Deep integration with Parallels alongside extended networking support for VMware further expand the Flexiant ecosystemLondon, UK – 23 July 2014 – Flexiant today announced the release of Flexiant Cloud Orchestrator V4.2. With V4.2, Flexiant tightens its integration with Parallels Automation and Parallels Cloud Server, extends its software defined networking (SDN) capabilities to the VMware platform…
Month: July 2014
CloudSigma and OpenVPN Partner to Provide Secure, Remote Access to Public Cloud Deployments
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Designed for SMBs, Branch Offices and Remote Workers, New Software Appliance Provides the Same Seamless Access as On-Premise Infrastructure, but with the Ability to Leverage the Cloud Palo Alto, Calif. – July 22, 2014 – CloudSigma, a public cloud IaaS provider with advanced hybrid hosting solutions, today announced that it has partnered with OpenVPN to…
Scandit Adds Major US Retail and Supply Chain Brand Names to Growing List of Customers
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San Francisco, July 22, 2014 – Scandit (http://www.scandit.com/), developer of the leading software-based barcode scanning and data capture platform for smartphones, tablets and wearable computing devices, today announced that it continues to experience significant traction in the North American retail and supply chain markets, with the addition of several recognized brands to its customer base.…
MIT Research Shows the Future of Datacenter Networking
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MIT researchers are presenting a paper (next month at the annual meeting of the ACM Special Interest Group on Data Communication) on a network management system they are calling “no-wait datacenters.” The researchers have experimentally shown that the system can reduce network transmission queue length by over 99 percent. With testing done in cooperation with Facebook — making use…
10 Tips to Avoid Sweating About IT This Summer
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Here are guidelines on how to keep cool this summer when it comes to IT. These tips range from backing up data to cross-training staff. Read more at eWeek Source: Linux
Linux System Administration Skills are Changing
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When was the last time you compiled a kernel? For many of the latest generation of Linux admins, the answer is really simple: never. I am one of those, provided we don’t count a few times I tried it just for fun, then couldn’t see why I would need a custom kernel and went back…
How Russian Hackers Stole the Nasdaq
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In October 2010, a Federal Bureau of Investigation system monitoring U.S. Internet traffic picked up an alert. The signal was coming from Nasdaq (NDAQ). It looked like malware had snuck into the company’s central servers. There were indications that the intruder was not a kid somewhere, but the intelligence agency of another country. More troubling still: When…
Seven Steps to an Effective IT Service Management Strategy
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To have a fully functioning IT service management (ITSM) strategy, CIOs must connect all the necessary pieces together in a meaningful way. Read more at eWeek Source: Linux
SRI/Cambridge Opens CHERI Secure Processor Design
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An anonymous reader writes with some exciting news from the world of processor design: Robert Watson at Cambridge has written a blog post on SRI/Cambridge’s recent open sourcing of the hardware and software for the DARPA-sponsored CHERI processor – including laser cutting directions for an FPGA-based tablet! Described in their paper The CHERI … (more)…
Red Hat: 2014:0889-01: java-1.7.0-openjdk: Critical Advisory
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Updated java-1.7.0-openjdk packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having Critical [More…] ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Critical: java-1.7.0-openjdk … (more) Source: Tech