Why Linux is a desktop flop

	HP extends Autonomy's big data chops to Hadoop cloud | Why the GPL licensing cops are the good guys
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	Why Linux is a desktop flop Linux penetration on the desktop is expected remain below 2% for the next five years. Why? Because the cost savings turn out to be problematic, there are management issues, and compatibility remains an issue. Read More WHITE PAPER: Ping Identity Cloud Single Sign-On: Build or Buy? With the SaaS market approaching $21.3 billion by 2015 , the demand for SaaS applications is accelerating and SaaS providers continue to face software business challenges. Learn More! In this Issue HP extends Autonomy's big data chops to Hadoop cloud Why the GPL licensing cops are the good guys Fedora to pay service fee so users can run Red Hat Linux on Windows 8 machines Big data WHITE PAPER: Condusiv Technologies (formerly Diskeeper Corporation) Optimize Your Storage Volume for Better Performance Managing a windows network? This brief discusses 5 technical proof-points clearly showing how the Windows Built-in Disk Defragmenter is not adequate for the enterprise. New innovations in Diskeeper® and V-locity® meet today's demands for optimal storage and system performance. Read Now! HP extends Autonomy's big data chops to Hadoop cloud Autonomy's IDOL can now be embedded in Hadoop nodes. Among the benefits to this approach is that IDOL can do in-place analysis of data on Hadoop data storage, rather than having to copy data from one place to another to analyze it. Read More Why the GPL licensing cops are the good guys Should enterprise software users worry about open source license compliance? Obviously, respecting authors and obeying the law are important, but for most of us the answer is no. That's where the Software Freedom Conservancy steps in. Read More Fedora to pay service fee so users can run Red Hat Linux on Windows 8 machines Fedora is shelling out $99 on Red Hat Fedora users' behalf to run the OS on Windows 8-certified computers to bypass Microsoft's new UEFI Secure Boot feature. Read More Big data "Big data" certainly has the whiff of utopian fantasy. If businesses and governments would just look into the big piles of data they've accumulated, we're told, we'd all get more of what we want at a much lower cost. Read More
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