The advance of the cloud, file sharing, and virtualization all lead to traffic into the WAN.
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As networking, storage and servers become more tightly integrated, the data center will be casting for a new super administrator position.
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Scaling IT systems either breeds high levels of automation to make the infrastructure manageable, or it ends up breeding a huge mess. Here are five signs that you need to mend your ways.
Tags: VMWare, Linux, server, Unix, configuration management

From better administration to best practices analysis, Windows Server 2008 R2 packs a bevy of features that make life with ActiveDirectory easier to work with.
Tags: Microsoft, Windows, server, Windows Server 2008, Active Directory

Huge cabinet-size tape libraries, with robots feeding fibre channel-attached tape drives, arranged in a row so that tapes can be passed between cabinets, manually removing tapes for off-site transport? This cannot be the pinnacle of backup technology.
Tags: Storage, server, networking, tape, hard drives

Canonical offers Landscape Ubuntu systems management server as an on-site offering as the Linux vendor positions itself against rivals.
Tags: server, Linux, Ubuntu, Canonical, server management

SPF has its uses as a way to mitigate the spam onslaught, but IT personnel overestimate its efficacy at their peril.
Tags: e-Mail, server, spam, spf

With so many companies large and small targeting the cloud, the providers of cloud management tools expect to defeat vendors of targeted apps.
Tags: virtualization, VMWare, services, server, Amazon

Both dynamic VLANs and 802.1q auto-negotiation can enable a hands-off approach to server changes, but there are design and security tradeoffs. Are they worth the convenience?
Tags: Cisco, server, VLAN, 802.1q

Dasient's answer is to crawl the Web looking for vulnerabilities, analyze the vulnerabilities it finds, and deliver signatures of those vulnerabilities to servers it's defending.
Tags: Google, server, malware, cloud computing

New rack servers introduce Cisco to a new vertical and widen the presence of its Unified Computing System.
Tags: virtualization, Cisco, Storage, server, blade servers

With sustainable computing looming large in the sales pitch for new technologies, you've got to learn how to balance your goals against realistic choices.
Tags: virtualization, server, energy, Green IT

iSNS can help you keep a lid on iSCSI sprawl. Here's how to configure and run iSNS on OpenSolaris.
Tags: Storage, server, iSCSI, Solaris, iSNS

New tools from the search company and researchers provide users a way to see just how neutral the Internet is.
Tags: Google, policy, open source, server, broadband

Windows harbors a hashing algorithm that was great for its time. Unfortunately, its time is past and you need to learn how to remedy the vulnerabilities it creates.
Tags: Microsoft, Vista, Windows, server, security

The Untangle Gateway puts Linux to work providing a number of services, including a spam filter, firewall and VPN. While the underlying software is impressive, Untangle's real value is in its ease of installation and configuration.
Tags: Linux, server, gateway

Ubuntu's Gutsy Gibbon (7.10) server edition provides server and desktop kernels. What's the diff, and what do all those options mean?
Tags: Linux, server, Ubuntu, kernel

You're not a mole, and our guide to building your own secure logging server will help you quit digging through logs like one so you can get to the information you need quickly.
Tags: Linux, server, log management

Profiles make life easier for both users and administrators. Part 2 of our series on Creating User Profiles demonstrates how to create roaming and mandatory profiles.
Tags: Windows, server, documents, desktops