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Why the cloud operating system is a myth
Insight perspective Emergence of the cloud operating system is nonsense that just feeds the hype and confusion, says F5 Networks executive.
Tags: Operating systems, Cloud computing, CPU, provisioning, Cloud computing, Server, network, marketing, Internet, Operating systems
No thanks, Google--we've got Ubuntu
Insight perspective If there is one problem the open source community has suffered repeatedly over the past two decades, it's fragmentation. Google is about to make it worse.
Tags: Operating systems, Open source, Red Hat Inc., Google Inc., Web Browser, Ubuntu, Linux Community, Mark Shuttleworth, Linux Distribution, Linux
Why virtualization is struggling to keep up
Insight perspective The relentless increase of processors per chip will rapidly reach a point well beyond the levels for which key software has been engineered, says Gartner analyst.
Tags: Virtualization, Processors, Operating systems, Chip, operating system, Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, software, processor, scalability
Ballmer shrugs at Google's Chrome OS
News Microsoft's chief executive says having one client operating system is better than two--a lesson Microsoft learned some years ago.
Tags: Operating systems, Web services, Steve Ballmer, Google Inc., Google Chrome, operating system, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Advertisement, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 95
Dell: Chrome is one of many Linux-based OSes
News The PC maker is looking at Chrome OS for the future, but is currently planning on releasing other Linux-based operating systems sooner.
Tags: Operating systems, Personal Computers, PC Company, Google Inc., Media Player, Google Chrome, Ubuntu, operating system, Environment, Linux
Google sees separate paths for Android, Chrome OS
News Android is already on the horizon for Netbook makers, and Chrome is supposed to be a Netbook-optimized operating system. What's a Netbook company to do?
Tags: Operating systems, Notebooks and tablets, Smart Phone, Google Inc., Google Chrome, operating system, Google Android, partnership, strategy, set-top box
DTrace gets guernsey in new FreeBSD
News The FreeBSD Project has released a new stable version of its popular Unix operating system, officially incorporating for the first time Sun Microsystems' flagship DTrace performance analysis and debugging tool.
Tags: Operating systems, Open source, CPU, Database, Unix, operating system, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., DTrace, Environment
Sun updates JavaFX and Java SE
News Sun pushes out new versions of Java SE and of JavaFX, its platform for developing rich Internet applications, which could underpin a push into new devices.
Tags: Business applications, Operating systems, Web browsers, Mobile applications, Java, TV, Conference, Web Browser, Rich Internet Application, Sun Microsystems Inc.
Gartner: Multicore chips leave software trailing
News The growth of multicore processors is too fast for software, which struggles to use the technology effectively, research firm says.
Tags: Mobile processors, Processors, Business applications, Mobile applications, Operating systems, Multi-core, Chip, Gartner Inc., operating system, Ferrari
Novell to ship Linux-monitoring tool for Microsoft
News Novell is to release a product allowing Microsoft management tools to monitor Novell's Suse Linux, as part of the companies' interoperability alliance.
Tags: Operating systems, Open source, Microsoft Silverlight, Tool, content delivery, Novell Inc., Hypervisor, SuSE, SuSE Linux, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server
Never use buzzwords to justify decisions without understanding them
Techguide The term "monoculture" gets a lot of traction in IT security circles. Unfortunately, it gets misused as often as it gets used, and at times that leads to an increase in the vulnerability of IT resources.
Tags: Operating systems, Security Management, Security implementation/standards, Microsoft Corp., Security, IT Security, Vulnerability, Monoculture, operating system, Chad Perrin
OpenSolaris comes to the mainframe
News Sun announces a prototype of OpenSolaris for IBM's System z mainframes, pitching the project for energy-saving and cost-cutting efforts.
Tags: Operating systems, Server platforms, Open source, Mainframe, IBM Corp., operating system, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Environment, data center consolidation
Rootkit threatens Cisco routers
News Routers and voice over IP phones could be compromised by attacks such as the Da IOS Rootkit disclosed over the weekend at a European security conference.
Tags: VoIP, Security, Routing/switching, Operating systems, Cisco Systems Inc., Rootkit, Password, phone, penetration testing, software
Red Hat buys virtualization player Qumranet
News With the US$107 million purchase, Red Hat gains hypervisor and desktop virtualization tools to challenge VMware and Microsoft.
Tags: Operating systems, Virtualization, Acquisitions, Open source, Red Hat Inc., Hypervisor, software, processor, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Linux
Weighing the ideal mini-notebook OS
News Small-form factor notebook makers need to look at the business case to determine the appropriate operating system, says analyst.
Tags: Operating systems, Personal Computers, Development/design, Mobile platforms, Hewlett-Packard Co., operating system, Notebook, phone, ASUS, software
