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  Red Hat preps RHEL 7 for second half of 2013

  The next major release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), version 7, is targeted for release in the second half of 2013, Red Hat said on Tuesday, as it also celebrated the tenth anniversary of its enterprise OS.

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 16 May, 2012 06:06

  Tags: software, Red Hat, operating systems, open source, Linux

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  Google shares Codie award for best cloud application/service

  This evening's annual Codie awards for business software features a three-way tie in cloud computing, with Google, Keynote Systems, and Scribe Software all winning in the Best Cloud Application/Service category.

  By Paul Krill | 11 May, 2012 10:30

  Tags: Venafi, The Industry Standard, Technology Business, software, Red Hat, Keynote Systems, internet, Google, Flexera Software, dell, cloud computing, boomi, applications

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  Red Hat, Dell announce OEM partnership

  The announcement Tuesday of a new partnership between Dell and Red Hat could mark a further expansion of open-source software use in the enterprise.

  By Jon Gold | 08 May, 2012 23:37

  Tags: software, Red Hat, operating systems, oem, Linux, dell, corporate issues, business issues

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  Red Hat beta release stuffed with new features

  Red Hat released a feature-packed beta of Enterprise Linux 6.3 earlier this week, making major changes in areas ranging from security to virtualization.

  By Jon Gold | 27 April, 2012 07:30

  Tags: beta, Intel, Linux, open source, operating systems, Red Hat, software, test, VMware

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  Red Hat's reaction to Microsoft's open-source spinoff: Welcome! (mostly)

  The news that Microsoft's new Open Technologies unit would be spun off from the company and dedicated to advancing its interests in the open-source market drew a mostly positive response from Red Hat this morning.

  By Jon Gold | 17 April, 2012 22:35

  Tags: Microsoft, Microsoft open source, Microsoft Open Technologies, open source, Red Hat, software

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  Red Hat looks at New Zealand for further open source growth

  Red Hat has become the first open source company to exceed $US1 billion in annual revenue.

  By Randal Jackson | 13 April, 2012 07:56

  Tags: open source, Red Hat, software

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  IBM, Red Hat to join OpenStack Foundation

  The open-source OpenStack cloud infrastructure stack has gained a number of additional powerful allies, as IBM and Red Hat have both agreed to support the OpenStack Foundation, according to organizers behind the soon-to-be-created body.

  By Joab Jackson | 13 April, 2012 04:41

  Tags: cloud computing, Infrastructure services, internet, open source, Red Hat, software

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  OpenStack scores IBM, Red Hat, Yahoo support

  As OpenStack backers prepare for a design summit next week that will outline the future of the open source cloud project, three big-name companies - IBM, Red Hat and Yahoo - all officially joined OpenStack today.

  By Brandon Butler | 13 April, 2012 04:29

  Tags: cloud computing, IBM, internet, open source cloud, OpenStack, Red Hat, Yahoo

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  Red Hat announces beta availability of Storage 2.0

  A beta version of Red Hat Storage 2.0 was announced Monday by the Massachusetts-based open-source software company.

  By Jon Gold | 10 April, 2012 07:29

  Tags: Linux, non-Windows, open source software, operating systems, Red Hat, Red Hat Storage, shuttle, software, ubuntu

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  Report: IBM, Red Hat to join OpenStack

  IBM and Red Hat could soon be joining the ranks of OpenStack supporters, giving the open source Cloud project a big boost.

  By Brandon Butler | 06 April, 2012 08:32

  Tags: Apache Software Foundation, cloud computing, dell, engine yard, equinix, IBM, Intel, internet, NASA, netapp, OpenStack, rackspace, Red Hat, software

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  Microsoft counted as key Linux contributor, for now anyway

  For the first time ever, and probably only temporarily, Microsoft can be counted as a key contributor to Linux.

  By Joab Jackson | 04 April, 2012 01:43

  Tags: IBM, Intel, Linux, Microsoft, non-Windows, open source, operating systems, oracle, Red Hat, software

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  Red Hat: Beware of cloud 'open-washing'

  Open source software company Red Hat believes that companies like VMware and Microsoft are skewing the definition of open cloud by claiming that their virtualisation products are open when in fact they are closed.

  By Sophie Curtis | 31 March, 2012 06:08

  Tags: Configuration / maintenance, data centre, hardware systems, Microsoft, Red Hat, virtualisation, Virtualization, VMware

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  Wall Street Beat: Tech ends best quarter in markets since dot-com bust

  Thanks to optimism about the U.S. economy and some good signs from tech vendor financial reports, IT companies Friday ended their best quarter on the markets since the end of 2000, when the dot-com bubble burst and shares plunged.

  By Marc Ferranti | 31 March, 2012 08:18

  Tags: Apple, business issues, financial results, Red Hat, research in motion, tibco

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  Red Hat joins the billion-dollar club

  It's official: Red Hat is the first open-source software company to generate a billion dollars in annual revenue.

  By Joab Jackson | 29 March, 2012 09:06

  Tags: business issues, financial results, open source, Red Hat, software

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  Slashdot users debate the meaning of 'success' in open source

  If there's one thing commenters on a recent Slashdot post could agree on, it's that it is difficult to come to any agreement on a standard metric of success for open-source projects.

  By Jon Gold | 29 March, 2012 06:39

  Tags: open source, Red Hat, slashdot, software