"Tired of crappy software? AlternativeTo is a new approach to finding good software. Tell us what application you want to replace and we give you great alternatives, based on user recommendations."
"Observium is an autodiscovering PHP/MySQL based network monitoring system focused primarily on Cisco and Linux networks but includes support for a wide range of network hardware and operating systems."
Lockdown for workstations to prevent changes or remove them at will. Similar to DeepFreeze and Windows SteadyState. Optional central control. Commercial product.
"A physical server needs drivers to talk to it's hardware. A virtualized server, in essence, does the same thing. VMware presents new hardware to allow the virtual machine to talk to it's hypervisor. Think of the driver issue in a P2V migration like removing a video card and installing a new one. The drivers and hidden hardware are still there just in case you feel like popping the video card back in. A P2V will still have all of the old hardware in the virtual machine. Don't forget about services that physical servers used, namely HP server management services."
"Over the past month I have installed and tested almost every single tool on my previous blog post of A List of FREE VMware vSphere Tools." -Kendrick Coleman
Free tools like Xirrus Wi-Fi Inspector and the Xirrus Wi-Fi Monitor Gadget for Windows 7 with links to other third-party systems/network admin tools. Very cool!
"David Mikhail, one of Fairfax County Public Schools' top Windows engineers had put together a master list of software to blacklist via GPO. This gives us the flexibility to allow users local admin right with some comfort that known bad software can't be installed."
"We combine peer-to-peer technologies with advanced data replication algorithms to provide you with a private and distributed file system using your own devices."
"Wuala is secure online storage, a haven in the cloud to store your files. You can safely access and share your files with friends, family, and co-workers."
"Office 2010 volume editions are delivered with the KMS client, which doesn't have to be installed. KMS clients will find the KMS host automatically through DNS."