IT teams have a fundamental choice when designing and building data management environments: Go with open source database technology or buy commercial software. Each option comes with benefits and ...

Qlusters on. Monday officially announced the openQRM project, which comprises open-source systems management software for managing datacenters based on Linux servers. OpenQRM is based on the firm’s ...

Zenoss offers an open-source IT management and monitoring system that it's pitching as an alternative to the big systems-management suites sold by CA, IBM, Hewlett-Packard and BMC Software-- products ...

Open-source software tools continue to increase in popularity because of the multiple advantages they provide including lower upfront software and hardware costs, lower total-cost-of-ownership, lack ...

Open-source software has reshaped many IT disciplines, and the world of database administration (DBA) is no exception. The open-source community, and the software it has produced, has evolved into a ...