Losing control of your infrastructure? See how 1 company got it back.

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A large data warehouse company now moves at the speed of Red Hat. It’s a common problem: Users demand automated provisioning and faster turnaround while you’re trying to maintain system agility and a stable environment. See how 1 of the world’s largest enterprise data warehouse and analytics companies delivers faster now with their own private cloud.

Russia to Reduce Reliance on Microsoft, IBM After Sanctions

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Russia’s parliament is preparing new rules in a bid to cut its reliance on foreign technology suppliers after US sanctions against some of the country’s largest companies, a move that could hurt sales at vendors such as Microsoft Corp.

Survey: What are the Best Open Source Cloud Projects?

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Linux.com is teaming up with The New Stack to do a survey about what you think are the most popular open source cloud projects. The next-generation of the enterprise is being built now with open cloud technologies. Your choices will help identify and recognize the most popular open source projects that are defining the new way to build and manage applications and systems.

Mirantis and Oracle Partner on OpenStack

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In a move that could shake up the nascent OpenStack cloud market, Oracle has partnered with Mirantis for OpenStack cloud technology. The partnership will bring commercial support for Mirantis OpenStack customers that want to deploy clouds with Oracle Linux and Oracle VM technologies.

Slackware Turns 21 Years Old

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It was on this day in 1993 that Patrick Volkerding announced the Slackware 1.00 release that was inspired by the Softlanding Linux System. Slackware remains kicking after 21 years of guidance by its leader Patrick Volkerding. The most recent release of Slackware is version 14.1 that took place late last year with the Linux 3.10 kernel — a long way … Read More

Can Linux speed in-car systems?

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That is the goal of Automotive Grade Linux, a 2-year-old project run by the Linux Foundation along with Toyota, Hyundai, Nissan, Jaguar Land Rover and dozens of software companies and automotive suppliers.