Articles about Open Source Enterprise Software

An Open Source Approach to IT Automation

An open source tool for automating the management of IT systems that is fairly well known in Europe is now coming to the U.S. Continue Reading »

Oracle Ships NoSQL Database

New database platform is based on a key-value data model that linearly scales. Continue Reading »

Canonical Lays Ubuntu Cloud Claim

Version 11.10 of Ubuntu adds cloud orchestration tools and OpenStack support. Continue Reading »

Puppet Labs Extends Virtual Server Reach

Puppet Enterprise 2.0 enables server management across the cloud and on premise. Continue Reading »

EnterpriseDB Rolls out PostgreSQL Tools

New launch gives DBAs migrating away from Oracle a set of robust management tools. Continue Reading »

Cloudera Simplifies Hadoop

Latest version of Hadoop offering includes better management tools. Continue Reading »

Has Open Source Movement Gone Corporate?

One question that keeps coming up as of late concerns the quality of open source software. While there’s no doubt that there is more dependency on open source than ever, a survey shows that with increased usage comes concerns over quality. Continue Reading »

The Data Center Automation Challenge

While there’s no doubt that there is a corresponding rise and interest in data center automation that is being driven largely by the advent of virtualization and cloud computing, there is sadly not much actual progress being made in terms of actual standards for IT automation. Continue Reading »

A (Finally) Winning Linux Hand

As IT continues to evolve, we’re starting to see the dominance of two emerging trends in the form of mobile and cloud computing. While both of these trends are closely related, they share at least one attribute in common that is not so obvious: Increasingly both trends are starting to be shaped to one degree or another by Linux. Continue Reading »

The Coming Linux Admin Shortage

There’s no doubt, Linux adoption is spreading – an August 2010 report from Jeffrey Hammond, the principal analyst at Forrester Research, declared that "Linux has crossed the chasm to mainstream adoption.” Continue Reading »

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