A better security conference open source style; U.S. military adopts more open source

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	A better security conference open source style Alan Shimel: Today I want to tell you about a different kind of open source security conference. It is an open source modeled event on security: BSides. Read More WHITE PAPER: ArcSight Building a Successful Security Operations Center This paper outlines industry best practices for building and maturing a security operations center (SOC). For those organizations planning to build a SOC or those organizations hoping to improve their existing SOC this paper will outline the typical mission parameters, the business case, people considerations, processes and procedures, as well as, the technology involved. Building a Successful Security Operations Center In this Issue U.S. military adopts more open source: is that secure enough for you? Shimel's 10 Commandments For Open Core Celebrating a year of pushing the Feds toward open source Snort and Suricata Creators Exchange Heated Words Get them while they're young Google Android Market looks to protect apps Open source Razorback project targets malware, zero-day exploits 5 ways to use ebootable Linux live discs Dell drops Ubuntu option from website Google executive frustrated by Java, C++ complexity Drupal Gardens getting ready to bloom Visit the Open Source Subnet home page WHITE PAPER: Nimsoft Optimizing Performance in Virtual Infrastructures Know the memory, storage and networking keys to improving performance and availability. Read more. U.S. military adopts more open source: is that secure enough for you? Julie Bort: The U.S. military and researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are putting their heads together to help the military adopt more open source software. Read More Shimel's 10 Commandments For Open Core Alan Shimel: There has been a lot of discussion recently over so called "open core" business models. Many people don't like the term, but the underlying principles are still valid. Read More Celebrating a year of pushing the Feds toward open source Amy Vernon: To celebrate a year of championing the use of open source software in the U.S. government, Open Source For America has created an awards program to recognize those who took up the challenge. Read More Snort and Suricata Creators Exchange Heated Words Ben Whaley: Matt Jonkman and Martin Roesch have had a rough week lobbying serious accusations at each other and leaving the rest of us confused over the future of IDS. Read More WHITE PAPER: Red Hat Detailed Planning Guide: SAP to Red Hat Migration Lower costs and improve performance migrating SAP to Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Download this guide today and discover how you can perform a basic installation and migration in less than 1 day. Examine pre- and post-migration considerations and other upfront planning topics to help avoid potential problems. Read more Get them while they're young Eric Gries: Ashlee Vance recently wrote a good piece in the New York Times that touched on a concept well-known to every major company catering to consumers or other mass markets: Try to get them when they're young. Read More Google Android Market looks to protect apps A new licensing service is intended to prevent unauthorized use of Android apps Read More Open source Razorback project targets malware, zero-day exploits Sourcefire, best known for its Snort intrusion-prevention technology, Tuesday is unveiling a new open source project called Razorback that's designed to spot malware and especially zero-day exploits. Read More 5 ways to use ebootable Linux live discs Redeploy aging hardware with Linux to offer these five services. Read More WHITE PAPER: Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Your Solaris Alternative With the improved price, performance, and reliability of industry standard x86_64 servers, buying SPARC hardware has become less compelling. Red Hat® Enterprise Linux has emerged as the OS of choice with its open, industry-standard architecture. Read More Now Dell drops Ubuntu option from website Despite previously claiming that Linux systems are safer than those running Windows, PC maker Dell has stopped selling computers pre-installed with the Ubuntu operating system via its website - the principle source of orders for the company Read More Google executive frustrated by Java, C++ complexity Today's commercial-grade programming languages -- C++ and Java, in particular -- are way too complex and not adequately suited for today's computing environments, Google distinguished engineer Rob Pike said. Read More Drupal Gardens getting ready to bloom Hosted version of the open source CMS moves to public beta stage Read More Visit the Open Source Subnet home page Visit the Open Source Subnet home page for daily news items, blogs, discussions and podcasts of interest to enterprise open source users. Follow Open Source Subnet on Twitter @OSSubnet. Read More
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