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Defending the Baseline  

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Microsoft operating systems are not necessarily regarded as the epitome of computer security, but the free Security Compliance Manager helps enforce some basic hardening measures.

In Harmony  

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Many admins are responsible for heterogeneous IT environments. Those who want use the popular Bash and GNU tools under Windows can either install the Cygwin compatibility layer or try Gow, the more slender alternative.

Out of the Box  

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Admins of small businesses who want to cover all their infrastructure requirements with a single server are the target group of small-business servers. In this article, we introduce three Linux distributions that meet this requirement.

Cloud Basics  

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Central network storage with clients for any platform are convenient, although the popular designation "cloud" is debatable. Yet, what is the best implementation? We compare three storage cloud solutions.

Law of Averages  

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The load averaging can be a source of confusion for admins. This month, we provide a look at some basic considerations.

New Host  

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Version 3.1 of the oVirt management platform for virtual infrastructures has recently become available. On Fedora 17, the new release is easy to install and deploy.

Turf War  

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In the old Hyper-V hypervisor from Microsoft, many features for professional use were missing. The new version 3.0 has been significantly improved and is slowly catching up to VMware.

Click to the Future  

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HTML5 offers a range of new features, such as audio and video support, without needing plugins like Flash or Java. This opens up completely new options in terms of content delivery via the web – and also for mobile access to applications on the LAN.

Movers  

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The new version of Hyper-V sees Microsoft improve and simplify live migration and high-availability options.

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