In The News
A Resource-Effective Solution
By Brendan StrejcekWed, 10 Mar 2010
Jarle Bjorgeengen of the University of Oslo did a laboratory study showing the efficiency merits of Cfengine. The report is available to USENIX members in their ;login: magazine. Resource efficiency is a huge factor when talking about virtualization and configuration management in elastic Cloud Computing.
Mark Burgess FLOSS Interview
By Brendan StrejcekThu, 04 Feb 2010
Mark Burgess was interviewed (with a sore throat) on FLOSS weekly.
New Board Members
By Bob WhirleyThu, 04 Feb 2010
Moving into a new year, the privately owned and funded Cfengine company has changed its board to include some power members of the Free and Open Software community. "The time has come to change the style of our board work, as we move into a different phase of growth," says CEO Thomas Ryd.
NetworkWorld
By Brendan StrejcekTue, 24 Nov 2009
Cfengine was listed in NetworkWorld's 11 open source companies to watch.
Partnering with industry
By Brendan StrejcekTue, 10 Nov 2009
Cfengine is now partnering with key industry re-sellers to bring professional support to users of the commercial and community editions. By supporting a complete datacentre package through leading industry suppliers, we are working to simplify Cfengine datacentre deployments for new and existing users. The future of Cfengine's world-spanning footprint depends on our two-pronged approach: constant simplification of the solution, and scaling up of support around the world. Today, we are bridging services across 3 continents to help users as effectively as we can.
Cfengine in Network World
By Brendan StrejcekSun, 31 May 2009
According to Network World, Cfengine challenges "the 'Big Four' management vendors -- BMC, CA, and IBM -- on not only cost but also capabilities. Cfengine [has] introduced [a] project that will be worthwhile to follow and will likely give the big four proprietary IT management solutions a run for their money..."
Cfengine in Reuters
By Brendan StrejcekMon, 20 Apr 2009
Needless to say, we agree with this characterization: "Cfengine, the leading Open Source provider of datacenter automation solutions introduces Cfengine Nova, drawing on 15 years of market feedback and more than a million installations of worldwide experience. Cfengine Nova is best of breed automation solution, bringing multiplatform repair and policy-based compliance to global organizations. Cfengine Nova has been enhanced extensively by user feedback to manage the entire server lifecycle."
Cfengine 3 Tutorial in Linux Pro Magazine
By Brendan StrejcekWed, 01 Apr 2009
The cover feature of the April 2009 issue of Linux Pro Magazine is a tutorial I wrote for introducing Cfengine 3.