http://www.networkworld.com/community/blogs/opensource Subnet - Open Source Bloggers en http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/being-public-cloud-provider-may-not-be-all?source=nww_rss My colleague and fellow Network World writer Brandon Butler wrote an article the other day about Dell deciding that it was not going to become a public cloud provider. Instead leveraging its recent acquisition of Enstratius, it was going to allow customers to integrate and use the resources of the over 20 public cloud providers that work with Enstratius. Cloud Computing Software Data Center Alan Shimel Dell hybrid cloud open stack private cloud public cloud Wed, 22 May 2013 19:01:18 +0000 Alan Shimel 83089 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/internet-anonymity-brought-you-open-source-systems?source=nww_rss I'm not a big fan of anonymity on the Internet. At least, not in general. Being completely (or even simply “mostly”) anonymous online tends to bring out the worst in people. Online game voice chat. Message forums. Blog comments. We've all seen it. The worst comments tend to come from someone who calls himself “NotAChance@NotReally.com” or something like that. (Note that I used the masculine... Software internet anonymity new yorker strongbox Tue, 21 May 2013 12:25:23 +0000 Bryan Lunduke 83079 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/getting-value-out-internships-both-ends?source=nww_rss By Lorinda Brandon, Director of Strategy at Smartbear Software Corporate Issues Software Development software internships software testing Mon, 20 May 2013 20:21:12 +0000 Ole Lensmar 83078 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/why-i-invested-caffeine-spaces-help-build-startup-community?source=nww_rss Last week, my partners and I in The CISO Group invested as lifetime members in Caffeine Spaces, a new co-working space that opened in the Florida Atlantic University (FAU) R&D Park here in Boca Raton, Florida. Caffeine Spaces is the brainchild of Mark Laymon, who is seeking to build a strong startup community here in South Florida. Corporate Issues Industry Verticals SMB Networking Investments Unified Communications Software Alan Shimel caffeine spaces mark laymon startup starup life Mon, 20 May 2013 15:55:31 +0000 Alan Shimel 83076 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/point-presence-example-dyi-publishing?source=nww_rss In days of yore, in order for a fledgling author to have their work published they had to find a publisher who thought enough of their work or were somehow convinced that they would actually publish their book. That was not too hard if you were an ex-President or some famous person, but for most authors this was a miserable road that most often ended in failure. Security Collaboration/Web 2.0 Cybercrime Unified Communications Alan Shimel author dyi Novel open source publishing rick clyne Fri, 17 May 2013 00:59:53 +0000 Alan Shimel 83063 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/testers-and-developers-please-learn-get-along?source=nww_rss I just got back from the StarEAST conference in Orlando. It’s one of the major testing conferences in the U.S. every year. As in previous years, it was inspiring to see so many qualified testers and QA managers in one place. Speaker sessions were relevant, humorous and interesting, and from the list of topics, it is evident that both junior and veteran testers have started to adopt trends like agile... Software software testing softwre development stareast conference Wed, 15 May 2013 15:27:22 +0000 Ole Lensmar 83048 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/when-hipaa-too-hard-health-care-health-security-solutions?source=nww_rss Health care today is a complicated business. Staying on top of the latest medical developments, treatments and technology is a full-time job. Working within the insurance company business process so you can get paid is yet another world unto itself. Running a business trying to keep people healthy (that is the goal right?) is hard enough. Corporate Issues Industry Verticals Compliance Endpoint Security Alan Shimel health security solutions HIPPA HITECH mssp Tue, 14 May 2013 16:10:02 +0000 Alan Shimel 83039 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/how-facebook-developers-screwed-facebook-home-0?source=nww_rss Facebook Home, the product of Facebook's work to put its social network at the front of the Android mobile operating system, was reportedly built by a team of developers who were not familiar with Android. Mobile Apps facebook developers iphone android Facebook Home htc first Mon, 13 May 2013 15:51:21 +0000 Open Source Community 83034 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/i-gave-away-my-iphone-galaxy-s4?source=nww_rss I have used a jailbroken iPhone as my primary cellphone for a long time. I think since the iPhone 3G, if I am not mistaken. While my tablet runs Android and I run Windows and Linux on my computers, I have been a solid iPhone user. Truthfully, I wasn't planning on switching off the iPhone anytime soon, either. I have been waiting for the iPhone 5s to come out and assumed I would upgrade to that, as... Mobile Apps Smartphones Wireless Alan Shimel Android Apple AT&T galaxy Google HTC iPhone Samsung Mon, 13 May 2013 12:33:01 +0000 Alan Shimel 83029 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/ubuntu-touch-smartphones-could-be-ready-end-may?source=nww_rss I love dog food. Nothing helps to improve the quality of software quite so much as when companies dive right in and live, day to day, in the software they create. This forces them to see, and understand, the pain their customers go through...and fix those problems. Linux linux smartphones ubuntu for phones ubuntu touch Thu, 09 May 2013 17:37:29 +0000 Bryan Lunduke 83020 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/ubuntu-desktop-just-easy?source=nww_rss As some of you may remember, I installed a dual-boot Ubuntu set up on my laptop some weeks back using WABI. Initially, I was going to switch back and forth between Windows 8 and Ubuntu to compare and contrast between them. After a little bit of time, though, I had settled back into Windows and wasn't booting Ubuntu as much anymore. Linux Windows Alan Shimel Android desktop Linux OS Ubuntu Windows Thu, 09 May 2013 17:15:29 +0000 Alan Shimel 83018 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/onion-twitter-account-hacked-syrian-electronic-army?source=nww_rss Social media accounts for the satirical fake news site The Onion were hacked today by the hacker group the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA). The group posted "Syrian Electronic Army Was Heere[sic]" to the Facebook accounts of The Onion and Onion Sports, while several Tweets made mention of either the SEA or Middle East politics. Security ap twitter hack Syrian Electronic Army the onion hacked Mon, 06 May 2013 17:40:53 +0000 Open Source Community 82999 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/lets-train-our-testers-early-offering-college-majors-software-testing?source=nww_rss This guest post was submitted by Lorinda Brandon, Director of Strategy at Smartbear Software Imagine that you are development manager and you have to choose between these two candidates: Software computer science software testing stareast conference Mon, 06 May 2013 14:49:56 +0000 Ole Lensmar 82994 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/security-response-over-security-prevention-fiddlesticks?source=nww_rss There is a very popular school of thought in the information security industry today that says attacks and breaches are going to happen. This logic suggests that we need to do more to plan our responses for when these happen, as opposed to devoting resources to trying to prevent these attacks. Jason Brvenik, VP of Security Strategy at Sourcefire responds, "fiddlesticks!" Security Anti-malware Cybercrime Firewall & UTM IDS/IPS SIEM SMB Security Alan Shimel jason brvenik prevention response Sourcefire Thu, 02 May 2013 12:41:16 +0000 Alan Shimel 82980 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/open-build-service-24-adds-arch-support?source=nww_rss As someone who spends a great deal of time releasing new versions of software for Linux, packaging has become the bane of my existence. Okay. That's not entirely fair. Package management on Linux is a pretty amazing thing. A flexible, consistent way to install (and update) software across an entire system? That's pretty killer. Linux Fedora Linux Mandriva open build service 2.4 OpenSuSE Ubuntu Wed, 01 May 2013 18:00:20 +0000 Bryan Lunduke 82973 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/living-social-shows-how-not-handle-password-leak?source=nww_rss Like many of you reading this, I recently received the following email from Living Social CEO Tim O'Shaughnessy, IMPORTANT INFORMATION LivingSocial recently experienced a cyber-attack on our computer systems that resulted in unauthorized access to some customer data from our servers. We are actively working with law enforcement to investigate this issue. Security Alan Shimel breach Living Social PCI Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:18:31 +0000 Alan Shimel 82965 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/why-you-should-go-linux-event?source=nww_rss Every spring I make a pilgrimage up to Bellingham, Washington, for Linux Fest NorthWest. It's a great little, community driven event all about Linux. Okay. "Little" is the wrong word. This last weekend, Linux Fest NorthWest broke 1,500 attendees – their biggest attendance to date. That's over a thousand Linux nerds hanging out, attending sessions, going to tutorials and eating good food. Linux linux fest northwest linux festivals ohio linux fest southern california linux expo Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:34:58 +0000 Bryan Lunduke 82957 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/why-itunes-dying?source=nww_rss This Sunday was the 10th birthday of the iTunes Store, which enabled content providers to sell to consumers who had little trouble getting that same content for free. But, in the process, Apple’s iTunes Store has set the table for the rise of several other competitive services, which will bring its demise. Corporate Issues apple streaming service itunes 10-year anniversary itunes is dead Netflix pandora Spotify Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:16:39 +0000 Open Source Community 82955 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/which-saas-vendor-just-passed-billion-dollar-mark-microsoft?source=nww_rss Despite a lot of confusion around how it works, it seems Microsoft's SaaS version of the flagship Office suite has pretty quickly grown into a billion-dollar business. According to the most recent financials from Redmond, Office 365 is now on a billion dollar run rate and continuing to grow at a brisk pace. Financial Results Mobile Apps SaaS Cloud Computing Alan Shimel Excel Microsoft Office Office 365 PowerPoint Windows 8 Word Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:11:24 +0000 Alan Shimel 82931 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/marketing-api-non-technical-audience?source=nww_rss This guest post was submitted by Lorinda Brandon, Director of Strategy at Smartbear Software Software API api marketing smartsheet Software Development Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:12:45 +0000 Ole Lensmar 82922 at http://www.networkworld.com/community