August 15, 2013
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The New York Times (NYT) website was down on August 14 for over three hours. According to the NYT, the site going down during one of he busiest times of the news day was the result of a failure during … 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 >
July 15, 2013
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Cheap, low-end PCs — such as the Raspberry Pi and Parallella — have become quite popular with do-it-yourself fans. Now, CompuLab, an Israeli computer OEM, is throwing its hat into the ring with its $99 Utilite mini-PC, which might also … Continue reading
July 10, 2013
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Is Red Hat switching from Oracle‘s MySQL to MariaDB for its default database management system (DBMS) in its next major operating system Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)? Officially, Red Hat hasn’t decided to switch to MariaDB. Unofficially, it appears to … Continue reading
July 9, 2013
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The Linux Foundation used to be just about, well, Linux. Now, it also manages an open software defined network alliance, OpenDaylight, and the open-source Xen virtualization manager. On July 9th, the first fruit of these new efforts arrived: Xen 4.3. … Continue reading