September 15, 2013
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In the eternal IT war between development and operations, one perpetual battle has been between the developers, who want the newest software tools, and the system operators, who want nice stable. reliable programs. Red Hat wants to bring a truce to these old enemies, and no, it’s not DevOps.
September 13, 2013
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Despite being the most popular open-source database management system (DBMS), Oracle’s MySQL has been sinking into trouble. Major Linux distributions like Red Hat and SUSE, are switching it out for its fork, MariaDB. Major Websites, such as Wikipedia, have also replaced MySQL with MariaDB. Now, adding insult to injury, Google is moving to MariaDB from MySQL.
September 12, 2013
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The NSA is in our in-box, malware is everywhere, and Web sites are getting knocked off by hackers ever other day. So you might think us computer users would be trying to take better care of our home computers. You would be wrong.
At the @Microsoft Conversations event in Washington DC on September 12, 2013, Microsoft released its latest Microsoft Computing Safety Index (MCSI) results for worldwide consumer computer security. The results were awful.
Shame on you! Report shows users lazier than ever about security practices. More >
September 12, 2013
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Software-Defined Networking (SDN) is continuing its move from hype to reality. One big step in that direction is the OpenDaylight Project. The community-led and industry-supported open-source SDN is starting to reveal the architectural details of its first release, “Hydrogen.”
OpenDaylight SDN opens the curtains on its initial release. More >
September 11, 2013
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Red Hat, best known as the leading business Linux vendor, announced on September 10th, the general availability of a new release of Red Hat Storage Server (RHSS) to help its enterprise customers “realize the true potential of deploying an open software-defined storage solution without compromising on enterprise grade capabilities, performance, and manageability.”
September 10, 2013
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iPhone! iPhone! iPhone! Oh please, get over yourself, Apple! Yes, people are excited about the new iPhones, but so what? Apple will never, ever get to the top of the smartphone heap again so long as the true giant of smartphone revenue, Microsoft, is on the scene.
Apple’s new iPhones are fine but Microsoft really profits from smartphones. More >