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South Korean government planning Linux migration as Windows 7 support ends The Interior Ministry is preparing a test deployment to determine compatibility with existing systems ahead of a potential broader deployment across the government. Resource of the day IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions: Bringing VMware Environments to the Public Cloud The IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions portfolio brings enterprises the benefits of public cloud with minimal disruption, risk, and change. This IDC White Paper discusses IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions, a portfolio of VMware environment offerings hosted within the IBM Cloud. This document highlights the strengths of the portfolio and illustrates how it offers a secure and flexible path to public cloud and to broader digital transformation. Additional TechRepublic resources Open source is big in databases, but cloud is bigger GitHub Sponsors wants to see open source developers get paid, but there's a better way Report: Visual bugs in software can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars a year How to install Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) on Ubuntu Arduino reveals more powerful, low-cost Nano boards for building homemade hardware and gadgets Cloud remains a small percentage of IT spending, but its gravitation pull is huge Today's recommended downloads IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions: Bringing VMware Environments to the Public Cloud (IBM) White Paper: Avoid Cyber Attacks and Save Money by Holding Less Data (Evident ID) Tomorrow's cities: evolving from "smart" to Adaptive (Ciena) The Elephant in the Room: Why Cloud Communications Providers Dont Like to Talk Abo ut Compliance (8x8, Inc.) Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 Free 30-Day License (Veeam)

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When AWS Lambda launched, it came with an interesting concept: enterprises would buy business functions and the compute, storage and networking tasks would be managed in the background. What returns does serverless computing deliver for the enterprise, and which vendors deliver the best options?