Microsoft should fear Android on the desktop

	Microsoft should fear Android on the desktop | Cumulus lands another SDN supporter for its Linux offering
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	Cloudera gets $160M to bring Hadoop to the enterprise Cloudera today announced that it has secured $160 million in new financing to advance its distribution of the open source Hadoop big data platform. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Cloud for Business Managers in Midsize Organization Read this independent research report to learn how business managers around the world are using Cloud applications. Learn More In this Issue Microsoft should fear Android on the desktop Cumulus lands another SDN supporter for its Linux offering ATM operators eye Linux as alternative to Windows XP Cassandra lowers the barriers to big data Speedy attack targets Web servers with outdated Linux kernels WHITE PAPER: CDW Hands-on with Google's new "Chromebox for meetings" The basic functionality people know and love from Google+ Hangouts is ready for action in a conference room down the hall from you. Google developed a remarkably simple product leveraging two of their key strengths – cloud based services and Chrome OS software. View Now Microsoft should fear Android on the desktop Someday soon Android might be a viable replacement for Windows on the desktop. Plus: Chromebooks can also eliminate the need for Windows, and Ubuntu tablets will be released at the same time as Ubuntu phones. Read More Cumulus lands another SDN supporter for its Linux offering SDN company Midokura this week said it will support for Cumulus Networks' Linux network operating system in its network virtualization software. Read More WHITE PAPER: Box The Changing Face of Collaboration in the Enterprise The importance of having enterprise content anywhere is the main focus of this article. Along with this, having an API-based environment with collaborative applications can add a lot to productivity. Because of this, features that weren't part of the cloud now are, meeting the new workspace ecosystem. Read now! ATM operators eye Linux as alternative to Windows XP Some financial services companies are looking to migrate their ATM fleets from Windows to Linux in a bid to have better control over hardware and software upgrade cycles. Read More Cassandra lowers the barriers to big data Apache Cassandra is a free, open source NoSQL database designed to manage very large data sets (think petabytes) across large clusters of commodity servers. Among many distinguishing features, Cassandra excels at scaling writes as well as reads, and its "master-less" architecture makes creating and expanding clusters relatively straightforward. For organizations seeking a data store that can support rapid and massive growth, Cassandra should be high on the list of options to consider. Read More Speedy attack targets Web servers with outdated Linux kernels Web servers running a long-outdated version of the Linux kernel were attacked with dramatic speed over two days last week, Cisco Systems said on Thursday. Read More
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