Fedora / Red Hat
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Fedora 37 + Cockpit + Cockpit Machines = Joy: Dissociated Press
The Cockpit Project is a fantastic project that doesn’t get nearly enough attention. It’s a web-based graphical interface for Linux systems, and it can shave a lot of time (and reading man pages…) off basic system administration tasks.
Cockpit makes a lot of system administration tasks discoverable and lets you do things like spin up Linux containers or virtual machines with a few clicks. It even gives you a web-based console to manage your machines without having to SSH into them.
It doesn’t do everything you could do at the console, but when you can’t do it via the GUI? Just use the built-in terminal to dive in and make your changes.
But you can do a lot before you really need to reach for the CLI. I whipped the virtual machines add on into Cockpit (it’s not installed by default) and didn’t even need to supply an image to get started. The wizard for creating a new virtual machine will let you download some pre-selected options like Fedora, Debian, CentOS Stream, etc.
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CIO: A day in the life
The Chief Information Officer job title infers a primary emphasis on technology. Yet, it has always been clear to me that the most critical element of the information technology specialty is people.
As a CIO, for example, how can I attract top-notch technology employees to join my team? How can I keep them involved, engaged, and valued? How can I keep them excited enough about the work that they want to stay and evolve with the company?
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Hybrid cloud: 3 ways to maximize value
Businesses everywhere are embracing digital technologies to grab market share and keep up with today’s always-on consumer demands. Many well-known brands turn to the cloud to deliver fast, personalized customer experiences at the heart of their new digital-first strategies.
This urgent need to modernize puts a spotlight on every organization’s digital transformation effort and, critically, their IT leadership’s strategic use of the cloud. According to recent findings from the IBM Transformation Index: State of Cloud, 77 percent of the over 3,000 global business and IT decision-makers surveyed across 12 countries and 15 industries said their organization had adopted a hybrid cloud approach to drive digital transformation progress. On top of this, 71 percent agreed that having a solid hybrid cloud strategy is key to realizing the full potential of a digital transformation.