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Will Windows 8 'Secure Boot' Lessen Linux Adoption? By Matt Hartley | Article Published September 26, 2011 Windows 8's Secure Boot function could hamper the use of desktop Linux. Tags: Linux, Red Hat, secure boot, desktop linux, Windows Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Begins to Take Shape By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published August 30, 2011 Customers and partners begin to give Red Hat feedback regarding their preferences in the next generation of Linux. Tags: Linux, RHEL, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Has Microsoft's Patent Deal with Novell Hurt Red Hat? By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published August 24, 2011 Red Hat CEO addresses the patent issue. Tags: Red Hat, patent, Microsoft Red Hat CEO: Linux Isn't Just About Technology By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published August 17, 2011 CEO of Red Hat explains where he sees Linux going in the next 20 years. Tags: Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Linux 3.0 Debuts with Xen Integration By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published July 22, 2011 Major Linux kernel version change brings improved virtualization, performance and filesystem support. Tags: Red Hat, Xen, Linux kernel, Linus Torvalds, BTRFS Red Hat Revenues Grow, Raises Full Year Outlook By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published June 23, 2011 Linux vendor is firing on all cylinders as its platform, cloud and middleware businesses gain adoption. Tags: Red Hat, enterprise software, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Linux Arguments Over the Future of OpenOffice.org By Bruce Byfield | Article Published June 02, 2011 What will become of the popular open source office suite? Tags: OpenOffice.org, open source, Apache, Oracle, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization: Red Hat vs. VMware and Microsoft By Paul Rubens | Article Published May 19, 2011 How does Red Hat's virtualization offering stack up to the entrenched virtualization vendors? Tags: Red Hat, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, virtualization, VMware, Microsoft Red Hat Updates Enterprise Linux By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published May 19, 2011 RHEL 6.1 delivers new hardware support, virtualization and networking improvements as well as Enterprise Identity tech preview. Tags: Red Hat, open source, RHEL, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, virtualization Linux 2.6.39 Debuts with Improved Performance By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published May 19, 2011 New kernel released by Linus Torvalds provides performance and virtualization improvements. Tags: Red Hat, Linux kernel, KVM, Linux desktop, Linux Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5.1 Goes After Enterprise Data Services By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published March 11, 2011 New product release includes data services, SOA and developer tools, including new technical previews for the next generation of SOA. Tags: SOA, Red Hat, Enterprise IT, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, JBoss Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Generating Partner Revenue By Paul Rubens | Article Published November 19, 2010 Red Hat's partner vendors see revenue possibilities in the recent release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.0. Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, enterprise linux, RHEL, open source, Red Hat Open Office Suite Gets Forked By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published September 28, 2010 Open source Open Office developers split from Oracle with LibreOffice app and the new Document Foundation. Tags: open source, Red Hat, OpenOffice.org, OpenOffice, Oracle Turbulence in the Server Software World By Paul Rubens | Article Published September 22, 2010 The potential changes at Novell are just some of the ups and downs in the server software sector. Tags: Red Hat, server software, Novell Server, VMware, Servers & Services Red Hat Lays Out Cloud Foundations By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published August 25, 2010 Portability, open standards and Red Hat Enterprise Linux play a cornerstone role in the Linux vendor's strategy for interoperable cloud deployments. Tags: cloud computing, cloud management tools, RHEL, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Are Firms Leery of Open Source Servers? By Paul Rubens | Article Published July 02, 2010 To succeed, vendors that sell open source server software use 'proprietary' models. Or do they? Tags: MySQL, open source, open source server, Red Hat, open source tools Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Hits Beta 2, Targeting Year End Release By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published July 01, 2010 Major milestone as next RHEL beta becomes available for testers with full release now expected by the end of the year. Tags: Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, enterprise linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Red Hat Lays Cloud, Virtualization Foundations By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published June 24, 2010 New solutions expand open source vendor's virtualization offerings and build upon partnership with networking vendor Cisco. Tags: enterprise linux, Red Hat, virtualization cloud, virtualization, cloud computing Red Hat's Fortunes Rising With New Linux, Middleware Wins By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published June 23, 2010 First-quarter fiscal 2011 shows revenue gains from the Linux leader as the company books its biggest deal to date. Tags: middleware, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat, enterprise linux, Linux Red Hat Focuses on Partnerships With Q1 Earnings Ahead By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published June 22, 2010 The Linux leader is set to report its first-quarter fiscal 2011 earnings amid a spate of partner and business momentum developments that indicate that Red Hat is still growing. Tags: enterprise linux, Linux, Red Hat, Cisco, earnings Novell Revenues, Linux Business Slide By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published May 28, 2010 As the company grapples with ownership issues, Novell reports revenues a decline in overall revenue but remains optimistic about the future. Tags: linux os, Novell, Red Hat, enterprise linux, Linux Inside Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Kernel By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published May 06, 2010 Red Hat's kernel is a hybrid of best-of-breed technologies, it claims, yet this version remains consistent with previous Red Hat releases. Tags: Enterprise, Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, RHEL, Red Hat Red Hat, Novell Win Open Source Patent Case By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published May 03, 2010 Linux vendors join forces to win a critical battle and stave off claims of patent infringement. Tags: Red Hat, Linux, patents, Novell, intellectual property Red Hat Revs Up RHEV Enterprise Virtualization By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published March 29, 2010 Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 2.2 (RHEV) beta release shows off new open source virtualization management features. Tags: enterprise virtualization, virtualization, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, open source, Red Hat How Red Hat Made Money in 2010 By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published March 25, 2010 CEO Jim Whitehurst speaks about how his Enterprise Linux company bucked the recession and grew revenues by double digits. Tags: Linux, open source, Red Hat, enterprise software, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Red Hat Warns of 'Frankenstein Linux' Third Party Support By Paul Rubens | Article Published February 26, 2010 Red Hat is warning customers about what it says is the inherent dangers of third party support for Red Hat software. Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, RHEL, Red Hat, support, third-party Red Hat Ramps Up Open Source Cloud Projects By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published February 11, 2010 Linux vendor details Boxgrinder and Infinispan projects as new efforts to make the cloud a scalable platform for application delivery. Tags: Cloud, Red Hat, cloud computing, open source, cloud services Linux Desktop Comparison: Red Hat, Novell, Ubuntu, Fedora By Drew Robb | Article Published January 14, 2010 For offices on a tight budget, major vendors like Red Hat, Novell, Ubuntu, and Fedora offer a variety of choices. Here's an insider's guide. Tags: Linux desktop, Novell, Red Hat, Fedora, Ubuntu Open Source Projects and the Meritocracy Myth By Bruce Byfield | Article Published December 02, 2009 Contrary to the stated ethic, open source projects arent always led by the people who are most able. Tags: open source, Red Hat, Novell, Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux Clone CentOS Gets Commercial Support By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published December 02, 2009 OpenLogic provides an alternative route for the community-driven offshoot of Red Hat's commercial flagship release. Tags: OpenLogic, Red Hat, Oracle, CentOS, Linux Ubuntu to Launch Cloud App Store By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published October 16, 2009 The initiative is part of the company's Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC) effort. Tags: Red Hat, server, services, Enterprise, Linux Virtualization: Is Xen Less Mature than VMware? By Charlie Schluting | Article Published September 02, 2009 The feature sets of VMware versus Xen are almost identical, yet other aspects reveal divergences. Tags: VMware, Red Hat, Linux, open source, virtualization Linux OS Improving Faster By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published August 20, 2009 More code is added by a larger group of developers, pushing an exponential improvement curve in the Linux kernel. Tags: Linux, Novell, Red Hat MSFT, Red Hat Disagree over Patents By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published July 23, 2009 Not surprisingly, these leading software firms take a very different view of IP. Tags: virtualization, Microsoft, Linux, open source, Red Hat Will Linux Companies Profit in the Cloud? By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published July 06, 2009 There's a silver lining in the migration to the cloud, or so hope Linux vendors like Red Hat and Canonical. Tags: Red Hat, virtualization, cloud computing, Linux, open source Red Hat Challenges Oracle on Java Openness By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published June 25, 2009 Oracle, having snapped up Sun, will be a major player in the Java world. Red Hat has an opinion it wants to share. Tags: Java, Linux, Red Hat, middleware, Oracle Red Hat's Virtualization Steps Forward By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published June 18, 2009 The open source vendor announced that it's now entering the beta phase of deployment. Tags: virtualization, open source, Red Hat, Linux, services Fedora 11 Touts Faster Speed By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published June 09, 2009 The newest Red Hat community Linux distro also features virtualization tools. Tags: Fedora, virtualization, Red Hat, Linux LInux Owns Cloud, Red Hat says By David Needle | Article Published May 05, 2009 Linux is particularly well-suited for the emerging cloud computing market, says Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst Tags: Windows, Red Hat, cloud computing, Linux, open source The Cost Savings of FOSS: Business Success for the Wrong Reason By Bruce Byfield | Article Published April 01, 2009 More than mere cost savings, Free and open source software has to the power to transform business. Tags: FOSS, Intel, open source, Linux, Red Hat Oracle: We're Not Forking Red Hat Linux By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published March 21, 2009 Oracle has long sold its version of Red Hat Linux, yet that version is not a fork a key difference. Tags: Red Hat, Linux, Oracle, virtualization, open source Does SUSE Linux Server Have a Future? By Paul Rubens | Article Published March 18, 2009 In the competition for server marketshare, is Novell's SUSE Linux properly positioned to do battle with Windows Server? Tags: Windows, open source, Linux, SUSE, Red Hat Bruce Perens: Is Open Source Capitalist or Communist? By Bruce Perens | Article Published March 08, 2009 The various camps of open source developers, and the companies involved, may be disdainful or worse toward each other, but in fact all partners are needed for a healthy ecosystem. Tags: open source, Linux, developers, Mozilla, Red Hat Commercial Linux Distro Support: Which is Best? By Kenneth Hess | Article Published March 03, 2009 Between Canonical, Red Hat and Novell, which company offers the best Linux support? Tags: Canonical, Novell, services, Linux, Red Hat Is Citrix the Real Challenge to VMware? By Jeff Vance | Article Published March 02, 2009 Amid a swirl of partnerships, including Microsoft and Red Hat, it appears that Citrix is positioned to gain ground against the current virtualization leader. Tags: virtualization, Red Hat, VMware, Microsoft, Citrix Cisco (Quietly) Adds to Linux Kernel By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published February 27, 2009 The network gear maker keeps a low profile about the fact that it makes a significant contribution to the Linux kernel. Tags: server, Cisco, Linux, Red Hat, open source Novell-Red Hat Conundrum: What's a FOSS Supporter to Do? By Bruce Byfield | Article Published February 26, 2009 A recent legal request divided free and open source advocates into opposing camps. Tags: Novell, Red Hat, FOSS, Linux, open source Debian's Valentine to Users: Lenny By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published February 14, 2009 After much discussion and delay, the popular Debian Linux distro releases a significant update. Tags: Linux, open source, Debian, Red Hat, Novell Vista Support Upped in Red Hat Ent. Linux By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published January 22, 2009 Linux vendor rolls out new Windows, Java and virtualization support in its Enterprise Linux update. Tags: Linux, Intel, Windows, Red Hat, Vista Linux Subscriptions Paying Off for Red Hat By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published December 24, 2008 Despite the economy, revenues and income jump as the Linux vendor resigns deals and converts users from free editions. Tags: economy, services, Red Hat, Linux, open source Red Hat Backs Jaspersoft's Open Source BI By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published December 10, 2008 A new round of financing is set to bolster the open source startup as it competes against the big players in business intelligence. Tags: open source, SAP, marketing, Linux, Red Hat Will a Linux Certification Help You Get a Linux Job? By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols | Article Published December 06, 2008 There is a wide range of Linux certifications. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols looks for the answer to the question, How much help are they for turning your Linux expertise into a Linux job? Tags: Novell, Red Hat, Nokia, Linux, IT Red Hat Spacewalk Expands Linux Management By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published December 02, 2008 Red Hat's open source Network application project evolves with a plan to get rid of Oracle on the back end. Tags: Red Hat, Linux, Oracle, open source, software Red Hat Fedora Claims It's the Leader in Linux By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published November 25, 2008 On the eve of its next major release, the distro produces new figures showing that it's ahead of rivals in total users. Tags: Red Hat, Linux, software, desktop, InternetNews.com Fedora 10: the GNU/Linux Desktop Steps Forward By Bruce Byfield | Article Published November 24, 2008 The new release of the Fedora GNU/Linux distro hopes to define the free software desktop for years to come. Tags: Linux, Red Hat, open source, Linux desktop, Fedora Red Hat Fedora Claims its the Top Dog in Linux By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published November 22, 2008 On the eve of its next major release, the distro produces new figures showing that it's ahead of rivals in total users. Tags: Fedora, Linux, Red Hat, desktop, software Does 'Trustworthy' Computing Matter? By Paul Rubens | Article Published November 21, 2008 OS Roundup: Maybe not, if you're Microsoft. For most operating systems, waiting seven years to patch an important flaw would impact usage. Not so for Windows. Tags: Linux, Red Hat, Novell, Microsoft, privacy Business vs. FOSS: Six Pressure Points By Bruce Byfield | Article Published November 17, 2008 Free and open source software co-exists happily with business, yet key conflicts remain. Tags: FOSS, open source, Red Hat, Linux, software Novell Goes After Red Hat Linux Users By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published November 12, 2008 Competitive migration effort will see Novell support Red Hat. Tags: Oracle, Linux, Red Hat, marketing, Novell Is Smolt the key to counting Linux Users? By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published November 07, 2008 Hardware profiling tool could help to improve the Linux experience for all. Tags: Novell, Linux, software, open source, Red Hat OpenSUSE Starts Steering its Own Course By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols | Article Published November 03, 2008 It's not easy for a Linux company to let go the reins of control over its community Linux distribution. Just ask Red Hat, which started to let go of Fedora and then decided to keep managing it. But, now Novell is loosening its apron strings on its community Linux openSUSE. Tags: Linux, developer, IT, Red Hat, Novell Ubuntu's Ibex Boosts Linux Features By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published November 01, 2008 Enhanced wireless connectivity, guest access and virtualization support make their way into the distribution's widely anticipated new release. Tags: Linux, Ubuntu, virtualization, open source, Red Hat JBoss Building New Community Site with Magnolia By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published October 25, 2008 With all the skills that Red Hat has, you'd think they could build a community site on their own they can't. Tags: Red Hat, vertical, middleware, Linux, open source Linux's Next Victim By Paul Rubens | Article Published October 24, 2008 OS Roundup: Video killed the radio star may be cliche these days, but Linux's penetration of the server room may ultimately undo Unix in a similar fashion. Tags: Red Hat, Linux, Oracle, HP, workloads How Much Is a Linux Distro Worth? By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published October 23, 2008 The Linux Foundation estimates value of kernel and Linux distros, though its measurements leave some questions unanswered. Tags: Firefox, Linux, Google, Red Hat, Microsoft Open Source Gets Into Wall St. Back Office By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published October 22, 2008 Startup Marketcetera rolls platform to help broker/dealers monitor their trading platforms. Tags: open source, developer, Linux, Red Hat, services Where are all the Virtual Linux Desktops? By Jeff Vance | Article Published October 20, 2008 Theres been a lot of chatter about the wonderful new world of virtual Linux desktops, yet it hardly exists. Why? Tags: server, Red Hat, virtualization, workloads, Linux Latest Linux Hits Networking Flaws By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published October 11, 2008 New Linux release adds new functionality and overcomes an error that toasted early adopters. Tags: Intel, Linux, Red Hat, Novell, Windows Gentoo Linux Cancels Distribution By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published September 27, 2008 After bouncing back following the cancellation of a distribution release last year, once again Gentoo drops the ball. Or does it? Tags: Red Hat, Linux, developer, open source, Novell Red Hat Gets Serious about Virtualization By Jeff Vance | Article Published September 26, 2008 As the battle for the emerging virtualization market heats up, vendors offer fundamentally different approaches. Tags: virtualization, Red Hat, open source, VMware, Microsoft Twelve Myths about Free and Open Source Software By Bruce Byfield | Article Published September 15, 2008 Misconceptions abound about the quality and usability of FOSS. If it's free, it can't be any good, can it? Tags: services, OS X, Linux, Red Hat, Firefox The Power of Perception By Paul Rubens | Article Published September 05, 2008 OS Roundup:How rational are the choices we make about the operating systems we run? Tags: IBM, Microsoft, Red Hat, Linux, Vista Linux in U.S. Schools: Why the Resistance? By Matt Hartley | Article Published September 04, 2008 Contrary to popular opinion, there are a number of effective low-cost options for the classroom. Tags: Linux, Windows, open source, Novell, Red Hat Oops! I Fixed the Linux Kernel By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published August 25, 2008 Make no mistake: Efforts like "oops" show the Linux community's focus on improving code quality, fixing bugs and even enlisting non-technical users to help the cause. Tags: open source, Linux, Windows, Red Hat, Intel Will LSB 4 Standardize Linux? By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published August 02, 2008 Linux Foundation promises a quantum leap forward is coming for Linux standards. Tags: Red Hat, developer, Novell, Linux, Specification |