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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Should "axis of evil" countries be banned from Sourceforge?

Open Source Friday Focus: TrueCrypt | Report: Oracle plans to hire more employees than it cuts from Sun

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Should "axis of evil" countries be banned from Sourceforge?
Alan Shimel: Sourceforge announced in a blog post that they started blocking IP addresses from the usual suspects (Iran, North Korea, Syria, Cuba, Sudan, etc.) from downloading from the site. Read More


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FISMA Prescriptive Guide
Learn how Tripwire helps federal agencies, as well as the organizations and contractors that store, process or transmit federal information. The FISMA Prescriptive Guide contains case studies from three fictional federal agencies, each capturing the perspective of a key stakeholder in the FISMA compliance process. Click here.

WHITE PAPER: Quest Software

Linux and Unix in Your Environment? Don't Leave Security to Chance
Most businesses today rely on the stability and power of Linux or Unix in their data centers. However, these venerable platforms also create some compliance and security challenges.In this white paper, you'll learn to get the most from your Linux or Unix environment, while ensuring your data is safe and secure. Learn More

Open Source Friday Focus: TrueCrypt
Alan Shimel: Today is the first in what will be a weekly series called Open Source Friday Focus where I'll highlight an exemplary open source project. I'll begin with TrueCrypt. Read More

Report: Oracle plans to hire more employees than it cuts from Sun
Larry Ellison reportedly says Oracle will slash Sun workforce, then hire 2,000 new workers Read More


VIDEO: Dell

Retooling IT for a Mobile Workforce
As the workforce becomes increasingly mobile, IT needs to consider automated tools that provide proactive monitoring and desktop management and ensure compliance with IT policies. Not only is end-user productivity at stake, but organizations have to deal with IT governance, regulatory compliance, and security issues. Check out this research note from IDC for guidance. Learn More

Novell uveils software appliance development package
The Novell Suse Appliance Toolkit enables enterprises and ISVs to package apps with an OS and database for a single VM image Read More

IBM steps up Sun conversion program
New software tools automate migrations from Sun to IBM Read More


WEBCAST: Oracle

Consolidate Your Servers and Storage to Lower Costs with Oracle Database 11g
Hear from Oracle experts on how consolidating your servers and storage onto a grid running Oracle RAC and Automatic Storage Management can help provide continuous uptime and on-demand scalability at lowest cost. Original Live Date: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 2:00pm ET/ 11:00am PT Register Today

Talend reveals open-source MDM
An open-source MDM (master data management) suite from Talend is now available, giving companies a lower-priced option to proprietary products from the likes of Tibco, Kalido and IBM, the company announced Monday. Read More

Google patches 13 Chrome bugs, adds extensions to Windows
Google today added support for extensions and bookmark synchronization to the production version of Chrome for Windows. Read More

NZ school ditches Microsoft and goes totally open source
A New Zealand high school running entirely on open source software has slashed its server requirements by a factor of almost 50, despite a government deal mandating the use of Microsoft software in all schools. Read More



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