5 things we love about Fedora 20; 5 things we don't

	Fedora tips its hat to mobility, cloud, big data | Encrypting sensitive data is a must; new key management tools make it easy
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	5 things we love/hate about Fedora 20 Here are 5 things we love about Fedora 20, and 5 things we don't. Read More WEBCAST: Brocade Communications IT Agility: How Do You Stack Up? Date: Tuesday, April 15, 2014, 11:00 AM PDT Are you faced with increasing pressure to deploy technology faster? You're not alone. This year, over half of enterprises will be prioritizing building a private cloud, a concept introduced less than five years ago. View Now>> In this Issue Fedora tips its hat to mobility, cloud, big data Encrypting sensitive data is a must; new key management tools make it easy Free online courses abound to help you bone up on Linux, SDN and more WEBCAST: IBM Evolving Your Integration Strategy to Extend Beyond IT These days, integration is no longer optional, but this ubiquity can hide the massive and rapid change which integration is undergoing. In the next few years, we will see new approaches to integration being adopted by central IT and lines of business, increasing demand for more agile and hybrid deployments, and analytics and API networks. Learn More Fedora tips its hat to mobility, cloud, big data The latest release of Fedora, nicknamed "Heisenbug," is a step towards making Fedora a player in the mobile arena. Fedora 20 also includes more support for cloud, and this is also the first release that supports cheap, low-power ARM processors as a primary architecture, in addition to Intel and AMD chips. Read More WHITE PAPER: Intigua Systems Management Virtualization Discover how virtualizing the management layer, by de-coupling agents from the underlying server infrastructure, eliminates the need to install physical agents on servers and makes ongoing management tasks such as provisioning and updating agents as simple as copying a single "virtual agent" file to all required servers. Read more. Learn More Encrypting sensitive data is a must; new key management tools make it easy Encryption is one of the best ways to prevent the type of terrible headaches that many high-profile companies have experienced with stolen data. Even if experienced hackers are able to penetrate a system, having the data encrypted can mean that nothing useful is taken. Read More WHITE PAPER: CDW The value of smarter oil and gas fields With global energy requirements continuing to rise, the exploration, development and production of new oil and gas resources are shifting to increasingly challenging sites. Meanwhile, regulations continue to tighten worldwide. Finding and keeping experienced personnel is only getting harder. View Now Free online courses abound to help you bone up on Linux, SDN and more Massive open online courses offer IT professionals the opportunity to learn about some of the tech industry's most in-demand and current topics for free. Available to anyone with a Web connection, MOOCs cover a range of hot tech topics including software defined networking, cloud computing, security, drone development, artificial intelligence and mobile programming. Read More
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