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The other day marked the fifth anniversary of Fedora, one of the most renowned Linux distributions of today. Absolutely free to download, use, distribute and modify, Fedora is an operating system that provides access to the most recent open source technologies. The name "Fedora" means “God's gift&rdqu... |
26 September 2008
10:23 GMT |
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Linux might be adopted on a large scale by the Russian Post, as the institution has started testing Linux, in the view of using it in normal post offices. The main reason for moving to Linux is to reduce the costs. Although the Federal State Unitary Enterprise Russian Post has not disclosed this directly, the Post mi... |
26 May 2008
05:12 GMT |
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The second update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 was released yesterday, and it came with a large set of bugfixes, improved hardware support capabilities and some brand new software that was backported from upstream open source projects to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.2 brings you bett... |
22 May 2008
04:37 GMT |
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A important kernel security and bug fix update was released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, repairing some issues that could allow an unprivileged user to cause a denial of service.Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (both Desktop and Server editions) were affected by these issues. Almost all architectures could have had prob... |
20 May 2008
08:19 GMT |
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Even though with the advent of Windows Vista the open source community saw the ripe moment for Linux to strengthen its grip over consumer PCs, the fact of the matter is that Windows still holds a firm grip over the vast majority of desktops worldwide. And there is no change visible on the horizon, especially as the t... |
18 April 2008
08:39 GMT |
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Yesterday, Red Hat took a stand on challenging the standards for patenting software. In the Bilski case that's at this moment before the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, the issue is ripe for consideration. Red Hat shows the problems that software patents bring to open source and seeks modifications to the stan... |
8 April 2008
10:55 GMT |
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Red Hat, the Open Source leader, is proud to announce the first beta release of the upcoming 5.2 version of their Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system. Powered by the 2.6.18-84.el5 Linux kernel, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 Beta comes with the following improvements:Virtualization improvements￭ Hypercall ... |
12 March 2008
03:47 GMT |
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Red Hat sees Thailand as one of the ASEAN - Association of South East Asian Nations - countries with high potential for developing more applications on top of both Linux and JBoss enterprise middleware suite.Teong Eng Guan, Red Hat's general manager for ASEAN countries, in a group interview, admitted that Red Ha... |
27 February 2008
05:36 GMT |
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Red Hat seems to be all over the news these days! The company wants to make its JBoss middleware solution as popular as its Linux software in the enterprise world. Red Hat commits new sales, marketing and technical resources to accelerate the adoption of JBoss among the largest corporations.Craig Muzilla, vice presid... |
19 February 2008
06:48 GMT |
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Red Hat and Hyperic joined to form an open-source project for developing a core set of IT infrastructure management capabilities. The project bears the name "RHQ", and its source code will be available under GPL v2.At the beginning of 2005, JBoss and Hyperic entered a collaborative OEM agreement, that allowed the JBo... |
19 February 2008
05:18 GMT |
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Jim Whitehurst, the newly appointed Red Hat CEO, is aiming to get Red Hat's revenue in the next three years to more than $1 billion.Jim Whitehurst replaced Matt Szulik, who left the CEO position after nine years because of family health reasons on January 1st, this year. Matt Szulik is now the chairman of Red Ha... |
13 February 2008
06:58 GMT |
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Alfresco, one of the leading open source alternatives for enterprise content management, has started a poll among its 35,000 members to see what operating systems are the most used. Guess who's leading? Ubuntu and Red Hat!Among Linux operating systems, Red Hat is the leader with 35% of the votes, followed by Ubu... |
11 February 2008
10:22 GMT |
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When it comes down to security vulnerabilities, volume is synonymous with increased risk for the end users. Microsoft has played the vulnerability counting game featuring its own operating system, as well as main rivals throughout 2007, ever since Vista has hit the shelves. Now, as Vista is approaching its first year... |
24 January 2008
11:49 GMT |
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Red Hat Incorporated, the Linux business solution provider, has just named its new CEO, after ex-head Matthew Szulik left his position at the company. The ex-Chief Executive Officer put an end to nine years of career at Red Hat in an executive position, but "retired" as Chairman of the company's board of direct... |
28 December 2007
04:09 GMT |
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A few days ago, a top Red Hat executive accused Novell of reselling the beta version of Red Hat's open source code.The dispute relates to Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 10 (SLERT 10), which was released two weeks ago. SLERT 10 is aimed at Wall Street traders and other organizations that need real... |
11 December 2007
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StartCom launched the updated release for the legacy AS-4.0.x series of StartCom Enterprise Linux.StartCom provides long-term support for its enterprise-class operating systems. It is fully based on open source technology, offering a stable, reliable and secure distribution with mission-critical server deployments.Th... |
26 November 2007
11:32 GMT |
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Red Hat has announced the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.6, the sixth update to its legacy Red Hat 4.x product line.This release comes equipped with the following improvements:- A full set of updated installable CD ISO with OS package updates and install-time support for new hardware.- Updated Extras ISO image... |
16 November 2007
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Red Hat, the Open Source leader, is proud to announce the 5.1 release of their Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system. Powered by the 2.6.18-53.el5 Linux kernel, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1 comes with the following improvements:Virtualization improvements￭ Completion of virtualization support on Itanium2 p... |
8 November 2007
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Microsoft is continually upping the stakes in its constant face-off with the free and open source industry. In its latest move, the Redmond company's Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer aimed the patent gun at Linux distributor Red Hat. According to Ballmer, all users of the Red Hat Linux have an obligation to... |
9 October 2007
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Hewlett-Packard will try selling pre-installed Linux on PCs in some countries as it expands a test program to evaluate the Linux market and moves its PC business into a brand new generation of design factors and functionality.Hewlett Packard offers through a pilot program in Australia a model of its HP PCs with Red H... |
20 September 2007
06:56 GMT |
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Outside of the race for the lion's share of the operating system market, the platforms from Microsoft, Apple and various distributions of Linux are also disputing their position in a much more subjective ranking in accordance with the security standard each manages to deliver. As far as consumer perception goes,... |
19 September 2007
13:19 GMT |
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Apoteket, the Swedish State Pharmacy, migrated from its in-house developed ERP-system ATS, SPARC-based Solaris servers to fresh Intel hardware that runs Red Hat Enterprise Linux.Apoteket is the largest state-owned pharmacy chain in Sweden, and recently chose to replace all its servers from almost 900 pharmacies with ... |
19 September 2007
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Following the example set by its competitors Dell and Acer, the Hewlett-Packard, HP for short, decided that it is time to launch a Linux based desktop computer system in Australia. So, soon HP's client will be able to opt for a computer based on the HP dx2250 PC hardware that comes preinstalled with a copy of th... |
30 August 2007
11:43 GMT |
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Microsoft software versus open source software has been, and still is a never-ending debatable issue. Both camps have harsh supporters who claim their favorite is the best. Personally, I think that both sides have their own ups and downs and you cannot just say one of them is better. Just because one suits you better... |
22 August 2007
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Virgin America is a U.S. based low-cost airline with its principal base at the San Francisco International Airport, and which started its activity on 8 August 2007. The airline's stated aim is to provide low-fare, high-quality service for "long-haul point-to-point service between major metropolitan cities on th... |
18 August 2007
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Microsoft did it again! Windows Vista is the safest operating system available on the market today, elevated from the position of the securest Windows platform, and three different distributions of Linux along with Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger are left to bite the dust. The data illustrated in the graphics included at the bot... |
17 August 2007
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Red Hat announces global availability for its forthcoming Red Hat Global Desktop. According to Red Hat officials' statements, the new version will be released this September, it will run on cheap whitebox Intel PCs and it is designed mainly for the small business users and local government agencies and it will ... |
7 August 2007
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Locatrix Communications, awarded with the Finalist in the Mobile Monday Global Peer Awards 2007 title, has recently announced a change of plans regarding their current operating system used for mission-critical workloads. So far, Locatrix Communications, known as a large developer of presence and location informatio... |
6 August 2007
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The Red Hat team proudly announces the beta release of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1 version. As a beta release it is currently available mostly for testing purposes and there are a lot of beta packages which would be definitely changed in the stable version. The RHEL 5.1 beta is said to be available for all x86/... |
31 July 2007
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According to some recent rumors, Red Hat seriously considers developing its SOA area. Internetnews.com informs us that Red Hat will be receiving a brand new SOA Service Modeler tool, designed by Thomas Erl himself, one of the most well-known experts in the service-oriented architecture and also author of several boo... |
25 July 2007
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Red Hat Inc. and SAP AG have recently announced their collaboration for bringing the SAP applications to the virtual servers. The collaboration would mainly consist of a certification that SAP AG, global provider of business software solution, released for its SAP NetWeaver platform on Red Hat's Enterprice Linu... |
23 July 2007
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According to the latest HP (Hewlett-Packard) press release it seems that the famous world's largest information technology corporation has recently earned the Top International Linux Security Certification. The certification, called the Evaluation Assurance Level 4 Common Criteriasecurity certification for Red ... |
17 July 2007
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CentOS 5 Live CD is now available for Intel's 386 processor's architecture. CentOS stands for Community ENTerprise Operating System. Based on the famous Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), this Live CD's main purpose would be to check out if it can boot and work with a certain hardware configuration but a... |
10 July 2007
16:43 GMT |
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Is Red Hat the next big Linux distributor to jump eagerly on Microsoft's Windows - Linux interoperability and patent protection wagon? Red Hat's Chief Executive Officer Matthew Szulik refused to say if Microsoft has proposed the Windows - Linux deal again. Again because Red Hat indeed participated in negoti... |
28 June 2007
12:48 GMT |
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Red Hat, Inc.(best known for its enterprise-class operating system, Red Hat Enterprise Linux.), one of the largest companies dedicated to open source software, has recently adopted the Mobicents technology according to its future plans of expanding to the telecom market. Mobicents is an Open Source VoIP Platform ful... |
21 June 2007
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Recently, Microsoft has learned a really tough … I could say … lesson from the open source community. It proved an iron stubbornness while trying to make people believe that Linux infringes a couple of hundred patents but when it saw all the efforts were actually in vain, it decided to switch the operating tactics an... |
20 June 2007
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IBM has achieved the EAL4 Augmented with ALC FLR3 certification for Red Hat Enterprise Linux for their mainframe, System x, System p5 and eServer systems, according to their officials. The new level of security received by Red Hat plays an important role especially when it comes to governmental agencies, such as th... |
19 June 2007
11:05 GMT |
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The general customer perception related to the Linux and Mac OS X operating systems is that they both offer security as a default characteristic. By contrast, Windows is at the opposite pole, and a platform synonymous with lack of security, and the prevalence of vulnerabilities, exploits and attacks. This is why Micr... |
19 June 2007
11:03 GMT |
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Raleigh, North Carolina-based Red Hat has recently announced the release of an update to its Command Center remote monitoring package. According to its officials, Red Hat aims to make the Command Center a software-as-a-service approach to monitoring its Linux operating system and associated technologies.The Command ... |
16 June 2007
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SELinux, is not a Linux distribution, as some of you might think. It is an implementation of mandatory access control using the Linux Security Modules in the Linux kernel. It was first developed by the US National Security Agency (NSA) and then it was released to the open source community mainly for development purp... |
6 June 2007
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Johnny Hughes, CentOS-4 lead developer, has just announced in his latest post the availability of the CentOS 4.5 version for i386, x86_64 and ia64. CentOS distro is based on Red Hat's RHEL version and its name stands for Community ENTerprise Operating System. Along with the 4.5 version, all the updates through M... |
18 May 2007
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After the patent indemnification agreement between Microsoft and Novell was closed, the open source community was surprised by the Microsoft officials with another announcement. Microsoft expressed their intentions of closing similar partnerships with other Linux vendors too, particularly with Red Hat. The agreement... |
14 May 2007
15:40 GMT |
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The Red Hat Summit is currently in full swing and every day, it announces more interesting products and initiatives. The latest announcement, brought in by Matt Maddox, Director of Online Services, spoke about the official launch of the Red Hat Exchange service. The Red Hat Exchange (RHX for short) service was first... |
11 May 2007
09:22 GMT |
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According to some sources close to the Red Hat and IBM companies, the two players intend to form a partnership through which IBM would sell and support Red Hat Linux software on their mainframe computers, System z. IBM has previously been working with Novell for the sale and development of the SUSE Linux version on t... |
10 May 2007
05:50 GMT |
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Red Hat, one of the largest companies providing open source solutions has just announced the release of a new product at the famous Red Hat Summit in San Diego. The Red Hat Global Desktop aims to define a completely new concept of the traditional desktop paradigm. According to Red Hat officials, the customers' ... |
10 May 2007
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While Fedora Core 7 is getting ready for release in May 24th, 2007, Fedora Core 5 prepares for June 29th, 2007, the last day for it to benefit from some updates. Due to a decision made by the Fedora Board and Red Hat Engineering, the period of supported updates for any Fedora release was increased by several months.... |
4 May 2007
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Comodo, a global Certification Authority and leading provider of Identity and Trust Assurance Management solutions, announced today the release of their FREE CentOS and Red Hat-based Linux server suite, Zero Touch Linux (ZTL). This Linux server suite contains applications centrally controlled by a user-friendly web-... |
3 May 2007
13:59 GMT |
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Red Hat has just announced a distribution release. Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4.5 is the fifth update among the RHEL 4 series and comes with many additions and enhancements that make this distro more stable and reliable. A lot of improvements, bug fixes and updates were made especially on the kernel side, here ... |
2 May 2007
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As everyone might have already heard by now, Red Hat released RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 with Xen virtualization. The virtualization implies a complicated process mainly consisting of hiding the physical characteristics of the computing resources from the way other systems or applications interact with them. Red Hat ... |
27 April 2007
04:46 GMT |
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Red Hat, one of the largest companies dedicated to open source software, has recently signed a definitive agreement with MetaMatrix, an U.S.-based company providing data management software for the service-oriented applications (SOA). The Server-orientation principle represents an architecture using loosely coupled s... |
25 April 2007
04:37 GMT |
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