Computing and services giant IBM did something very unlike IBM today. It has decided to open up its Power chip architecture to outside developers to improve upon it. Source: Tech
Day: April 23, 2014
Why Hortonworks' Hadoop Pitch May Be Perfect
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•Hortonworks business strategy certainly has its naysayers. They claim the venture capital backed company won’t be able to generate the kind of revenues Wall Street investors expect without selling proprietary software that compliments or extends open source Apache Hadoop or any other open source software, for that matter. Source: Tech
IBM Unveils New POWER8 Systems, Built for Big Data
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•IBM unveiled new Power Systems servers Wednesday, leveraging POWER8 technology for a new era of big data and open innovation. Source: Tech
Ubuntu 14.04 review: Missing the boat on big changes
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•Canonical pushed out Ubuntu 14.04 last week. This release is the first Ubuntu Long Term Support release in two years and will be supported for the next five years. Source: Tech
The New Face of Procurement
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•The power of data-driven business networks is increasing, but how do enterprises best leverage that intelligence as they seek new services, products and efficiency? The next BriefingsDirect thought-leader panel discussion focuses on the future of business and how companies can benefit from the new insight and analysis that transparent business networks and processes allow. The…
TryStack Makes OpenStack Experimentation Easy
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•When it comes to software, the best way to learn something new, or even just figure out if it’s the right tool for you, is to dig your hands in, get dirty, and try it out. For the OpenStack universe, this is where TryStack comes in. read more Read more at OpenSource.com Source: Linux
Boom Times for IT Service Providers
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•Survey of 1,300 IT service vendors confirms they are money machines, as enterprises seek help with cloud, mobile and security. Read more at Enterprise Open Source Toolkit Source: Linux