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	Q&A: Clement Lefebvre: The man behind Linux Mint Linux Mint, an Ubuntu and Debian-based Linux distribution, has seen tremendous growth in community support and installed base in recent years. Since arriving on the scene in 2006 with its first release called "Ada," Mint has become the most popular FOSS operating system on DistroWatch.com, surpassing both Ubuntu and Debian themselves. Read More WHITE PAPER: CDW Principles of PCI Compliance Take the time to understand and learn to apply the requirements for locking down payment card data. Read Now In this Issue INSIDER 10 reasons to take a Chromebook on the road Open Virtualization Alliance joins the Linux Foundation Apache Software Foundation unveils Hadoop 2, replacing MapReduce with YARN WHITE PAPER: Crittercism The 2013 Mobile App Performance Management Report Most enterprises are looking for ways to leverage their investments in web technology to handle mobile app performance, but between monitoring, OS variants, screen sizes and OEMs, this can be a costly and complex approach. This 2013 Mobile APM Report highlights best practices for meeting mobile app challenges and ensuring mobile app performance. Read more! INSIDER 10 reasons to take a Chromebook on the road If you're trying to decide which device to buy for your next trip because your current laptop is too old, too slow, too heavy and just plain too embarrassing; or, conversely, too new and too expensive to risk a mishap on the road, consider a Chromebook. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® Business Value of Blade Infrastructures Download this white paper to discover how migrating to a blade platform helped eight companies in the education, healthcare, media, retail and telecommunications industries reduce annual IT infrastructure cost per user by almost 25%. Learn More Open Virtualization Alliance joins the Linux Foundation The Open Virtualization Alliance has joined the Linux Foundation as a collaborative project to deepen its ties with the Linux community. Read More WHITE PAPER: Mobiquity Inc. Not Getting Real Value Out of Mobile? Think Beyond the App. Mobility promises to drive real competitive advantage. But why hasn't it happened yet? Because it's about true innovation, not just building an app. Find out more. Learn More Apache Software Foundation unveils Hadoop 2, replacing MapReduce with YARN The Apache Software Foundation unveiled its latest release of its open source data processing program, Hadoop 2. It runs multiple applications simultaneously to enable users to quickly and efficiently leverage data in multiple ways at supercomputing speed, Apache said Wednesday. Read More
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