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Linux vendors rush to patch privilege escalation flaw after root exploits emerge

Posted January 24, 2012 - 1:23 pm

Linux vendors are rushing to patch a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Linux kernel that can be exploited by local attackers to gain root access on the system.
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Red Hat RHEV pressed into action

Posted January 18, 2012 - 4:54 pm

Red Hat has released the third version of its Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization RHEV virtualization software package, which includes improvements that would make it suitable for larger deployments, and a new console for self-provisioning.
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Red Hat's Linux changes: Fixes or ISV positioning?

Posted December 1, 2011 - 10:56 am

Proposals from the Fedora Project that could change the fundamental infrastructure of Linux may raise questions on why Red Hat seems to be pushing away from existing standards.
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Red Hat adds app lifecycle tools to PaaS preview

Posted November 15, 2011 - 12:50 pm

Red Hat has outfitted its OpenShift hosted application platform with a set of application development lifecycle tools to simplify deployment on the PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service), the company announced Tuesday.
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Red Hat Gluster, the cloud storage monster

Posted November 8, 2011 - 8:51 pm

With the Gluster acquisition, Red Hat has renewed interest in distributed storage -- and become a big data storage player overnight.
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Microsoft, Red Hat spar over secure boot-loading tech

Posted September 23, 2011 - 11:59 am

Is Microsoft using a next-generation computing boot-loading technology to lock out the use of Linux and other OSEs on certain computers? While Microsoft has denied malicious intent, one Red Hat developer maintains that this may be the case.
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Virtualization shoot-out: Red Hat enterprise virtualization

Posted August 8, 2011 - 2:39 pm

Red Hat's server virtualization solution mixes ease and scalability with a few odd limitations
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Red Hat shares rise on Q1 earnings gain

Posted June 22, 2011 - 5:19 pm

Enterprise open-source software and services market leader Red Hat on Wednesday reported a 42 percent increase in fiscal first-quarter profits.
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Big vendors look to challenge VMware with open source

Posted May 19, 2011 - 4:06 pm

Several big IT vendors, including IBM, HP, BMC Software, Intel and Red Hat, are banding together to promote an open source virtualization platform as an alternative to VMware.
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Hyper-V shines spotlight on CentOS, ready soon for 6.0 release

Posted May 18, 2011 - 7:00 am

As Red Hat and other vendors play defense in virtualization, Microsoft's announced support of CentOS on Hyper-V begs the question: when is CentOS 6 coming? Really soon, according to its lead developer.
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Red Hat CEO hates patent trolls, but says sometimes you just have to pay up

Posted May 5, 2011 - 1:47 pm

As Red Hat grows, it attracts more lawsuits from patent trolls and has to settle many of them, CEO says.
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Red Hat bashes Microsoft, VMware while pitching new cloud software

Posted May 4, 2011 - 2:48 pm

Red Hat claimed it is the only choice for openness in the cloud, as the open source vendor unveiled private cloud software and a public cloud service.
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Red Hat to preview Java caching technology

Posted May 3, 2011 - 5:33 pm

Red Hat will offer a commercial version of its Infinispan data grid technology
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Recent patent litigation unveils greed and need for reform

Posted April 29, 2011 - 8:31 am

If there were ever a week where anyone could see just how remarkable stupid patent infringement litigationbhad become, this would certainly be it.
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Patent verdict no reason to worry about Linux

Posted April 25, 2011 - 10:00 am

A patent troll wins minor damages against Linux user Google. Don't write off Linux yet.
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LinuxCon to feature Red Hat, WebOS, Ubuntu and more as Linux turns 20

Posted April 15, 2011 - 5:52 am

Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst, HP CTO Phil McKinney, Ubuntu technical architect Allison Randal and Marten Mickos of MySQL and Eucalyptus will keynote LinuxCon.
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Red Hat becomes cloud service provider

Posted April 14, 2011 - 1:09 pm

A product team acquired by Red Hat is working on a new cloud platform for open source developers.
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Red Hat cache move sparks standards spat

Posted April 14, 2011 - 7:05 am

Red Hat's nomination for a Java EE distributed data cache sparks a standards war
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Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization

Posted April 13, 2011 - 11:13 am

Red Hat's server virtualization solution mixes ease and scalability with a few odd limitations
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Is Cloud Foundry something we need?

Posted April 13, 2011 - 6:43 am

Following the technology offerings in open source cloudspace is a bit challenging of late, what with all the PR and hype about "we're open!" flying about. What, then, are we to make of VMware's recent Cloud Foundry announcement?
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Red Hat shares soar after hours following Q4 results

Posted March 23, 2011 - 5:07 pm

Shares of Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) skyrocketed almost 11 percent in after-hours trading Wednesday following the release of the open-source software vendor's fiscal fourth quarter earnings report. (Also see: Red Hat Defends Kernel Code Obfuscation)
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Intel woes: Oracle ditches Itanium, mobility group chief quits

Posted March 23, 2011 - 10:30 am

Oracle became the third major developer to abandon high-end Itanium chips just as the guy leading its effort to catch ARM and Nvidia quits.
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Is it really a business vs. open source world?

Posted March 14, 2011 - 2:03 pm

Look at the news and the blogosphere, and lately it seems like every major distro company's in some kind of hot water with various elements of the community. Is it an inevitable product of business involvement in FLOSS?
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Red Hat 'virtualizes' data with new JBoss ESB

Posted March 9, 2011 - 9:09 pm

Red Hat's JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform 5.1 virtualizes architecture
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Red Hat Defends Kernel Code Obfuscation

Posted March 4, 2011 - 4:34 pm

After watching Oracle eat away at Red Hat Enterprise Linux business with Oracle Enterprise Linux, Red Hat has decided to launch a competitive strategy with its RHEL source code that will make it more difficult for Oracle and other downstream RHEL-based distros to follow in RHEL's footsteps.
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