February 26, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on The for-profit takeover of the non-profit ‘.org’ top-level domain
At first glance, the proposed deal makes little sense. The Internet Society is trying to sell the non-profit Public Interest Registry (PIR), the registry for the “.org” top-level domain (TLD), to the new private-equity firm Ethos Capital for $1.135 billion. There are about 10.5 million … Continue reading
February 25, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Microsoft previews Microsoft Defender ATP for Linux
First thing is first, the new beta Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) is not an antiviral program for Linux desktops. No, it’s an enterprise platform designed to help you prevent, detect, investigate, and respond to Linux server and network threats. Microsoft … Continue reading
February 24, 2020
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Comments Off on Mirantis co-founder leaves to create open-source 5G startup
Open source revolutized technology and networking but it’s done almost nothing in cellular technology. That’s because Boris Renski, co-founder of OpenStack and Kubernetes power Mirantis, explained, “cellular wireless is an oligopoly black box primarily due to historic government regulation.” But, now that the FCC has opened up … Continue reading
February 20, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Red Hat OpenStack lives on in a new release
SUSE may have given up on the OpenStack Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud, but Red Hat hasn’t. The Raleigh, N.C.-based company has just released its latest OpenStack distribution, Red Hat OpenStack Platform (RHOP) 16. Red Hat OpenStack lives on in a new release More>
February 19, 2020
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Comments Off on New company BluBracket takes on software supply chain code security
Open-source software makes up 80% to 90% of all software. Much of that is built on deeply buried open-source components. And, far too often, your own developers have placed passwords and secrets in that code. That’s not an exaggeration. According to … Continue reading
February 18, 2020
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Comments Off on Red Hat finds enterprise users are adopting open-source software at a rapid pace
Enterprise customers believe open-source software is great. In a just-released Red Hat 2020 enterprise user report, the Linux and cloud folks from Raleigh found 95% of almost 1,000 enterprise IT leaders thought open-source is “strategically important to their organization’s overall enterprise infrastructure … Continue reading