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Zero Trust as a security strategy

Beyond the Patch free

Acceptance of zero trust models like BeyondCorp by Google or LISA by Netflix lags in Europe, where endpoint security is king. We examine why this situation must change by looking into the principles of modern zero trust concepts.
Administration , Google , IT , security
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Multicloud management with Ansible

Independence free

Remain independent of your cloud provider by automatically rolling out virtual machines and applications with Ansible neutral inventory files.
Ansible , AWS , Azure , cloud , Google
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Open source calendar synchronization

Synchronicity free

If you use your Google account to synchronize appointments between your smartphone and your desktop computer, you can do this just as easily with an open source solution.
desktop , Google , Open Source , smartphones
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Goodbye Google Cloud Print

The Last Paper Jam free

With the discontinuation of Google Cloud Print, we look at printing going forward in the enterprise.
cloud , Google
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Managing Bufferbloat

All Puffed Up free

Bufferbloat impedes TCP/IP traffic and makes life difficult, especially for real-time applications like voice or video.
data , Google , management , protocol , TCP Wrappers
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Visualizing kernel scheduling

Behind Time free

The Google SchedViz tool lets you visualize how the Linux kernel scheduler allocates jobs among cores and whether they are being usurped.
Google , Open Source , tools
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Five Kubernetes alternatives

Something Else free

Many admins consider Kubernetes the obvious choice for managing containers; however, don't ignore the highly efficient alternatives just because they are less prominent.
Google , Kubernetes , Linux , Open Source , OpenStack
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Validating Docker containers

Container Inspection free

A new test tool by Google lets you peek inside Docker containers, so you can make sure they hold exactly what you expect.
container , Docker , Google , tools
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Giant Data: MapReduce and Hadoop

Enterprises like Google and Facebook use the map–reduce approach to process petabyte-range volumes of data. For some analyses, it is an attractive alternative to SQL databases, and Apache Hadoop exists as an open source implementation.

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Figure 1: Working in a familiar environment: the Outlook Web App in Office 365.

Office 365 vs. Google Apps

Office 365 is Microsoft’s new, easy-to-manage cloud solution for email, tasks, and contacts, as well as real-time collaboration throughout the enterprise.

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