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The VAR Guy: Red Hat and IBM Corp. are countering VMware in the government market, promoting a secure virtualization platform on IBM x86 servers. But here's the twist: VMware has offered a similar level of security since at least 2010. Here's what you need to know.
The Register: Making a Linux distribution is easy, and lots of people have done it and continue to do it. All you have to do is get the source code and integrate the pieces you like and slap your logo on it.
ServerWatch: When Red Hat had its IPO in 1999, there was no such thing as Enterprise Linux.
Linux Planet: When Red Hat started out, there was no such thing as an enterprise Linux distribution.
Talkin' Cloud: So far, Red Hat is positioning OpenShift, a platform as a service (PaaS), mostly for enterprise customers and developers. There isn’t much -- if any -- chatter about OpenShift for SMB (small and midsize business) use.
ExecutiveBiz: Lynne Corddry serves as vice president of business development for the public sector at Red Hat.
LinuxPlanet: While the new Ubuntu release introduced both desktop and cloud based innovations, it wasn't the only active party on the Linux Planet.
InternetNews: From the 'Open Source PaaS' files
Red Hat has announced the availability of a public beta release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.3: "Today, Red Hat announces the availability of the public beta of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3. With this beta, Red Hat provides early access to the third minor release of....
The Frugal Networker: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), its flagship Linux product, is the one to watch in the data center for enterprise-level workloads including databases, application delivery and virtualization."
DevX: Open source Infinispan project reaches first beta of upcoming commercial Java product.
DatabaseJournal: 10gen the lead commercial sponsor behind the open source MongoDB database is partnering with enterprise Linux vendor Red Hat in a bid to grow marketshare.
InfoStor: Red Hat is advancing its storage platform development with Monday's beta release of Red Hat Storage 2.0.
InternetNews: From the 'Culture of Contribution' files:
Datamation: Linux vendor hits a major revenue milestone, even as company CEO claims there's still a lot more that can and will be done.
head_dunce writes "Now that Red Hat has officially posted more than a billion dollars in revenue, ($1.13 billion to be exact), the company's PR department sent this funny list of quotes predicting doom. For instance, 'We think of Linux as a competitor in the student and hobbyist market but I really don't think in the commercial market we'll see it in any significant way.' Bill Gates, 2001." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
ReadWriteWeb: Red Hat is getting set to take the wraps off the source code for OpenShift.
Linux.com: This achievement will finally put to bed the argument that "nobody can make money with open source."
InternetNews: Today Red Hat will officially become the first pure play Open Source and Linux vendor to top $1 Billion in revenues.
EntepriseAppsToday: Over a year after Oracle released its own flagship Linux release, its namesake database is finally certified to run on it.
The VAR Guy: "If Ubuntu is overtaking Red Hat Enterprise Linux in the server world, it would represent a major coup."
Phoronix:This initiative is about improving system logging on Linux.
InfoStor: "Back in December 2003 Red Hat purchased the GFS file system. GFS did not work out that well for Red Hat."
The VAR Guy: "The Linux chess match between Red Hat and Oracle now involves a showdown on long-term support strategies."
Oracle: As you probably know by now, we in the Oracle Linux Team are quite enthusiastic about Ksplice.
Phoronix: Does Red Hat Enterprise Linux perform any better (or worse) than the various "Enterprise Linux" distributions that are derived from RHEL?
OSTATIC: "Cox reported that 118 vulnerabilities were addressed in 42 advisories for the default install."
Red Hat has announced the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8: "We're pleased to announce the general availability of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8 operating system with new and improved functionality for enhanced performance, flexibility, and security. Our commitment to continuous innovation enables Red Hat Enterprise....
ServerWatch: Red Hat has built its' billion dollar business on the promise of being an open source vendor. It's a promise that they are now extending to the cloud.