Purpose-built Linux distros are appearing faster than zombies in a first-person shooter. Need a drop-in replacement for Microsoft's Primary Domain Controller? Try the Domain Controller Appliance.

AI thrives on data but feeding it the right data is harder than it seems. As enterprises scale their AI initiatives, they face the challenge of managing diverse data pipelines, ensuring proximity to ...

Levanta recently released a new server management appliance aimed at administrators who manage large Linux-based networks. The box, called the Intrepid X, is a hardware-based management product that ...

The modularity and licensing of Linux makes it well suited as the platform of choice for the burgeoning software appliance market, a Novell executive said at the VMworld conference in Cannes. Software ...

Everyone is familiar with hardware appliances in one form or another. It could be a wireless access point at home or a DNS server appliance in the data center. Appliances offer a prebuilt software ...

Select only computer hardware that is supported by the Linux applications you need; Give your customers an "approved" list of expansion peripherals, such as printers, scanners, and cameras; Tell your ...

Have you ever solved the same system administration problem for many clients and wished you didn't have to reinvent the wheel every time? Or had the desire to build your own appliance but not known ...

Network management vendor NetScout Systems Inc. will introduce its first network management appliance for Linux next month when it releases its nGenius Express Appliance for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Yesterday I received a Yoggie Pico Pro personal security appliance for review. This is a new Linux-based security computer that's the size and shape of a USB flash drive. The idea is that rather than ...

Linux has made a major impact with embedded systems, and a wide range of applications can be considered computer appliances. Developers sometimes turn to Linux providers for development tools and ...