Software Free

Not really Open Source related, but I loved the title, and it’s good info.

From the article:

With rising gas prices and cheap airfare getting more difficult to find, companies and individuals are having to find different methods of holding meetings with business partners in other locations. Although Web meeting software has existed for quite some time, there seems to be more now than ever before.

We’ve put together a collection of twelve online meeting options for every budget, whether you’re running a small business or a large corporation. These tools will let you do everything from sharing your desktop to showing demos with integrated VoIP teleconferencing and more.

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What?  Give Up My Precious Windows?

Fancy yourself a crusader? Think Green all the time? That’s going to help with the environment, but do you want to make a real difference in the world of computing and the Internet?

Then uninstall Windows and install Linux.

No. Seriously.

Oh you’re probably saying “It’s those silly Linux guys bashing Microsoft again”, and normally it’d be true. I’ve been known to tweak the nose of our loyal opposition/beloved partner now and then, but this time it’s truly different.  I recommend people to get off of Consumer Desktop Windows for the same reason I also recommend seatbelts and stopping smoking.  It’s not IF you’ll have a problem, it’s WHEN.

A Little History - What’s a BotNet?

In many organizations, the first round of virtualization choice has been made.  But as the technology progresses and improves with time (and what a difference 12 months makes), viable alternatives to that initial choice begin to become more apparent. Should you stay the course or make a change?  Hedge your bets and choose two? I won’t debate that here, but just know there are choices…

VMware has the marketshare and name recognition…  Xen has the performance and power of freedom… Hyper-V is for the Microsoft faithful…  What’s your cup of virtualization-tea??

Seminar:  Novell & Total Tec Systems - Be the Hero. Your Linux is Ready for Virtualization.

Seminar: Come Get Virtualized - Be The Hero. Move Up to Linux. (Stamford, CT)

“VMware is expensive, but it can save a lot too.” I hear people say that, but I have to wonder if you could be saving more though… Let’s dive in a little deeper to see if indeed there’s more money to be saved by using a virtualization alternative - namely Xen on SLES. 

Let me begin by saying:  I’m not a VMware pricing expert — so if any of you who read this can correct me, please do. However, today I happened across an article at Forbes.com which caught my attention and described the wonderful benefits of virtualization. The article was really mostly about VMware which is the most common virtualization technology in use today, but towards the end of the article they started talking about how pricey VMware is.

From the article:

Linux on mainframe: Backing into the biggest benefits Baldor’s key motivation for change was to reduce complexity and boost availability. But the switch came with another big bonus: saving money. Ultimately, the conversion is expected to slash IT costs from 1.8 % to 1 % of company revenue, Shackelford said. Typically, manufacturers allocate 2.5% of revenue to IT, but SAP systems drive the average higher, he said. In addition, the switchover has chopped energy costs, cutting electricity consumption by 80% and helping IT become greener, he said.

Read the complete article.

From the article:

Linux on mainframe: Backing into the biggest benefits Baldor’s key motivation for change was to reduce complexity and boost availability. But the switch came with another big bonus: saving money. Ultimately, the conversion is expected to slash IT costs from 1.8 % to 1 % of company revenue, Shackelford said. Typically, manufacturers allocate 2.5% of revenue to IT, but SAP systems drive the average higher, he said. In addition, the switchover has chopped energy costs, cutting electricity consumption by 80% and helping IT become greener, he said.

Read the complete article.

From the article:

Linux on mainframe: Backing into the biggest benefits Baldor’s key motivation for change was to reduce complexity and boost availability. But the switch came with another big bonus: saving money. Ultimately, the conversion is expected to slash IT costs from 1.8 % to 1 % of company revenue, Shackelford said. Typically, manufacturers allocate 2.5% of revenue to IT, but SAP systems drive the average higher, he said. In addition, the switchover has chopped energy costs, cutting electricity consumption by 80% and helping IT become greener, he said.

Read the complete article.

Compellent Technologies Press Release…

Salt Lake City, Utah, March 17, 2008 – Compellent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE Arca: CML) today announced at the Novell BrainShare event that its storage area network (SAN) has been certified with both Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 and NetWare 6.5 operating systems, helping make it seamless for Novell administrators to leverage the Compellent SAN to lower storage costs and energy consumption. The Novell Yes Certified designation applies to both Fibre Channel and iSCSI server connections to the Compellent SAN.

Full release…