Patch management is both a security process and a system management task. We investigate the best patch managers available on the market, so you can make an informed decision. Patch management is an ...

Windows/Mac/Linux: VirtualBox 4.0 makes creating virtual operating systems a lot less bothersome. The interface is easier to get around, the virtual machines easier to move or wipe away, display and ...

We discuss Microsoft’s new multi-year management initiative with Brian Valentine, senior vice president of the Windows division. There is a lot of momentum in the industry right now around ...

Today’s operating systems are more sophisticated and feature-rich than ever before, which makes them substantially more useful to the enterprise but also adds to security vulnerability—unless the ...

The computer's master control program. When a computer is turned on, a small "boot program" loads the operating system. Although additional system modules may be loaded as needed, the main part, known ...

Linux processes are made up of text, data, and BSS static segments; in addition, each process has its own stack (which is created with the fork system call). Heap space for Linux tasks are allocated ...

A traditional operating system (OS) such as Windows, macOS and Linux facilitates user interaction with hardware through a graphical user interface and manages tasks like memory allocation and process ...

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FOCUS 11--McAfee today announced an extension of its leading endpoint security management offering to provide customers with secure and remote security management access to ...

Editor's Note: Embedded Systems Architecture, 2nd Edition, is a practical and technical guide to understanding the components that make up an embedded system’s architecture. Offering detailed ...

Rebecca Torchia is a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K–12. Previously, she has produced podcasts and written for several publications in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and her hometown of Pittsburgh.

Linux is a tried-and-true, open-source operating system released in 1991 for computers, but its use has expanded to underpin systems for cars, phones, web servers and, more recently, networking gear.