Are technology trends such as Virtualization, Cloud Computing and Open Source Software the Shake Weights of the IT Industry? Are IT professionals relying on them to be the magic bullet/quick fix for solving software efficiency? That’s the question that Jason Corey, U.S. Navy Client Executive at Red Hat proposes in the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for the Navy Webcast.

I'm often asked about specific workflows within Red Hat's Satellite management tool. We'll take a look at a few common admin scenarios. One of the most common uses of Satellite is for centralized kickstart and provisioning. Here we'll walk through creating a new kickstart profile and some common options.

Normally this space is reserved for technical talk, but I was recently fortunate enough to attend Mil-OSS and wanted to take a moment to talk about the group. First off, Mil-OSS is a working group, not a conference. There are presentations and talks, but this is a group of people coming together to work toward a common goal: increasing the adoption of Open Source Software (OSS) inside the Department of Defense. It runs the gamut of interested parties: end users who are deploying OSS solutions in the field to members of the defense technology industry to prominent OSS project members. The group has one overriding tenant: through the adoption of open source software and methods, the DoD can accomplish its primary mission while increasing capability and agility.

In my last blog, I talked about how U.S.

Not new to the dance, the perennial wallflower, virtual desktop, is now showing up on people's dance card.  As administrators and managers realize the benefits of server virtualization, virtual desktop is coming to the forefront of the virtual discussion.  Centralized management of the desktop has clear advantages, but until recently desktop virtualization had pitfalls that made it untenable for most shops.  The open source SPICE protocol looks to change the playing field. Late last year,

Open Source Software (OSS) is gaining more and more recognition in both private and public sector as a true enterprise alternative.  Often thought of in the past as just a rogue technology developed by a bunch of coders with nothing better to do than fight the “monopoly” of Microsoft, it is now being legitimized and brought into the mainstream.  This is even true in the public sector, both federal and state & local which is considered by some historically to be the laggard market when it comes to technology. More and more government agencies are formally acknowledging OSS as a

Virtualization is very much on the minds of IT managers this year. Some have the vision of a low power, smoothly running, optimized data center; thinly staffed but capable of provisioning new users almost instantaneously (AKA 'Nirvana').