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Twistlock Launches To Solve Linux Container Security Problems

As the idea of containers gains momentum, there are a couple of problems that increasingly need to be solved – networking, storage and security being the key three. Twistlock aims to solve the last of those and be part of unlocking far-broader container adoption.

Containers are, of course, a Linux concept that allows the running of multiple isolated Linux systems on a single control host. Instead of creating a full virtual environment, with Linux containers, an operating system is shared across the various containers while running resources are offered to the container in isolation. Linux containers have existed for a long time, but Docker re-invigorated the notion and brought it to a wider audience.

Read more at Forbes.

Moving IT to a Public Cloud? Follow These 10 Best Practices

Before making the leap to a public cloud, here are 10 things to consider first to make the process as smooth as possible.

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ARM, Partners Demonstrate NFV Reference Platforms

At the NFV World Congress, ARM is teaming with Enea, Applied Micro and Netzyn to show off platforms for OPNFV and virtual set-top boxes.

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$9 Computer Debuts as Open Hardware, Runs Debian

Snuggly situated in an industrial section of Oakland, CA is Next Thing Co. a team of nine artists and engineers who are pursuing the dream of a lower cost single board computer. Today they’ve unveiled their progress on Kickstarter, offering a $9 development board called Chip.

The board is Open Hardware, runs a flavor of Debain Linux, and boasts a 1Ghz R8 ARM processor, 512MB of RAM, and 4GB of eMMC storage. It is more powerful than a Raspberry Pi B+ and equal to the BeagleBone Black in clock speed, RAM, and storage. Differentiating Chip from Beagle is its built-in WiFi, Bluetooth, and the ease in which it can be made portable, thanks to circuitry that handles battery operation.

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This Week in Linux News: Why Linux Succeeded, Docker Competition Heats Up, and More

This week in Linux news, Christopher Tozzi reviews the history of Linux to discover its advantage over other projects, a Docker competitor from CoreOS is adopted by major cloud providers, and more. Read on for this week’s top Linux stories.

1) Why did Linux succeed while other similar projects did not? An historical investigation of Linux. 

Open Source History: Why Did Linux Succeed? – The VAR Guy

2) The AppC container standard – and Docker competitor – from CoreOS is adopted by Google, Red Hat, VMware, and Apcera.

CoreOS gains on Docker, with support from Google, Red Hat, VMware – InfoWorld

3) A slideshow of Linux security strides over the years.

8 Linux Security Improvements In 8 Years – InformationWeek

4) An overview of Mumblehard malware and how to fend it off.

Mumblehard Malware Mugs Linux Servers – LinuxInsider

5) Red Hat adds new features to RHEL6.x.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 Enters Beta – eWeek

 

 

How AT&T is Using OpenDaylight

Yesterday at an event in San Jose Margaret Chiosi, distinguished network architect at AT&T Labs, shared what they’re doing with SDN and NFV on the path to Domain 2.0.

Craig Matsumoto of SDxCentral writes, “AT&T has been developing its own global controller, using OpenDaylight as its framework. And in doing so, the carrier has decided to extend its controller’s reach to Layers 4-7, going beyond the usual concept of an SDN controller that spans Layers 0-3. AT&T is even going to back to application-layer vendors and asking them to put adapters into OpenDaylight, Chiosi said.” 

AT&T has also adopted a ‘code first, tweak later’ strategy which helps them iterate faster. Read the full article at SDxCentral.

 

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Grooveshark to Be Removed from Ubuntu Touch

The Ubuntu Touch platform has a music scope and one of the music sources for that service was Grooveshark, but the service has been shut down. Now Ubuntu developers need to make some adjustments to Ubuntu Touch.

Many users were surprised to see that Grooveshark is going away, but the fact that it was included by default in Ubuntu Touch also complicates facts. It won’t be difficult to remove it from Ubuntu Touch, and that will be done with the next update.

“Grooveshark ha… (read more)

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Wayland 1.8 Alpha Released

While there was a small delay, Wayland/Weston 1.8 Alpha is now available…

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Cinnamon 2.6 and MATE 1.10 to Land in Linux Mint Soon

The Linux Mint project is constantly working to improve the operating systems they are developing, along with the Cinnamon desktop environment. A new major update for Cinnamon is expected to land pretty soon, and it will come with lots of new features and changes.

The leader of the Linux Mint team, Clement Lefebvre, has just published a short newsletter for the month of April and he revealed some very exciting news, including the launch of the Cinnamon 2.6, the next major u… (read more)

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IT Pros Lack Confidence in Cyber-Defenses

Just 15 percent of companies surveyed believe their employees are “well prepared” to spot the signs of an attack and react accordingly.

Read more at eWeek