With the supercloud concept gaining steam, some people believe it’s an architecture that holds various complexities, whereas others think that it’s a platform offering programmatically consistent ...

Mohammad Shuaib Siddique knows his way around the guts of modern computers. He’s a senior systems software architect who lives where silicon, firmware, operating systems, and networks all come ...

Virtualization technology, whereby multiple operating systems can be run on shared hardware, is extremely well understood if somewhat inefficient in its use of resources. Just a few decades ago, ...

Two of the major features that distinguish Cisco’s IOS and Juniper Networks’ JUNOS operating systems are their heritage and number of versions on the market. The third is their architecture. Read the ...

Cross-platform software is the norm today. In many cases, developers don't have to consider what operating system their apps will be deployed on, because apps tend to be more or less platform-agnostic ...

What are open-source operating systems? Underpinning an operating system, for example Windows on your PC or Android on your phone, is many, many lines of code. Allowing anyone to inspect the source ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. AJ is an expert in talent, teams, and the future of work. In the tech world, companies are masters at debugging code but often ...

Technology and innovation have become more important than ever for the advancement of mobility. And there may be no automaker pushing the limits of this premise further than Mercedes-Benz with its ...

With cybersecurity threats on the rise and data breaches occurring almost every week, it’s natural to ask: What is the most secure operating system (OS)? Unfortunately, the answer isn’t ...