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Linux Customers Opt for Microsoft IP Peace of Mind

Back in 2006, when it inked a strategic interoperability and intellectual property assurance agreement with Novell, Microsoft also tapped the other top Linux vendor worldwide, Red Hat, for a similar alliance. Red Hat might have said “no” to the IP assurance marriage proposal from the Redmond company, but ...

12 November 2009
04:12 GMT

CentOS 5.4 Arrives, Complete with Live CDs

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4.0 was released about a month and a half ago, and it was only natural for the CentOS developers to follow suit. Yesterday it was up to Karanbir Singh to officially announce the immediate availability of CentOS 5.4. This new release comes in i386 and amd64 versions and, unexpectedly, Live d...

22 October 2009
06:41 GMT

System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 non-Windows OS Support

Microsoft has announced recently that it has completed the work focused on delivering to customers Cooperative Technical Support in collaboration with Linux vendor Red Hat. Designed to boost support options for companies running heterogeneous IT environments, the Cooperative Technical Support streamlines the use of W...

15 October 2009
05:32 GMT

Windows and Linux Marriage with Cooperative Technical Support Dowry

The level of interoperability between Windows and Linux was kicked up a notch as Microsoft and Red Hat have wrapped up Cooperative Technical Support for virtualized environments. On October 7th, 2009, the Redmond company announced that it had wrapped up the work debuted in February of this year, together withRed Hat,...

8 October 2009
08:38 GMT

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Can Put All Your 192 Processors to Work

Red Hat announced yesterday that its flagship business-oriented Linux distribution, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, received an update, raising its version number to 5.4. "Red Hat is pleased to announce the availability of the latest update to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, release 5.4 [...] New in Red Hat Enterprise Linux ...

3 September 2009
04:00 GMT

Fedora 12 Alpha Released

The alpha version of Fedora's 12th edition, code name "Constantine", has just been released by the Fedora Project developers. Among the intriguing features that this alpha boasts we can find better support for webcams, IPv6 and system wide connections support for Network Manager, along with other networking impr...

25 August 2009
10:35 GMT

Microsoft Gives Red Hat a Taste of the Real IP World

Microsoft gave rival Red Hat a taste of the real IP world on July 22nd, 2009, arguing that making contributions to open source projects while ensuring that intellectual property rights were respected by rivals were in no way business strategies that excluded one another. The move came from Horacio Gutierrez, corporat...

23 July 2009
12:32 GMT

Switzerland Under Fire in Red Hat vs. Microsoft Face-off

Switzerland, a country traditionally associated with neutrality, has found itself under attack for its Microsoft software soft spot. Leading the assault is Red Hat, followed by 17 other companies, in a move designed to challenge what the open-source vendor referred to as the Microsoft lock-in. At stake is a 14 millio...

26 May 2009
05:55 GMT

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.8 Released

Red Hat, Inc., the world's leading provider of Open Source solutions, announced last night (May 18th) the immediate availability of the final release of the eighth update for their Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 operating systems. Besides the usual bug fixes and software updates, there are also the new features that...

19 May 2009
05:16 GMT

Scientific Linux 5.3 Live CD/DVD Is Here

Troy Dawson and Connie Sieh released, only one week after announcing the availability of Scientific Linux 5.3, the Live CD/DVD version of their distribution. Scientific Linux 5.3 Live CD/DVD will run on both i386 and x86_64 processor architectures. Being a Live version, the system boots directly from the optical medi...

30 March 2009
02:51 GMT

Scientific Linux 5.3 Has Better Support for Intel Wireless

Troy Dawson and Connie Sieh announced last evening the immediate availability of Scientific Linux 5.3, a Linux distribution put together by various universities and labs around the world. Being based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0.3, the new release of Scientific Linux brings improved support for Intel wireless card...

20 March 2009
07:31 GMT

First Beta of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.8 Arrives

Red Hat, Inc., the world's leading provider of Open Source solutions, announced yesterday (March 12th) the immediate availability of the first beta version of the eighth update for their Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 operating systems. Besides the usual bug fixes and software updates (see below for details), this d...

13 March 2009
10:01 GMT

New Windows and Linux Marriage via Microsoft and Red Hat

The start of this week marked yet another chapter in the Windows vs. Linux saga, another example of how the “vs.” is fading more and more. A new Windows and Linux marriage was inked by rivals Microsoft and Red Hat, but solely in the church of virtualization. The two companies stressed that the marriage wa...

17 February 2009
07:30 GMT

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 Has Support for Intel Core i7

Red Hat, Inc., the world's leading provider of Open Source solutions, announced yesterday, January 20th, the immediate availability of the third update for their Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 operating system. Besides the usual bug fixes and software updates, the most important features brought by Red Hat Enterpris...

21 January 2009
05:50 GMT

Happy Birthday, Fedora!

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

The Russian Post Migrates to Linux

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 Brings Better Virtualization Support

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Receives Important Security Fix

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

XP SP3 and Vista SP1 Will Own Linux-Free Desktops until Windows 7

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

Red Hat Wants to See Limited Patents on Software

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

First Beta of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 Comes with Firefox 3

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

Red Hat Invests More in Thailand

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

Red Hat Wants to Make JBoss Ubiquitous

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

Red Hat and Hyperic Give Birth to RHQ

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

Red Hat Aims for $1 Billion Revenue

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

Ubuntu and Red Hat Are Top Open Source Vendors

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

Microsoft Claims Vista Is Top Dog - Mac OS X, Ubuntu and Red Hat Linux - No Match

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

New Head Under the Red Hat

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

Red Hat Acusses Novell of Stealing Code

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
03:29 GMT

StartCom Enterprise Linux 4.0.5 Available

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.6 Available

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
05:52 GMT

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1 Released

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
02:58 GMT

Microsoft: People Using Red Hat Linux Have an Obligation to Pay Us

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
07:29 GMT

HP PCs with Linux Pre-Installed

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

OS Security: Windows, Then Linux and Only Then Mac OS X

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

The Swedish State Pharmacy Migrates to Red Hat

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
09:48 GMT

HP Introduces Linux Computers

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

Microsoft Is Way Too Lazy to Fix Its Bugs

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
16:39 GMT

Virgin America Has Chosen Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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
01:15 GMT

Microsoft Does It Again: Vista Is the Safest - Linux and Mac OS X Bite the Dust

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
10:00 GMT

Red Hat Global Desktop to Be Released This September

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
02:11 GMT

Locatrix Communications Switches from Red Hat to Ubuntu

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
14:03 GMT

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1 Beta Release

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
07:22 GMT

Red Hat Gets SOA Modeler Tool

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
09:14 GMT

SAP Certified Its NetWeaver Platform on RHL Advanced Platform 5

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
12:01 GMT

Top International Linux Security Certification Goes to HP

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
02:43 GMT

CentOS 5 i386 Live CD Is Now Available

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

Is Red Hat Going to Say I Do to a Microsoft Marriage?

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

Red Hat Enters the Telecom Market by Adopting the Mobicents Technology

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
10:14 GMT

Mandriva and Red Hat Say NO to Microsoft Too

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
09:50 GMT


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