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IBM looks to low end server market with PowerLinux system
IBM has introduced new PowerLinux systems, using Red Hat and SUSE Linux software with its Power 7 processors. -
IBM appeals to wider server market with PowerLinux system
IBM has introduced new PowerLinux systems, using Red Hat and SUSE Linux software with its Power 7 processors. -
Red Hat is officially worth a billion
After more than 17 years on the market, the open saucer Red Hat is officially worth over a billion dollars. -
Government reveals G-Cloud suppliers
Other big names on the list were Google, Microsoft, BT and Atos. Open source firms such as Red Hat were also present on the list of potential suppliers. Click here for a full list of suppliers. -
Businesses bugged by end point security risks
At the top of the 20 major firms studies, vulberabillities were mainly seen among open source companies. Novell and Red Hat were two of the firms which saw increasing problems, while Microsoft and Google saw a reduction over the last year. -
Vendors rush to patch Linux flaw
Ubuntu and Red Hat have already released patches to address this vulnerability and other vendors are expected to follow. -
Intel’s Itanic is close to the end
CommentIn the last week we reported how the Itanium Solutions page, hosted by Intel has been disappeared with virtually no traces left. The ISA, launched to fanfare in 2005 - had as members Intel, HP, NEC, SGI, Unisys, Hitachi, Fujitsu, Microsoft, Red Hat, Novell, Oracle, SAP and SAS - as reported by ZD Ne -
Oracle shares plummet as doom is predicted
HP, Dell Inc, Red Hat, Intel, Texas Instruments and NetApp have all taken a hit. Shares of HP and Dell were down about a percent in after-hours trade and Salesforce.com and SAP were down four percent. -
Odyssey will not harm Itanium
Once DragonHawk is available, punters will be able to run mission critical workloads on HP-UX on Intel Itanium-based blades while also running stuff on Windows or Red Hat Linux on Intel Xeon-based blades in the same Superdome 2 enclosure. -
Windows 8 already hacked
Windows 8's boot loader is designed to stop malware and security breaches, including a measure that requires any software loaded at boot time to be authenticated with a valid digital signature. -
Windows 8 will not lock out Linux
It cites the case of Jan Wildeboer, who lists his occupation as an evangelist for Linux vendor Red Hat, posting a link with the inflammatory text: “The Lock-in with “secure’ boot is reality. Read here. HP, please fix ASAP. -
Patent trolls swoop on Amazon Fire
Acacia has also been behind a campaign to squeeze money out of Novell and Red Hat. -
Torvalds wades into Gnome
Torvalds also called for Fedora/Red Hat to fork Gnome which would have thought was a bit rude as Gnome forking is a bit like Gnome tossing. -
Red Hat says the only way to fight patent trolls is to pay up
Linux distributor Red Hat says that the only way for companies to deal with patent trolls is to pay up and not have to worry about them. -
Attachmate lays off Mono staff
Mono is not a popular project among open saucers who see it at best as a necessary evil. It was started by Miguel de Icaza in 2004 and uses Vole-style technology. It is a way to run .NET on Linux. -
Global OS revenues up following financial decline
Red Hat was the dominant force in the Linux server market with revenues up 18.6 percent to $592 million in 2010, and accounting for 58.2 percent of the market. -
Linux falls to patent troll
Google attempted to declare the patent invalid along with Linux software maker Red Hat. However in Texas, the jury disagreed. -
Red Hat wants to knife Java with Ceylon Project
Open source distributor Red Hat has been secretly working on a new language, which it wants to use to kill off Java in the enterprise and stick its own Java-based successor in its place.
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