ADMIN #02 - Digital Issue

Table of Contents:

Features
Backup Solutions - We give you the lowdown on almost 100 features of seven professional backup solutions.
MS SQL Server - Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 is out, and it’s better than ever.
Cloud Platforms - Take your head out of the clouds and get the real scoop on cloud platforms.

Tools
Proxmox Virtual Appliance - Manage OpenVZ and KVM virtual servers simultaneously with Proxmox.
Database Tuning with Maatkit - Extend your DBMS with the Maatkit suite of command-line utilities.
UltraVNC - Cross-platform remote access gets fast and easy with this open source riff on the VNC protocol.
Small Business Server 2008 - We guide you through the maze of service packs and updates to show you how to keep SBS 2008 up to date and secure.
Igel Thin Clients - Go green, go thin, and simplify, simplify.

Virtualization
Nagios and Icinga Monitoring - A few simple monitoring tools will show you what’s going on in your virtual environment.
KVM - KVM and Qemu take advantage of advanced processor technology for fast, efficient virtual machines.
Hyper-V - Microsoft's Hyper-V delivers enterprise-level virtualization solutions.
XenServer - Citrix XenServer Free can put you on the road to server virtualization. Paid versions deliver additional features.
Fail-Safe VMware ESX - Avoid single points of failure at switches and create fail-safe VMware ESX server farms.

Management
Desktop Authority - Remote management, inventory capabilities, port security, and password self-service are a few of the management features in Desktop Authority.
Reporting Tools Roundup - We take a close look at five reporting tools you can use to analyze data and present it to the decision makers in your organization.
Portable scripting - No matter which shell interpreter you choose, we show you how to create portable scripts that work in a heterogeneous environment of Unix and Linux installations.

Nuts and Bolts
Parallel CPython - Improve the performance of your Python programs with run-time parallel processing on multicore machines.
SSSD - Securely connect mobile users to your servers with the System Security Services Daemon.
Cross-Platform Shell - Create portable scripts that work across the various derivatives of Unix and Linux.
Data Entry Shell Masks - Get your data in fast with data entry masks in shell scripts.