Switching to Linux can be challenging. But once you've overcome the learning curve, you'll find that Linux offers a more ...

DirectControl lets more than 100 platforms use Active Directory for their security needs such an authentication, authorization and group policy. Centrify is strengthening the integration bridge it has ...

Do any of these situations describe your company? * You have a heterogeneous computing environment that includes a mix of Windows, Unix and Linux systems. * Because of disparate platforms, you are ...

Apple's Mac OS continued to move up among operating systems accessing the Web, while Windows 7 jumped up after Microsoft released its public beta, according to Net Applications. Jon Skillings is an ...

In a twist of irony, the Unix platform celebrates its 40th birthday this year, as does the man whose work probably has done more to diminish the trendiness of Unix than anyone else: Linux founder ...

Will Unix be enough to grow a new crop of Apple customers? That's the question Apple Computer will begin to address Monday at its weeklong Worldwide Developer Conference in San Jose, Calif. By ...

Maybe you're married to Microsoft Exchange, but you secretly pine for open-source e-mail tools like SpamAssassin or fetchmail. Or maybe you're using Unix-based applications for some network services, ...

To many, free open source software and Microsoft Windows seem to be mutually exclusive. After all, the open source development model is most closely associated with the Linux OS and, to a lesser ...