Over the last decade or so, open source development has skyrocketed, and network management software has ridden that wave. Many frustrated IT administrators have turned to free tools to monitor, ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Build or buy? That's the typical discussion around network automation. In reality, however, ...

Open source software makes inroads vs. proprietary software despite warnings of Microsoft, others. Open source software initially was a head-scratcher: “How can you make money selling something for ...

Open-source software tools continue to increase in popularity because of the multiple advantages they provide including lower upfront software and hardware costs, lower total-cost-of-ownership, lack ...

As cybersecurity threats continue to evolve, the need for robust protection mechanisms becomes increasingly critical for organizations and individuals alike.

As networking continues to expand and diversify, encompassing a growing number of wired and wireless devices, the demand for network monitoring tools remains high. While feature-packed commercial ...

InfoWorld’s Best of Open Source Software Awards, chosen annually by Test Center editors and reviewers, recognize the best open source software for developers, IT organizations, and the business users ...

In this Linux tip, learn how to use the OR (||) operator that provides a useful functionality in scripts. But, first, to demonstrate how this operator works, we’ll run a couple simple commands on the ...

Openbravo debuted its Openbravo QuickStart Edition, a version of its open-source ERP application set that the company said can be implemented in as little as 40 to 80 hours -- a fraction of the time ...

The overwhelming networking industry support for open source projects—whether in Open RAN, domain-specific AI, or cloud native networking—underscores its critical role in ensuring scalability, ...

In a recent Businessweek article, an IBM exec pointed out that “Today, the amount of information we produce increases by about 800 megabytes per year for every man, woman, and child on the planet.” ...