August 6, 2013
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Apache’s Drill goal is striving to do nothing less than answer queries from petabytes of data and trillions of records in less than a second. You can’t claim that the Apache Drill programmers think small. Their design goal is for … Continue reading
August 2, 2013
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When Canonical, Ubuntu’s parent company, first announced its Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group (CAG), it looked like only European and Asian telecoms were interested in Ubuntu’s smartphone pitch. Then, in July, Verizon threw its hat into the Ubuntu Linux smartphone ring, … Continue reading
August 2, 2013
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Google’s latest version of Android, Jelly Bean 4.3, has many good features. Under the surface, though, Google added five significant security features. On top of that, Google has added two other new features that work with almost all currently used … Continue reading
August 1, 2013
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If you really want to make the most of a cloud, you need cloud configuration management software such as Puppet, Ansible, or Chef. With these, instead of your system operators sweating over management programs meant for single, standalone servers, they … Continue reading
August 1, 2013
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When I wear my IT hat, I like Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI). With it you can easily and securely deploy complete desktops from servers to your users. Well, in theory, I like it. In practice, it’s often another matter. I … Continue reading
July 30, 2013
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Last year, IBM started investing more in Linux on its Power line of servers and now it’s doubling down on that bet with its new PowerLinux 7R4 server. IBM releases new PowerLinux server. More >