The Odd Couple: Microsoft And Ubuntu Work It Out In The Cloud The past week has marked the beginning of a new era for cloud technology in general and for Azure and Ubuntu in particular. Microsoft publicized that its cloud-computing service, Azure, is proudly extending the spectrum of its support to Ubuntu, the much-admired open-source, Linux-powered operating system. Additionally, in a blog post created a day later, Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth revealed the nascent Microsoft–Canonical collaboration towards supporting the distribution of the famous Linux-brewed operating system on the blooming Azure platform. Canonical is set to deliver the official Ubuntu images for
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Red Hat to Present Middleware Virtual Event and Press Conference on June 20 RALEIGH, N.C. June 13, 2012 Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world¹s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that executives from the company’s middleware business unit will host a virtual event and press conference webcast at 11 a.m. ET on June 20, 2012. For attendees located in Europe, the Middle East, Africa or Asia, a second virtual event and live press conference will be held at 10:00 a.m. CEST on Thursday, June 21, 2012. To join the virtual event and press conference webcast, or to watch the replay, please visit: http://www.redhat.com/virtual/. Questions can be submitted directly via the webcast platform, sent to press@redhat.com or submitted
The Linux Foundation Announces 2012 Linux Training Scholarship Program With Demand for Linux Skills Reaching an All-Time High, Linux Foundation Invests in Today’s Most Promising Talent and Adds Enterprise-Specific Training Courses SAN FRANCISCO, CA– The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced its 2012 Linux Training Scholarship Program. It is also today announcing a new Enterprise Linux Training program aimed at preparing the next generation of enterprise architects. Dice.com reported this year that Linux job postings on the site have reached an all-time high, further illustrating the soaring demand for Linux-related talent. The 2012 Linux Jobs
How to Build a Private Cloud Despite it being so easy to just hook into the public cloud by going to Google, Amazon, Microsoft and other public cloud vendors, a private cloud offers a bit more control to your virtualization and automation efforts. Many people have already tried it and posted up how they did it and all of them have mentioned the headaches and migraines that are in store for you. The main reason this is so, is because there is no one set way to build a private cloud, although there are some attempts currently underway to do
Dialogic is enabling enterprise and service provider customers to build innovative cloud-based HD voice and video solutions in both Linux and Windows. The company has launched its Dialogic PowerMedia Host Media Processing Software Release 5.0 (PowerMedia HMP 5.0), the first solution in the PowerMedia HMP product family to incorporate a distributed architecture. HMP 5.0 can scale up to 5,000 simultaneous SIP connections or 1,500 voice sessions and leverages Dialogic’s video technology to enhance video quality through improved bit-rate control. The solution also supports virtualization and runs on general-purpose servers without the need for specialized hardware. Developers can also leverage PowerMedia
Cloud Computing Hosting – Keeping Your Head in the Cloud Why Cloud Hosting is becoming more important for developers and web designers. Cloud computing has officially moved on from being just a buzz word. Start ups, ecommerce giants and freelance web designers have all embraced cloud technology in some form – from Google Apps to Basecamp. Cloud computing offers some pretty exciting opportunities to web designers and web developers. In particular cloud servers and hosting enable web developers to develop scalable web apps and create websites backed by large environments that traditionally were only available as expensive high-end dedicated server
