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Why Linux Desktops Haven’t Taken Over the World

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There’s no doubt that Linux has taken over the datacenter. Walk into any major datacenter in the world and there will be racks of Linux servers with only a handful of Windows Servers. Most cloud services are based on Linux as well. Some big banks still have ancient mainframes but many of those are using … [Read more…]

Providing a Rapid Response to Meltdown and Spectre for Hybrid IT

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I have a new Amalgam Insights paper out called “Providing a Rapid Response to Meltdown and Spectre for Hybrid IT“. It’s sponsored by CloudPassage.  The paper is free from them. There are billions of PCs and mobile devices affected by Meltdown and Spectre. That’s a big problem for OS vendors. For enterprise IT, there is … [Read more…]