In the not-too-distant past, network operating systems (NOS) pretty much meant one thing: a Novell NetWare server for managing files and printers on a local area network. For some government agencies, ...

Networks may not be the most expensive thing in the datacenter – they typically comprise about 10 percent to 15 percent of the cost of a distributed system, including cables, transceivers, switches, ...

It has been two decades since Juniper Networks, then the big upstart rival to Cisco Systems and others as the dot-com boom was rising towards its crescendo several years hence, took FreeBSD Unix and ...

Imagine software that gives users a single view into a seamless network, wherever they are and wherever their browsers take them. It’s enabled by a directory, which becomes a sort of &Mac217;ber ...

What if you could manage your data center switches and routers the same way you manage your servers, and cut capital expense costs in the bargain? That’s the pitch for white-box networking, the move ...

Managing the information systems in a large company is a huge task that is performed by many people. Following are some of the major functions. See systems management and enterprise networking. There ...

Support and usurp. This appears to be Microsoft Corp.’s Unix strategy as it launches the latest upgrade of its Windows Server operating system. At a recent media briefing in Singapore, David Lowe, ...