screen is incredibly helpful, but like any tool, it must be running to be of use. Rather than starting a job and thinking, 'I wish I'd started Screen first,' why not configure Screen so it starts by default when you log in to your server? Here's how.
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tip of the trade, open source, GNU, open source tool, screen
SSH's escape character may be one of its best kept secrets. Using '~' can suspend
a session as well as a host of other escape sequences. Learn how to get the most out of these open source software shortcuts.
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escape characters, SSH, open source, open source software, OS
Mutt and PuTTY are a great open source combo for managing mail, but they're not without their failings. Here's a quick tip for using PuTTY to fix problems with line-drawn characters in Mutt.
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open source software, open source, mail server, OS
Has Oracle replaced Microsoft as public enemy No. 1 when it comes to enterprise operating systems? Some in the OpenSolaris community believe so.
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Microsoft, Oracle, OS, OpenSolaris, open source
When using Bash, the decision to use single quotes or double quotes depends on exactly what you want to do. Find out what each does and when to use them.
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bash, open source, OS, tip of the trade, open source software
Uniform Server is a free open source WAMP package for Windows that combines open source web server tools.
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Web Server Tool, open source, web servers, web server
A new partnership program is expected to help the company deliver open-source cloud computing to the masses.
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SaaS, cloud computing, Cloud, open source
From open source software to projects there have been a number of releases that literally have changed the world.
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open source server, open source software, open source, open source servers
A detailed look at Red Hat's cloud computing strategy and how it compares to Canonical's offering.
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Red Hat, cloud computing, open source, Canonical
Emerging open source APIs help to evolve the cloud.
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open source servers, API, open source, cloud computing
The Ubuntu Server market share is small compared with Windows Server and Red Hat Enterprise Linux but deployment is rising.
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open source server, open source software, open source, open source servers
