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What Will Become Of Linux Giant Red Hat?
As the New York Times reported yesterday, IBM is in the process of purchasing Red Hat, one of the largest corporate contributors to the Linux kernel. The news is great if you’ve got stock in either company or a passion to see a cloud computing services challenge Amazon (and Microsoft). But if you’re a fan…
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Google Brings Red Hat Gluster Storage To Its Cloud Platform
Red Hat is having a busy week. Fresh off the back of the announcement that the company is offering Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Microsoft Azure, Google has revealed it has brought Red Hat Gluster storage on the Google Compute Engine. Here are the details.
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Virtualisation Security Needs More Than A Fortress Mentality
Virtualisation produces impressive results, but it also requires a fundamental shift in mindset. The ‘fortress’ approach that works with older IT environments needs to shift once you’re dealing with virtualised systems.
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‘Stop Thinking About What You Can Do With Your Computer’
Historically, the speed and ability of computers has dictated what they’re used for. But with even the cheapest phone dwarfing systems that used to run entire businesses decades ago, trying to solve a problem by thinking about what computers can do right now won’t necessarily get you the best results.