Ubuntu and Red Hat are the most used Linux distributions among the 35,000 members of content-management vendor Alfresco’s community. The company found in its second survey of trends in enterprise open-source software usage.
Windows Server 2008 will release to manufacturing in February after all, InformationWeek reports.
Information Week magazine is declaring the top open-source stories of 2007. Among them: Microsoft and Samba, Dell shipping Ubuntu, and GPL Version 3. Here’s an excerpt from the article penned by Serdar Yegulalp regarding the Ubuntu story.
Microsoft unveiled a public beta for its hypervisor-based server virtualization technology. Known as Hyper-V, the technology is featured with some versions of Windows Server 2008.
This just in from Information Week magazine: Jim Laurent at Sun Microsystems composed a chart comparing Solaris 10 to Linux for his boss, Bill Vass, the chief operating officer of Sun’s federal business unit.
If you are looking for free SQL Server 2008 training, Server Pronto has the hookup. Check out Jeff Wharton’s list to get you started.
In the wake of the release of SQL Server 2008 Community Technology Review, there’s been a lot of talk about the ins and outs, the pros and cons, the best new features, etc. And here’s a little more.
Even as the software security debate rages on, there are new iterations of operating systems that promise hardened security. The Apple camp tends to brag about the low instances of worms and bugs while the Linux camp promises it is the most secure solution.
If you’ve been reading PC World lately, then you’ve probably already got the pricing scoop. But if you are a little behind on your magazines, then here’s the long and short of the Microsoft SQL news — and it’s good news.
Ever wondered how to recover lost Windows 2003 Server files? Volume Shadow Copy allows you to create snapshots of server volumes and store them on disc at predetermined times throughout the day, according to Derek Schauland over at TechRepublic.