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- Virtualization: a good idea but still some growing pains to consider
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- Discussion threads 2009-09-02
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- Novell delivers SUSE Linux Enterprise 11
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- Discussion threads 2009-03-24
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11: Lots of Tech but Short on Polish
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11: Lots of Tech but Short on PolishNot often I agree with Flude, but he is right on the money with this postJason,This is a whine. Why do you complain about services that should be off by default?As for your comment about "but your typical end-user...
- Discussion threads 2009-03-23
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11: Lots of Tech but Short on Polish
- At first glance, Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (SLED 11) is virtually indistinguishable from the company's Free/Open Source and community supported Linux distribution, openSUSE 11.1. But does SLED 11 have the extra polish and the value add to justify its position as Novell's premier enterprise...
- Blog posts 2009-03-23
- Tough Love with openSUSE 11.1
- openSUSE 11.1 is packed full of features, but a lack of QA and user acceptance testing in this release may cause Linux newbies to seek out other distributions, such as Ubuntu Ibex. I wanted to love openSUSE 11.1. I really did. ...
- Blog posts 2008-12-18
- Refurbished servers - good deal or something to avoid?
- Refurbished servers - good deal or something to avoid?walk awaytheir are things to buy used and technology isn't one of them short of supporting legacy stuff, but even at that rate one should look at booting the legacy. I think it would be cheaper buying one good new machine...
- Discussion threads 2008-12-17
- HP, Novell partner on new Linux PC that ships Dec 15
- HP announced this week it is preloading Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop on its Compaq dc5850 Business Desktop PC. The PC, which offers high-end graphics and dual monitor support, debuted in April. It has an AMD processor and an ATI Radeon 3100 card and will be available...
- Blog posts 2008-12-11
- Novell updates PlateSpin and rebrands Orchestrator
- Richard Whitehead, one of the interesting people from Novell I speak with on an irregular basis, contacted me to tell me about an update to the PlateSpin portfolio and how Novell the PlateSpin product family and the former ZenWorks Orchestrator have been rebranded. Novell's products in the area of virtualization...
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Oracle 10g R2 RAC Implementation With SLES 10 Linux, IBM BladeCenter and IBM TotalStorage
- The purpose of this paper is to assist those who are implementing Oracle Real Application Clusters on SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 running on IBM BladeCenter servers and IBM TotalStorage disk storage systems. The paper describes activities needed to prepare for and successfully install SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 64-bit...
- White papers 2008-12-01
- Setting-Up an Open-Source Backup Software Amanda Community in About 15 Minutes
- Amanda is the most popular open source backup and recovery software in the world because of its openness, robustness, functionality and scalability. Yet it is very easy to set up and maintain in production. This paper illustrates how, in about 15 minutes, one can install and configure the Amanda backup...
- White papers 2008-10-24
- Novell: Free SLES while the fire is hot
- Novell: Free SLES while the fire is hotFree SLESYes, we do in fact need an openSLES, a "Centos Green" or openSUSE Server Edition.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-17
- Novell: Free SLES while the fire is hot
- My "Free Enterprise OSes" post got a lot of attention and a lot of positive feedback, particularly from those who are now actually considering using some of these in order to reduce license costs. Still, while I am glad people are now considering...
- Blog posts 2008-10-17
- Surviving the recession with Free Enterprise OSes (Part 2)
- In Part 1, I discussed the four Free Linux distributions that are best position to provide extended support and ample functionality to an end user through a protracted recession, as well as having the characteristic "safeness" or "stability" factor in terms of being able to weather...
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Surviving the recession with Free Linux distributions (Part 1)
- Times are tough. You're a computer geek and you need to feed your PC with the latest and greatest applications. What's a frugal nerd to do? A group of industry peers was recently asked by a colleague the following question: "If an SMB...
- Blog posts 2008-10-12
- Deploying Oracle RAC 11g R1 on RHEL 5 or SLES 10 With Oracle ASM on the IBM DS3400, DS4200, DS4700, and DS4800 Storage Subsystems
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- White papers 2008-09-01
- Novell: Quietly developing some momentum
- Novell: Quietly developing some momentumNovell is on life support[i]He added that Microsoft is buying up to $100 million in SUSE certificates in $25 million chunks.[/i]Novell will be arround as long as M$ provides the cash.The best bet is on companies that stand on their own feet and built everything from...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-29
- The Waltham Pact: Where are the tangibles?
- The Waltham Pact: Where are the tangibles?I don't see it.I don't see where this is helping anyone. It seems like any help MS is giving to Novell is being tied up at Novell. For instance Novell's version of Open Office. I don't really see any of that coming down or...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-20
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