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).

Open source technologies are enterprise-class and increasingly can be found in the data center, as vendors begin addressing the challenge of offering scalable, robust, reliable products based on ...

Around 40 percent of data centers use a combination of Linux, Unix and Windows on their servers, according to the research analyst. Written by Colin Barker, Contributor March 13, 2006 at 6:53 p.m. PT ...

A new study on future trends for Linux operating systems backs up claims made by several server makers that Linux should show strong growth in the data center over time, proving itself as a ...

Linux disaster recovery. That's a marked change from the past when a new Linux-related product was measured more by its "cool factor" than its utility. Just how data center-centric Linux has ...

In order for Linux to be accepted into the corporate data center, it will need to perform well on "big iron", things like mainframes or large (greater than 8-way) SMP microprocessor-based systems.

Open19 is a Linux Foundation effort to create hardware that supports sustainable data centers. Seagate and the Enterprise Storage Group released a multi-cloud maturity report.

The LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in San Francisco this week put the spotlight on a growing opportunity for enterprise customers: the ability to integrate open source software into existing IT ...

Executives from IBM and Intel who spoke at this week's LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in New York said corporate data centers are the next frontier for the open-source operating system.

OpsWare and CoroSoft, two companies that sell software designed to ease the operation of "data centers" packed with computers, are expanding their support for Linux. Stephen Shankland worked at ...

Company officials say the Cumulus Linux operating system will help drive down networking costs while helping propel the SDN trend.

Mesosphere, a startup that provides commercial support for the Apache Mesos cluster management system, has debuted a “data center operating system.” Mesosphere DCOS uses the Mesos project to ...