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Apache's Sqoop is top level project for transferring data with Hadoop

As more organisations deploy Hadoop to analyse vast reams of information, they may find they need to transfer large amounts of data between Hadoop and their existing databases, data warehouses and other data stores. Now the volunteer developers behind a new connector designed to speed this data exchange have gotten the full support from the Apache Software Foundation (ASF).
Big Data unified stack not coming any time soon

Despite the growing interest in Big Data platforms, it may be some time before organisations will be able to deploy a standardised Big Data software stack, concluded a panel of speakers during a virtual panel hosted by GigaOm.
Armageddon DDoS botnet using Apache Killer exploit

DDoS botnet Armageddon integrates a relatively new exploit known as Apache Killer in the malware's latest version, distributed denial-of-service mitigation vendor Arbor Networks have announced this week.
Apache HTTP Server version 2.4 released by open source foundation

The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has celebrated the 17th anniversary of the release of the Apache HTTP Server by launching a new version of the popular open source web server software.
Apache climbs onto the cloud with Deltacloud approval

Extending its range of open-source projects to cloud computing, the Apache Software Foundation has approved the Deltacloud as a top-level project, the organisation announced Thursday.
Tilera 36-core server processor takes on Intel and ARM

Tilera today announced availability of its new 36-core processor, which the company says can trump traditional x86 server chips from Intel in performance-per-watt.
HP Redstone server design using ARM chips

HP is developing servers based on a low-power microprocessor design from ARM Holdings, and claims it can slash power and space requirements by as much as 90 percent for companies running certain web-based applications.
Apache Foundation graduates Chemistry project to top level

In an effort to make content management systems work more harmoniously with one another, the Apache Software Foundation has promoted its Apache Chemistry interoperability toolkit to a top level project.
Apache to steward NASA built middleware

The Apache Software Foundation has accepted Object-Oriented Data Technology as a top-level project
Google Wave resurfaces as open source Apache project

A complex collaboration application developed and abandoned by Google may find a second home at Apache

Latest Features

Apple plans to democratise servers with its Mac OS X strategy

Recently, Apple previewed more features that will be available in its upcoming release of Mac OS X 10.7, "Lion." We first got a glimpse of Lion at Apple's Back to the Mac event in October, when CEO Steve Jobs said that several technologies developed in Apple's iOS mobile operating system would be brought back into Mac OS X as part of Lion. Since iOS evolved from earlier versions of Mac OS X, the "back to the Mac" moniker made sense.
Red Hat faces stiff challenges to move beyond its core technology

Clad in his pyjamas, Red Hat co-founder Marc Ewing arrived at work at 1100 one day in 1998, unlocked the office for a new employee, and promptly left to go back to sleep.
Replacing Cisco with open-source

The trend towards dumping proprietary gear for open-source networking equipment has been limited so far, but it could grow fast.
Upstarts make inroads in systems management

LinuxWorld sees new vendors in systems management giving the old-timers a run for their money -- and rather than throwing a bucketload of metrics at you, they just tell what's going wrong. Less is more.
Users mix open source, Windows for server apps

There's a growing wave of users opting not exclusively for Linux or Windows, but for a third way -- open source apps on top of Windows. Advocates say that it provides the best of both worlds.
Q&A: The future of open source in the enterprise

Brian Behlendorf, a key open source developer with Apache among his credits, talks about where open source software is heading in the enterprise.
Network management goes open source

The high price of network management software is under attack, as developers and users alike discover the benefits of open source - and they're not just financial.
Linux starts to take a more central IT role

IT managers are now running key applications and databases on Linux-based systems as open-source software penetrates deeper into corporates.
Get the hacking bug ...for all the right reasons

Network managers could find that by hacking their own networks they can head off future trouble

How-tos

IDS on the cheap

Case Study: Wireless mash-up keeps track of Vegas' pipes

Case Study: Open source letter to the open source community - a reply

Active Server Pages and Apache

Case Study: Friendster scales the network with open source

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