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From GNOME Linux Desktop to OpenStack Cloud [VIDEO]
By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published May 02, 2013
Red Hat's Mark McLoughlin, the top OpenStack developer in the world by volume of code commits, wasn't always a cloud guy. He started out a key figure in the GNOME Linux desktop.
Tags: Linux, cloud computing, Red Hat, OpenStack
Red Hat Grows Business to $1.3 Billion as OpenStack Cloud Opportunity Looms Large
By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published March 28, 2013
Red Hat CEO details his "land and expand" strategy and explains why OpenStack could be bigger than Linux.
Tags: cloud computing, Red Hat, OpenStack, open source
Red Hat Opens Up Cloud PaaS Development on OpenShift Origin
By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published March 08, 2013
Red Hat now set to more fully embrace a community development model for cloud tech.
Tags: open source, Red Hat, PaaS
Red Hat Set to Integrate ManageIQ with CloudForms for Cloud Management
By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published January 22, 2013
Cloud orchestration capabilities set to merge into new and improved CloudForms.
Tags: open source, cloud computing, Red Hat
Red Hat Makes $104 Million Cloud Management Bid with ManageIQ Acquisition
By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published December 21, 2012
Proprietary technology set to go open source as Red Hat aims to improve cloud portfolio  
Tags: Red Hat
Red Hat Beats Revenue Estimates, Acquires ManageIQ
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published December 21, 2012
Revenue rose 18 percent, but profits fell 9 percent.
Tags: Virtualization Management, open source, Red Hat, quarterly financials, merger and acquistion activity, software, Cloud
Red Hat Advances Hybrid Cloud and Virtualization
By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published December 05, 2012
CloudForms 1.1 release and RHEV 3.1 push the Linux platform vendor further into the cloud.
Tags: cloud computing, Red Hat, virtualization
Red Hat Shifts Open Source PaaS Cloud to the Enterprise
By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published November 27, 2012
Linux vendor brings PaaS deployments inside the enterprise firewall.
Tags: PaaS, open source, Red Hat
Red Hat: We're Not Just About Linux Anymore
By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published September 25, 2012
Red Hat CEO emphasizes middleware, storage and cloud opportunities as revenues continue to grow.
Tags: Red Hat, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Linux, Storage
Red Hat Revenue Increases 14.7%; Profit Decreases 12.4%
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published September 25, 2012
Higher operating costs and currency pressure affected the open source software firm.
Tags: software, revenue, Red Hat, open source, report
Red Hat's Latest Legal Battle? Storage.
By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published September 14, 2012
Open source Gluster comes under patent attack and Red Hat responds with a GPL counter-claim of its own.
Tags: open source, Red Hat
Tech Vendors Draft Cloud Interoperability Standards
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published August 31, 2012
Oracle, Red Hat and others want to make it easier to switch from one PaaS to another.
Tags: Red Hat, interoperability, standards, cloud computing, Oracle, PaaS
Red Hat Releases Openstack Preview
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published August 13, 2012
The company plans to release a commercially supported version of the open source cloud computing software next year.
Tags: IaaS, Red Hat, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, cloud computing, open source, OpenStack
Red Hat Releases Open Source OpenStack Cloud Preview
By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published August 13, 2012
First public OpenStack release from Red Hat lays the groundwork for future enterprise adoption and support.
Tags: Red Hat, OpenStack
Copyleft.next and the Future of GNU General Public Licenses
By Bruce Byfield | Article Published July 10, 2012
A bigwig at Red Hat launches a new licensing project, fueling major speculation.
Tags: open source, Red Hat, Linux, GPL, software licensing, GNU
Red Hat's OpenStack Plans Revealed
By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published July 05, 2012
Red Hat has fully embraced OpenStack and is now rapidly moving forward on building a commercially supported implementation.
Tags: OpenStack, Red Hat, Linux
How Red Hat Decides Which Open Source Companies to Buy
By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published June 29, 2012
Sometimes you buy and sometimes you build. How do you know when to do one or the other?
Tags: open source, Red Hat
Red Hat Grows on Windows to Linux Migration
By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published June 21, 2012
First quarter revenues at Linux vendor on the rise as bigger deals roll in.
Tags: Red Hat, Linux
Fedora 17 Takes to the Cloud
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published May 30, 2012
The latest version of the Linux distribution includes the OpenStack cloud computing platform.
Tags: open source, cloud computing, Red Hat, Linux, Fedora
OpenStack Lands IBM, Red Hat
By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published April 12, 2012
Open source cloud effort gets a major vote of confidence and millions of dollars of support.
Tags: Red Hat, IBM
Red Hat Hits $1 Billion, But It's Only the Third Inning
By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published March 29, 2012
Linux vendor hits a major revenue milestone, even as company CEO claims there's still a lot more that can and will be done.
Tags: open source, Red Hat, enterprise software, Linux
Red Hat Becomes First $1 Billion Open Source Company
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published March 29, 2012
The company reported $297 million in fourth quarter revenue.
Tags: Linux, open source, Red Hat, earnings
New Fedora Project Leader Sizes Up Linux
By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published February 13, 2012
Understanding where Fedora Linux is now and where it's going is a goal for the new leader of Red Hat's community Linux project.
Tags: Fedora, Red Hat, Linux
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: desktop linux, Windows, secure boot, Linux, Red Hat
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: patent, Microsoft, Red Hat
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: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat, Linux
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: Linus Torvalds, Red Hat, Xen, BTRFS, Linux kernel
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: open source, Red Hat, Apache, OpenOffice.org, Oracle
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, Microsoft, VMware, virtualization
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, virtualization, open source, RHEL, Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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: Linux desktop, Red Hat, KVM, Linux kernel, 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: JBoss, Red Hat, SOA, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Enterprise IT
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: enterprise linux, RHEL, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat, open source
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, OpenOffice.org, OpenOffice, Red Hat, 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: server software, Servers & Services, VMware, Novell Server, Red Hat
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, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat, cloud management tools, RHEL
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: open source, open source server, open source tools, Red Hat, MySQL
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: enterprise linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, Red Hat, Linux
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: cloud computing, enterprise linux, Red Hat, virtualization cloud, virtualization
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: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat, Linux, middleware, enterprise 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: Red Hat, earnings, Cisco, Linux, enterprise linux
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: Red Hat, enterprise linux, linux os, Linux, Novell
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, RHEL, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Linux, 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: patents, intellectual property, Linux, Novell, Red Hat
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, Red Hat, virtualization, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, open source
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, Red Hat, enterprise software, open source, 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, support, RHEL, third-party, Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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: Red Hat, open source, cloud services, cloud computing, Cloud
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: Fedora, Novell, Ubuntu, Linux desktop, Red Hat
Open Source Projects and the Meritocracy Myth
By Bruce Byfield | Article Published December 02, 2009
Contrary to the stated ethic, open source projects aren’t always led by the people who are most able.
Tags: Linux, open source, Novell, Red Hat
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: Oracle, OpenLogic, Red Hat, 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: server, Linux, Red Hat, Enterprise, services
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: open source, Linux, Red Hat, virtualization, VMware
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, Red Hat, Novell
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, open source, Microsoft, Linux, 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: cloud computing, virtualization, Linux, open source, Red Hat
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: middleware, Oracle, Java, Linux, Red Hat
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: Linux, services, Red Hat, virtualization, open source
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: Red Hat, Fedora, Linux, virtualization
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: open source, cloud computing, Red Hat, Windows, Linux
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: open source, FOSS, Linux, Red Hat, Intel
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, virtualization, open source, Oracle
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: SUSE, Red Hat, Windows, Linux, open source
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: Red Hat, open source, Linux, developers, Mozilla
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: services, Novell, Red Hat, Linux, Canonical
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: Microsoft, Citrix, Red Hat, virtualization, VMware
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: Cisco, open source, Linux, Red Hat, server
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: Red Hat, Novell, Linux, FOSS, 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: Novell, Linux, open source, Debian, Red Hat
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: Intel, Red Hat, Linux, Vista, Windows
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: open source, Linux, services, Red Hat, economy
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: Nokia, Novell, Red Hat, IT, Linux