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the future of the Operating System - LinuxCon 2015 keynote

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Given as a keynote at LinuxCon + CloudOpen Japan 2015. OS Provides Portability 
 (same app runs on different hardware). OS in 1960s • IBM OS/360 – First OS that kept track of system resources (program, memory, storage) • CTSS – Introduce scheduling • Univac Exec 8, Burrows MCP, Multics. 2005 - 2015 Distributed Applications Era.

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Digital Realty Plans Huge Expansion in Ashburn » Data Center.

Data Center Knowledge

Digital Realty will invest at least $150 million in the new facility by 2015 and create 50 new jobs, allowing it to qualify for tax exemptions under Virginia’s newly beefed-up incentives for data center development. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. Disaster Recovery. Networking.

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Number of US Government IT Facilities Rises to 7000 - Data Center.

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“OMB had not tracked and reported on other key performance measures, such as progress against the initiative’s cost savings goal of $3 billion by the end of 2015,” according to David Powner , Director of Information Technology Issues at the GAO. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. Networking.