Jack Wallen

Munin is an open source application that enables the administrator to monitor and collect data for networks, PCs, SANS, and even applications.

The Lotus Symphony office suite enables the small business, running on a tight budget, to have a streamlined, reliable office suite.

Orange HRM is a resource management tool for any SMB or enterprise looking for a cost-effective tool to manage a large number of human resource tasks.

Softmaker Office allows businesses to deploy an office suite for far less cost than Microsoft Office and a smaller footprint than OpenOffice.

Piwik is a Web site analytics tool that is plug-in based so you can drag and drop plugins around your dashboard to customize the data you see.

We’ve debated the highlights of IT history. Now it’s time to consider a few good ideas that went wrong – or that may have been ill-advised to begin with.

The Sun OpenOffice PDF Import Extension is a free and easy to install extension for Open Office that makes editing PDF documents easy.

Writers Cafe is a tool that can make the process of documentation, on all levels, a much easier and more organized task.

SystemRescueCD contains a number of outstanding tools that can help you to troubleshoot and repair Linux desktops and servers, and Windows machines.

So long as a personal computer is connected to a network it is vulnerable, so adding a firewall is critical. Firestarter is one of the easiest firewall tools to use for both the Linux desktop and the Linux server.

E-readers aren’t just for avid e-bookworms anymore. See why Jack Wallen believes e-readers hold considerable value in the business environment.

A dependable backup tool is not a luxury – everyone needs to have one. But that doesn’t mean you need to spend a fortune to get the feature set that meets your needs. Jack Wallen introduces some great Linux backup solutions, including a few that are cross platform.