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Cloud startup gets cues from Amazon, Google and OpenStack to drive private cloud

Posted October 19, 2012 - 12:49 pm

OpenStack startup Cloudscaling says that for true interoperability in a hybrid cloud, it's not enough to just have API compatibility between your private and public cloud. It really helps for the fundamental architecture of the two to be analogous.
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Ubuntu 12.10 brings the cloud Juju

Posted October 19, 2012 - 8:26 am

The new release of Ubuntu has gotten a lot of press on the desktop's integration of commercial content and web information, the interface, and Unity interface, but the real jewel of this updated version is all about the cloud.
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Key parts of Ubuntu 13.04 to be developed under wraps

Posted October 19, 2012 - 2:30 am

Ubuntu 13.04, scheduled for release in April next year, will have some of its key parts developed under wraps with the help of community members who can be trusted not to talk in their sleep, Canonical's founder Mark Shuttleworth wrote in a blog post on Thursday.
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Ubuntu Linux 12.10 'Quantal Quetzal' takes flight at last

Posted October 18, 2012 - 8:41 pm

There's never any shortage of excitement and anticipation surrounding the major updates to Ubuntu Linux that arrive twice each year, and Thursday's brand-new release is no exception.
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SDN and virtual networking seen as a key to growing hybrid clouds

Posted October 18, 2012 - 2:40 pm

If the OpenStack Summit held this week is any indication, virtual networking is a hot IT topic.
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Ubuntu Linux search fix leaves prime critic unsatisfied

Posted October 18, 2012 - 2:19 pm

Canonical upgrades Ubuntu Linux, and the client-side version features the controversial search capability
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Canonical Ubuntu 12.10 brings the Internet closer to the desktop

Posted October 18, 2012 - 3:07 am

Canonical has released both the server and desktop editions of 12.10 Ubuntu, which offers a glimpse of how this Linux distribution will evolve in the next few years.
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VMware extends support for ESX hypervisor in OpenStack

Posted October 17, 2012 - 8:35 pm

Continuing its commitment to the OpenStack project and its newfound vision to support multiple types of cloud platforms, VMware announced support for its ESX hypervisor in OpenStack today.
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OpenStack: We can tell Amazon what to do, instead of the other way around

Posted October 17, 2012 - 1:57 pm

Organizers of the OpenStack Design Summit had a slight problem when the conference got underway in earnest this week. More than 1,000 people had registered for the event, but more than 1,400 actually showed up.
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Canonical aims to make cloud orchestration a breeze with Juju

Posted October 17, 2012 - 10:40 am

While there are a growing number of OpenStack code distributions and more to come, Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth says inefficiencies remain around being able to easily deploy and manage OpenStack clouds.
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Five reasons to try the new Razor-qt Linux desktop

Posted October 17, 2012 - 9:51 am

Particularly on older hardware, this lightweight contender can offer a speedy alternative.
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Facebook prepares to use 'cold storage' to deal with vast amounts of data

Posted October 17, 2012 - 9:28 am

Facebook is rethinking the way it stores data to cope with the 7 petabytes of new photos the social network's users upload every month. As the number of photos grows, Facebook needs find cheaper, less power-hungry ways to store them all, according to the company's vice-president of infrastructure engineering.
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Munich shifts to LibreOffice

Posted October 17, 2012 - 8:28 am

The city of Munich, which has long been a big user for Linux and open source software, has shifted its migration-to-OpenOffice plans and is now starting to deploy LibreOffice instead.
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Who is tweeting from the NSA's parking lot?

Posted October 17, 2012 - 2:19 am

The open source intelligence platform Maltego shows the power of collating publicly available information.
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Two new Asus laptops offer an Ubuntu Linux option

Posted October 16, 2012 - 8:33 pm

As the arrival of Windows 8 draws ever nearer, it's not surprising to see the debut of a flurry of devices featuring the new OS.
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Amazon EC2 founders' latest company joins OpenStack

Posted October 16, 2012 - 4:54 pm

A company founded by two pioneers of Amazon Web Service's popular Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) is joining OpenStack because it wants to integrate open source code into its cloud management platform product.
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Raspberry Pi now packs 512MB RAM

Posted October 16, 2012 - 4:28 pm

The Raspberry Pi model B -- a cheap, customizable Linux computer the size of a pack of cigarettes -- now boasts 512MB of RAM, for the same price as before, according to the Raspberry Pi Foundation.
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NetApp adds clustering technology to OpenStack

Posted October 16, 2012 - 8:30 am

NetApp has contributed Data ONTAP 8 Clustering drivers to OpenStack, giving service providers and enterprises better resources when building private and public clouds based on the platform, it said on Monday.
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Five Android apps that fix something about Android

Posted October 15, 2012 - 3:38 pm

Independent developers who care a lot about their phone experience, and yours, too, have quietly filled in missing features and fixed annoyances in Android while nobody was looking. Now’s the time to look at what their fixes can do for you.
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5 key forces driving open source today

Posted October 15, 2012 - 10:56 am

From the rise of foundations to emerging revenue models, the open source movement is primed for even greater impact on tomorrow's technologies
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Cisco releases OpenStack distribution

Posted October 15, 2012 - 10:42 am

Further showing its commitment to the OpenStack project, Cisco has rolled out a free distribution of the open source cloud management platform, which it will package other services on top of, including virtual networking and high-availability features.
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OpenStack 'clock is ticking,' Forrester analyst warns

Posted October 15, 2012 - 10:42 am

OpenStack needs to get a move on it, a leading Forrester analyst says. Member companies need to start seeing a return on their investments or else they may become disinterested.
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Free Software Foundation, the irony phone is ringing

Posted October 15, 2012 - 10:21 am

The Free Software Foundation has launched a public certification effort for hardware that "will do as much as possible to respect your freedom and your privacy, and will ensure that you have control over your device."
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Rejected by Kickstarter? 'Roll your own' with Selfstarter instead

Posted October 14, 2012 - 9:40 pm

There's been no shortage of controversy surrounding Kickstarter this year as the crowdfunding platform has gained popularity, prompting the institution of new rules and belt-tightening measures in recent months.
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Google finalizes Web page speed module

Posted October 13, 2012 - 9:40 pm

The mod_pagespeed open source Apache module is now in use at more than 120,000 sites
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