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The latest and greatest version of the open source Xen hypervisor includes leaner code, better performance, and security enhancements under the hood. Continue reading Latest Xen Hypervisor Arrives Late, but Greatly Improved
Startup Shippable has ported its continuous integration/continuous delivery software development platform for ARM processors
• The company expects more data centers to run ARM-powered servers in the future
• The chip architecture that powers most of the world’s smartphones is considered a lower-cost and lower-power alternative to x86 chips by Intel and AMD Continue reading Shippable's Software "Assembly Line" Now Works on ARM Chips
One of the big three enterprise Linux distributions has been purchased by Swedish private equity player EQT. As of now, there are no plans to change management. Continue reading SUSE Linux Distro Picked Up By Swedish Equity Group for $2.53 Billion
One of the big three enterprise Linux distributions has been purchased by Swedish private equity player EQT. As of now, there are no plans to change management. Continue reading SUSE Linux Distro Picked Up By Swiss Equity Group for $2.53 Billion
Google has upped its commitment to the Linux Foundation from silver to top tier platinum • The move came on the heels of Tencent joining at the same level • Both companies have been working to gain traction in the competitive public cloud markets Continue reading Cloud East Meets Cloud West: Google and Tencent Go for Linux Foundation Platinum
Open source automation developer Puppet has raised $42 million in Series F funding • Funding was led by Cisco and included EDBI, Kleiner Perkins, True Ventures, and VMware • The money will be spent to expand cloud and container portfolio ” through orga… Continue reading Puppet's Cisco-Led $42M Round Going to Cloud and Containers
NVIDIA GPUs now power five of the world’s seven fastest systems and 17 of the 20 most energy efficient systems identified by Top500.org, the non-profit that ranks supercomputers • The world’s fastest supercomputer, the Department of Energy’s Summit, utilizes 27,648 Volta Tensor Core GPUs • The rate of performance gains for GPUs far outpaces traditional CPUs Continue reading GPUs Increasingly Rule the Supercomputer World
Gitlab was already in the process of migrating from Azure to Google Cloud Platform long before this week. Continue reading Why GitLab Is Moving From Azure to Google Cloud Platform
• Hewlett Packard Enterprise collaborates with Sandia National Laboratories and the U.S. Department of Energy to build Astra, the world’s largest ARM-Based supercomputer • HPE says this is a stepping stone on the way to developing exascale computing • The National Nuclear Security Administration will use the system for national security, energy, and science purposes • The system will be liquid cooled and deploy 5184 ARM SoCs Continue reading HPE and DOE Partner to Build Largest ARM-Based Supercomputer
Eight years ago when Oracle gained control of MySQL, MariaDB was proclaimed the new king of open source databases. So how did MySQL remain on top? The people who work on it have a surprising answer. Continue reading How Oracle's Acquisition Was Actually the Best Thing to Happen to MySQL