After a two-week lag, a flaw in the latest Linux kernel that could cause systems to lose data is fixed. New bug-tracking efforts should button up future patch processes. Stephen Shankland worked at ...

In the beginning, data was closed. Although we have been ‘transporting’ data between different locations, systems and resources since the time of the first databases and personal computers in the ...

Skip one-click backup apps. This rsync script gives you full control over what gets saved and when, plus logs and a few hard-won lessons.

What would your answer be if a selection team charged with hiring a new CIO to develop and implement an organization-wide “strategic systems architecture” were to ask you what management ...

Although many open source enthusiasts have an almost reverent attitude towards technology, data center managers have specific business problems to solve, and judge technology only on how well it ...

Start-up Cumulus Networks this week has emerged with a Linux network operating system designed for programmable data centers like the ones Google and Facebook are building. The company’s Cumulus Linux ...