All eyes were on the carefully designed – and carefully publicized – corporate memo from new CEO Satya Nadella. Source: Tech
Day: July 15, 2014
Chef eyes bigger things with analytics, support for testing tools, and a ride on the Docker bandwagon
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•The new announcements show that Chef is continuing its push to be the market leader in configuration management and IT automation. Source: Tech
Raspberry Pi gets an upgrade – still only $35
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•The non-profit Raspberry Pi foundation over in the United Kingdom have just announced on July 14th their infamous open source microcomputer will, in fact, receive an upgrade without changing its price. Source: Tech
Perforce Introduces Industry’s First Federated Versioning Capabilities
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•Content and Metadata Federation Improves Performance and Security for Multisite Teams Using Git and P4DKey Points:New architecture enables global teams to access and manage revisions of shared content at LAN speed using Perforce, Git or both Organisations can selectively promote content to different sites, reducing both bandwidth usage and wait times across WANs, while improving…
Federal IT Worried About Increase in Network Complexity
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•The vast majority (81 percent) of federal network managers believe that network complexity can slow or halt IT performance objectives. Read more at eWeek Source: Linux
Perforce Introduces Parallel Sync Capability to Accelerate Software Development
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•New Simultaneous File Transfer Capability in the Perforce Versioning Engine Improves Workflows for Both Developers and DevOps Key Points:Parallel Sync enables simultaneous transfer of multiple files within a P4D environment, maximising available CPU and network resourcesThe new capability can improve workspace sync time by nearly 50 percent in cross-continent transfers of large file setsFaster, more…