Review: Puppet Enterprise 3.0 pulls more strings
Version 3.0 of Puppet Labs' configuration automation tool shines with speed boosts, orchestration improvements, and deeper support for Windows servers
View ArticleReview: QNAP NAS meets XBMC media center
QNAP's TS-669L can store all your content and play it directly to your TV, though HD playback could be smoother
View ArticleTutorial: How to create your own VPN
If you need to encrypt traffic from your computer or mobile device, you have many options. You could buy a commercial VPN solution, or you could sign up for a VPN service and pay a monthly fee. Or for...
View ArticlePuppet vs. Chef vs. Ansible vs. Salt
The proliferation of virtualization coupled with the increasing power of industry-standard servers and the availability of cloud computing has led to a significant uptick in the number of servers that...
View ArticleDocker 1.0 is ready for prime time
If you're on the lookout for an easier way to migrate apps and services from development to production, or from one server environment to another, then you may already be aware of Docker. The Linux...
View ArticleReview: RHEL 7 lands with a jolt
There's a lot to like in the next Red Hat Enterprise Linux, but some fundamental changes may prove problematic
View ArticleHow to choose the right Linux distro
Unlike most other desktop and server operating systems, Linux comes in a wide variety of flavors, each based on a common core of the Linux kernel and various GNU user space utilities. If you're running...
View Article7 free tools every network needs
In the real estate world, the mantra is location, location, location. In the network and server administration world, the mantra is visibility, visibility, visibility. If you don't know what your...
View ArticleFirst look: VMware vSphere 6 keeps its edge
In the not so distant past, VMware held a long and commanding lead in the server virtualization space, offering core features that were simply unmatched by the competition. In the past few years,...
View ArticleFirst look: VMware vSphere 6 keeps its edge
In the not so distant past, VMware held a long and commanding lead in the server virtualization space, offering core features that were simply unmatched by the competition. In the past few years,...
View ArticlePut your API on a JSON diet
Last week I discussed design considerations for APIs, given that APIs aren't applications and shouldn't be treated as such. At small scales, APIs that come along for the ride with bulky Web frameworks...
View ArticleKill Flash? Be careful what you wish for
The death of Flash will impact more than a few enterprise IT solutions, with nasty repercussions for admins
View ArticleMicrosoft embraces Linux -- way too late
As usual, Microsoft is late to the party. But this isn't like all the other times that came before
View ArticleLinux at 25: How Linux changed the world
A devoted practitioner offers an eyewitness account of the rise of Linux and the open source movement, plus analysis of where Linux is taking us now
View ArticleLinux at 25: Linus Torvalds on the evolution and future of Linux
The creator of Linux talks in depth about the kernel, community, and how computing will change in the years ahead
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