News (12)
VMware Australia plays down bug
VMware's Australia and New Zealand division today said the local impact was small from a botched software patch that had left some customers unable to start their virtualised environments. Read more »
Virtualisation security threatened: XenSource
XenSource and VMware, two major figures in virtualisation security have warned of challenges facing IT managers in implementing secure virtual environments. Read more »
Dell likes Linux for virtualization
At LinuxWorld the Dell CTO says the two will make running multiple operating systems on a single computer easier. Read more »
Novell introduces Linux thin client
Novell has launched a thin-client version of Suse Linux that comes with a tool third parties can use to build tailored sytems. Read more »
Microsoft launches 'PlayReady' DRM system
Microsoft has launched a new digital rights management system that will allow users to use commercial content on multiple different devices for a single fee. Read more »
Microsoft, Novell in Linux-Windows deal
Microsoft is entering into a technical and business collaboration with rival Novell, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced today in the US. Read more »
Ubuntu coming soon to Sun's Niagara
Canonical will support Sun Microsystems' Niagara servers with the upcoming release of its Ubuntu Linux distribution, the companies are preparing to announce. Read more »
Microsoft hastens virtualisation support
Microsoft, faced with virtualisation competition and customer demands, is working to bring some technologies to market sooner than it earlier had said. Read more »
Red Hat looks under Linux's hood
Trying to take a more active role in open-source programming, Red Hat has created a team of 34 programmers to work on nothing but next-generation software, the company announced this week. Read more »
Universities sign on to supercomputer facility
A new high-performance computing centre in Perth, Western Australia, has attracted large projects from two Australian universities seeking improved data modelling and rendering capabilities. Read more »
Features (5)
Take a stance on virtual machine time sync
The seemingly inevitable trend towards virtualisation brings one important point to Windows administrators: time settings. Make a decision on how to approach VM time early on before it bites you. Read more »
Replicating your infrastructure in a lab
This article shows you how to do a test run of Windows Server 2008/Exchange Server 2007 running together in a test environment. Read more »
Exchange 2007: 32-bit vs. 64-bit
Many have commented on Exchange 2007's lack of 32-bit support and shown confusion about why Microsoft decided to provide a 32-bit "test" version of Exchange 2007. We offer some facts about this version and some possible reasons that Microsoft went 64-bit-only with Exchange 2007. Read more »
Virtual computing offers real benefits, real challenges
Virtualisation breaks the link between software and hardware; great for managers but not so good for others. Read more »
Web services roundtable: Challenges for development managers
Three key industry executives weigh in on the tough choices managers face when moving to Web services. Read more »
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Bridging the gap between programmers and the visionA successful project will have a hard time flying if you don't walk through the game plan before writing a line of code. Read more »
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Social news start-up Streem shuts downSydney social news start-up Streem will shut down this afternoon, according to a heartfelt notice posted on the site this morning by its founder Elgar Welch. Read more »
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What's the point in following Apple's rules on the iPhone SDK if other developers will just flaunt them? We check the answer out and cover the other issues from the week: OLPC, IE, Ballmer and the Internet in space. Read more »
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Five things to consider when choosing a Linux distribution
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Cyber-terrorism 'a big threat'
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Behind the Apple-Google API dustup
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Space pr0n, patent karma and Yang out -- Club Builder
On Club Builder this week: how NASA plans to get the Internet into space, Jerry Yang is out the door at Yahoo and Brendan Eich discusses javascript engine competition.

