Open source software can be one answer to combating the global surveillance of innocent citizens, said security expert Mikko Hypponen in his keynote last week at LinuxCon and CloudOpen Europe in Edinburgh. Source: Tech
MontaVistaA ARMs Telecom to Attack the Cloud – Virtualized…
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Carrier Grade Edition 7 Linux now also includes advanced virtualization features to enable seamless hardware acceleration for the performance sensitive Software Defined Network and Network Function Virtualization market. Source: Tech
Goodbye dotCloud, hello Docker
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Bowing to the inevitable, dotCloud, the company that created Docker.io container technology for Linux apps, will now be known as Docker Inc. Docker’s claim to fame is it lets developers encapsulate their application as a compact container that can then, in theory, run across any Linux bare metal, virtualized, public cloud, or private cloud ……
Calxeda Updates Its ARM Server Platform, Targeting Private Clouds
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The company’s new Server-on-a-Chip enables an integrated fabric of high-density servers and storage, and has been selected by HP for Moonshot solutions , which are tuned for hyperscale applications. Source: Tech
Dell to show off its first 64-bit ARM server
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HP and Dell lead Samsung, Lenovo, and Acer in InfoWorld’s reviews of both classic clamshell notebooks and innovative touch-driven hybrids more While getting caught in the middle of competing demands is nothing new for IT leaders, the pressures being felt today are coming from more sides and with greater intensity than ever. Source: Tech
Federal Govt Shutdown Hits U.S. IT Spending
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Forrester now sees 2013 IT growth of 3.9 percent, down from 5.7 percent. Thank your clueless Congress. Read more at Enterprise Open Source Toolkit Source: Linux
Rackspace Plots Hortonworks, Apache Hadoop Services
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Rackspace rounded out its big data cloud offerings by offering Hortonworks Data Platform and Apache Hadoop as a service. Read more at Enterprise Open Source Toolkit Source: Linux
EnterpriseDB Positioned in the Challenger Quadrant in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Operational Database Management Systems
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Bedford, MA – October 28, 2013 – EnterpriseDB (EDB), the leading worldwide provider of enterprise-class Postgres products and Oracle database compatibility solutions, today announced it has been positioned in the Challenger Quadrant in the Gartner report, Magic Quadrant for Operational Database Management Systems.* Timing of the designation follows significant advances in EnterpriseDB’s Postgres Plus Advanced…
Post-PC Means It's Time for Enterprise IT to Change
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The post-PC era changes everything, including how the enterprise IT department approaches its work… Read more at Enterprise Open Source Toolkit Source: Linux