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XIV Thin Provisioning and Space Reclamation

IBM Redbooks — Sat, 18 May 2013 08:30:00 -0500

Draft Redpaper, last updated: Sat, 18 May 2013...

XIV Thin Provisioning and Space Reclamation

IBM Redbooks — Sat, 18 May 2013 08:30:00 -0500

Draft Redpaper, last updated: Sat, 18 May 2013...

5 Reasons Infotainment is the First Target for Open Source Software in Cars

linux.com — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:27:00 -0500

Automakers have focused on the In-Vehicle-Infotainment (IVI) System as their first target for open source software collaboration, specifically using Linux. Here are five reasons this approach makes sense....

Friday Funnies : The Iron Penguin, Part 2

linux.com — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:41:00 -0500

Linus, has dived in to save the day. Where did the robot come from? What is it's purpose? Can the Iron Penguin stand against it?

Find out next time. Same penguin-time, same penguin-channel.

P.S. I wasn't too keen on inserting Google glass into another comic so close on the heels of the last one, but it made the most sense to slip it in to replace Jarvis from the Iron Man movies.

Also, credit where it is due:

The basic idea for the suit came from a photoshop entry on freakingnews.com .

I freely admit to having shamelessly cherry picked...

Open Cloud Take Two: The CloudStack Collaboration Conference 2013

linux.com — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:21:00 -0500

The last year has been a whirlwind of activity for Apache CloudStack. Citrix proposed CloudStack for the Apache Incubator in April of 2012, and just over a year later we're gearing up for a second collaboration conference – this time in Santa Clara, CA, from June 23-25....

On the Job with a Linux Foundation Systems Administrator

linux.com — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:05:00 -0500

If you’ve ever dreamed of working directly with Linux creator Linus Torvalds, Greg Kroah-Hartman, Ted T’so or any of the other Linux luminaries, you could work your way up through the ranks of kernel developers submitting patches and fixing bugs. Or you could work as a systems administrator on The Linux Foundation’s IT team, managing the servers that they use every day to build the largest collaborative software development project in the world....

Reference Data Management

IBM Redbooks — Thu, 16 May 2013 08:30:00 -0500

Web Doc, published: Thu, 16 May 2013...

Synchronizing IBM RACF Data by using IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator

IBM Redbooks — Thu, 16 May 2013 08:30:00 -0500

Redpaper, published: Thu, 16 May 2013...

Achieving Real Business Value with IBM Connections

IBM Redbooks — Thu, 16 May 2013 08:30:00 -0500

Web Doc, published: Thu, 16 May 2013...

Best Linux Tools for Enterprise Developers and Systems Administrators

linux.com — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:53:00 -0500

The best Linux applications and tools for enterprise systems admininstrators and developers can be found in three major areas: continuous build, configuration management/ provisioning and version control....

How to Run Fedora Linux on the MacBook Air Without Touching the SSD

linux.com — Wed, 15 May 2013 10:45:00 -0500

See how easy it is to setup a dual boot to Fedora 18 on your recent model MacBook Air (MBA). You don't need to install custom boot loaders or touch the internal SSD that contains OSX at all. Instead, take advantage of a high speed USB 3 pen drive as your Linux boot disk. After booting Fedora, graphics and wifi work without any extra tinkering. With the higher end modern USB 3.x pen drives disk performance doesn't need to crawl either....

Debian 7.0 Wheezy: New Features You Need to Know About

linux.com — Tue, 14 May 2013 11:43:00 -0500

The Debian project earlier this month put the finishing touches on their latest release: Debian 7.0, code named "Wheezy." This release marks the availability of two new architectures and a number of major updates and new features. Here, Linux Foundation Senior Engineer Jeff Licquia highlights the features you need to know about....

Q A: ownCloud Provides Secure File Sharing for the Enterprise

linux.com — Tue, 14 May 2013 09:45:00 -0500

File storage and sharing using consumer-oriented cloud services can be a security problem for companies that want to avoid sensitive data leaks. ownCloud aims to solve the issue by offering commercial cloud services installed within a company's own datacenter. Their open source software is built on Linux and most often deployed on Linux by enterprise customers, said Markus Rex, CTO of ownCloud, via email. Here, Rex discusses where ownCloud fits into the open cloud ecosystem, what it means to be an open source company, how to ensure security with open source software and why they recently joined The Linux Foundation.

Where does...

IBM SmartCloud Desktop Infrastructure: Citrix XenDesktop on IBM System x

IBM Redbooks — Tue, 14 May 2013 08:30:00 -0500

Web Doc, published: Tue, 14 May 2013...

IBM Systems Director 6.3 Best Practices

IBM Redbooks — Tue, 14 May 2013 08:30:00 -0500

Draft Redbook, last updated: Tue, 14 May 2013...

IBM SmartCloud Desktop Infrastructure: VMware View on IBM System x

IBM Redbooks — Tue, 14 May 2013 08:30:00 -0500

Web Doc, published: Tue, 14 May 2013...

30 Linux Kernel Developer Workspaces in 30 Weeks: Greg Kroah-Hartman

linux.com — Mon, 13 May 2013 10:34:00 -0500

Welcome to 30 Linux Kernel Developer Workspaces in 30 Weeks! This is the first in a 30-week series that takes a new approach to the original series,...

New Ways of Running IBM z/OS Batch Applications

IBM Redbooks — Mon, 13 May 2013 08:30:00 -0500

Redbook, published: Mon, 13 May 2013...

The 3.10 Merge Window Closes

linux.com — Sun, 12 May 2013 19:08:00 -0500

Linus Torvalds made a Mother's Day gift to the world in the form of the

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Friday Funnies : The Iron Penguin, Part 1

linux.com — Fri, 10 May 2013 15:22:00 -0500

The first installment of The Iron Penguin!...

Protect Yourself Online With Tor, TAILS, and Debian

linux.com — Fri, 10 May 2013 11:36:00 -0500

How to protect yourself online with the TAILS privacy distro....

Improve Application Resiliency with IBM WebSphere Network Deployment V8.5

IBM Redbooks — Fri, 10 May 2013 08:30:00 -0500

Redpaper, published: Fri, 10 May 2013...

Video: Open Cloud Conversation Moves Beyond the API

linux.com — Thu, 09 May 2013 11:01:00 -0500

The open source cloud discussion has noticeably shifted over the past year, away from whether the industry needs an open source alternative to the Amazon Web Services API and toward providing services that Amazon doesn't offer....

Realizing Efficient Enterprise Security Intelligence by Using IBM Security Intelligence Solutions

IBM Redbooks — Thu, 09 May 2013 08:30:00 -0500

Redpaper, published: Thu, 9 May 2013...

Intel's Silvermont SoC Goes for the Mobile Gold, but ARMv8 Awaits

linux.com — Wed, 08 May 2013 15:12:00 -0500

With its new Silvermont architecture, it looks like Intel has finally leaped forward in mobile. But whether it can ward off ARM'S upcoming 64-bit ARMv8 processors is another story....

5 Linux Projects to Watch on Kickstarter

linux.com — Wed, 08 May 2013 12:31:00 -0500

More than 60 Linux-related projects are currently listed on Kickstarter. Here's a small sampling of some particularly compelling examples....

IBM PowerSC Technical Overview

IBM Redbooks — Wed, 08 May 2013 08:30:00 -0500

Web Doc, published: Wed, 8 May 2013...

IBM PowerSC Trusted Surveyor Technical Overview

IBM Redbooks — Wed, 08 May 2013 08:30:00 -0500

Web Doc, published: Wed, 8 May 2013...

Join Us For the KVM End User Technical Summit at the New York Stock Exchange

linux.com — Tue, 07 May 2013 15:49:00 -0500

KVM and open virtualization are being rapidly adopted as end users look for lower-cost, enterprise hypervisors. One the major use cases for KVM is to virtualize and consolidate Linux workloads, and the pre-integration of KVM in major Linux distributions makes it easy for Linux enterprise end users to adopt KVM. A special KVM End User Technical Summit is running during this year's Linux Foundation Enterprise End User Summit, with the aim of introducing Linux users to the benefits of KVM, describing the KVM technical roadmap, and discussing the deployment and management of KVM both on its own and in multi-hypervisor environments. Sponsored by IBM, and with support from members of the Open Virtualization Alliance, this track aims...

Why Use Xen?

linux.com — Tue, 07 May 2013 09:46:00 -0500

At the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit in April, the Xen Project announced that it was now a Collaborative Project of the Linux Foundation. But as people attended some of the Xen-related conference sessions, one question always seemed to be asked: “Why should I use Xen?”...