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Features

• Top data center stories: IT pros stick to Intel servers

  The fourth top data center story of 2010 details IT pros who want AMD to succeed, but are sticking to Intel servers.  Continue Reading

• The top 10 Linux tips of 2010

  The top Linux tips of 2010, based on SearchEnterpriseLinux.com reader data, include five Bash secrets for Linux and getting started with Clonezilla for Linux server disk cloning.  Continue Reading

• Getting the IT and facilities relationship on track

  Expert advice on bringing together the IT and facilities departments can improve efficiency and save the company money.  Continue Reading

• The mainframe programmer and the process auditor

  In this humor piece, see what happens when a mainframe programmer is forced to work with the non-understanding "Windows" world.  Continue Reading

• OSU Open Source Lab leader looks to further FOSS community outreach

  A former Google exec and new Open Source Outreach Manager of Oregon State's Open Source Lab talks building FOSS community relationships and teaching future leaders of open source.  Continue Reading

• Data center house of horrors

  With all the moving parts in your data center, it's easy to get spooked by snafus on a regular basis. But these eight data center nightmare scenarios take the pumpkin.  Continue Reading

• Data center house of horrors: Skeletons in the server closet

  In this fifth slide of the data center house of horrors slideshow, one data center's servers are housed in the janitor's closet.  Continue Reading

• Data center house of horrors: The mainframe that wouldn't die

  In this seventh slide of the data center house of horrors slideshow, pundits keep pushing on the fact that the mainframe just won't die.  Continue Reading

• Data center house of horrors: The systems vendor from hell

  In this sixth slide of the data center house of horrors slideshow, Oracle's terrifying systems support is detailed.  Continue Reading

• Data center house of horrors: Don't push the red button

  In this third slide of the data center house of horrors slideshow, power issues plague a data center.  Continue Reading

• Data center house of horrors: Demonic CRAC units

  In this eighth and final slide of the data center house of horrors slideshow, a CRAC unit that blew out unusually hot air is profiled.  Continue Reading

• Data center house of horrors: Sleepy Hollow geothermal data center

  In this fourth slide of the data center house of horrors slideshow, a Sleepy Hollow, N.Y., data center will feature geothermal energy from an unusual source.  Continue Reading

• Data center house of horrors: A colony of freaks

  In this second slide of the data center house of horrors slideshow, relics of a data center past come back to life.  Continue Reading

• Digest: Windows and Linux interoperability, integration

  Two operating systems can co-exist peacefully in the same environment. Learn tricks to Windows and Linux interoperability, including how to share files between the two platforms.  Continue Reading

• Chapter excerpt: Working with the Ubuntu Linux GUI

  Preview a chapter from 'A Practical Guide to Ubuntu Linux' that details learning the Linux GUI in Ubuntu, specifically X and GNOME environments.  Continue Reading