As the use of mobile devices continues to soar, enterprise cloud applications are now resident in the palm of your hand. With this mobility comes ever greater responsibility to keep enterprise data safe.
<b>The Register:</b> "But why does Microsoft make money from Google's software? Android is based on open source software - and Microsoft has long raised fears that aspects of Linux may infringe on its patents."
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In this month’s Patch Tuesday, software giant Microsoft releases one of the largest bundles of security fixes ever, but not one for the latest zero-day.
<b>ars Technica:</b> "Although Ubuntu is generally regarded as a desktop Linux distribution, the sever variant is becoming increasingly popular in the cloud. It is silently infiltrating server rooms and gaining traction in enterprise environments."
Upgrading to multi-core servers with higher performing, more efficient processors can accelerate data center ROI, saving on power and cooling, space, labor, and software licensing costs.
<b>Boycott Novell:</b> "Summary: War is peace and Microsoft is the new “open”; Details on the latest attack of Microsoft against GNU/Linux, using proxies"
As rumors swirl of a big announcement with Intel, Google gets ready for its annual Google developers conference this week that will showcase a number of mobile advances for Android and other technologies the search giant is working on.
<b>Wired: </b>"Open source hardware hobbyists now have a chipset to play with that's comparable to the powerful processors found in smartphones such as the Nexus One or HTC Incredible."