Issue 22: OpenStack Icehouse

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Welcome to ADMIN

Lamentations of a Windows XP and Server 2003 Lover free

Woe unto us who try to hang on too dearly to the past for we shall experience the darkness that is to come. OK, so a great prophet I'm not, but my prophetic words ring true when we tarry too long in the complacence of our old, tired operating systems. But, know this: Even if you do hang onto your old operating systems for a bit too long, there's no impending apocalypse awaiting you – at least not in the short term.

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Tails: The Amnesic Incognito Live System

On the DVD free

The Tails Live system runs from a DVD, USB stick, or SD card and uses only RAM for storage, leaving your hard disk untouched. Geared toward preserving privacy and anonymity, Tails comes with an impressive set of cryptographic tools. All connections to the Internet go through the Tor network. The Tor anonymity network is designed to leave no trace and prevent surveillance of your online activities.

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The new OpenStack version 2014.1 alias "Icehouse"

House of Cool free

The new OpenStack version "Icehouse" comes with new features and new components, on top of numerous improvements to existing components.

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Spanning Tree Protocol

How the Spanning Tree protocol organizes an Ethernet network free

Ethernet is so popular because it simply works and is inexpensive. However, the administration side looks a bit more complicated: For the network to run smoothly, the admin might need to make important decisions about the Spanning Tree protocol.

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Save and Restore Linux Processes with CRIU

On Ice free

With CRIU, you can freeze the current state of a process and save it, then bring it back to life and continue from the point at which it was frozen.

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Visualizing time series data

Painting by Numbers free

Graphite converts confusing columns of time series data into handy diagrams, showing trends in operating system and application metrics at a glance.

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Maintaining Android in the enterprise

Risk Management free

No matter how insecure Android might appear, you can't escape the "bring your own device" philosophy in today's corporate environment. In this article, we show how admins can use on-board tools in Android phones to regain a little control.

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Hardware MFA: Death to the password!

Protected free

Around since the 1960s, passwords are still the mainstay for authentication. The good news is you have alternatives in hardware multifactor authentication.

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The Benefit of Hybrid Drives

Between Worlds free

People still use hard disks even when SSDs are much faster and more robust. One reason is the price; another is the lower capacity of flash storage. Hybrid drives promise to be as fast as SSDs while offering as much capacity as hard drives. But can they keep that promise?

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Tool your HPC systems for data analytics

Get a Grip free

As data analytics workloads become more common, administrators need to assess their hardware, software, and processes.

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