Jason Brooks

WINNER Agilix Labs Inc. Agilix Gobinder 2005 Agilix GoBinder 2005, this years winner in the Productivity Applications category, stood out for accomplishing a goal that few applications weve seen have managed to achieve: turning Microsoft Corp.s Tablet PC into a productivity-enhancing platform. /zimages/1/28571.gifFor a list of all the winners and finalists of the fifth annual […]

Mandrakesoft Inc.s Mandrakelinux Corporate Server 3.0 is a solid Linux 2.6-based operating system that ships with the software and tools required to deliver a comprehensive set of network services—particularly in departmental and small-office scenarios, where this distributions easy-to-use configuration tools can lower administration barriers. Click here to read the full review of Mandrakelinux Corporate Server […]

Web content management and portal applications such as PHP-Nuke and Plone are great for building quick, dynamic Web sites or collaboration hubs, but theres a drawback to the sites these applications generate: They tend to look alike. Although the most popular options make provisions for customization and skinning, performing these operations is not a trivial […]

Every popular Linux distribution ships with some sort of software package management system charged with keeping track of every piece of software installed on a system and of the softwares dependencies on other components to operate. If you stick to the packages that ship with your distribution—including everything needed to run a basic desktop or […]

Open-source software tends to be most closely associated with Linux. However, many excellent open-source applications support Windows, and a significant amount of open-source software runs on Windows exclusively. Linux distributions carry lots of freely licensed software along with them, and the relative paucity of proprietary applications that support Linux means that free alternatives take on […]

Unix descendants such as Linux and the BSDs have ascended into increasingly more important roles in both the enterprise and consumer spaces. With the recent releases of Red Hat Inc.s Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and Sun Microsystems Inc.s Solaris 10, both of which eWEEK Labs reviews in this package, the Linux and Unix communities […]

Red Hat Inc.s Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 stands as a leading example of how Linux and the constellation of open-source projects that surround it have grown capable of serving the needs of organizations, from the desktop to the server room. Click here to read the full review of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. 2 […]

With distinctive, well-implemented new system administration features, widened platform support and an aggressive licensing model, Sun Microsystems Inc.s Solaris 10 is a bold bid to reassert the relevance of the Unix stalwart. Click here to read the full review of Solaris 10. 2 With distinctive, well-implemented new system administration features, widened platform support and an […]

The Gentoo Foundation Inc.s Gentoo Linux has quickly grown into one of the worlds most popular Linux distributions. However, Gentoos non-commercial status, as well as its reputation as a bleeding-edge distribution for Linux system tweakers, has so far dimmed its prospects for enterprise adoption. That said, Gentoo Linux is maturing quickly, and the systems source […]

The most attention-grabbing word associated with Linux and open-source software is “free.” IT projects are costly, and the promise of removing license fees from the list of costs—such as those for training, integration and maintenance—has been a major factor in the Penguins rise to prominence. However, the Linux distributions best-tailored for enterprise use are sold […]