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IBM preps Power6 by putting AIX 5.3 on life support
1 year, 2 months ago
IBM's Power6 push began this week with a tweak to AIX support. In a letter to customers, IBM vowed to support future updates to AIX 5.3 for an additional two years. This appears to be IBM's Power6 concession, since the vendor, according to our sources, will announce Power6 systems this month and ship them in the middle of the year but won't have AIX 5.4 available for months. -
Migrating Active Directory into Linux
1 year, 9 months ago
Jane Walker writes "Although Windows and Linux can provide similar functionality, you won't find one-to-one matching features when you are migrating an Active Directory repository to Linux. In this tip, an expert describes two methods for migrating user information from AD into Linux." -
Clearing Linux desktop migration hurdles
1 year, 10 months ago
Jane Walker writes "Frank van Wensveen helps users begin their desktop migration away from Windows. In the first part of this series, he describes different user demographics and the criteria for determining whether to migrate or not." -
Versora Progression Desktop 2.0 review
1 year, 12 months ago
Anonymous Reader writes "Versora's Progression Desktop migration tool gets better with every release. Now on version 2.0, the developers have expanded the capabilities of the software and qualified it with many more operating systems. It's never been easier to transfer your settings from Windows to GNU/Linux." -
Free proprietary lock-in: Middleware app servers
2 years ago
Jane Walker writes "Consider Red Hat's Java EE-based JBoss as the open source, enterprise-ready answer to your Windows-to-Linux migrations. This application server comes with migration program support services and certified system integrators to facilitate enterprise-level migration." -
Migrating applications from Windows to Linux/Unix
2 years ago
Jane Walker writes "If you're planning a Win-to-Lin migration, it's important to consider how factors like platform-specific and -independent apps and source-ported apps will affect your future." -
Sendmail to Qmail migration
2 years, 1 month ago
Aneesh P K writes "A challenging task for any sysadmin implementing a Migration, would be to migrate all the email accounts from one Mail server to another preserving all the settings, such as usernames and passwords. This article explains how to migrate email accounts/mailboxes from a sendmail server to a Qmail server." -
Mactel Linux up and running
2 years, 5 months ago
sjvn writes "While we don't know how Edgar 'Gimli' Hucek did it yet, what we do know is that he appears to be the first to get Linux running on a Mactel. It had been expected that porting Linux to a Mactel would happen relatively quickly, unlike, say porting Windows to the same hardware. But, although there were rumors that Red Hat Inc. engineers were working on it, the honor of getting there first goes to Hucek." -
Sweet benefits for BDO Seidman SugarCRM migration
2 years, 6 months ago
Jane Walker writes "When an internal CRM application needed a performance boost at national financial firm BDO Seidman, the answer lay in open source SugarCRM." -
Resolvo Launches MoveOver Standard Version 4.0.0
2 years, 9 months ago
Alicia Loh writes "Singapore's Resolvo Systems has officially announced the release of their latest MoveOver Standard Version 4.0.0 that supports Novell Linux Desktop 9 and Linspire Five-0. MoveOver Standard is a user-friendly, wizard-driven migration tool, targeted at home and individual users, to migrate the entire Windows environment to a new Linux Desktop in just 2 simple steps." -
In Pursuit of Good Desktop Linux:
Ease of Use and Ease of Migration Overview -- KDE, GNOME, and
2 years, 11 months ago
The look, feel, and features of the Linux desktop metaphor and environment are important ingredients of a good desktop Linux. Experienced Linux users can, of course, implement and configure their desktops to look, feel, and function almost any way they wish. -
DesktopOS.com Interviews Joseph Cheek regarding Lycoris and Mandriva
3 years, 1 month ago
Anonymous Reader writes "What Follows is an interview with Joseph Cheek President and CEO of Lycoris and Tim Mullins founder and webmaster of DesktopOS.com regarding the recent acquisition of Lycoris by Mandriva." -
Dutch Agency Equips 200 Users With NX-based KDE Desktops
3 years, 2 months ago
Sarah Dryell writes "KDE.net writes: "Last weekend at Annahoeve in Achtmaal the Dutch Refugee Council of Midden Gelderland announced that they succesfully completed a pilot where they migrated 100 machines and 200 users using NX technology and the KDE desktop. Jasper van der Marel held a presentation during the Dutch KDE-PIM meeting where he explained how the current setup was done." -
Solaris to Linux migration step-by-step workplan
3 years, 3 months ago
IBM offers a Solaris-to-Linux migration roadmap to guide in your porting and rehosting efforts with a step-by-step workplan. Use these resources to analyze, plan, and educate yourself about the features, functions and benefits of Linux. Find information to set up your development environment, as well as, porting, compiling, testing and optimizing your migration to Linux. -
Migration prep, part 2: Comparing MySQL and MS SQL
3 years, 4 months ago
Mark Brunelli, News Editor writes "Microsoft SQL Server has features that can’t be found in MySQL 4, according to Mike Sheffey, CEO of migration tool vendor Versora. But that situation is probably temporary. In our second installment on migrating to MySQL, Sheffey explains what you need to know about those differences." - More News
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Bank group takes Linux migration a step at a time
By Tina Gasperson on February 20, 2008 (9:00:02 PM)
Metropolitan Bank Group is a large conglomerate in Illinois, comprising 10 banks and $3 billion in assets. As Metropolitan acquired more banking interests, IT Director Tom Johnson needed to find a way to reduce costs and increase efficiency in the face of the company's rapid growth. The solution was a migration from Windows to Linux.
Moving my mother over to Linux
By Michael Reed on February 06, 2008 (9:00:00 PM)
To save money, I cobbled together a computer for my mother out of cast-offs left over from my own upgrades. She doesn't need a cutting-edge computer because she's not a power user, but she does need a reliable machine to run a few basic applications and to access the Internet. I moved my mother from Windows to Ubuntu Linux, and the experience was a surprisingly smooth one.
Financial group trusts Linux platform to protect customers' assets
By Tina Gasperson on January 10, 2008 (9:02:00 PM)
Western & Southern Financial Group provides insurance and investment advice for businesses and consumers. The conservative nature of the business means that Western & Southern needed the most secure and reliable infrastructure available. After years of running the Sybase database on Sun's Solaris servers, IT Systems Manager Paul Jackson recognized the need to get the platform "up to speed." When he checked on the cost to replace the proprietary hardware and operating system the company had relied on for so long, it was so expensive that he began looking for another solution.
LTSP saves old hardware in Brazilian doctor's office
By Flavio Henrique Araque Gurgel on November 05, 2007 (9:00:00 PM)
Integrated Neurology Service SINEURO's office, located in São Paulo, Brazil, migrated from various versions of Windows (from 98 to XP) on a network of five computers with eight nonskilled computer users. I was the consultant in charge, and I spent no money on new hardware. Thank to the Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP), hardware that's too old for new versions of Windows runs Linux applications just fine over a network from a server.
Linux to get the boot at US Army Corps of Engineers?
By Joe Barr on September 14, 2007 (2:00:00 PM)
According to an anonymous source working at the Geotechnical & Structures Lab of the US Army Corps of Engineers in Vicksburg, Miss., a committee of government employees and contractors at Vicksburg is considering a new IT policy which will force everyone to move to Windows XP if they are not already running it, and to port all applications save one currently running on Linux to Windows. The lone exception would be moved to Solaris.
Mindbridge switches to Linux, saves "bunches of money"
By Tina Gasperson on September 07, 2007 (9:00:00 PM)
Mindbridge didn't start out as an open source company -- far from it. "We had a predominantly Microsoft-oriented shop," says David Christian, Mindbridge CTO. But the company, which at the time offered an "intranet in a box" application, began hosting the software for its clients. "That required us to get a good handle on Linux, because Linux was the only inexpensive, cost-efficient way of handling that in a scaled environment," Christian says. "And I didn't want to add Microsoft to our customers' overhead." The more Christian worked with Linux, the more he liked it. And, as they say, the rest is history.
The Etherboot/gPXE BoF from LinuxWorld 2007 (videos)
By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller on August 23, 2007 (9:00:00 AM)
EtherBoot isn't an application you install on your Linux desktop, but if you run computers that boot over a network -- or would like to explore network booting for either fun or profit -- it is an essential free software project.
Share your open source success story
By Linux.com Staff on August 22, 2007 (7:00:00 PM)
Has your organization migrated a key part of your IT infrastructure to Linux or an open source application? Share your success story with Linux.com readers.
University finds freedom, flexibility in open source business intelligence
By Tina Gasperson on March 06, 2007 (8:00:00 AM)
The University of Nebraska was always a Microsoft shop. U of N Data and Internet Specialist Amy Stephen remembers when Windows NT was new, with 27 installation disks. "We went with that because we had every network protocol that had ever been created, and every desktop applications that had ever been invented, right here. MS was the only ones you could have that diversity with." But when all of Microsoft's "natural predators" began to die off, and Microsoft no longer made the university's needs a priority, Stephen found open source solutions a lot more attractive.
Virtualization goes Nationwide
By Tina Gasperson on February 08, 2007 (8:00:00 AM)
Nationwide Insurance and Financial Services, a $21 billion company with 30,000 employees, has turned to virtual servers running Linux to gain more control over computing power and expenditures.
Libraries facilitate open access to information with open source software
By Tina N. Burger on January 22, 2007 (8:00:00 AM)
The open source movement and libraries have a lot in common, not the least of which is the belief in free and open access to ideas and information. Yet, until recently, libraries have been slow to switch to open source software. Libraries have highly specialized software needs because the library community has developed its own complex standards and protocols to facilitate things like interlibrary loan, meta data sharing, and federated searching. Until recently, lack of commercial support made implementing open source unfeasible for libraries without an IT staff. Also, open source alternatives weren't perceived as scalable or feature-rich enough to handle the complex needs of most libraries. Now, commercial support has facilitated new levels of collaboration between libraries through sponsored development.
Sterling PCU's develops customer relationship with Sugar CRM
By Tina Gasperson on January 18, 2007 (8:00:00 AM)
Sterling PCU sells refrigerant systems to the automotive and appliance industry. It names among its customers Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, General Electric, and many others. Sterling had an extensive collection of customer information, but much of the data was stored in disparate locations: email, spreadsheets, and incompatible databases. When Sterling decided it was time to consolidate, its first choice was Salesforce's customer relationship management (CRM) product. However, high costs and restricted access to the company's own data forced a reassessment, and this time, Sterling chose an open source product.
Manufacturing management company moves to Linux
By Tina Gasperson on January 11, 2007 (8:00:00 AM)
Hines Corp. is a management company that oversees a conglomerate of manufacturers in the Midwest and Texas, and a distributorship in New York. It has a diverse IT infrastructure that requires attention around the clock. When Hines CIO Ed Harper decided it was time to consolidate and streamline aging legacy systems, he turned from Microsoft to Linux.
Audi's new luxury cars engineered on Linux
By Michael Stutz on January 02, 2007 (8:00:00 AM)
For several years, German automobile manufacturer Audi AG, a subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group, has been steadily migrating its engineering systems over to Linux. The company hopes to finish the job in 2007 and have the bulk of its servers and workstations running 64-bit Linux by the end of the year.
SIMchronise keeps in syncing Funambol
By Tina Gasperson on December 26, 2006 (8:00:00 AM)
SIMchronise is a mobile synchronization provider based in Dublin, Ireland. Users of the company's products can synchronize contacts, calendars, appointments, tasks, and notes across a wide range of devices, including mobile phones, PCs, Palm PDAs, and even iPods. After using proprietary software and finding it lacking, all of its products are now based on Funambol's open source data synchronization software.
Librarians stake their future on open source
By Michael Stutz on December 21, 2006 (8:00:00 AM)
A group of librarians at the Georgia Public Library Service has developed an open source, enterprise-class library management system that may revolutionize the way large-scale libraries are run.
Microsoft, Novell, and now Ubuntu join to boost Apple and Debian
By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller on November 27, 2006 (8:00:00 AM)
COMMENTARY - You've read more than enough already about how Novell and Microsoft signed an agreement that's supposed to help Novell sell Linux to Microsoft customers and help Microsoft customers integrate Linux -- as long as it's Novell Linux -- into their IT environments without fear of patent lawsuits. Part of the yammer was an open letter from Novell's CEO claiming that deal didn't really mean what you thought it did, followed by a statement from Microsoft that said Novell's CEO didn't really mean to say what he said or was wrong about some of it. Or something. Then Mark Shuttleworth jumped into the mess by offering a new, Microsoft-free home for openSUSE developers who didn't want to truck with Novell any longer because of its Microsoft deal. I don't know about you, but suddenly I'm starting to think Debian ought to be my GNU/Linux distribution of choice, and that I should turn to Mac OS for those few tasks I cannot currently accomplish with Linux and Free Software.
Linux replaces Unix on CitiStreet systems
By Tina Gasperson on November 09, 2006 (8:00:00 AM)
CitiStreet, a Quincy, Mass., corporate benefits provider, was founded in 2000. A year later it was already outgrowing its proprietary Unix-based network infrastructure. Faced with a choice between adding more HP-UX and Solaris boxes, or moving to Intel hardware with Linux, CitiStreet chose the latter. Today the company is enjoying enhanced stability and security, and drastically lower costs.
Moving from Linux to Windows with Elan
By Tina Gasperson on October 27, 2006 (8:00:00 AM)
Elan Home Systems once used embedded Linux in its home digital music servers. But company executives say issues with digital rights management and platform flexibility led Elan to make a switch to Windows XP Embedded.
SIPBox and Asterisk lower phone costs for children's agency
By Tina Gasperson on October 18, 2006 (8:00:00 AM)
The ECHO Joint Agreement agency serves exceptional children in the Chicago public school district. With offices in six separate locations, the agency was spending a lot of money on phone service, until it installed SIPBox's full service telephony solution, based on Digium's open source Asterisk voice over IP (VoIP) platform.
