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5 Questions IT Managers Should Ask Before Choosing Open Source Software
Is the open source solution you're considering actually open source? Maybe not. Here are some critical questions to consider before jumping in.
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Microsoft Joins Linux Foundation, Google Joins .NET Community
Jaws are dropping in software development communities today as IT enthusiasts and industry watchers learn that Microsoft has not only joined the Linux Foundation but that it has also welcomed Google to the .NET Foundation. Microsoft is also actively reaching out to Samsung developers to help it build .
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Just in Time for Hadoop World, Linux Foundation Delivers on ODPi
Whatever industry-first announcement big data-cruncher Cloudera intends to make at its Strata + Hadoop World Conference in San Jose, Calif. tomorrow, it has just been preempted by news from the Open Data Platform Initiative (ODPi ).
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Rackspace to Manage Red Hat OpenStack Clouds On-Premises
The co-creator of OpenStack will be certified by Red Hat as a provider of management services for OpenStack deployments based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
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Armistice Signed: Red Hat, Microsoft Change the Landscape
The world fares so much better when the warfare stops. Yesterday's partnership agreement between Linux leader Red Hat and that other operating system leader Microsoft could remove the biggest cultural and political obstruction to the evolution of data center and server technology.
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So an Elephant and a Kudu Walk Into #StrataHadoop
It’s probably coincidence that Hadoop pioneer Cloudera and the Linux Foundation each announced Hadoop-related news that isn’t necessarily complementary, on the same day. But then again, the Strata + Hadoop World is taking over much of the Javits Center in New York City today through Thursday, so if you’ve got
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In the City of Love, Microsoft Courts Open Source #OWF14
PARIS — Let’s face it. One of the things you don’t expect at an open source party is Microsoft. However, Microsoft is here at the Paris Open World Forum (OWF) and outlined its position on open source through the offices of Frederic Aatz, Director of Interoperability Strategy at Microsoft.
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How SAP Will Disrupt the Enterprise in the Big Data Age
And while that’s oversimplifying it a bit, the statement certainly lacks a “cool” factor.
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Linux' 22th Birthday Is Commemorated - Subtly - by Creator
Linux has certainly accomplished a lot for a 22-year-old. It was 22 years ago this past Sunday that Linus Torvalds announced in a posting to a newsgroup that he was in the process of creating a free operating system. "Just a hobby," he wrote.
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Ubuntu for Tablets Launching Today, Hardware or Platform?
Having dabbled with a smartphone OS, the countdown for a project that will see Ubuntu running on tablets has almost expired with the reveal due today. Could it transform how tablets are used, or is this another playful niche contender? Transforming Tablets Having launched a smartphone-transforming OS back in January
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Adobe Releases Flash Player Security Updates for Mac, Windows, Android + IE 10
Malicious Flash Player content has been circulating, and Adobe has responded with an emergency security update for Mac, Windows, Linux, Android and various browser systems.
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Canonical's Ubuntu for Smartphones - A Mobile Interface to a Unified Platform
If you were releasing a new mobile platform these days, what would be your big differentiator? London-based Canonical has decided that its new Ubuntu for smartphones, announced this week, will be a “smartphone interface” that includes phones, tablets, desktops, televisions and the cloud.
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Raspberry Pi Launches, A Rebirth For Computing?
Decades ago, young men standing in garages building circuit boards launched the personal computer revolution.
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Ubuntu Coming to Tablets, Smartphones
The company behind the popular Ubuntu Linux, Canonical, will be bringing a dedicated version for the new era of phone and digital devices. Just don't expect it in 2012.
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