Many small and midsized IT organizations rely on a mix of freeware and open source software to manage their infrastructure. These free tools can be effective and economical choices for smaller networks. But how do you know when it’s time to upgrade to a commercial product? Scale is one of the first indicators that you [...]
Know when it’s time to replace open source and freeware infrastructure management tools
By Shamus McGillicuddy on Aug 28, 2015 2:02:09 PM
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Docker acquires SocketPlane for multi-host container networking
By Shamus McGillicuddy on Mar 4, 2015 2:36:21 PM
Docker Inc. acquired networking startup SocketPlane today, indicating that Docker wants to accelerate the development of networking APIs and software that will help network managers operationalize production Linux containers. Docker is a suite of open source software that helps developers and admins manage and scale their use of Linux containers. Containers offer the same resource [...]
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