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The Open Source Cloud is Ready for Hadoop, Projects Say

By Libby Clark - October 16, 2012 - 8:46am

Two major trends in enterprise computing this year show increasing overlap: big data processing and open source cloud adoption. 

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Win Your Own LinuxCon Europe VIP Gift

By Jennifer Cloer - October 15, 2012 - 12:48pm

 

We're getting ready to head to LinuxCon Europe taking place in Barcelona November 5-7, 2012. Spain is home to many things: masterful architecture, amazing tapas and wine, and beautiful beaches, among many other notable finds around the country.

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Wired Op/Ed: When Automakers Become Software Makers

By Jim Zemlin - October 15, 2012 - 10:52am

Wired just published an op/ed we wrote about the role Linux and collaborative development are playing in the automotive industry. This role is becoming so important that we recently announced the formation of the Automotive Grade Linux workgroup here at The Linux Foundation. It includes participation by the world's largest car maker Toyota, as well as HARMAN, Intel, Jaguar Land Rover, Nissan, Samsung, and more. Here is an excerpt from the article and link to the original post on Wired.com.

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Open Source Cloud News Roundup: Week of Oct. 8

By Libby Clark - October 11, 2012 - 7:50am

This week's open source cloud news shows more signs that open source adoption and the open source mindset are gaining momentum in the cloud. VMware, for example, this week announced new support for Amazon EC2. Meanwhile, OpenNebula has become more widely used by business than academia and Red Hat has a new partnership with Zend to support PHP applications in the cloud.

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Korea Linux Forum Hosts Kernel Collaboration Gangnam Style

By Amanda McPherson - October 10, 2012 - 2:04pm

This week The Linux Foundation is hosting its first-ever event in South Korea, the Korea Linux Forum in the Gangnam District.

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Linux Foundation UEFI Secure Boot System for Open Source

By James Bottomley - October 10, 2012 - 1:53pm

Guest post from James Bottomley, Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board

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Open Cloud Means APIs, Data and Code, Says Mickos

By Jennifer Cloer - October 5, 2012 - 1:17pm

Finland native, LinuxCon Europe keynoter and Eucalyptus Systems CEO  Marten Mickos took a few minutes to share his latest thoughts on what open cloud really means and what role Linux and open source software are meant to play in the technology shift being prompted by cloud computing. LinuxCon Europe takes place November 5-7, 2012 in Barcelona.

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Top Five Tech Jobs Point to Opportunity for Linux Pro's

By Jennifer Cloer - October 5, 2012 - 10:49am

There is good news being reported today throughout online, print and broadcast newsrooms: The U.S. unemployment rate has dipped to a four-year low to 7.8 percent, and staffing and consulting firm Robert Half International released its 2013 Salary Guide showing technology jobs will see the highest salary increases of any sector in the year ahead.

The Salary Guide reports the top five most lucrative tech jobs for 2013 are:

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Attention CEO’s: You Are in the Software Business. Now What?

By Jim Zemlin - October 4, 2012 - 2:11pm

Whether you’re Nissan or Toyota, Walmart or Nordstrom, NYSE or NASDAQ, you are in the software business. Every company today, regardless of whether or not they’re a “technology” company, is in the business of building software. Today’s consumers demand it.

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Open Source Cloud News Roundup: Week of Oct. 1

By Libby Clark - October 4, 2012 - 10:31am

Zenoss released a new report this week that predicts more than 50 percent open source cloud adoption among enterprises within five years.  In other open source cloud news, Rackspace has a new training and certification program for OpenStack, Citrix is building its IaaS platform and CloudStack is looking for speakers at its November conference in Las Vegas.  

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