Ubuntu 16.04 kisses the cloud, disses the desktop
Latest version of popular OS offers long-term support, beefed up features for OpenStack deployments.
Stories by Tom Henderson
CASB delivers must-have protection for your SaaS apps
NetSkope edges CipherCloud and Bitglass in test of three ingenious and powerful cloud access security brokers.
Enterprise guide to Windows 10
Windows 10 is now available for consumers, but for IT executives thinking about enterprise deployments, here's what the upgrade path from Window 7 or Windows 8/8.1 looks like.
In Pictures: Best business-class tablets for front office and factory floor
In this review, we looked at two types of business-class tablets, traditional tablets used by the sales force or other front-office workers, and ruggedised devices that can be used on the factory floor or other back-office environments.
In Pictures: What’s new in SUSE Linux 12?
SUSE 12 is a broad set of Linux distributions ranging from desktop through enterprise level. We tested several instances and found them quite ready for enterprise use. All in all, SUSE 12 is a worthy competitor to Red Hat and Ubuntu in the enterprise Linux market.
CentOS 7: The perfect gift for the Linux do-it-yourselfer
Although differentiation is tough in <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/article/2451781/linux/is-linux-dead-for-the-desktop.html">Linux</a> distributions today, CentOS 7 has carved out a niche as the free and open alter ego to <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/article/2466011/opensource-subnet/review-rhel-7-anchors-enterprise-focused-ecosystem.html">Red Hat Enterprise Linux</a> (RHEL). We found that CentOS, which is mandated to be binary-compatible with Red Hat 7, shares about 95% of the features of its commercial enterprise-class sibling.
CoreOS: A lean, mean virtualization machine
CoreOS is a slimmed-down Linux distribution designed for easy creation of lots of OS instances. We like the concept.
HP blade chassis is dense and intense
If you're looking for the ultimate in computational density, consider the HP C7000 Platinum Blade Server Chassis. The C7000 packs an enormous amount of power into just 10U of rack space, with modular components that can be almost instantly changed out.
In Pictures: Ubuntu 14.04: The good, the bad, the Unity
Ubuntu 14.04 Long Term Support/LTS (Trusty Tahr) proves that it doesn’t matter if you’re Oracle, Microsoft, or Canonical: Bringing a fleet of products into new release revision synch is tough.
Ubuntu 14.04: Is Canonical taking on too much?
The recent release of Ubuntu 14.04 Long Term Support/LTS (Trusty Tahr) proves to us once again that it doesn't matter if you're Oracle, Microsoft, or Canonical: Bringing a fleet of products into new release revision synch is tough.
In Pictures: HP’s giant ProLiant: The good, the bad, the UEFI
Massive 60-core DL580 Gen8 challenges big iron from IBM, Oracle
HP's giant Proliant challenges big iron from IBM, Oracle
A breathless deliveryman, having lugged a huge box from HP up the stairs to our lab, asked us, what the hell's in here? A server, we told him. A really large one. He nodded, panting, and having his signed bill of lading, left.
Lenovo's new ThinkServer: Low sticker price, lots of upgrade options
We tested the Lenovo RD440 as a base-unit, 2U server. We found it pretty generic on the surface, but options, including software pre-loads, increase its potential utility for volume users and especially smaller operations.
In Pictures: Apple Mavericks - The good, the bad, the upgrade
Apple Mavericks (OS X 10.9) is a free upgrade that compiles items Apple has released since the last of the Big Cat OS X versions
Apple rides the wave with Mavericks
We haven't visited Apple OS X since Snow Leopard, and while there have been incremental changes, there is nothing radically different in OS X 10.9 Mavericks.