OS Roundup: The UNIX server market is steadily shrinking, yet the three top heavyweights are about to launch new products. It's a dog-eat-dog market, and IBM has already nibbled at Solaris. Is HP-UX the next course for this seemingly large and aggressive mutt?

Three years ago, Red Hat launched an effort to sell partners open source solutions, and things didn't quite work out as planned.

OS Roundup: Supersizing is out of style in the restaurant world, but Apple's iPad announcement last week and Microsoft's commercial launch of its cloud platform Azure yesterday prove it is very much alive in the tech industry.

Frugal Server Admin: Are blade servers a panacea or just a pain? Here's what to expect when you're expecting blade servers in your datacenter.

"Private cloud" is a term heard a lot these days. What does it actually mean?

OS Roundup: The contrast couldn't be any starker: On Wednesday, Oracle will tell the world why it means business, and Apple will likely show off some new playthings.

Ten trends for the next 10 years. An era of agile computing is upon us. Keep an eye on these 10 server-oriented technology trends.

OS Roundup: Chinese hackers used a vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer to attack Google. PR disaster? Far from it. Both companies are now poised to benefit from the whole affair.

Frugal Server Admin: From the Department of Redundancy Department, 'clean up your copies.' It's an easy way to save some cash.

OS Roundup: Google might paint itself as benevolent market leader, but make no mistake, it's following the playbook written in Redmond. And Microsoft's not about to give up so easily. With the hype for Chrome OS growing, expect things to get ugly -- fast.

OS Roundup: Cut prices enough and customers will eventually bite is a common tactic for those selling commodity goods -- not high-end mainframes. Yet IBM recently did just that when when it marked down and bundled System z. Is this a sign the mainframe has lost its luster, or will the move unlock new markets?

Is your Exchange Server driving you around the bend? Fear not, from hosted Exchange services to cloud-based Outlook-compatible email services, options abound.

Cover Your Assets: Will the next ten years be perceived as the "lean teens" or "green teens" for data centers?

Cover Your Assets: Plan carefully when making changes to your data center. What you detail on paper may not translate successfully to the actual rack.

OS Roundup: As Unix's market share declines, Windows is gaining seats faster than Linux. One theory is that many enterprise decision makers perceive a higher price tag as an indicator of higher quality.

Cover Your Assets: It's time to face the ugly truth about your data center, aka 'baby.' Things may seem pristine on the surface, but despite the neatly organized racks, and fans blowing and lights blinking, everything is a mess. Here's one company's tale.

OS Roundup: FreeBSD's response to a recent bug presents a sharp contrast to how Apple handles similar issues.

Cover Your Assets: SSDs aren't just for netbooks and notebooks anymore. They're headed to your data center.

Like mainframes and PCs before it, cloud computing is the next significant advancement of computing.

OS Roundup: Microsoft is heading for the cloud, but its mission will not be without turbulence.

Cover Your Assets: A new data center trend might be your light at the end of the tunnel.

Is innovation overrated? Both Windows and Mac OS X have found success by borrowing from each other and building on it -- a model not that dissimilar from Linux and the open source software movement.

Cover Your Assets: Does your 2010 budget have you seeing red? Living creatively under budget takes patience and creativity. Upgrading wisely, budgeting monthly and recycling willfully is one way to achieve this and find temporary refuge from this economic slump.

OS Roundup: Red Hat last week released its eagerly awaited Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager for Servers and the corresponding hypervisor. Exciting? Perhaps, but Red Hat users need not apply.

Cover Your Assets: How do you know when you've trimmed too much budget, too much staff and consequently, too much profit? Because it hurts when you do that.