While discussing plans for the mobile flavor of Ubuntu, Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth made a very interesting aside remark about Apple in a conference call on Wednesday. Source: Tech
Day: February 19, 2014
Ubuntu phones arriving in 2014 from Meizu and BQ Readers
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Canonical is finally poised to enter the mobile market. After years of teases , promises and demos , the company has locked up the first two manufacturers of Ubuntu phones. Source: Tech
Office is the Only Thing that Can Kill a Chromebook
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Google wants the enterprise. It’s hungry for it. Microsoft has one important defensive weapon to keep it at bay… Read more at Enterprise Open Source Toolkit Source: Linux
Android-x86 Makes It To KitKat
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Android-x86 is an open source project to bring the Android operating system to fairly standard x86 hardware like desktop PCs and laptops. Source: Tech
Breaking Down Enterprise Silos in the Cloud
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Are you re-creating existing technology silos in the cloud? If so, your entire enterprise investment in the cloud is at risk. From the perspective of IT, organizational silos seem to be the root of all problems. Every line of business, every department, every functional area has its own requirements, its own technology preferences, and its…
Why Multi-Cloud? Evolution, Freedom
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The ever-growing web as well as the `consumerization of IT` provide end users with an abundance of options and full discretion. We now understand the vital need to internalize the concept of spreading knowledge and information across a variety of applications and platforms as a means to thrive. Fortunately, we now have the opportunity to…
South Kesteven District Council Drives Quantifiable Efficiencies with 1st Touch Mobile Workforce Software
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Through deploying 1st Touch (www.1sttouch.com) mobile workforce software running on Android technology, South Kesteven District Council’s repairs and maintenance operation has achieved significant quantifiable efficiency benefits. Based in South Lincolnshire, South Kesteven District Council has over 6250 properties in management, spread across a largely rural area covering 367 square miles. The area includes four towns…
The only way is open source for Intel
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Intel is the latest company to offer a software suite to help companies manage Big Data in the form of its Data Platform. Source: Tech
CloudBees And Verizon Add Enterprise PaaS To New Verizon Cloud
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Brussels, Belgium – February 19, 2014 – CloudBees, Inc., the Enterprise Platform as a Service (PaaS) innovation leader, today announced an agreement with Verizon Enterprise Solutions to make the CloudBees PaaS available on the new Verizon Cloud. This agreement is part Verizon’s ongoing strategy to add enterprise-class services to Verizon Cloud, the company’s new cloud…
Protecode Expands the Availability of Open Source Management Tools in Germany
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Protecode , the leading provider of easy-to-adopt, easy-to-use solutions for managing open source licenses, today announced the expansion of its presence in Europe with the formation of Protecode Germany. Source: Tech