Linux 3.1 is out and supports OpenRISC, NFC, Wii

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	Linux 3.1 is out and supports OpenRISC, NFC, Wii Linus Torvalds released Linux 3.1 Monday and the new feature list is long and wide. Linux 3.1 includes a new iSCSI implementation and support for OpenRISC, Near-Field Communication chips, and -- get this -- Wii controllers. Read More WHITE PAPER: Emerson Network Power Data Center Infrastructure Design and Management Does efficiency have to come at the expense of availability? Not according to this paper, which outlines the four data center infrastructure trends that are reducing design, operating and management costs while improving data center performance. Those trends are Infrastructure Management, Eco Availability, Flex Capacity and High Density. Learn more In this Issue Week 1: Ubuntu Unity instead of Windows 7 and ready to scream Does Android Make Microsoft More Money Than Windows Mobile? NoSQL Ready For The Enterprise Red Lambda Aims To Tackle Big Data Security WHITE PAPER: Trend Micro Public Cloud Adoption Best Practices According to a recent survey, 43% of businesses have experienced a cloud security issue or lapse in the last year. Learn how to adopt best practices specific for public cloud security that include VM-level security, multi-layered defenses, data encryption and third-party identity and access management. Learn More Week 1: Ubuntu Unity instead of Windows 7 and ready to scream It finally happened. At the end of my first week of using Ubuntu 11.10 with Unity, full-time, 8-10 hours a day for work, the system crashed. Read More WHITE PAPER: Akamai Technologies, Inc. A Perspective from the Edge of the Cloud Akamai Chief Scientist and co-Founder Tom Leighton explores the major forces and technology layers driving the cloud computing movement, the types of architectural approaches emerging and an assessment of the challenges that must be overcome for cloud computing to broadly succeed. Read now Does Android Make Microsoft More Money Than Windows Mobile? Microsoft just announced yet another Android patent licensing deal, the tenth such deal they have announced with Android phone and tablet manufacturers. The latest to pay Microsoft for use of patents that Microsoft claims Android uses is Compal. a 28 billion dollar a year manufacturer of phones, computers and tablets. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell and Intel A Virtualization Roadmap Virtualization is more than a technology. It is a way of thinking about problems that allow us to go beyond the physical limitations normally associated with entire classes of hardware, from servers to storage. Attaining the maximum benefits of virtualization, however, requires a plan and constant monitoring to ensure peak performance. Read now. NoSQL Ready For The Enterprise There is no denying that NoSQL database technology has been a major force in the success of web-based powers like Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, etc. Applications that scale to the 10's of millions need the scalability that these non-relational databases offer. However, until now the picture for NoSQL for the enterprise has been a bit fuzzier. Read More Red Lambda Aims To Tackle Big Data Security I have been writing recently a lot about the hot "Big Data" space. Whether it be Hadoop, NoSQL, scaled storage or similar technologies they all deal with managing and using massive amounts of data that dwarf anything we have seen before. Read More
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