Puppet Enterprise adds data library to its IT automation software
Posted by on Mar 28, 2012 | Comments Off
Puppet Labs has added a data library to the enterprise version of its open-source IT automation software, allowing administrators to more easily reuse operational data in their own scripts and programs. “We know more about your infrastructure than anyone else,” said Luke Kanies, Puppet Labs CEO, referring to the data the Puppet software collects. “We’re [placing] the data itself in a data library,...
Symantec details mobile device management plans
Posted by on Mar 24, 2012 | Comments Off
Symantec this week put the focus on its mobile security strategy with its announcement that it’s acquiring Nukona, the software provider for mobile application management.
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Microsoft adds Git support to CodePlex repository
Posted by on Mar 24, 2012 | Comments Off
Responding to user demand, Microsoft now allows projects using its CodePlex open source code repository to use the increasingly popular Git version control system built by Linux creator Linus Torvalds.
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Google boosts security of hosted developer services
Posted by on Mar 22, 2012 | Comments Off
Google has beefed up the security of its cloud hosted services for developers by making several of them able to authenticate interactions with applications using certificate-based Service Accounts. These certificates offer a stronger authentication method than shared keys and passwords because they aren’t “human-readable or guessable,” wrote Google product manager Justin Smith in a blog post.
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AWS deal bolsters Eucalyptus’ enterprise appeal
Posted by on Mar 22, 2012 | Comments Off
Eucalyptus has become far more attractive to enterprises wishing to build private clouds, now that the No. 1 cloud provider — Amazon Web Services — has thrown its weight behind the software company. On Thursday, Amazon said that it would back Eucalyptus’ efforts to support Amazon Web Services’ APIs.
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Samsung’s Galaxy Note will get Android 4.0 in Q2, along with new apps
Posted by on Mar 22, 2012 | Comments Off
Samsung Electronics will upgrade its Galaxy Note to Android 4.0 or Ice Cream Sandwich starting during the second quarter. The upgrade will also include new applications that take advantage of the device’s digital pen, the company said on Thursday. The upgrade will be distributed worldwide, Samsung said, without sharing any detailed arrival dates
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Clojure inventor Hickey now aims for Android
Posted by on Mar 22, 2012 | Comments Off
Clojure, pronounced “closure,” is a functional programming language that’s geared toward the JVM (Java Virtual Machine) but also accommodates Microsoft’s Common Language Runtime and JavaScript environments. Rich Hickey, founder of data management technology vendor Datomic, is the author of Clojure.
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