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January 28, 2022
by sjvn01
Comments Off on SUSE unveils Rancher Desktop 1.0 for Kubernetes on your PC

SUSE unveils Rancher Desktop 1.0 for Kubernetes on your PC

As Kubernetes users know, Rancher is a popular complete software stack for running and managing multiple Kubernetes clusters across any infrastructure. Now, since Linux and cloud-power SUSE acquired Rancher, it’s launched its first new program: Rancher Desktop 1.0 Rancher Desktop is an open source program that … Continue reading →

January 25, 2022
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Don’t cheap out on essential hardware

Don’t cheap out on essential hardware

On the Reddit SysAdmin group, I recently read a horror story. A car dealership had been using a 14-year-old desktop for its one and only business server. On it, the company was running two business’ customer-relation management (CRM) programs and their inventory management … Continue reading →

January 18, 2022
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Mirantis brings secure registries to Kubernetes distros

Mirantis brings secure registries to Kubernetes distros

Thanks to Solarwinds and Log4j, we know it’s all too easy to have our systems busted thanks to software supply chain problems. To help us with this, Mirantis, the cloud and container company, has released Mirantis Secure Registry (MSR) 3.0, which can be used to build … Continue reading →

January 13, 2022
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Wireshark creator joins Sysdig to extend it to cloud security

Wireshark creator joins Sysdig to extend it to cloud security

If you’re a real network administrator, you know and love open source Wireshark. For over 15-years, it’s been the tool that professionals use for network traffic protocol analysis. Nothing else even comes close. Now, Sysdig, the container and cloud security company, has hired … Continue reading →

January 13, 2022
by sjvn01
Comments Off on EVerest: The open source software stack for EV charging infrastructure

EVerest: The open source software stack for EV charging infrastructure

Even if you’d never buy a Tesla, electric vehicles (EVs) are the future. There’s only one big problem. Unlike a gas-based car, where you can always find a gas station when you need to top off, there’s nothing like enough … Continue reading →

January 12, 2022
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Open source isn’t the security problem – misusing it is

Open source isn’t the security problem – misusing it is

We’re going to be cleaning up Apache Log4j security problems for months to come, but the real problem isn’t that it was open-source software. It’s how we track and use open-source code. When security vulnerabilities were found in the extremely popular … Continue reading →