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Why We’re Fighting for an Open Cloudview story

http://www.linuxfoundation.org – A few months ago I announced a new Linux Foundation conference called CloudOpen built to spotlight and advance the conversation on the open projects, companies and technologies that make up cloud computing. I am pleased to announce the schedule today. In the process of recruiting speakers and sponsors, I spoke to dozens of amazing companies, both new and old, doing amazing things with the cloud. (General)

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Interview with Ikey Doherty - creator of SolusOSview story

http://www.linuxandlife.com – SolusOS is a Debian-based distro that still uses Gnome2 as the desktop environment and it has gained a lot of attention of Linux users recently ( read my review for SolusOS ). 2 weeks ago, Burjans from com-sl.org sent me an interesting email about his interview with Ikey Doherty, the creator of SolusOS, about SolusOS and its future. (Distributions)

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Tech Support Providers: The Rodney Dangerfields of the IT Channelview story

http://www.thevarguy.com – You’ll probably remember the disheveled comedian, Rodney Dangerfield, and his litany of “I get no respect” jokes.  One of my favorites – “My parents gave me no respect;  my bath toys were a toaster and a radio.” Or, “I haven’t spoken with my wife in years. (IT news)

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Where is my 12.2, my Kingdom for a 12.2!view story

http://news.opensuse.org – Many people have noticed that the milestones and the Beta for this openSUSE release have been delayed or even canceled like Milestone 4. Now the RC is planned to go out Thursday – but that seems unlikely to happen as Factory, our development project, is still far too unstable. (Distributions)

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NTT Com to launch world's first cloud service with network virtualisationview story

http://www.itwire.com – Japan's telco giant, NTT Communications (NTT Com), is to launch the world's first global cloud computing service to incorporate OpenFlow network virtualisation technology that will enable customers to control and configure their network within and between data centres. {loadposition stuart}The move represents the first practical implementation of the idea of a software defined network (SDN) - one (IT news)

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Digital TV went bye-bye with Kernel 3.4.0-1 release.view story

http://forums.fedoraforum.org – I had Kaffeine working beautifully to recieve FreeView (using dvb-t) and then a few days later I updated the system and now Kaffeine can't find the dvb device. (HowTos)

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Distribution Watch: Logical Choice, Tech Data, Ingram Microview story

http://www.thevarguy.com – Happy Friday, and welcome to the latest edition of Distribution Watch, our weekly collection of disty doings. (IT news)

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OVCC Designs Multiprovider Video Collaboration Networkview story

http://www.thevarguy.com – Converged communications vendor Polycom (NASDAQ: PLCM) is having a busy year so far: In addition to rolling out a mobile video content management solution for Android and iPhone, the company announced its Open Visual Communications Consortium (OVCC), launched in October 2011, has designed the first interconnect network to run video calls over multiple networks. Four major network carriers — (IT news)

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How Secure are Your Cloud Relationships?view story

http://www.thevarguy.com – Like the Trojan horse offered as a gift by Greeks, the task of overcoming a secure perimeter just requires someone with ingenuity and the desire to get it done. That’s a scary thought when you’re a solution provider entrusted with protecting many customers’ critical business systems and data, especially with the advent of cloud services. (IT news)

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What Does Microsoft Have to Do to Earn FOSSers' Respect?view story

http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com – Microsoft may not have fully endeared itself into the FOSS rank and file with its recent attempt to hold hands with the open source community. Feelings are not unanimous regarding the commercial software giant's decision in April to front a company-owned subsidiary called "Microsoft Open Technologies." The subsidiary's stated purpose is to advance Microsoft's investment in open source software. (General)