Here Comes the Future of Application Development: Treating Infrastructure as Code

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ZDNet

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May 22, 2015

It’s time to fundamentally rethink the way we build and deliver applications, for a world of clouds and containers.

IT Innovation’s Four Horsemen: Google, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft

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ZDNet

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May 22, 2015

A TechPro Research survey shows how large enterprises have little innovation faith in the business tech market. The IT pecking order is shifting, but the game isn’t over.

OpenStack Enables Open Source Shift at Time Warner Cable

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OpenSource.com

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May 22, 2015

Time Warner Cable is going big with OpenStack.

Just a year into their production use of OpenStack for powering their internal cloud, they are leveraging it for everything from video to networking to deploying web applications, all on an in-house OpenStack cloud spread across two data centers. And this rapid change is getting noticed inside the company.

Ubuntu PPA Management

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Falko Timme

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May 22, 2015

PPAs or Personal Package Archives are basically software repositories that are used by Ubuntu systems for updating/upgrading activities. They contain package sets and package lists for particular Ubuntu versions. Their use is valuable for cases of individual updating, or for when seeking for a newer version of an application that is not yet available in the official Canonical’s repositories.

Open Source Initiatives Saving Grace for Many Companies

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The Linux Foundation

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May 21, 2015

If your next software development project is going to be successful, be it a simple Java EE deployment or a full-scale role out of a private cloud initiative based on OpenStack, a tremendous amount of code has to be written. The sad state of affairs enterprise organizations need to reckon with is that there is no way all that code can be written by the internal development team.

So what’s an organization to do? According to Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation, successful organizations reach out to the open source community. “There is too much software to be written for any one organization to write this software on its own,” Zemlin said. “Open source allows businesses to focus on only the most important aspects of their technology stacks; only the things that truly differentiate the organization.”

Intel Takes on CoreOS With Its Own Container-Based Linux

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InfoWorld

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May 21, 2015

Once upon a time, it was fair game for most any company to put out a Linux distribution and be described as “committed to Linux.” Now the same is happening with container-based Linux distributions, such as CoreOS or Red Hat Atomic Host.

Enter the next contestant: Intel. The CPU giant has announced a container-oriented OS project, the Clear Linux Project for Intel Architecture.

Mark Shuttleworth Considering Canonical IPO

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ZDNet

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May 21, 2015

Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical and Ubuntu Linux, revealed that he’s considering taking the company public.

Is Red Hat Ready for the Internet of Things?

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IT World

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May 21, 2015

A recent Red Hat survey on mobile trends revealed that 70 percent of organizations plan to embrace the Internet of Things in the next 5 years. So where is Red Hat on the IoT stage?

To further understand Red Hat’s IoT strategy, I reached out to the company’s Senior Director of Product Marketing, Mark Coggin.

Google May Reveal Internet of Things OS at Event Next Week

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The Verge

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May 21, 2015

Google may be the next big company to take on the internet of things, giving it an entry into the world of connected everyday objects. According to The Information, Google has developed software that can run on low-power devices and give them the ability to communicate with other connected devices nearby. Internally, the software is reportedly being called “Brillo,” but it may debut under an Android name next week, at Google’s I/O conference. The Information reports that the software could be used on everything from major home appliances like refrigerators to smaller tech like garden monitors.

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This Week in Linux News: Snappy Ubuntu on Raspberry Pi, Linux Secrets, and More

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The Linux Foundation

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May 21, 2015

Raspberry Pi 2 This week in Linux news, Canonical shares a Snappy Ubuntu-running Raspberry Pi device, Reddit users contribute lesser-known Linux secrets, and more. Catch up on the latest Linux headlines from this past week.

1) Canonical runs Snappy Ubuntu on Raspberry Pi with new server.

Canonical Brings Snappy Ubuntu to Raspberry Pi- eWeek

2) Reddit forum of Linux secrets many users don’t know.

What Are Some Linux “Secrets” Most Users Don’t Know About– Reddit

3) Charles Babcock wonders if new, pared down Linux OSs will survive

Linux Container Operating Systems: Thin Is In– InformationWeek

4) Linux apps are needed to convert Windows users.

Critical Apps Missing From Linux– Datamation

5) Russia to develop its own Linux-based mobile operating system.

Russia to Ditch Android and iOS With Own NSA-Proof Linux-Based Software– The Inquirer