Senior executives at large multinational enterprises are already demanding that their CIO has a plan in place to ensure that they can effectively procure public and private cloud services for their organization. In smaller companies, some IT managers are now expected to acquire the knowledge and skills to perform a similar role. Are they prepared?…
@BigDataExpo | The Chief Analytics Officer’s Nightmare [#BigData by @ABridgwater]
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•Scene scenario: 10 am in a boardroom somewhere, second round of coffees served, Danish and donuts untouched, a quiet hush settles. “Well you know what guys? (and, by the use of the term guys I mean to include both sexes here assembled) – the trouble that we have as a company is that we are,…
CloudXtream Earns Outstanding Score In Broadband Technology Report’s 2014 Diamond Technology Reviews
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•Esteemed panel of industry experts gives RGB Networks CloudXtream an exceptional 4.0 ratingRGB Networks, the leading provider of the industry’s most scalable and unified solutions for multiscreen video delivery, today announced that its new ‘CloudXtream’ solution portfolio has received a coveted 4.0 rating in Broadband Technology Report’s highly regarded 2014 Diamond Technology Reviews. CloudXtream is…
Perforce Announces 2014 Versionary Award Winners
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•Second Annual Customer Innovation Awards Recognize Pioneering Companies across IndustriesWOKINGHAM, UK (September 17, 2014) – Perforce Software today announced the winners of its second annual Versionary Awards, recognising customers that use Perforce’s enterprise version management solutions to drive innovation in their industries. Winners across various categories of versioning excellence will be recognised at MERGE 2014,…
Facebook's TODO Aims To Improve Open Source
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•The goal of the collaboration is to address the challenges faced by companies like Facebook when attempting to implement open source software and programs, or when developing their own open source projects internally. The company described the collaboration as an attempt to create a roadmap to help other organizations develop their own open source programs.…
Wikileaks releases Finfisher malware to help developers defend against it
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•WIKILEAKS HAS RELEASED Finfisher “weaponised malware” that it claims is being used by governments around the world to spy on journalists and activists, in order to help developers defend against it. Finfisher, which was first revealed in Wikileaks documents published in December 2011, can be used to intercept data from Mac OS X, Windows and…
LibrePlanet is coming March 21-22, 2015, call for proposals now open for annual free software conference
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•LibrePlanet is an annual conference for free software enthusiasts. The conference brings together software developers, policy experts, activists and computer users to learn skills, share accomplishments and face challenges to software freedom. Newcomers are always welcome, and LibrePlanet 2015 will feature programming for all ages and experience levels. This year, the theme of LibrePlanet is…
11 open source security tools catching fire on GitHub
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•Malware analysis, penetration testing, computer forensics — GitHub hosts a number of compelling tools for securing computing environments of all sizes The famous tenet “all bugs are shallow” is a cornerstone of open source development. Known as Linus’s Law, the idea that open code leads to more effective bug detection in a project is often…
Micro Focus buying Novell, Suse Linux owner for $1.2 billion
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•Micro Focus is picking up Attachmate for a little over half of what Attachmate paid for Novell just three years ago In a move that will collect a lot of infrastructure software under one roof, mainframe software provider Micro Focus has started proceedings to merge with Attachmate Group, owners of Novell and Suse Linux, for…
WaveMaker PaaS Bets On Docker
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•WaveMaker Enterprise, a newly issued platform-as-a-service, now uses Docker containers as its deployment step. While other platforms, including Apprenda, Red Hat’s OpenShift, and VMware/Pivotal’s Cloud Foundry, are moving the in the same direction, starting on Tuesday WaveMaker Enterprise gives you control over Docker as a default Linux container deployment environment, according to WaveMaker CEO Samir…