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	CentOS 7: The perfect gift for the Linux do-it-yourselfer Although differentiation is tough in Linux distributions today, CentOS 7 has carved out a niche as the free and open alter ego to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). We found that CentOS, which is mandated to be binary-compatible with Red Hat 7, shares about 95% of the features of its commercial enterprise-class sibling. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM IBM is a Leader in The Forrester Wave "The Forrester Wave™ for Enterprise Social Platforms offers in depth vendor evaluation based on 65 criteria to help your organization choose an enterprise social platform. The full report evaluates 13 social software vendors, with specific information on their core functionality and strategy. Learn More In this Issue Old-school tricks to protect your passwords INSIDER 6 simple tricks for protecting your passwords Google Cloud offers streamlined Ubuntu for Docker use WHITE PAPER: IBM ROI of IBM's Exceptional Digital Experience Solutions Infographic highlights a recent IDC Study to assess the economic impact of moving away from a homegrown solution or custom integration of components from multiple vendors to IBM's integrated Exceptional Digital Experience suites. This white paper reports the findings. Learn More>> Old-school tricks to protect your passwords Can't remember all of your passwords? Have them written down on a sticky note or on a piece of paper in your wallet? Do you use the same password for every site, even though you know it's a bad idea? If you're caught in password purgatory, try these 6 old-school password tricks. (Read the story version.)To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Improving Collaboration by Adding Social to Email This paper looks at why email remains the primary mode of communication in business today and the fact that more and more organizations are looking at social software and other real-time communication methods to add to the email experience. Read Now INSIDER 6 simple tricks for protecting your passwords We all know that the current username-and-password system is broken. With Russian hackers reportedly sitting on over a billion passwords, and new breaches hitting the news on a regular basis, it's fair to assume that if hackers don't have your password already, they're about to.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story) Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM IBM Omni-Channel Digital Experiences Learn how IBM's portfolio enables leading organizations to provide a framework to build and maintain multichannel digital experiences that put them ahead of the competition. Learn More Google Cloud offers streamlined Ubuntu for Docker use Google has adopted for use in its cloud a streamlined version of the Canonical Ubuntu Linux distribution tweaked to run Docker and other containers.Ubuntu Core was designed to provide only the essential components for running Linux workloads in the cloud. An early preview edition was released last week. The new edition jettisoned many of the libraries and programs usually found in general use Linux distributions that were unnecessary for cloud use.The Google Compute Engine (GCE) joins Microsoft Azure in supporting the fresh distribution.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
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