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Open Compute to open-source high-end network switches

May 9th, 2013 · No Comments

Since Facebook started open-sourcing the data center in 2011 in the Open Compute Project (OCP), Facebook and its OCP partners have had some successes in making data-center computing more open and affordable. Now, the OCP takes on what may be its biggest challenge to date: Creating open-source, high-end network switches. Open Compute to open-source high-end [...]

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Tags: Business · Development · Facebook · Infrastructure · Internet · Intranet · Network · Open Source · Server

Evernote hacked, forces password reset

March 2nd, 2013 · Comments Off

2013 may become known as the year of hacker. Following sucessful hacks of Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, and NBC‘s Web sites and servers,  the popular multi-platform, note-taking Web application Evernote servers have been hacked. Evernote hacked, forces password reset. More >

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Tags: Applications · Infrastructure · Internet · Network · Security · Server · Web Services

Linux, Windows, and security FUD

February 17th, 2013 · Comments Off

It’s 2013. but the Linux FUD just keeps coming. In the most recent example, security firm Trustwave claimed that Linux kernel vulnerabilities went unpatched more than twice as long as it took to fix unpatched flaws in Windows. This assertion would be a lot more believable if it wasn’t coming from a Microsoft partner. What [...]

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Tags: Business · Desktop · Infrastructure · Linux · Microsoft · Operating System · Security · Server · Windows

OpenSUSE also considers switching from MySQL to MariaDB

January 24th, 2013 · Comments Off

MySQL may still be the “most popular open-source database” for now, but its day may be ending. Just like Fedora, which is considering switching out MySQL for the MySQL fork MariaDB, openSUSE is also considering making MariaDB its default database management system (DBMS). Fedora’s change to MariaDB looks to be more certain than openSUSE‘s (SUSE‘s [...]

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Tags: Business · Database · Development · Infrastructure · LAMP · Linux · Open Source · Operating System · Oracle · Red Hat · Server · SUSE

Fedora Linux considering switching out MySQL for MariaDB

January 22nd, 2013 · Comments Off

MariaDB, the open-source database management system (DBMS) and MySQL fork, may soon be replacing MySQL in the Fedora Linux distribution. Since Fedora is also the testbed for Red Hat‘s market-leading Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), this move may lead to major changes in the Linux DBMS world. Jaroslav Reznik, who is Red Hat’s Fedora project [...]

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Tags: Business · Database · Development · Infrastructure · LAMP · Linux · Open Source · Operating System · Oracle · Red Hat · Server