CODEvolved is a PaaS solution that delivers an elastic, fully-configured environment for accelerated application development, testing and hosting using Red Hat's OpenShift Enterprise on Amazon Web Services' (AWS) cloud. Matt Micene led the team who architected the solution. We interviewed him about this new offering from DLT Solutions.

This week in Technically News: Red Hat Touts Virtual Containers as Next Advance in Cloud Computing; In The Wake of Heartbleed, Open Source Software is Under Scrutiny; The Future of Mobility Goes Far Beyond BYOD; Severe Shortage of Tech Talent in Government, Says Report; DLT Solutions Announces CODEvolved

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I was once told by a good friend that "open source is all well and good, but as a “John Doe” admin what do I need the source code for? It never does admins any good to have the source." At that time, I conceded. It probably wasn't as valuable for admins; it was for developers who need to change the behavior of something. Until today....

High atop the soap box here on Beard Mountain, I've been thinking (and quietly pontificating) about technology adoption, particularly the "state of cloud". We are at the stage of adoption where technology is adopted for the sake of the technology. How many times do you find yourself starting with a new gadget, and once it's in hand, the first thought crossing your mind is "OK, well, now what?"

This week in Technically News: Red Hat Linux Now Available on Amazon's Secure Federal Cloud; Cybersecurity Priorities Unveiled in FY 2015 Budget; Top Obama Adviser Speaks Mind on Cyberthreats; 9 Worst Cloud Security Threats.

This week in Technically News: DHS Offers Incentive to Adopt Framework; Red Hat Answers Governments’ Open Source Questions; NetApp in the Cloud Age: CEO Tom Georgens Q&A; Symantec's Vision of Enterprise Security Rests Upon Collaboration, Sharing Data

This week in Technically News: Cybersecurity Framework: What's Next?; How Big Data is Remaking the Government Data Center; Survey Shows Government Pipelines Not Ready for Data-Heavy Projects; Red Hat CEO Addresses Big Data's Chicken-and-Egg Question; Kiss Passwords Goodbye: A Single Sign-On Future Is Within Reach.

In this week's Technically News: The Danger of Cybersecurity 'Ghettos'; Federal Tiger Team Crafted Mobile Security Guidelines; Mellanox Optimizes Network Gear for OpenStack; Why We Need Digital Government Strategy 2.0; Federal Agencies Advised To Brace For Big Data; DLT, NetApp Unveil Cloud Storage Suite for Govt Market.