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June 29, 2020
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FinOps Foundation joins The Linux Foundation to nail down best cloud financial practices

At the virtual Open Source Summit, The Linux Foundation announced it was joining forces with the FinOps Foundation. Their mutual goal is to advance the discipline of FinOps through best practices, education, and standards. FinOps combines systems, best practices, and culture to help organizations understand cloud … Continue reading

June 26, 2020
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Principled Technologies releases first true cloud performance benchmarks

We all use the cloud, but measuring cloud performance is difficult. I should know. I’ve written benchmarks, and I benchmarked the major public clouds for PC Magazine using Primate Labs’ Geekbench 3 and other programs, which, frankly, weren’t ideal for testing clouds. But now Principled Technologies and … Continue reading

June 17, 2020
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Parallels and Google to bring full-featured Windows applications to Chrome Enterprise

You’ve long been able to run some Windows apps on Chromebooks with CodeWeaver’s Crossover Chrome OS, a beta program. And if you absolutely have to run Microsoft Office — not Google Docs — Microsoft supports Office and Microsoft 365 on Chromebooks. But that still … Continue reading

June 9, 2020
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Best Linux Foundation classes in 2020: Intro to Linux, Cloud Engineer Bootcamp, and more

Before I started writing about technology, I was a Beltway Bandit. That is, I was an IT contractor working for NASA and the Department of Defense. In those days, my job skills were Unix and mainframe system administrator, database programming, … Continue reading