Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle states that you can know either the velocity or the direction of an electron, but not both at the same time – at least not in a precise way, you can't. The Hess Uncertainty Principle states that you can't know (precisely) both the speed and the direction of computing. I thought of this during my recent trip to Austin, Texas, where I attended Dell World 2014. Dell turned 30 years old this year, and I never would have predicted, with any accuracy, the new direction that Dell has taken. Nor would I have predicted its current velocity. How could I have known both simultaneously? The short answer is that I couldn't. I'm not even sure that Michael Dell could have predicted, as little as five years ago, the speed and the direction of his company today.
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A sys admin's time is frittered away by detail … simplify, simplify.
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The latest new version of SUSE Linux Enterprise offers some promising new features for admins.
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A place to store all your data is undeniably practical, but sometimes you don't want to gamble your precious data on a third-party cloud. Could you achieve similar functionality with a small NAS appliance?
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Conduct improved security analysis and visualization of security-related data using R, a scripting language for statistical data manipulation and analysis.
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The Bro network analysis framework provides network security monitoring as well as more general network traffic analysis.
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Integrating the Windows Intune management tool and Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager for centralized management of mobile devices.
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Although the lastest version of the openAttic storage manager was announced as a conservative maintenance release, openAttic 1.1 is actually a feature-rich new development.
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The OpenStack cloud platform plays a major role in the increasingly important cloud industry, so a new release is big news for cloud integrators and admins. The new version 2014.2 "Juno" release mostly cleans up and maintains the working model but adds a few innovations.
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Dropbox was the first of a number of cloud service providers. However, only services that promise full control over your own data can give users a feeling of security. We provide an overview of nine cloud projects and two BitTorrent tools.
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We show how to create highly available SmartOS zones using UCARP.
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If you want to make your photos, videos, audio files, and text documents available to others, your best bet is to manage this multimedia content with special software. Four programs can help you create, publish, and share these digital assets.
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The mail utility has evolved dramatically over the years, but it's still invaluable. We explore some ways to integrate it into daily admin tasks and add it to scripts.
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We show how to save time and stress by automating your system installations with PXE boot.
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Now is the time to re-examine and consider again the power of grep and its relatives.
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