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March 30, 2015
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ZDNet readers’ favorite operating systems: Windows, iOS, and Android

Windows is the favorite desktop operating system of ZDNet readers. On the mobile front, it’s followed by iOS and Android. That largely agrees with the operating system popularity numbers of the federal government’s Digital Analytics Program (DAP), but there are also some telling differences.

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March 27, 2015
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The most popular US end-user operating systems, according to the federal government

Surprise! The federal government’s Digital Analytics Program (DAP) has found that Windows is the most popular end-user operating system with 58.4 percent of all government web site visitors. What’s more interesting though is what versions of Windows we’re using and what’s number two and three behind Windows.

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March 26, 2015
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Most popular US web browsers, according to the federal government

We finally have some clear, objective data on which web browsers and operating systems are the most popular in the United States. Thanks to the federal government’s Digital Analytics Program (DAP), we now know that over the last 90 days, and 1.39-billion web visits to more than 37 government agencies, Google Chrome is the most popular web browser with 34.7 percent of all visitors.

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March 26, 2015
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Google makes deploying software on its cloud a trivial task

Everyone likes to deploy software on the cloud. It’s quick, it’s easy, and it’s cheap. But, if you’re new at deploying applications to the cloud, it still can be tricky. That’s where Google wants to help, and get your business, with its new Cloud Launcher program for the Google Compute Engine.

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March 25, 2015
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Red Hat clears up its software-defined storage options

If you were a little confused about Red Hat’s open-source, software-defined storage options in the past, no one could blame you. On one side there was Inktank Ceph Enterprise, a distributed object store and file system. On the other was Red Hat Storage Server which deployed the Gluster, a multi-protocol, scale-out file-system that can deal with petabytes of data. So, how do you decide which one is for you? Red Hat’s trying to make its storage portfolio a little clearer.

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