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June 30, 2020
by sjvn01
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Baidu joins Open Invention Network Linux patent protection group

The Open Invention Network (OIN) is the largest patent non-aggression community in history. Its chief job is protecting Linux and open-source friendly companies from patent attacks. Now, Baidu, the largest Chinese language search engine and one of the world’s leading artificial intelligence (AI) … Continue reading →

June 29, 2020
by sjvn01
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Linus Torvalds on the future of Linux kernel developers and development

Once more, at The Linux Foundation‘s virtual Open Source Summit,  VMware‘s Chief Open Source Officer, Dirk Hohndel, and Linux’s creator, Linus Torvalds had a wide-ranging conversation about Linux development. Linus Torvalds on the future of Linux kernel developers and development More>

June 24, 2020
by sjvn01
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New Cloud Foundry command-line interface arrives

The Cloud Foundry Foundation, home to the open-source Cloud Foundry Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) cloud, announced from the virtual Cloud Foundry North American Summit the release of version 7 of the Cloud Foundry Command Line Interface (CF CLI v7). A command line? For the cloud? Oh yes. … Continue reading →

June 18, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Linux Foundation and Harvard announce Linux and open-source contributor security survey

Linux Foundation and Harvard announce Linux and open-source contributor security survey

Except for the desktop, Linux and open-source run the IT world. With great power comes great security responsibilities. While open-source security issues can be overstated, the simple truth is antique, insecure open-source software is everywhere. The Linux Foundation knows this. To address it, the … Continue reading →

June 18, 2020
by sjvn01
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DataStax Vector: Making Cassandra NoSQL DBMS clusters more manageable

Apache Cassandra is a great NoSQL database, but no one’s ever said it was easy to monitor or manage. Now, DataStax is bringing out a private beta of Vector, an AIOps service for Cassandra. Vector will continually assess the behavior of a Cassandra cluster … Continue reading →

June 11, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Faster than ever, Apache Cassandra 4.0 beta is on its way

Faster than ever, Apache Cassandra 4.0 beta is on its way

If you want a fast database management system (DBMS), which can handle petabytes of data for web and mobile applications, chances are you’re using the NoSQL Apache Cassandra database. After all, such companies as Hulu, Netflix, and Reddit, already do. Oh, it … Continue reading →