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Eleven-year-old root flaw found and patched in the Linux kernel

Network World

Linux system administrators should be on the watch for kernel updates because they fix a local privilege escalation flaw that could lead to a full system compromise. It was discovered last week and was patched by the kernel developers on Friday.

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Puppet founder Luke Kaines wants to help leaders remember conversations with new startup Clickety

GeekWire

He later became a system administrator and realized there weren’t tools available to automate parts of his jobs — so he started a company in 2005 called Puppet that would provide them. Luke Kaines loves tools. As a youngster, he learned why they matter while building homes with his father.

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DreamWorks "Turbo" Accelerated By HP » Data Center Knowledge

Data Center Knowledge

He has served many roles in the data center, including support, system administration, web development and facility management. December 2005 (10). November 2005 (8). October 2005 (9). September 2005 (15). August 2005 (2). July 2005 (9). June 2005 (7). May 2005 (14).

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IT Automation Provider Puppet Labs Acquires Cloudsmith

Data Center Knowledge

IT automation software provider Puppet Labs has acquired Cloudsmith , a provider of development tools for rapidly building and testing infrastructure automation. Cloudsmith provides tools for system administrators and developers that make it easier to automate management of IT resources through intuitive GUIs and SaaS applications.

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Looking beyond linpack: new supercomputing benchmark in the works

Data Center Knowledge

Dongarra and his colleague Michael Heroux from Sandia National Laboratories are developing a new benchmark that is expected to be released in time for the next TOP500 list release in November. He has served many roles in the data center, including support, system administration, web development and facility management.

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DataStax Raises $45 million for Big Databases » Data Center.

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DataStax raises $45 million to expand its product development and channel growth, Cloudera adds an Apache security module for Hadoop, and Univa and MapR partner on enterprise-grade workload management for Hadoop. DataStax will use the investment to further its international expansion, channel growth and product development. Contact Us.

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Cedexis Now Tracks Performance for 50 Clouds » Data Center.

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To help customers mine this wealth of data, a new Cedexis Radar Windows 8 app has been developed to providecontent presentation and analysis. He has served many roles in the data center, including support, system administration, web development and facility management. December 2005 (10). November 2005 (8).