automation

n this white paper read about five distinct challenges that if left unaddressed will drastically reduce an organization’s ability to gain the benefits promised by a move to Agile development methods.

Microsoft announced last week that it acquired Opalis Software for an undisclosed amount.

InternetNews: "What does building and maintaining Linux-based software appliances have to do with datacenter automation? A whole lot, according to appliance vendor rPath."

Linux.com: "There is a cool Linux command-line program called gPhoto, that can do tethered capture and a whole lot of other things.

Since it runs on Linux, all kinds of remote control and automation are possible."

LinuxPlanet: "Novell's SUSE Studio brings a slick automation process to the world of Linux appliances. Paul Ferrill shows us how a few mouse clicks is all you need to create a fully bootable image in any of several formats, including a VMware image."

Like much of the rest of the city, New Orleans' information technology department was nearly crippled by Hurricane Katrina.

But as the city continues to put itself back together, the IT department has been able to rebuild -- and even improve some operations.

The automation of its business processes has been among the improvements.