News (22)

  • Red Hat releases Enterprise Linux 5

    Open-source specialist Red Hat has released the latest version of its Linux distribution, which will now feature in-built virtualisation and clustering technology.

  • Red Hat works to make virtualisation into reality

    Red Hat announced several moves on Tuesday to bring virtualisation technology to the mainstream Linux market by the end of the year, a move that the company promises will dramatically increase server efficiency.

  • OpenBSD: The most secure OS around

    Move over, Windows and Linux: OpenBSD is the most secure server operating system now available.

  • Red Hat endorses KVM virtualisation

    The company's next Fedora Linux will include the new approach to carving Linux systems into multiple virtual machines.

  • Red Hat: The hypervisor will be free

    Linux vendor Red Hat has predicted that virtualisation software will be included in all operating systems for free, while setting out the roles of the two hypervisors it is working on for its own product range.

More News >

Features and Case Studies (30)

  • Virtual privacy: Eight VPN appliances tested

    If you are in the market for a VPN, don't go past this review. We test the latest appliances and provide tips on purchasing and setting it up.

  • Virtual wars: VMware vs Microsoft

    With one new product released, and one about to be, server virtualisation is becoming a reality in the low-end server space. How can virtual servers help you?

  • KVM steals virtualisation spotlight

    A new open-source virtual-machine project has quickly won Linux allies, but its arrival brings complications.

  • Red Hat looks under Linux's hood

    Trying to take a more active role in open-source programming, Red Hat has created a team of 34 programmers to work on nothing but next-generation software.

  • Protecting our borders: IT stands guard

    Can a national ID card protect Australians against terrorist attacks? And can citizens' details be protected by Public Key Infrastructure? We look at the types of hardware and software employed to combat terrorism, and how ports and other critical infrastructure are protected.

More Features and Case Studies >

Reviews (48)

  • Virtual privacy: 8 VPN appliances tested

    If you are in the market for a VPN, don't go past this review. We test the latest appliances and provide tips on purchasing and setting it up.

  • Server hassles are virtually solved

    With one new product released, and one about to be, server virtualisation is becoming a reality in the low-end server space. How can virtual servers help you?

  • Almost as good as being there

    Virtual machines gained popularity as a way to emulate Windows on Mac OS or Linux. ZDNet Australia looks at the two most popular packages.

  • Flat-panel festival

    The prices are coming down which means LCD monitors are fast becoming standard on the desktop. And business-grade 19-inch monitors are holding their own when it comes to the desktop market. We review 10 flat-panel models.

  • The intruder at the gate

    Once simply alarm systems for the network, Intrusion Detection Systems have evolved to encompass a whole lot more. We review six sophisticated security devices.

More Reviews >

Create an e-mail alert for "operating system"
ZDNet Australia Alerts is an e-mail alert service which provides personalised news, features and reviews to readers’ inbox on an hourly, daily and weekly basis.
Alert:
operating system


Frequency: *

Filter Tags

  1. Popularity: 3 3com
  2. Popularity: 4 access
  3. Popularity: 4 broadband
  4. Popularity: 22 business
  5. Popularity: 5 desktop
  6. Popularity: 3 detection
  7. Popularity: 4 domino
  8. Popularity: 7 e-mail
  9. Popularity: 4 exchange
  10. Popularity: 4 firewall
  11. Popularity: 4 hardware
  12. Popularity: 8 hp
  13. Popularity: 6 internet
  14. Popularity: 3 intrusion
  15. Popularity: 4 ip
  16. Popularity: 3 lcd
  17. Popularity: 12 linux
  18. Popularity: 4 mail
  19. Popularity: 4 management
  20. Popularity: 4 microsoft
  21. Popularity: 3 monitor
  22. Popularity: 3 netgear
  23. Popularity: 14 network
  24. Popularity: 4 nortel
  25. Popularity: 5 novell
  26. Popularity: 4 open source
  27. Popularity: 3 pc
  28. Popularity: 4 pda
  29. Popularity: 3 point
  30. Popularity: 6 red hat
  31. Popularity: 9 rmit
  32. Popularity: 13 security
  33. Popularity: 14 server
  34. Popularity: 5 servers
  35. Popularity: 11 software
  36. Popularity: 4 spam
  37. Popularity: 5 storage
  38. Popularity: 4 suse
  39. Popularity: 53 t&b
  40. Popularity: 22 technology
  41. Popularity: 4 technology and business
  42. Popularity: 5 thin
  43. Popularity: 8 virtualisation
  44. Popularity: 4 virtualization
  45. Popularity: 3 virus
  46. Popularity: 5 vmware
  47. Popularity: 6 vpn
  48. Popularity: 4 wi-fi
  49. Popularity: 5 windows
  50. Popularity: 7 wireless

Latest Videos

Sponsored content

Power Centre - Content from our premier sponsors

Blogs

  • David Braue NBN needs workers on board
    Without consensus on labour issues, the eventual winner of the NBN may end up as little more than a lame duck and a cashed-up symbol of the conflict between the desire for progress and the lack of mechanisms to deliver it.
  • Array D'Ascenzo: Read p23 of security review
    Following yesterday's admission by the Australian Taxation Office that its courier had lost a CD containing the details of 3,000 self-managed super funds, it wants to review how it handles information. My suggestion: go back to the review completed in April.
  • Array Opening the floodgates on missing drives
    News headlines about portable storage devices going missing are as common as muck, but the problem could be even more widespread than you suspect.
  • More blogs »

Back to top

Featured