Recently, I had the pleasure of speaking with Anton Chuvakin, Director of
Product Management at LogLogic. We had an interesting discussion about log
management and the open source project he's involved in that collects Windows
event logs. Here's an overview of our chat.
Drowning in logs is all too common nowadays when organizations are struggling
with a combination of operational, security, and compliance requirements. A
typical organization will have logs from a wide array of log sources such as
server operating systems (Unix and Windows), desktops, mainframes, network
gear such as routers and switches, web proxies, security gear such as network
IDS, IPS or anti-virus tools, Web, e-mail, and DNS server software as well as
enterprise applications.
Large organizations ty... (more)
As Linux continues to make significant inroads into the data center, I think
it's important to look under the hood of a leading Linux server product and
compare it to its rival, Microsoft. Whether I'm looking to buy a car, a
stereo, or even a refrigerator, I've always loved comparison shopping. That
said, I want to drill down feature by feature and directly compare Novell
Open Enterprise... (more)
For the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC), using technology to
further the education of its 21,000 graduate and undergraduate students is
nothing new.
In 1983, UNCC became the first U.S. university to electronically categorize
its library, and for the past 10 years the school has offered numerous degree
programs online.
A benefit of this commitment to technology is that me... (more)
Why haven't you already moved your Microsoft Windows IIS server
infrastructure to Apache on Linux? Does the idea that something is
inexpensive (free) automatically bring to mind the old adage, "You get what
you pay for?" Do you fear that your IT staff will not be able to support the
new platform? Will you be able to find competent developers to maintain,
enhance, and develop new Web site... (more)
Open source databases running on Linux like MySQL, Ingres r3, PostgreSQL, and
Firebird have aroused a lot of interest.
Database developers and corporate users are heralding the anticipated the
release of MySQL 5.0, which includes enterprise-level features such as stored
procedures, triggers, and views.
Last August Computer Associates made Ingres r3 available under the CA Trusted
Open Sou... (more)