Computers have been around for more than 100 years: From the introduction of tabulation machines by the company that became IBM, followed by minicomputers from companies like Digital Equipment ...

There are a handful of leading commercial toolmakers to help IT detect and respond to system outages and application failures, commonly referred to as "incident management and response," including ...

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 ...

Nvidia's move to acquire SchedMD is not just another consolidation in the high performance computing world, it is a ...

Building automation systems (BASs) and open-source software are two areas of interest for me, so I’d like to share some thoughts on how they intersect, at least from the exposure I’ve had to them.

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 ...

If a software product is successful enough, you’ll probably be able to find a company building an open source alternative. And yet, nobody has created a modern open source CRM product that can be ...

I published a version of this article on Medium eight years ago. This version is updated with new references and arguments. Over the last few years, I’ve been a part of lots of discussions — across ...