Red Hat released Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 last Thursday. I want to make you aware of an upstream behavioral change that could cause authentication and other issues. The credit for this goes to a customer and friend who called me after updating to RHEL 6.4 to fix a kernel problem they were hitting.

In this edition: Red Hat’s Big Data Strategy; NetApp’s FlashRay to Disrupt Enterprise Storage; Federal IT at “High Risk”; Open Data Success Requires Streamlining and Standardization; The Case for Paying for Open Source.

In this edition: Cloud Superstars Have Their Heads in the Cloud; Why You Should Pay for Open Source Software; Identity Management Is Complicated; Converged Infrastructure is the Future of Data Centers; Red Hat’s Jim Whitehurst Looks 20 Years Into the Future; 12 IT Predictions from the Federal Government.

In this edition: DLT Solutions Adds AWS GovCloud To Its Cloud Services; NIST Wants Your Advice on Cybersecurity Document; Red Hat Embraces BYOD; Steps for Protecting Your Data Center After Virtualization; State of the Union to Discuss Cybersecurity.

In this edition: Symantec Statement Regarding New York Times Cyber Attack; Red Hat's Top 10 IT Predictions for 2013; State & Local Turn to a New CIO: Chief Innovation Officer; Pentagon Expanding Cybersecurity Force to Protect Networks Against Attacks

In this edition: Symantec to Rely on Partners After Restructuring; Touchdown! NetApp & The Super Bowl Partner; Autodesk and NASA Developing New Technology; Red Hat Uses ManageIQ Acquisition to Further Cloud Offerings

How's your virtualization and data center consolidation strategy progressing? Have you hit a plateau after virtualizing everything you can? With all eyes firmly fixed on the cloud, why would I bring up virtualization? Virtualization has come and gone, everyone's done it, there's nothing left. Right? Not so fast.

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Within today’s tight operational margins and changing users and demands, sustaining legacy enterprise applications (custom or COTs) requires significant operating budget that may hinder your ability to adapt to an ever changing enterprise IT landscape. As enterprise IT becomes an important competitive building block, enterprise applications are getting larger which deters innovation and poses the risk of cost overruns.

Technically News is a new feature on Technically Speaking that scans thousands of industry articles to present you with a weekly source of IT news, information, and ideas that impact the public sector.