Deb Woods is vice president of product management at Ingres, a leading open source database company. Prior to Ingres, she was vice president of product management at Red Hat. She is active in the open source community and sits on the Open Solutions Alliance board of directors. Deb holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University.
Appliances. The very word is emblematic of stability and strength. Think of
the appliances in your kitchen. Unless you’re particularly unlucky,
99.9% of the time your refrigerator, stove and dishwasher just work. You
don’t have to give it a second thought.
When we talk about software appliances, we’re talking about a similar
stability. A software appliance is a software application combined with just
enough operating system to run well on a server or a virtual machine. Like
your kitchen appliances, software appliances, require a minimal attention to
things like installation configuration or maintenance.
Linux-based software appliances have been proving to be especially
dependable, but with an integrated software appliance, the operating system
doesn&rsq... (more)
With heightened pressure on today's businesses from the current global
economic woes, figuring out what to do next on many business and technology
decision-making levels, and making sure they are the right moves, can make or
break your business. Take a moment to consider the following questions:
Is now the right time to grow a particular aspect of the business? Could we
cut the new IT app... (more)
Deb Woods is vice president of product management at Ingres, a leading open source database company. Prior to Ingres, she was vice president of product management at Red Hat. She is active in the open source community and sits on the Open Solutions Alliance board of directors. Deb holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University.
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