Open Source Insider

September 2017

Shawn Powers on Ansible: inside the mind of a veteran sysadmin
Adrian Bridgwater 22 Sep 2017

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Open Source Insider column written by Shawn Powers -- describing himself as Linux Journal editor, CBT Nuggets trainer, writer and geek all wrapped into ...

Richard Morrell: a brief history (of life) in open source
Adrian Bridgwater 13 Sep 2017

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Open Source Insider blog written by Richard Morrell, group CTO at Falanx Cyber Technologies and CISO of the Cloud Security Alliance. Morrell looks back ...

Swiss financial services outfit SIX rolls for Red Hat
Adrian Bridgwater 13 Sep 2017

Linux has always done well in the server room. As we know, Linux is particularly good at uptime, running multiple processes at once and configuration changes can be executed while systems are live ...

Cast survey: whatever happened to software accountability?
Adrian Bridgwater 06 Sep 2017

Software analysis and measurement company Cast has conducted its annual developer survey with a twist (this year) which attempts to uncover whether developers are being held accountable for the ...

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China wants more say in setting global technology standards
China wants a bigger seat at the global technology standards-setting table, and experts advise the U.S. to take a cautious yet ...
How to harness the disruption of hyperautomation
Hyperautomation technologies will disrupt business and IT operations, but smart organizations can use them as fuel for successful...
What are the pros and cons of shadow IT?
As employees continue working remotely, the prevalence of shadow IT grows. This inevitability is forcing IT leaders to weigh the ...

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Accenture sheds more light on August data breach
The IT services giant disclosed in an SEC filing that threat actors stolen and leaked proprietary data during a LockBit ...
Burned by Apple, researchers mull selling zero days to brokers
Security researchers have grown frustrated with Apple's lack of communication, ‘silent patching’ of vulnerabilities, denial of ...
Google digs into Iran's APT35 hacking group
Covert phishing tactics and cleverly disguised notifications are among the calling cards of the increasingly sophisticated ...

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Static IP vs. dynamic IP addresses: What's the difference?
Static IP addresses are typically used for servers, routers and switches. Dynamic IP addresses, however, are commonly used for ...
4 categories of network monitoring
Network teams should routinely monitor the states of their networks. The type of network monitoring strategy used depends on the ...
6 Wi-Fi design best practices for enterprise networks
Designing Wi-Fi networks doesn't need to be overly complicated. Site surveys and walks around the environment are simple steps ...

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Best practices for container security in the data center
Container sprawl and container repositories can introduce new vulnerabilities to a data center. Here's what organizations should ...
How to check your CPU in a Linux system
You can issue commands through your Linux CLI to gather CPU information, including detailed information on cores, class, ...
Which processing units for AI does your organization require?
AI requires certain hardware infrastructure, such as hardware accelerators and proper storage. Learn what your organization ...

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Alation looks to boost data intelligence with Lyngo Analytics
Fresh off a big funding round, Alation seeks to enable users to benefit from data catalogs with technology that will translate ...
Google expands Cloud Spanner database with PostgreSQL
A year after it was first introduced, Google's BigQuery Omni multi-cloud data platform is now generally available as Google ...
How DataOps can improve healthcare outcomes
DataOps is more than just DevOps for data. It's a set of data orchestration, operations and management tools and principles that ...

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