The first Ubuntu phone goes on sale in a limited run on Wednesday, but don’t worry if you miss out: there’ll be around three more “flash sales” before the end of the month. The BQ Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu edition is the first phone that will allow phone fans to snap up a device running Ubuntu…
Month: February 2015
Where Did My Love for Data Start? By @JimKaskade | @CloudExpo [#BigData]
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Whenever Jack visited me, he used to leave sticky notes on my desk with nuggets of wisdom. For example, “Keep people you trust close to you.”…or, “Key values for Teradata where: Pride, Enthusiasm, Importance of the Individual, Teamwork and Open Communications, Ethics, Dedication, Quality, Support, Success, and Entrepreneurship.” In the month of July, 1999, Jack…
What Anthem & Sony Could Have Done Differently By @IanKhanLive [#Cloud]
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They say that you are only as secure as your weakest firewall. But then is it just firewalls that protect our network and the information therein, or is it the framework the policies and the processes that have cracks that let the vulnerabilities seep through? Hackers will be hackers and you really can’t blame anything…
Containers Explained: 9 Essentials You Need To Know
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Containers are the hottest topic in the data center. Here are the essentials that every well-informed IT pro should know and be able to explain. Source: Tech
New Foundation Will Oversee Popular Coding Tool Node.js
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Node.js – the popular open source tool for building and running websites and other online applications – is getting a new steward. Together with Microsoft, the Linux Foundation, IBM, PayPal, and Fidelity, the current steward, Joyent, is launching an independent foundation to oversee development of the project. Source: Tech
Red Hat and NEC collaborate to achieve carrier-grade OpenStack solutions for NFV
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Red Hat, Inc., the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, and NEC Corporation, a leading provider of innovative IT, network and communications products and solutions, today announced a collaboration to jointly develop network functions virtualization features in OpenStack in order to deliver carrier-grade NFV solutions with Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform. As communication…
‘DevOps Done Right’ By @st0rmz | @DevOpsSummit [#DevOps]
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DevOps is the hottest moving target when it comes to software development methodologies. Many people fear that this fast-paced, barrier-breaking movement will leave information security best practices in the dust. Analysts provide recommendations to security professionals using bingo-laden terms like “moving security to the left” or “get a seat at the table.” What we need…
Linux Foundation's CII Continues to Fund Open-Source Security Efforts
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The Core Infrastructure Initiative that was launched in the wake of Heartbleed to provide funding for critical open-source infrastructure projects continues to advance. One of the key takeaways from the Heartbleed vulnerability in 2014 was that there was a need for more funding for critical open-source technology projects. Source: Tech
Funds Flow in for GnuPG Author After Article Reveals His Plight
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On Thursday ProPublica published the frustrating tale of Werner Koch, the one guy – yes really – who’s maintaining the extremely widely-used Gnu Privacy Guard (GnuPG or GPG) software that people use to encrypt their email messages and digitally authenticate downloadable programs such as the Tor Browser. As the article revealed, Germany-based Koch was raising around ,000…
Facebook Funds GNU Privacy Guard Development
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The social media giant has pledged thousands to assist in the development of the open-source security project. Read more at ZDNet News Source: Linux