MapR Technologies just offered a big gift to IT employees who have been looking to improve their big-data skills. The company, which provides a top-ranked distribution of Apache Hadoop, announced Tuesday that it would begin offering free, on-demand training for the open-source software framework for developers, analysts and administrators. Source: Tech
Category: Open Source Software
Open Source Software
Ex-Opera chief launches Vivaldi browser for 'power tab' rockers
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•FORMER OPERA CEO Jon von Tetzchner has launched a browser called Vivaldi designed for people “who have problems” fitting all their open tabs onto one screen. A bare bones technical preview of the browser, named after composer Antonio Vivaldi, is available for Windows, Mac and Linux. Source: Tech
pompei 0.1.03
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•Pompei is a python package and command line utility to generate photo mosaics from movie frames, like this one: It is an open-source software originally written by Zulko and released under the MIT licence. Source: Tech
Release Management vs Release Engineering By @Plutora | @DevOpsSummit [#DevOps]
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•A common pattern in the past few years is the creation of centralized Release Engineering groups. These professionals apply common patterns for automating releases, they have a solid understanding of build and testing frameworks, and they help a large organization standardize software delivery. These centralized groups have become more popular as enterprises support an increasing…
SAP Asks Microsoft, Apple to Share Hacker-Fighting Intelligence
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•SAP SE is trying to marshal business technology’s biggest suppliers to gather hacker-fighting intelligence following a spate of security problems with open-source software. The biggest maker of business applications has contacted companies includingMicrosoft Corp. and Apple Inc. about sharing information on analyses of the weaknesses in open-source code, which is generally free to run and…
In open source, no one cares if you're a dog
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•On the Internet, no one cares if you’re a dog, the saying goes. In open source, no one cares if you’re a jerk. Source: Tech
Steam Broadcasting Goes Live
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•That means anyone with a PC can begin streaming games for their friends live, right in Steam. Valve promises Mac and Linux support “in the future.” Source: Tech
Ubuntu Delivers A Smart Device Operating System
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•I am a technology evangelist, an investor, a commentator and a business adviser. I am the director of Diversity Limited, a business that is a vehicle for my work in investment, advice and consultancy. Source: Tech
Drones and Wearables App Store Launches
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•The world’s first App Store for the Internet of Things was announced today by Canonical Ltd. the makers of Ubuntu Linux. The company already has an app store for computers running the Ubuntu operating system, but the new IoT App Store will be for devices that have no graphic user interface . Source: Tech
Shinken 2.2
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•Shinken is a modern, Nagios compatible monitoring framework, written in Python. Its main goal is to give users a flexible architecture for their monitoring system that is designed to scale to large environments. Source: Tech