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AWX: Web-Based Console Manager for Ansible

The upstream project of the Ansible Tower enterprise solution is now freely available as AWX. We look at Red Hat’s new web-based console manager for Ansible deployments and discover its capabilities.
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Lead Image © Rostislav Zatonskiy, 123RF.com

Malware analysis in the sandbox

In malware analysis, a sandbox can provide insight into the software and its run-time environment. While a sandbox can prevent the execution of malicious code with built-in detection mechanisms, malware developers can use countermeasures to take advantage of those same detection mechanisms.
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Photo by Eugenio Mazzone on Unsplash

RSQL, a Microsoft SQL clone

The open source relational database RSQL aims to completely replace slimmed-down instances of Microsoft SQL Server.
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Lead Image © pat138241, 123RF.com

Supporting WebRTC in the enterprise

WebRTC has the potential to bring high-quality, easily developed, and interoperable real-time voice, video, and data communication to all manner of applications in web browsers.
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Lead Image Photo by Harli Marten on Unsplash

Platform independence with PowerShell Core

Microsoft has broken new ground with the release of PowerShell Core 6.0, which at heart is a complete reboot in terms of architecture and objectives. For the first time, a new version is not linked to the Windows operating system.
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Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash

Protecting Samba file servers in heterogeneous environments

Because Samba can be integrated easily into heterogeneous environments, a kind of heterogeneous administration is often necessary, and security falls by the wayside. We show you how to use a Samba file server securely in heterogeneous environments.
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Lead Image © Twwx, photocase.com

Storage Spaces Direct with different storage media

In Windows Server 2016, software-defined storage lets you combine several volumes to create a central storage pool; then, you can use a combination of HDD, SSD, and NVMe SSD storage media to divide the pool into different volumes.
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Lead Image © ktsdesign, 123RF.com

OpenShift by Red Hat continues to evolve

Red Hat continues to improve the OpenShift Kubernetes distribution.
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Photo by Yannick Pulver on Unsplash

Connecting Windows Server 2016 with Azure

Microsoft continues to integrate Windows Server with the Azure cloud. With Cloud Witness and the RDS Connection Broker, you can operate distributed environments more reliably and efficiently, and SQL databases migrate sensibly into the cloud.
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Lead Image © Setsiri Silapasuwanchai, 123RF.com

Open source tools for workgroup collaboration

Want to keep your teams connected even when they are disconnected? RetroShare, SparkleShare, and I2P are free tools that support chat, data sharing, and other collaboration services.