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Schneier on Security | October 12, 2017
Changes in Password Best Practices
NIST recently published its four-volume SP800-63-3 Digital Identity Guidelines. Among other things, it makes three important suggestions when it comes to passwords:
Stop it with the annoying password complexity rules. They make passwords harder to remember. They increase errors because artificially...
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The Linux Foundation | October 12, 2017
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Testing is especially important in modern distributed software systems. Learn more at the upcoming APIStrat conference.
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Why Testing Is Important for Distributed Software
As developers, we often hear that tests are important. Automated testing minimizes the number of bugs released to production, helps prevent regression, improves code quality, supplements documentation, and makes code reviews easier. In short, tests save businesses money by increasing system uptime...
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SDx Central | October 12, 2017
ONAP and MEF Join Each Others’ Groups, Collaborate on LSO
MEF and the Open Network Automation Platform (ONAP) are officially working together, the organizations announced today at the SDN and NFV World Congress. MEF has joined ONAP as an associate member. And the Linux Foundation, which hosts ONAP, has joined MEF as an auditing member.
Arpit Joshipura,...
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OpenSource.com | October 12, 2017
6 Ways to Work with Database Admins in the DevOps World
DevOps is defined as "unifying the operations and engineering teams," in order to foster a culture of cross-team collaboration, codify how infrastructure is built, and become a more data-driven organization. But it seems databases and the teams that care for them are treated as an exception to this...
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The Next Platform | October 12, 2017
Intel Takes First Steps To Universal Quantum Computing
Someone is going to commercialize a general purpose, universal quantum computer first, and Intel wants to be the first. So does Google. So does IBM. And D-Wave is pretty sure it already has done this, even if many academics and a slew of upstart competitors don’t agree. What we can all agree on is...
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Datamation | October 12, 2017
Why Linux Works
The Linux community works, it turns out, because the Linux community isn’t too concerned about work, per se. As much as Linux has come to dominate many areas of corporate computing – from HPC to mobile to cloud – the engineers who write the Linux kernel tend to focus on the code itself, rather than...
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John Mertic | October 11, 2017
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Don't miss this free webinar discussing data governance on Oct. 12.
Sneak Peak: ODPi Webinar on Data Governance - The Why and the How
We all use metadata everyday. You may have found this blog post through a search, leveraging metadata tags / keywords. Metadata allows data practitioners to use data outside the application that created it, find the right data sets, and automate governance processes. Metadata today has proven value...
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TechCrunch | October 11, 2017
Cloud Foundry Adds Native Kubernetes Support for Running Containers
Cloud Foundry, the open-source platform as a service (PaaS) offering, has become somewhat of a de facto standard in the enterprise for building and managing applications in the cloud or in their own data centers. The project, which is supported by the Linux Foundation, is announcing a number of...
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Jaxenter | October 11, 2017
We’re Just on the Edge of Blockchain’s Potential
No one could have seen blockchain coming. Now that it’s here, blockchain has the potential to completely reinvent the world of financial transactions, as well as other industries. In this interview, we talked to JAX London speaker Brian Behlendorf about the past, present, and future of this...
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The Linux Foundation | October 11, 2017
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"Measuring Your Open Source Program’s Success" is a free guide to help any organization learn exactly how their open source program is driving business value.
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Measure Your Open Source Program’s Success
Open source programs are proliferating within organizations of all types, and if yours is up and running, you may have arrived at the point where you want to measure the program’s success. Many open source program managers are required to demonstrate the ROI of their programs, but even if there is...
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