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Coding contest shows how big data can improve health care

A recent coding competition in the Boston area brought together IT professionals, medical workers and others with an interest in health IT to show how data analytics can improve health care.

By Fred O'Connor | 25 May, 2012 15:03

Tags: health care, industry verticals, business intelligence, applications, software, internet

Linux Mint 13 rallies behind Gnome

With the new version of Linux Mint, released Wednesday, the developers behind the open source Linux distribution have put all energies behind Gnome, offering two versions of the desktop interface.

By Joab Jackson | 24 May, 2012 16:52

Tags: Linux, operating systems, open source, software

Linux Torvalds shortlisted for 2012 Millennium Technology Prize

The Technology Academy Finland has shortlisted Linus Torvalds for its 2012 Millennium Technology Prize, worth over €1 million (US$1.3 million).

By Peter Sayer | 20 April, 2012 00:47

Tags: linus torvalds, Linux, non-Windows, open source, operating systems, software, Technology Academy Finland

Puppet equipped to be OpenStack interface

Puppet Labs has equipped its namesake open-source configuration management software with the ability to control OpenStack cloud deployments, the company plans to announce on Tuesday.

By Joab Jackson | 17 April, 2012 23:07

Tags: cloud computing, Infrastructure services, internet, open source, Puppet Labs, software

OpenStack Essex release is most stable yet, supporters say

The latest version of the cloud operating system OpenStack, known as Essex, will be released on Thursday, and supporters say that its stability should encourage larger deployments.

By Nancy Gohring | 04 April, 2012 23:01

Tags: cloud computing, Infrastructure services, internet, open source, OpenStack, Piston Cloud, rackspace, RightScale, software

Citrix takes CloudStack to Apache, abandons OpenStack

Citrix has abandoned its Olympus OpenStack distribution and will focus instead on its open-source CloudStack operating system, which it has contributed as a project under the Apache Software Foundation.

By Nancy Gohring | 03 April, 2012 22:07

Tags: Apache Software Foundation, Citrix Systems, cloud computing, Infrastructure services, internet, open source, OpenStack, software

Puppet Enterprise gets a data library

Puppet Labs has added a data library to the enterprise version of its open-source IT automation software, allowing administrators to more easily reuse operational data in their own scripts and programs.

By Joab Jackson | 29 March, 2012 00:08

Tags: application development, Development tools, open source, Puppet Labs, software

Linux 3.3 released after minor delay

Version 3.3 of the Linux kernel was released on Sunday, adding support for a new processor architecture, re-integrating the Android code base back into the main line, and introducing networking improvements.

By Jon Gold | 20 March, 2012 04:41

Tags: Linux, Linux 3.3, Linux kernel. Linux bridge, non-Windows, open source, operating systems, software, texas instruments

Linux 3.3 released, integrates Android code

Version 3.3 of the Linux kernel, now available after a short delay, includes kernel code from Android as well as an upgrade of networking features and support for an additional processing architecture.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 20 March, 2012 01:33

Tags: Freeware / shareware, Linux, non-Windows, open source, operating systems, software

How to get a hot job in big data

Big data is reshaping business IT. Thanks to cheap storage, massive processing power, and tools like Hadoop, organizations are now able to mine terabytes of information and derive useful business intelligence from it. But the data revolution is also creating a new breed of hybrid business-IT jobs, ones that blend business knowledge and powerful IT tools to the benefit of tech-savvy line-of-business professionals -- and the possible detriment of IT pros oblivious to the big data trend.

By Dan Tynan | 19 March, 2012 21:24

Tags: applications, Big Data, business intelligence, consumerization of IT, data discovery, Data Explosion, data management, data mining, Data Visualization, hadoop, Information Technology Careers, IT jobs, IT training, predictive analytics, software

Linux Professional Institute seeks trainers and students

The Linux Professional Institute hopes to recruit more Linux trainers and students through two initiatives launched at the Cebit trade show in Hanover, Germany, on Tuesday.

By Peter Sayer | 07 March, 2012 04:25

Tags: cebit, International Telecommunication Union, Linux, Linux Professional Institute, non-Windows, open source, operating systems, software

HP cuts staff as webOS transitions to open-source

Hewlett-Packard has cut 275 jobs in its webOS group, as part of its strategy to turn the operating system over to the open-source community, a source said Tuesday.

By John Ribeiro | 29 February, 2012 14:54

Tags: business issues, hewlett-packard, open source, operating systems, Palm, personnel, restructuring, software

Suse Enterprise Linux updated for new Dell, HP servers

Suse has updated its enterprise Linux distribution, using a recent version of the Linux kernel to support the advanced management capabilities in freshly released servers from Hewlett-Packard and Dell.

By Joab Jackson | 29 February, 2012 01:03

Tags: Attachmate, Linux, non-Windows, open source, operating systems, software

Ubuntu Android add-on designed to replace PCs

Canonical has unveiled software that will give Android smartphones the ability to run full desktop computer sessions on computer monitors and television sets.

By Joab Jackson | 22 February, 2012 05:29

Tags: Android, canonical, consumer electronics, Linux, MWC, non-Windows, open source, operating systems, smartphones, software, ubuntu

Apache Web server gets high performance upgrade

The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has celebrated the 17th anniversary of the release of the Apache HTTP Server by launching a new version of the popular open source Web server software.

By Joab Jackson | 22 February, 2012 03:39

Tags: Apache Software Foundation, open source, software

Rackspace soon to partner with developers of private OpenStack distros

Rackspace expects to soon announce commercial private OpenStack distributions that it will support as part of its Rackspace Cloud: Private Edition set of services.

By Nancy Gohring | 16 February, 2012 06:23

Tags: cloud computing, internet, open source, rackspace, software

What's the big deal about Hadoop?

Hadoop is all the rage, it seems. With more than 150 enterprises of various sizes using it -- including major companies such as JP Morgan Chase, Google and Yahoo -- it may seem inevitable that the open-source Big Data management system will land in your shop, too.

By Todd R. Weiss | 15 February, 2012 02:49

Tags: applications, databases, open source, software

Weave open-source data visualization offers power, flexibility

When two Boston-area organizations rolled out an interactive data visualization website last month, it represented one of the largest public uses yet for the open-source project Weave -- and more are on the way.

By Sharon Machlis | 09 February, 2012 03:03

Tags: open source, software

Kernel guru Greg Kroah-Hartman joins Linux Foundation

One of the principle maintainers of the Linux kernel, Greg Kroah-Hartman, has joined the Linux Foundation as a fellow, the same position held by Linux creator Linus Torvalds, the foundation announced.

By Joab Jackson | 02 February, 2012 02:54

Tags: business issues, Linux, linux foundation, non-Windows, open source, operating systems, personnel, software

Linux Mint 13 gets back to desktop basics

Bucking the trend of increasingly experimental desktop interfaces, the developers behind the Linux Mint are adopting a simpler desktop for the next version of the open-source Linux distribution.

By Joab Jackson | 27 January, 2012 09:21

Tags: Linux, linux mint, non-Windows, open source, operating systems, software

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