Help desk and technical support, cloud and social media have consistently been the least difficult roles to fill with exceptional talent. Read more at eWeek Source: Linux
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Gartner: Top 10 Strategic IT Trends For 2015
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Gartner Symposium/ITxpo is under way in Orlando. As always, their IT experts have identified what they believe to be the top-ten information technology trends for the year ahead. Strategic technology trends are defined as having potentially significant impact on organizations in the next three years. Here is a summary of the trends: 1. Computing Everywhere With…
Malware 'Mayhem' Follows Emergence of Shellshock Vulnerability
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Security experts warn that a malicious program known as Mayhem, has started using the Shellshock Bash flaw to infect Linux and Unix servers. Read more at eWeek Source: Linux
Behind the Scenes with CTO Michael DeHaan of Ansible
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Michael DeHaan is CTO and co-founder of the configuration management tool Ansible. In my interview with him prior to the All Things Open conference in October where he’ll be speaking, Michael tells me about what it’s like to work in open source tech. read more Read more at OpenSource.com Source: Linux
IT Security a Primary Concern for Businesses
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Mobility-related applications and strategies are the biggest sticking points, with cloud also scoring high. Read more at eWeek Source: Linux
How Netflix Handled the AWS Reboot
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On Sept 25th, 2014 AWS notified users about an EC2 Maintenance where “a timely security and operational update” needed to be performed that required rebooting a large number of instances. (around 10%) On Oct 1st, 2014 AWS sent an updated about the status of the reboot and XSA-108. While we’d love to claim that…
Zalewski on the Other Bash RCEs (CVE-2014-6277 and CVE-2014-6278)
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Those interested in the more recently discovered bash vulnerabilities will likely want to have a look at this detailed posting from Michal Zalewski. Then make sure your systems are updated. “I initially shared the findings privately with vendors, but because of the intense scrutiny that this codebase is under, the ease of reproducing these results…
This is What System Administration in the Open Looks Like
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What if you treated all of the configuration files and scripts which set up and control your infrastructure like an open source project in their own right? What if you put the code out there for review and allowed developers and operators to work in tandem to ensure a smooth roll out of code to…
The Shellshock FAQ: Here's What You Need to Know
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Am I vulnerable? How serious are the attacks? The answers to these and many other Shellshock questions are here for you. Read more at Enterprise Open Source Toolkit Source: Linux
Through Microservices, a Renewed Push for Simplicity and IT Minimalism
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Guerrilla SOA redux? PwC consultants recommend lighter, simpler, faster services to keep up with business demands. Read more at Enterprise Open Source Toolkit Source: Linux