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Cloud, Mobile, Social and Cyber: 2015 Predictions That Will Rock The World (AGAIN!)

Cloud Musings

2015 PREDICTION TIME!! Customers will act on market shifts that makes the purchase and resale of hardware and software no longer viable opting instead for the integration of cloud-based services. 2015 will also be a time of turmoil and retrospection as nefarious and evil forces leverage the power of technology against civil society.

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The Linux Migration: Other Users’ Stories, Part 4

Scott Lowe

This post is part of a series of posts sharing other users’ stories about their migration to Linux as their primary desktop OS. As I mentioned in part 1 of the series , there seemed to be quite a bit of pent-up interest in using Linux as your primary desktop OS. Q: Why did you switch to Linux? is awesome).

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Interview: Why Valve launched a new version of its handheld Steam Deck device

GeekWire

The Steam Deck gives Valve a way to expand the audience for computer games, and runs the software for Valve’s digital gaming storefront Steam on a custom Linux-based OS. Users can also use peripherals like USB hubs to connect their Decks to a monitor, mouse, and keyboard and use it like a Linux-based PC.

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Big Data & Brews from Strata NY 2015: Tony Baer on Spark in the Hadoop Ecosystem

CTOvision

Tony: Exactly, is on a cluster that’s equipped with JBM and Linux. How’s that? Andrew: I like the irony there. Tony: Yeah. Andrew: Cheers. Andrew: Stand alone meaning not running on a Hadoop cluster. Andrew: Okay.

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Technology Short Take #49

Scott Lowe

I highly recommend you read the entire post, but in short the five skills Matt recommends are software skills (which includes configuration management and software development tools like Git ), Linux, deep protocol knowledge, hypervisor and container networking, and IPv6. Servers/Hardware. What does this mean?

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Technology Short Take #67

Scott Lowe

Servers/Hardware. Intel clearly has its sights set on expanding beyond just “servers” into many more platforms, including network hardware platforms. AlgoSec has a couple of articles published last year before VMworld 2015, but I just now came across them. Drew Conry-Murray shines a light on Intel’s network ambitions.

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Full Stack Journey Episode #1: Bart Smith

Scott Lowe

His journey started in June 2014 as a result of the Microsoft announcement regarding support for Linux and Kubernetes on Azure—this really indicated a shift in the industry. He highly recommends using OS X on Apple hardware (he bought a used MacBook Pro, including SSD, for less than 300 euros). blog/videos-around-world-2015.

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