I’ve been preaching the gospel of Linux security for decades now, but it’s always nice to see proof-positive from an independent organization that Linux is indeed the most secure operating system around. Source: Tech
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Trulia rolls out open source software to fuel apps powered by MLS data
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•Real estate search and marketing company Trulia has rolled out open source software the company says will make it easier and less expensive for developers to build new real estate applications that work with data licensed from multiple listing services. Source: Tech
Schooled by Linux — 1,700 students get Ubuntu laptops
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•Linux is everywhere; from mobile phones to web servers. Even Chromebooks run Linux. Source: Tech
Red Hat Puts JBoss Spin on Big Data
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•What Red Hat is doing with JBoss Data Virtualization 6 is very nice. Red Hat is leveraging its strength with JBoss Data Virtualization 6 to create a mostly open source platform that can very easily tie together disparate data and application sources. Source: Tech
Inktank Updates Enterprise Product and Adds Further Support for Red Hat Ecosystem
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•The newly launched 1.1 version of the product offers new features for Calamari graphical manager, and this release is now certified for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform. Source: Tech
Inktank Deepens Red Hat Integration in New Ceph Enterprise Release
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•Inktank , the company delivering Ceph a massively scalable, open source, software-defined storage system has announced a release upgrade to Inktank Ceph Enterprise . Source: Tech
Why would Ubuntu abandon Nexus tablets?
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•Effective this month , Ubuntu Touch has officially dropped support for Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 tablets, as well as the Galaxy Nexus phone. Source: Tech
Analyst: Red Hat-CentOS deal is shrewd and strategic
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•“Only in the Bizarro world of Open Source Software would partnering with the company that is providing a free knockoff of your product make sense,” he writes. Source: Tech
Employees revealed as greatest challenge to IT security, says SecureData
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•40% of IT professionals view Operations teams as the biggest risk to security, above malware and external threats10 January 2014, Maidstone, Kent: SecureData, the complete security service provider, today revealed that 60% of IT professionals view employee carelessness as the biggest risk to an organisation’s security, well above the usual suspects like data theft (13%),…
Red Hat and CentOS become Voltron, build free operating system together
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•Red Hat and the CentOS Project today said they will team up to build what they called “a new CentOS” in a bid to accelerate adoption of the free operating system. Source: Tech