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Samsung teams with Red Hat to build enterprise apps

The apps will run on Red Hat's new mobile application platform

Slideshow

Scenes from Red Hat Summit 2015

Here’s what Boston’s Hynes Convention Center looks like as we count down to kickoff for Red Hat Summit 2015.

IDG Answers

Is Adobe Flash Player supported on Linux?

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Solving the Unstructured Data Challenge

Unstructured data can help companies gain a better understanding of their customers and their business. So why aren’t more organizations taking advantage?

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Xbox One-to-PC game streaming launched Monday

Preview program members can send games to their Windows 10 PCs ahead of public launch later this year

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Dell adds Pluribus, brings Linux-based OS to its data center switches

Dell will now offer Pluribus’ Open Netvisor Linux operating system on its S6000-ON and S-4048-ON 10G/40G switches.

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Terix to pay Oracle $58M in settlement over Solaris support

It also can no longer distribute Solaris patches to its customers

IDG Answers

How to use PlayStation 3 as Linux computer?

Opinion

Microsoft to bring openSSH support to Secure Shell

The new Microsoft is ready to support Linux and open source, for its own survival.

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Remove the Guesswork

With Dell’s Performance Analysis Collection Kit

Slideshow

11 pointless but awesome Linux terminal tricks

Here are some great Linux terminal tips and tricks, each one as pointless as it is awesome.

News Analysis

Mandriva goes under as Canonical considers IPO

The same year Canonical expresses plans to go public, Mandriva is being liquidated.

IDG Answers

Downloading Ubuntu 13.04 with Wibu?

Feature

Do you need a container-specific Linux distribution?

It's not enough to use containers, vendors argue that you need a specialized Linux distribution to back it.

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Windows 10 can tap Cortana for help with data analysis

The new OS will also feature multiple desktops and enhanced security features

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Dell Storage: EqualLogic, PowerVault, or Compellent

Which Dell Storage Solution Is Right for You?

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Knoppix Topics: An interview with Linux pioneer Klaus Knopper

At this year’s CeBIT trade show in Hanover, Germany, Christopher von Eitzen sat down with Linux legend Klaus Knopper to discuss his popular Knoppix Linux distribution as well as Linux and accessibility in open source software.

News

Ubuntu still vulnerable to time-twiddling hack

A security flaw in a common Unix software component remains unpatched in one of the most popular Linux distributions in the world, more than a year after an official fix was published.

News

Microsoft helps developers gear Windows 10 for the post-PC era

Microsoft now offers tools to easily port Andorid and iOS applications to Windows phones and computers

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Linux vendor Cumulus rolls out management pack

Linux network operating system developer Cumulus Networks this week at Interop rolled out a management platform that provides a common interface and operational process for data center racks.

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The Cloud Drives a New Wave of Disruption

As they seek out new ways to gain competitive advantage, businesses are using the cloud both to accelerate their pace of innovation and create business value through IT.

News Analysis

Why Red Hat is tackling BPM

Red Hat has embedded a business resource planner to help developers build applications to solve complex optimization and scheduling problems.

News

Google puts integration at the center of Chrome for Work

Chrome OS devices play nicely with other enterprise technologies, the company says

News

VMware just created its first Linux OS, and it’s container-friendly

VMware releases Project Photon as way to dispel fears that container technology could threaten virtualization giant

News

The apps will run on Red Hat's new mobile application platform

Here’s what Boston’s Hynes Convention Center looks like as we count down to kickoff for Red Hat Summit 2015.

Unstructured data can help companies gain a better understanding of their customers and their business. So why aren’t more organizations taking advantage?

Preview program members can send games to their Windows 10 PCs ahead of public launch later this year

Dell will now offer Pluribus’ Open Netvisor Linux operating system on its S6000-ON and S-4048-ON 10G/40G switches.

It also can no longer distribute Solaris patches to its customers

The new Microsoft is ready to support Linux and open source, for its own survival.

With Dell’s Performance Analysis Collection Kit

Here are some great Linux terminal tips and tricks, each one as pointless as it is awesome.

The same year Canonical expresses plans to go public, Mandriva is being liquidated.

It's not enough to use containers, vendors argue that you need a specialized Linux distribution to back it.

The new OS will also feature multiple desktops and enhanced security features

Which Dell Storage Solution Is Right for You?

At this year’s CeBIT trade show in Hanover, Germany, Christopher von Eitzen sat down with Linux legend Klaus Knopper to discuss his popular Knoppix Linux distribution as well as Linux and accessibility in open source software.

A security flaw in a common Unix software component remains unpatched in one of the most popular Linux distributions in the world, more than a year after an official fix was published.

Microsoft now offers tools to easily port Andorid and iOS applications to Windows phones and computers

Linux network operating system developer Cumulus Networks this week at Interop rolled out a management platform that provides a common interface and operational process for data center racks.

As they seek out new ways to gain competitive advantage, businesses are using the cloud both to accelerate their pace of innovation and create business value through IT.

Red Hat has embedded a business resource planner to help developers build applications to solve complex optimization and scheduling problems.

Chrome OS devices play nicely with other enterprise technologies, the company says

VMware releases Project Photon as way to dispel fears that container technology could threaten virtualization giant

The Project Photon and Project Lightwave containerized app technologies are aimed primarily at existing vSphere and vCloud Air users