The fight is on for utility computing supremacy. Some say Linux should be the operating system of choice. Read more here and decide if you think that the penguin is up to the task.
Veritas Software Corp.'s director of Linux strategy, Ranajit Nevatia, gives his blessing to the marriage of utility computing and Linux. At LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in New York this week, Veritas will announce that it's padding its utility computing offerings with an upgrade to its OpForce server-provisioning software. Veritas has also made its Veritas Server Cluster software available on VMware -- which makes Veritas Server Cluster the first high-availability product for VMware. In this interview, Nevatia says Linux is a fine fit for utility computing because it promotes commoditization. He also talks about Linux's proliferation deeper into enterprise infrastructures.
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