IT Leaders Make Do With Modest Budget Increases

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July 16, 2014

Developers and architects remain the only positions to place consistently in the top five most difficult positions to fill in the first half of 2014.

Spotify Switches From Debian To Ubuntu

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Phoronix

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July 16, 2014

While Spotify was a major Debian user with running their thousands of back-end servers on the major Linux distribution, including being vocal about systemd on Debian, they have decided to switch over to Ubuntu…

Jérôme Petazzoni on the Breathtaking Growth of Docker

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OpenSource.com

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July 16, 2014

For those of us veterans in the open source software (OSS) community, certain technologies come along in our lifetime that revolutionise how we consume and manage our technology utilisation. During the early 2000s the concept of high availiability (HA) and clustering allowed Linux to really stack up in the datacentre.

Samsung Will Fight for Talent from this Trendy NYC Base

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The Verge

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July 16, 2014

New York’s Meatpacking District will soon be the home to a major new Samsung’s office in the city. Morris Adjmi‘s new office block at 837 Washington St. was reportedly the subject of a bidding war between Facebook, Google, Samsung, and Ferrari, but the Korean technology giant won out. The building sits opposite the High Line and just around the corner from startup incubator Betaworks. 837 Washington will play “a central role in developing, attracting, and retaining some of the best talent in…

Researchers Explore Passwords’ Perils and Proper Use

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eWeek

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July 16, 2014

NEWS ANALYSIS: Although researchers find that password manager technology is at risk of exploitation, that doesn’t mean that passwords should be abolished.

Tiny Module Runs Linux and LabView on ARM/FPGA SoC

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LinuxGizmos

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July 16, 2014

National Instruments unveiled a 2 x 3-inch module that runs real-time Linux on a Xilinx hybrid ARM/FPGA SoC, and can be programmed graphically with LabView. NI’s new “sbRIO-9651″ system-on-module is aimed at simplifying the design of custom data acquisition and control systems, by offering full compatibility with the NI LabView graphical programming environment. Additionally, the […]

KaOS Calms Down KDE

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LinuxInsider

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July 16, 2014

KaOS is an interesting and very efficient Linux distribution built around a refined KDE desktop environment. The KDE integration is much more controlled in KaOS than in other Linux choices. The latest release for this 14-month young Linux distro came in late June. KaOS is a bit of a rarity. It is independent of other distros — not a direct relative of other Linux offshoots. That means it does not rely on repositories developed and maintained by larger Linux communities.

Webcast: Mandriva Pulse on Univention Corporate Server

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Maren Abatielos

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July 16, 2014

On Friday, July 18, Univention and Mandriva will demonstrate live how their solutions Univention Corporate Server (UCS) and Mandriva Pulse work perfectly together.

Further information at: UCS/Mandriva webcast

2014 Linux Security Summit Schedule Published

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LWN

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July 15, 2014

James Morris has a blog post announcing that the schedule for this year’s Linux Security Summit (LSS) is now available. It starts with a keynote from James Bottomley of Parallels, then there are seven refereed talks, as well as other sessions: “Discussion session topics include Trusted Kernel Lock-down Patch Series, led by Kees Cook; and EXT4 Encryption, led by Michael Halcrow & Ted Ts’o. There’ll be kernel security subsystem updates from the SELinux, AppArmor, Smack, and Integrity maintainers. The break-out sessions are open format and a good opportunity to collaborate face-to-face on outstanding or emerging issues.” LSS will be held August 18-19 in Chicago, overlapping the first two days of the Kernel Summit and it is followed by LinuxCon North America; all are being held in the same location.

How to Use Public PCs Safely With Linux

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ZDNet

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July 15, 2014

Public PCs aren’t safe, so what’s a PC user to do? Carry a Linux distribution on a USB stick in their backpocket of course!

Read more at Enterprise Open Source Toolkit