Articles from ADMIN Issue 16
VMware's recent announcement about vCloud Hybrid Service involves expansion of the vCloud suite toward a public/hybrid cloud. In this article, we attempt to shed some light on the huge number of VMware products.
Anyone in the market for an alternative to commercial virtual desktop infrastructure solutions should take a look at Ulteo Open Virtual Desktop. It's free of charge, open source, and combines Windows and Linux applications on the virtual desktop.
For years, the replacement of physical PCs with virtual PCs has been touted as a mass movement, but so far, the revolution has not taken place. We explore the background.
Even Windows doesn't have to have an expensive network monitoring tool. The free Total Network Monitor helps you keep an eye on your network.
PowerDNS is a secure, scalable, and reliable DNS server solution licensed under the GPL. We show you how to use BIND master zone configuration files to configure your PowerDNS server and how to create a primary server with a MySQL back end managed by a Poweradmin web GUI.
Once you have decided to go for a thin client, you still have to choose which one. We look at five different devices from the wide variety of thin clients on offer.
For Linux admins, SSH is one the most important tools of remote administration. SSH also works in Windows, with tools such as PuTTY or WinSSH, MobaXterm, WinSCP, or Swish.
Programming database queries in Perl is pretty easy thanks to the DBI module – but beware, where simplicity reigns, there be dragons.
With a number of new firewalls, Barracuda seeks to expand its portfolio to include small and medium-sized companies. We take a closer look at the Barracuda firewall X201.
Moore's Law continues its unwavering march, with a twist.
