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Live migration across different platforms demonstrated: A while back I received a note from Red Hat's PR company that exclaimed that Red Hat and AMD had successfully migrated a running virtual machine from a dual socket Intel Xeon DP Quad Core E5420-based system to a system based on the forthcoming 45nm Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processor, utilizing...; Tags: Red Hat Inc., Microprocessor, Migration, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Virtual Machine, Desktop Virtualization, Semiconductors, Processors, Open Source, Hardware, Components, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-11-14
Red Hat CEO: Vista marks end of 'planned software': Red Hat CEO: Vista marks end of 'planned software'Red Hat CEO: Vista marks end of 'planned software'Is this guy completely clueless? Who actually listens to this fool? Planned software is the backbone of the software industry. That is how they get customers to prepare for an upgrade...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, Operating systems, UNIX, IBM OS, Red Hat Inc., software, Linux, open source, operating system, Microsoft Windows Vista; Discussion threads 2008-10-20
Red Hat CEO: Money crisis will boost open source: Red Hat CEO: Money crisis will boost open sourceRed Hat CEO: Money crisis will boost open sourceNotice how he says open source but never uses the term linux. He know's that his company is dying because their one product is dying. Its almost laughable that he would openly...; Tags: future gain, Red Hat Inc., open source, Linux, open-source software; Discussion threads 2008-10-16
Surviving the recession with Free Enterprise OSes (Part 2): In Part 1, I discussed the four Free Linux distributions that are best position to provide extended support and ample functionality to an end user through a protracted recession, as well as having the characteristic "safeness" or "stability" factor in terms of being able to weather...; Tags: Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu, Sun Solaris 10, Red Hat Inc., Recession, Operating System, Novell OpenSuse, BSD, CentOS, Scientific Linux, LTS, LTS Version, Versions, Sun Solaris, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-10-14
Blood in the water and open source on the tracks: Blood in the water and open source on the tracksConsolidationYou've noticed, then, that the number of banks has been decreasing. And that the survivors are able to make substantial profits.True of the software industry as well, as you imply. Smaller companies of value are likely to be bought...; Tags: open source, Red Hat Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-10-03

Congress: Open-source for U.S. military: Congress: Open-source for U.S. militaryPosting to an open source forumThis is the President of the United States. The telephone operators at the White House's best known number have been instructed to confirm for anyone who calls that this post is not a hoax.Currently our missile defenses rely on open...; Tags: open source, NSA, Red Hat Inc., Novell Inc., agency, U.S. Congress; Discussion threads 2008-09-26
Red Hat beats estimates: Red Hat beats estimatesKind of like the Energizer bunny, they just keep going and going.One great competitor.; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Red Hat Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-09-24
Red Hat beats estimates: Red Hat, the largest provider of Linux software, posted its 2009 second quarter earnings, beating Wall Street's estimates. Revenue was $164.4 million, up 29 percent from the same quarter a year ago. Subscription revenue was $135.7 million, up 24% from last year. It reported a profit of...; Tags: Revenue, Red Hat Inc., Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Open Source, Hardware, Storage, Sam Diaz; Blog posts 2008-09-24
Virtualization: The race is on to corner the market: Virtualization: The race is on to corner the marketYou're a bit wrong about RedHatKVM isn't just in the kernel distributed by RedHat it's been folded into the official Linux kernel so what RedHat is doing is extending and adding control software above what is already present in the standard kernel.In...; Tags: cloud computing, OPEN SOURCE, Storage management, Utility computing, Red Hat Inc., kernel, virtualization, KVM; Discussion threads 2008-09-20
Microsoft Hyper-V to VMware: We have you surrounded: Microsoft Hyper-V to VMware: We have you surroundedWhat's the difference minus the hype?"Red Hat intros VMware hypervisor alternative based on KVM""Raleigh, N.C.-based Red Hat Inc. has set itself up as the alternative to VMware Inc., ..."A Linux-based hypervisor"The new hypervisor is a lightweight embeddable hypervisor for hosting Red Hat Enterprise...; Tags: Virtualization, Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, VMware Inc., Hyper-V, hypervisor, Microsoft Hyper-V, Microsoft Corp., Red Hat Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-09-11
Red Hat: Virtualization will be free: Red Hat: Virtualization will be freeI thought it already was. They call it WINE. ntnt = no textDude, ... stop playing WoW before you hurt yourself.Vitualization is a VM virtual machine, in which you can install an OS (Windows, GNU/Linux, BSD, etc). (win4lin, vmware, vitualpc, virgualbox, etc) WINE runs...; Tags: cloud computing, Storage management, Utility computing, Microsoft Windows, OPEN SOURCE, Vitualization, wine, virtualization, Red Hat Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-09-11
Red Hat draws its line in the virtual sand with Qumranet: Red Hat draws its line in the virtual sand with QumranetKVM is solid and cleanA lot of it is marketing, but the technology is excellent and can dominate the virtual desktop. The issue comes down to VDI already being a cost effective product compared to stand alone desktops and...; Tags: Desktops, desktop, Red Hat Inc., Qumranet, KVM; Discussion threads 2008-09-05
Red Hat buys Qumranet, adds gasoline to the spreading VDI bonfire: VDI, somewhat ironically, may also work well for market mover Microsoft as it seeks to slow the momentum to outright web-based and OSS/LAMP-supported applications and services for large businesses. Microsoft must realize that enterprises have had it with the high cost of maintaining and managing the traditional Windows OS in...; Tags: Desktop Virtualization, Red Hat Inc., Server, SolidICE VDI, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Desktops, Open Source, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Storage, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2008-09-05
Red Hat draws its line in the virtual sand with Qumranet: The caves of Qumran, located in in the highly disputed region of the West Bank that sits between Israel and Jordan and is populated by both Palestinians and Jews, is where the famous Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. The scrolls are said by many Judaic scholars...; Tags: Hypervisor, Red Hat Inc., Virtual Desktop, Qumranet, Open Source KVM, Virtualization, Hardware, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-09-04
Red Hat acquires Qumranet: I just received a press release telling me that one of my clients, Qumranet, has been acquired by Red Hat.This was not entirely unexpected. Here's what the release said Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced...; Tags: Red Hat Inc., Qumranet Inc., Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Open Source, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-09-04
News to know: RIP enterprise data center; Red Hat breach; Google: Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Dion Hinchcliffe: Are we ready to declare the "time of death" for the enterprise data center? Joe McKendrick: Is SOA an elixir or real fix for 'medieval'...; Tags: Google Inc., Red Hat Inc., Palm Inc., Video, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Corporate Communications, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Open Source, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-08-25
Red Hat (belatedly) confirms security breach: Red Hat belatedly confirms security breachthis is the evidence that open source linux security sucks!this is the evidence that open source linux security sucks!RE: Red Hat belatedly confirms security breachLOL!! What have I been saying all along? That linux is NOT secure and is NOT suitable for any purpose....; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Red Hat Inc., security, Linux, security breach, Microsoft Windows; Discussion threads 2008-08-22
Red Hat (belatedly) confirms security breach: More than a week after a cryptic note hinted at a security breach at Fedora, the open-source group has finally fessed up to two separate server intrusions that compromised the security of Red Hat's OpenSSH packages. The confirmation follows eight days of media speculation and conjecture over...; Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Security, Red Hat Inc., Fedora Project, Open Source, Servers, Hardware, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-08-22
Carnegie-Mellon freshman gets first Fedora scholarship: Zhou is an active member of the Red Hat Fedora community, working on the group's web site and infrastructure. He has also worked on localizing the project Web site. by Dana Blankenhorn; Tags: Carnegie-Mellon University, Red Hat Inc., Fedora Project, Scholarship, Zhou, Professional Development, Open Source, Web Site Development, Career, Internet, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-08-18
Exploits, vulnerabilities, and questions: When I read a report showing an overwhelming security advantage for Windows over both Linux and MacOS X, I didn't immediately believe it and when I looked more closely I ended up with more questions than I started with - including a zinger: did Microsoft find and fix bugs...; Tags: Red Hat Inc., Microsoft Windows XP, Vulnerability, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Kerberos, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Security, Open Source, Software, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-08-16

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