According to StatCounter's Global Stats for June 2025, Windows remains the clear leader, commanding 63.2 percent of the ...

Migrations from Unix to Linux have been "primarily driven by cost, or perception of cost over time," Bozman said. Still, Databases, and data warehousing in particular, remain strong on Unix, she said.

When bringing Linux into the data center, respondents said they've used it to replace Unix or Windows systems in nearly 55 percent of deployments, as shown in (Figure E).

Big data may be a tech buzzword of the moment, but Unix admins who need to hunt through logs to figure out what's going with their systems have been grappling with huge data sets for decades. Here ...

1 Linux Is the Best OS for Big Data Apps: 10 Reasons Why. by Darryl K. Taft. 2 Scalability. The open structure of Linux allows for expanding amounts of computing power as needed. 3 Flexibility.

Linux in the data center now must compete not only with Windows and Unix, but now it's got to be able to work with public and private clouds, on-premise and off-premise virtual solutions.

Is it something in the water? First, it was Denmark bidding Microsoft adieu. Then it was the German state of ...

Luckily, Linux users have access to several tools for the affordable price of free. There are three main methods for protecting the data on your laptop, each with its own strengths and weaknesses. 1.

Varonis Systems Monday announced DatAdvantage version 3.5, providing data governance for Unix. Previously available for Windows, DatAdvantage provides visibility, auditing and recommendations to ...