OS Roundup: BSD Bug Emerges From Chrysalis [07/23/2008]When it comes to operating systems, maturity isn't everything. After 33 years in hibernation, a BSD bug has emerged. And it's not the only decades old vulnerability to surface in recent weeks. Kinda puts those Windows bugs in perspective.
OS Roundup: Looking Beyond Unix [07/16/2008]Unix, as an OS for consumers and artsy types? Linux, standard fare in the enterprise? Microsoft, moving beyond selling proprietary, packaged software? The times, indeed, are a-changing, and Enterprise Unix Roundup is changing, too.
Changes Afoot at ServerWatch [07/14/2008]Wondering where the usual columns and writers have gone? Find out who's in and who's out, and what they're going to be looking at.
Enterprise Unix Roundup: Sun Should Loosen Up [07/02/2008]Sun is trying to be a good open source citizen, but to truly succeed it needs to let loose of the reins a bit and let open source methodology do the work.
Enterprise Unix Roundup: Making Good on a Promise [06/18/2008]When IBM started shipping machines with Linux, people thought AIX was a goner. Or Linux soon would be marginalized. Eight years later, neither has happened, and one very positive outcome has resulted.
Enterprise Unix Roundup: Disruption in the OS Market? Hardly [05/28/2008]A new report from Gartner on the operating system market promises to reveal big changes in that sector in coming years. Except it looks like the roadmap we've predicted all along.
Enterprise Unix Roundup: Operating Systems on the Analyst's Couch [05/21/2008]The debate about which enterprise OS is best seems endless. Who's got the best apps? The best management features? The best security? One Greek academician has taken the analysis to a deeper level to see which OS has the best kernel code.
ServerWatch Wants YOU ... 05/12/2008To vote for your favorites in the third annual ServerWatch Product Excellence Awards program. Less than two weeks remain for your voice to be heard.
2008 Product Excellence Awards Nominations Process Continues [04/07/2008]There's still time, but you have to hurry. Only two weeks remain to nominate your favorite products and vendors in the ServerWatch Product Excellence Awards. Tell us who should get top honors.
2008 Product Excellence Awards Nominations Process Continues 03/31/2008There's still time, but you have to hurry. Only two weeks remain to nominate your favorite products and vendors in the ServerWatch Product Excellence Awards. Tell us who should get top honors.
Enterprise Unix Roundup: Sun Hits Community-Building Road Bumps [03/12/2008]The chaffing and complaining within the OpenSolaris community about Sun is not dying down. If anything, it's getting louder. Is it an inevitable by-product of centralized open source projects?
Enterprise Unix Roundup: Whacked With the Unix Clue Stick? [03/05/2008]Windows Server 2008 came out last week. Curiously, Microsoft seems to be giving nods to Unix and open source development as a factor in the product's improvements. There are indeed a lot of Unix-y things in WS2008, but don't think this is just friendly imitation.
FreeBSD Gets Performance Boost [03/04/2008]The latest version of FreeBSD is poised to deliver productivity gains and enhanced wireless support.
Enterprise Unix Roundup: Unix Heads for the Clouds [02/27/2008]The recent fight over the OOXML format as a standard could be a big clue for determining the new direction for IT. A direction that could leave all of the Unix operating systems sitting pretty.
Enterprise Unix Roundup: IBM's Power Moves [02/06/2008]Lots of news in the world of the PowerPC platform this week: a native Linux on Power release, a virtual offering from IBM, and some fightin' words from the Linux community regarding OS X.
Enterprise Unix Roundup: HP, Community-Serving or Self-Serving? [01/30/2008]Suspect you have free or open source license issues in your company? Has HP got a deal for you! Is the new community-based program an example of community goodwill or a foot inside customers' doors?
HP-UX, Forever 11? [01/28/2008]HP-UX may be retaining the version 11 stamp, but that doesn't mean its updates are mere point releases.
News OS Roundup: BSD Bug Emerges From Chrysalis [July 23, 2008]
When it comes to operating systems, maturity isn't everything. After 33 years in hibernation, a BSD bug has emerged. And it's not the only decades old vulnerability to surface in recent weeks. Kinda puts those Windows bugs in perspective.
Reviews The 'Other' Open Source Web Server [July 7, 2008]
If you thought Apache was the only viable open source Web server out there, you thought wrong. nginx boasts a lightweight footprint and high load handling capabilities.