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Submission + - CloudStack completely opensourced (theregister.co.uk)

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ke4qqq

on Monday August 29, 2011 @08:21AM

ke4qqq writes: "CloudStack dropped the open core model and has gone completely open source. http://cloudstack.org/blog/cloudstack-the-best-kept-secret-in-cloud-computing.html The latest merge of formerly-proprietary features include VMware and OracleVM support as well as support for dynamically managing hardware network and storage devices. CloudStack is the same software used by Edmunds.com, Zynga, Godaddy, and 60 other of the largest clouds."

Vivek Kundra On US Government Inefficiency 306

Posted by kdawson on Friday March 05, 2010 @01:24PM from the manila-folders dept.

parkland writes "Federal CIO Vivek Kundra described some dismaying government inefficiencies in a speech on Thursday at the University of Washington's Evans School of Public Affairs in Seattle. It takes 160 days to process benefits for veterans, he said, 'because the Veteran's Administration is processing paperwork by passing manila folders from one desk to another.' Another example bound to make you grind your teeth is why it takes the Patent and Trademark Office 3 years to process a patent. 'One reason,' says Kundra, 'is because the USPTO receives these applications online, prints them out, and then someone manually rekeys the information into an antiquated system.'"

Tethering Is Exhilarating (With the Nexus One) 211

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday March 02, 2010 @10:20PM from the free-to-roam dept.

timothy found this link (hat-tip to Tim O'Reilly) to a paean to the joys of tethering. "In a short post, Steve Souders explores the current state of tethering 3G connections via iPhone (on which he basically gives up, for the perfectly decent reason of not wanting to jailbreak his iPhone) and the Nexus One, with which he has great success. His writeup serves as a micro-tutorial ('use PdaNet's Android app') as well as an endorsement."

Netflix Gauging Interest In an iPhone App 121

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday March 02, 2010 @07:36PM from the coming-to-a-small-screen-near-you dept.

gollum123 writes "A new survey sent out to Netflix subscribers indicates that the iPhone might be the next device that its streaming service rolls out on in the coming months. (The NY Times credits Hacking Netflix for the tip.) According to a tip sent to Hacking Netflix, the subscription video company is now asking users how likely they would be to use an iPhone app to view movies via its online streaming service. According to the survey, an iPhone app would give users all the same functionality that they have when streaming on a PC or other device, including all the same movies and TV shows without advertisements or trailers. If the app is rolled out, the ability to watch on the Apple mobile device would be offered at no additional charge to existing Netflix subscribers. There is good news for AT&T implied in the survey questions: it appears that the app would require users to be connected to a Wi-Fi network."

Matt Asay Answers Your Questions About Ubuntu and Canonical 244

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday March 02, 2010 @03:40PM from the towards-world-domination dept.

A couple of weeks ago you posed some questions for Matt Asay, who recently moved into the COO role at Canonical. Click below to read his answers.

Submission + - France votes on Net censorship (goodgearguide.com.au)

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angry tapir

on Thursday February 11, 2010 @06:29PM

angry tapir writes: "French lawmakers will vote next Tuesday on a proposal to filter Internet traffic. Part of a new security bill, the measure is intended to catch child pornographers. However, once the filtering system is in place it will allow the government to censor other material too. Slashdot has previously discussed Australia's proposed ISP-level filter."

How Many Admins Per User/Computer Have You Seen? 414

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday December 30, 2009 @11:46AM from the its-all-about-the-ratios dept.

miffo.swe writes "I'm trying to find the normal ratio of technicians/support tech per user or computer in your average IT-shop. When searching around, I can't find that many examples or any statistics. We manage around 900 computers (mostly Windows XP) and 25+ servers (mostly Linux). There are around 2600 users of varying knowledge, mostly pretty low. I can't find any statistics on this, so real-world examples are very welcome since we do this with one sysadmin (me) and two sneaker techs. Are we seriously understaffed, or is this normal?"

Submission + - Sequoia to publish source code for voting machines (wired.com)

Submitted by cecille on Wednesday October 28, 2009 @01:11PM

cecille writes: Voting machine maker Sequoia announced on Tuesday that they plan to release the source code for their new optical-scan voting machine. The source code will be released in November for public review. The company claims the announcement is unrelated to the recent release of the source code for a prototype voting machine by the Open Source Digital Voting Foundation (http://osdv.org). According to a VP quoted in the press release, "Security through obfuscation and secrecy is not security."

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