Outsourcing Is Not Smart

The idea that "Clown Computing" is somehow better than the status quo (of autonomy, control, sometimes self-hosting) is nothing less than pro-surveillance propaganda, which strives to declare stupidity and recklessness the new "smarts"

US online pharmacy Ravkoo links data breach to AWS portal incident

Ravkoo, a US Internet-based pharmacy service, has disclosed a data breach after the company's AWS hosted cloud prescription portal was involved in a security incident that may have led to personal and health information being accessed.

My Year as a Digital Vegan — Part VIII — Who Teaches the Teachers?

Dr. Andy Farnell explains the oft-overlooked, oft-ignored, oft-forgotten problems associated with outsourcing schools to tech monopolies and, by doing so, giving unjust control to surveillance-centric firms (usually foreign if not hostile to one's...

6 Facts You Should Know About Global Cloud Communications - kifarunix.com

The world is changing and so is the way we communicate. From landlines to cell phones, we’ve come a long way. But now, as more people are using smartphones

How did LastPass master passwords get compromised?

LastPass accounts are under attack. I look into how user’s master passwords might have leaked.

Kubernetes infographic: usage of cloud native technology in 2021 | Ubuntu

2021 has been an interesting year for the Kubernetes and cloud native ecosystem.  Due to the pandemic, cloud adoption saw a big spike in adoption. As the year wraps up soon, we wanted to reflect on the top findings from the Kubernetes and cloud...

Why cloud will be tech foundation for any business in 2022 and beyond?

2021 was a year of inconsistencies, massive disruption and uncertainties. The pandemic has evidently changed business dynamics and has proven, that in...

Customer Best Practices Which Make the Trip to the Cloud Much Easier | SUSE Communities

At SUSE Rancher, we firmly believe in the power of many! This means that with everything we do, we consciously make customer choice and flexibility the center of our purpose. To give meaning to this, we interviewed a number of customers and spoke...

2021 Closing Thoughts in SUSE/AWS Land | SUSE Communities

2021 is drawing to a close, seems like it just flew by! I know, so much has happened, and I don’t mean all the craziness in the news + our pandemic blues. I was actually, specifically thinking about AWS land. In December, we have just reached our...

Canonical Achieves AWS Graviton Ready Designation | Ubuntu

29 November 2021: Canonical, Publisher of Ubuntu, announced today that it has achieved the AWS Graviton Ready designation, part of the Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) Service Ready Program. This designation recognizes that Canonical + Ubuntu...

Boeing missteps on 737 MAX went beyond deadly crashes that killed 346, new book reveals

"To the families involved in planning the event, it began to feel like a commemoration of the BP oil spill stage-managed by BP."

AWS is Not GNU/Linux and AWS Certification is a Bezos-Leaning Ploy That Rewards People for Memorising Proprietary Interfaces (Vendor Lock-in)

Clown computing is a scam and a trap; in practice it means outsourcing one's programs and data to computers one does not own, does not truly control, and everything is subjected to change (spying, billing, interfaces, features, patent aspects); we...