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Verizon taps into open source, white box fervor with new CPE offering
Verizon this week said it would begin offering x86-based servers with OpenStack software aimed at customers looking to support all manner of advanced cloud, software defined networking and network functions virtualization (NSF)-based...
Red Hat nicely positioned for the turn to cloud
Red Hat CEO James Whitehurst kicked off the company’s Summit meeting in Boston this week, which attracted more than 6,000 people, up 20% from last year. Network World Editor in Chief John Dix caught up with Whitehurst at the show for...
10 Unix commands every Mac and Linux user should know
Get started with Bash, Unix pipes, directory navigation, sudo, Nano, and other command-line essentials
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Linux Mint 18.1: Mostly smooth, but some sharp edges
A review of the latest version of Ubuntu-based operating system offers long-term support.
Unity out at Canonical amid big shakeups
Canonical, the company behind the best-known Linux distribution in the world and one of the biggest players in commercial open source software, has announced several large-scale changes of direction that have created big ripples in...
Which Linux distros should newbies use?
A fresh look at some of the more popular Linux distros (plus one non-Linux OS), and an impression of their ease of use.
Linux Foundation smushes two smaller projects together to form Open Networking Automation Platform
The Linux Foundation announced today that it had combined open source ECOMP and the Open Orchestrator Project into ONAP, the Open Networking Automation Platform, with the aim of helping users automate network service delivery, design,...
5 open source security tools too good to ignore
Look to these clever open source tools to keep secrets out of source code, identify malicious files, block malicious processes, and keep endpoints safe
Private jets and private clouds
What’s your reaction when you learn that a company keeps a fleet of private jets? Similar concerns should arise when you learn that a company keeps private data centers.
Facebook throws an open source hackathon
Last Friday, Facebook’s Cambridge, Mass., office played host to an open source hackathon around the theme of GraphQL, a sophisticated data-fetching query language originally developed by Facebook to help manage its vast stores of user...
What’s next for open-source Spark?
A crowd of more than 1,500 gathered Wednesday in Boston to hear about the future for the open-source big data engine.
Lessons from the rise and fall of an open source project
The story of the CyanogenMod mobile firmware project perfectly illustrates the opportunities and perils presented by the open source software model.
Open source users: It’s time for extreme vetting
Cybersecurity strategist at Red Hat focuses on vetting and open source as part of the supply chain
Self-protection is key to Linux kernel security
Finding and fixing Linux security vulnerabilities amounts to the usual whack-a-mole. The real solution is to harden the Linux kernel and let it protect itself
Why Linux users should worry about malware and what they can do about it
From updates, to VPNs, to firewalls and AV, there are several steps Linux users should take to stay safe.
Report: Attacks based on open source vulnerabilities will rise 20 percent this year
As open source code becomes more prevalent in both commercial and home-grown applications, the number of attacks based on its vulnerabilities will increase by 20 percent this year, predicted Black Duck Software, which collects...
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6 must-see techie TED talks
TED ended its year by picking its top 10 TED Talks for the year, and we'll start 2017 off by selecting a handful of techie ones we figure might be of particular interest to Network World readers.
How Rackspace will stay alive in cloud: Stop competing with Amazon, start partnering
Rackspace ended months of speculation in August by announcing it had been acquired by a private equity firm. With a new corporate structure, the company has pivoted from being one of Amazon Web Service’s earliest competitors in the...
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