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Dear IT Operations: It’s Time To Get Serious About Security

Forrester IT

On Friday, May 12, 2017, evil forces launched a ransomware pandemic, like a defibrillator blasting security into the heart of IT operations. What protected some systems? It wasn't an esoteric fancy-pants security tool that made some organizations safe; it was simple e-hygiene: Keep your operating systems current.

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DevOps Training Courses | New January Releases

Linux Academy

DevOps has become an integral part of the cloud – in Google Cloud , AWS , and Azure. Job sites are exploding with employers looking for professionals with DevOps skills and experience. How can you make sure you have the sought-after DevOps skills to succeed in your current or future position? ReleaseTheTraining.

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5 questions CIOs must ask after Southwest Airlines’ failure

CIO Business Intelligence

billion in stock buybacks between 2017 and 2019. In 2017, Fast Company wrote that Southwest Airlines’ digital transformation “takes off” with an $800 million technology overhaul, but only $300 million was dedicated to new technology for operations. 31 what amounts to $428 million a year.

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American Airlines Adopts Public Cloud Computing

Cloud Musings

Did you know that the reservations systems of the biggest carriers mostly run on a specialized IBM operating system known as Transaction Processing Facility (TPF). Buzzfeed reports that flight staff were left stranded and unable to log in to internal systems. JetBlue, Feb. Lauderdale and Nassau.

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What’s Free at Linux Academy — May 2019

Linux Academy

LPI Linux Essentials — This course teaches the basic concepts of processes, programs, and the components of the Linux operating system. Launch Your First OpenShift Operator — OpenShift is a Kubernetes distribution certified by CNCF in 2017, for the Enterprise, but it provides so much more than container orchestration.

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What’s Free at Linux Academy — May 2019

Linux Academy

LPI Linux Essentials — This course teaches the basic concepts of processes, programs, and the components of the Linux operating system. Launch Your First OpenShift Operator — OpenShift is a Kubernetes distribution certified by CNCF in 2017, for the Enterprise, but it provides so much more than container orchestration.

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Technology Short Take 100

Scott Lowe

Note that it is a bit dated, having been written in September 2017.). Operating Systems/Applications. At first I thought this article on SRE vs. DevOps was link-bait (click-bait?), Bashan gets a bit geeky, but it’s still interesting (and potentially useful) information in my opinion. Career/Soft Skills.

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