Cilium Service Mesh Extends eBPF for Cloud Deployments

A major update to the open source Cilium project provides service mesh and runtime security for cloud-native application workloads. | Continue reading


@itprotoday.com | 1 year ago

My Body, My Data Act Tackles Online Privacy in Wake of Roe vs. Wade Decision

Representative Jacobs’ office said that one of the bill’s intents is to protect women seeking abortions from the prying eyes of law enforcement in states where abortion is illegal. | Continue reading


@itprotoday.com | 1 year ago

AI in Business: Can Ethics Be Reduced to Metrics?

As companies address ethical concerns about AI systems, they run the risk of glossing over complex questions. | Continue reading


@itprotoday.com | 1 year ago

Python Shouldn't Be the Top Programming Language

Python may be the top programming language in the world right now, but its popularity won't last. Here's why. | Continue reading


@itprotoday.com | 2 years ago

COBOL Language Still in Demand as Application Modernization Efforts Take Hold

After more than 60 years of use, the COBOL programming language is still alive, with application modernization efforts driving its growth. | Continue reading


@itprotoday.com | 2 years ago

The Death of Alpha on NT (1999)

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@itprotoday.com | 2 years ago

Red Hat Summit 2021 Part 2 Focuses on Deeper Technical Content

Red Hat Summit 2021 began in April with a slew of high-level keynotes and guest speakers; the follow-up event digs into the nitty-gritty technical details. | Continue reading


@itprotoday.com | 2 years ago

Google Updates Flutter and Firebase to Aid Developer Productivity

At its I/O conference, Google announces new capabilities for its Flutter and Firebase developer tools. | Continue reading


@itprotoday.com | 2 years ago

SCO Successor Xinuos Files Lawsuit Against IBM

The suit alleges that IBM stole proprietary code from a company whose assets Xinuos now owns, then colluded with Red Hat to lock Xinuos out of the Linux market. | Continue reading


@itprotoday.com | 3 years ago

Why GitOps Model Is the Future of DevOps

DevOps brings operations and development closer together, but with GitOps that whole process can be accelerated. | Continue reading


@itprotoday.com | 3 years ago

Open-Source Apache CloudStack 4.15 Gets New Look

The mature open-source cloud infrastructure platform project gets a major update, boasting a new user interface and improved storage subsystem features. | Continue reading


@itprotoday.com | 3 years ago

CentOS dropped because it “was not [..] providing [..] usefulness to Red Hat”

According to Red Hat, CentOS is being ditched for CentOS Stream because it "was not actually providing that much usefulness to Red Hat." | Continue reading


@itprotoday.com | 3 years ago

VMware's Dirk Hohndel Talks (What Else) Open Source

Dirk Hohndel, VMWare's chief open source officer, talked about the “symbiotic relationship” between open source and the enterprise. | Continue reading


@itprotoday.com | 3 years ago

The Rise of Nonstandard Open Source Licenses Sparks Debate

As the Open Source Institute holds fast to a specific set of requirements for open source licenses, a wave of developers and companies are taking issue with the pre-reqs and offering alternate licensing schemes. | Continue reading


@itprotoday.com | 3 years ago

Istio 1.7: Development Stays on Track Despite Controversies

The August release of Istio 1.7 indicates that the continuing controversy around the open source service mesh project's governance hasn't affected ongoing development. | Continue reading


@itprotoday.com | 3 years ago

Paul Cormier Replaces Jim Whitehurst as Red Hat CEO

As Red Hat's CEO for the past 12 years moves to take on the role of IBM president, a 19-year Red Hat veteran is promoted to president and CEO of the open source company. | Continue reading


@itprotoday.com | 4 years ago

Windows NT and VMS: The Rest of the Story (1998)

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@itprotoday.com | 4 years ago

No Matter What You’ve Heard, the Docker Container Ship Is Not Sinking

Although the memo does indicate that the company is needing some cash to tide it over or help it expand, the situation doesn't seem to indicate that the Docker container can't weather the storm. | Continue reading


@itprotoday.com | 4 years ago

IBM Proposes Curbing Legal Protections for Internet Companies –

The company threw its support behind enacting a new policy to limit liability protections enjoyed by internet platforms such as Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Twitter Inc. and Facebook Inc. | Continue reading


@itprotoday.com | 4 years ago

Red Hat's Jim Whitehurst on the IBM Merger, SUSE and Ubuntu

At Red Hat Summit, ITPro Today sat down with Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst and talked about life after the IBM merger, hybrid cloud and the competition. | Continue reading


@itprotoday.com | 4 years ago

Rancher Now Allows Containerized Apps to Run on Multiple Clusters

The open source Kubernetes startup Rancher makes public its easy way to deploy containerized applications to multiple clusters. | Continue reading


@itprotoday.com | 5 years ago

Microsoft Lowers GitHub Private Repositories Price to Free

GitHub makes private code repositories free, while combining its cloud and server products into a single offering aimed at hybrid cloud. | Continue reading


@itprotoday.com | 5 years ago

Linux Servers Appear Most Affected by IPMI Enabled JungleSec Ransomware Attack

Linux servers top the list of victims to a ransomware attack that seems to take advantage of poorly configured IPMI devices. | Continue reading


@itprotoday.com | 5 years ago

Time to Rebuild Alpine Linux Docker Containers After Package Manager Patch

A package manager man-in-the-middle vulnerability put Alpine Linux Docker images at risk, but a patch is available now. | Continue reading


@itprotoday.com | 5 years ago

NT Vs.Unix: Is One Substantially Better (1998)

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@itprotoday.com | 5 years ago

Windows NT and VMS: The Rest of the Story (1998)

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@itprotoday.com | 5 years ago

PowerShell Script to Deploy Veeam Backup and Replication – IT Pro

Here's how to deploy Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 with Update 3 to a virtual machine. | Continue reading


@itprotoday.com | 5 years ago

Why GitLab Is Moving from Azure to Google Cloud Platform

Gitlab was already in the process of migrating from Azure to Google Cloud Platform long before this week. | Continue reading


@itprotoday.com | 5 years ago

How Oracle's Acquisition Was Actually the Best Thing to Happen to MySQL

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


@itprotoday.com | 5 years ago

Eric S. Raymond on Keeping the Bazaar Secure and Functional

Eric S. Raymond took the time at SELF to talk with ITPro Today about the need to "clean" legacy code, along with tips on how to help others maintain your code long after you're gone. | Continue reading


@itprotoday.com | 5 years ago

Why Open Source Software Is Moving to GitLab After Microsoft-GitHub Deal

Much open source software is seemingly on the move, as the also-ran GitLab repository benefits from GitHub's sale to Microsoft. | Continue reading


@itprotoday.com | 5 years ago

Twitter turns to Google-cloud to better cope with scale

The social network is migrating a portion of its enormous Hadoop infrastructure to GCP. | Continue reading


@itprotoday.com | 6 years ago