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July 9, 2020
by sjvn01
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Docker partners with AWS to smooth container deployments

On July 9, 2020, Docker and Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced they would make Docker application developers’ lives easier by streamlining the process of deploying and managing containers from Docker Compose, Docker Desktop, and Docker Hub to Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) and Amazon ECS on AWS Fargate. Docker partners … Continue reading →

July 8, 2020
by sjvn01
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Google open sources trademarks with the Open Usage Commons

Google has announced it is launching a new organization, Open Usage Commons (OUC), to host the trademarks for three of its most important new open-source projects. These are Angular, a web application framework for mobile and desktop; Gerrit, a web-based team code-collaboration tool; … Continue reading →

June 30, 2020
by sjvn01
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SODA Foundation expands cloud data autonomy plans

At the virtual Open Source Summit, The Linux Foundation announced the SODA Foundation, formerly OpenSDS, is adding open-source software and standards to its efforts to support data autonomy. It will do this by hosting an open-source, unified, and autonomous data management framework for data mobility … Continue reading →

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 25, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Puppet introduces beta of cloud-native, event-driven DevOps program: Relay

Puppet introduces beta of cloud-native, event-driven DevOps program: Relay

Puppet is a great DevOps program for managing multiple servers, but it wants to do more than automating server setup, program installation, and system management. The Portland, Oregon-based open-source company wants to automate processes across any cloud infrastructure — as well as all … Continue reading →