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Oracle Affirms Unix Commitment with Solaris 11 Release By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published November 09, 2011 Serious operating system debuts as Oracle exec declares that Oracle is "not a toy company." Tags: Oracle, virtualization, Solaris, Unix, Mark Hurd Unix vs. Linux: Which One Costs Less? By Paul Rubens | Article Published March 03, 2011 Unix sales have been flat as Linux sales have jumped dramatically. But are businesses going in the most cost efficient direction? Tags: Linux, Unix, TCO Will Oracle Win the Server OS Battle? By Paul Rubens | Article Published December 08, 2010 Oracle appears to be maneuvering to win the biggest share of the server operating system market. HP isn't thrilled. Tags: Linux, Oracle, HP, servers, Unix Selecting an IBM Power Systems Server By Drew Robb | Article Published November 08, 2010 Tips on choosing an IBM Power Systems box that works best for your company's data center. Tags: IBM, Unix, Unix server, server room management, IBM Power System Continuing Migration from RISC to x86 By Drew Robb | Article Published May 10, 2010 Statistics on Unix clearly reveal that the move from RISC to x86 keeps on gaining momentum. What's behind the move? Tags: Linux, servers, Unix, x86, RISC Oracle Pushes Linux -- Full Force By Paul Rubens | Article Published April 06, 2010 One might expect Oracle to be doing everything in its power to discourage customers from moving away from UNIX. Yet the company seems determined to hawk Linux. Tags: Linux, Oracle, Sun, Solaris, Unix Novell Beats SCO in Unix Jury Trial By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published March 30, 2010 Jury finds that Novell still holds the key Unix copyrights, putting the brakes on SCO's legal challenge, but it still might not be the end for SCO. Tags: Linux, lawsuits, Unix, Novell, SCO HP Upgrades Security on Unix OS By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published September 28, 2009 After more than two decades in use, HP is still boosting security for its Unix OS. Tags: Windows, security, virtualization, HP, Unix Building Command Line Utilities with Python By Jeremy M. Jones | Article Published November 13, 2008 Learn how to create utilities in Python with rich command line interfaces that aid Linux and UNIX system administration. Tags: Python, IT, Unix, call, proxy rsnapshot: rsync-Based Filesystem Snapshot By Juliet Kemp | Article Published August 27, 2008 Tip of the Trade: Snapshot filesystems may be great, but migrating to a new filesystem is a major deal. If you're not up for it, rsnapshot makes achieving snapshot-like functionality a snap. Tags: data, IT, Unix, backup |