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- Is an IBM purchase of Red Hat inevitable?
- Despite a bevy of questions---looming competition from Oracle, takeover rumors and a weak economy---Red Hat appears to be humming along, according to Jeffries analyst Katherine Egbert. But in the long run, Red Hat will have to be subsumed into a large company---most likely IBM. In a research...
- Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Oracle Corp., Red Hat Inc., IBM Corp., Katherine Egbert, IT Game, Open Source, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-05-15
- The Red Hat and Microsoft pact: A nice win for mixed source shops; Frenemies vs VMware
- Red Hat and Microsoft have teamed up on a virtualization interoperability pact that's a big deal for customers--especially the mixed source variety--and a potential worry for VMware. The announcement, which landed Monday, has a few moving parts, but the big takeaway is that each company will validate...
- Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Inc., VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Virtualization, Open Source, Cloud Computing, Servers, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-02-17
- HOPS Dynamically Reveals Intelligence From Billions of Data Records in Seconds With HP Integrity Servers and Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- HOPS is a leading provider of data analytic tools and products, utilizing its unique data analysis engine to quickly get clients to places they have never been before. HOPS wanted to maximize performance for complex data analysis and ensure high availability to meet 24x7 customer demands. The challenge was to...
- Tags: Enterprise Linux, HP Integrity, Data Analysis, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Hewlett-Packard Co., Red Hat Inc., HOPS, Linux, Databases, Open Source, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Hardware
- Case studies 2009-01-01
- 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
- Deploying Oracle RAC 11g R1 on RHEL 5 or SLES 10 With Oracle ASM on the IBM DS3400, DS4200, DS4700, and DS4800 Storage Subsystems
- Oracle Real Application Clusters RAC is an option to the Enterprise Edition Oracle Database. Oracle RAC supports the deployment of a single database across a cluster of servers providing enhanced fault tolerance, performance, and scalability. Oracle RAC solutions are growing in importance for a wide range of customer implementations across...
- Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Oracle Corp., Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Oracle Real Application Cluster, IBM Corp., Oracle RAC Solution, Blade Servers, Databases, Enterprise Software, Servers, Hardware, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2008-09-01
- 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
- Red Hat's PV drivers boosts performance of Windows, older Linux guests on Xen-based RHEL 5
- Red Hat has significantly sped up the performance of Windows and Linux guests running on its Xen-based Red Hat Enterprise 5 platform. The Raleigh, NC software company released on May 20 paravirtualized drivers that significantly improve the performance of older Red Hat Enterprise 3 and 4 workloads...
- Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Linux, Performance, Red Hat Inc., Photovoltaics, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Xen, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-05-29
- SLES 10.2, RHEL 5.2 Linux upgrades offer better Microsoft, IBM support
- SLES 10.2, RHEL 5.2 Linux upgrades offer better Microsoft, IBM supportand for you OES2 users...Don't install SLES10 SP2 - it breaks OES2. That includes using the ZEN-Updater to update the SLES10-LIBZYPP that breaks ZMD.There will be an OES2 SP2 coming out later.Check out Novell TID:7000387 at http://support.novell.com regarding updating...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Servers, IBM Corp., Linux, Microsoft Corp., SLES10 SP2, OES2 SP2, RHEL 5.2, RHEL 5.2 Linux, SLES 10.2, Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-05-22
- How fast will you upgrade your Linux installation?
- How fast will you upgrade your Linux installation?UpgradeI've just upgraded my dualboot win98 / PCLinuxOS pc. The new Puppy Linux 4.00 came out a few weeks ago and I installed it and made my pc into a triple boot pc. But Puppy Linux is so fast that I am now...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Servers, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Inc., Linux, Fedora Project, Linux Installation
- Discussion threads 2008-05-22
- SLES 10.2, RHEL 5.2 Linux upgrades offer better Microsoft, IBM support
- The two largest commercial Linux providers have released updates to their distributions with enhanced virtualization features and better support for Microsoft and IBM environments. On Wednesday, Novell announced availability of its SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 Service Pack 2 and Red Hat’s Enterprise Linux 5.2 hit the streets. ...
- Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Desktop, Novell Inc., Linux, Red Hat Inc., Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Open Source, Operating Systems, Servers, Hardware, Storage, Software, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-05-22
- Using SELinux on an ICE-Linux CMS
- This white paper is intended for IT professionals interested in using ICE-Linux with Security-Enhanced Linux SELinux extensions enabled on Central Management Server CMS running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (RHEL 5). This white paper includes SELinux access violations, policy Boolean variables, policy modules, and audit log analysis. With a combined...
- Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, SELinux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2008-05-01
- Linux AutomAtion: Using Red Hat Enterprise Linux to Extract Maximum Value From IT Infrastructure
- Building an efficient, flexible IT infrastructure is the key to containing both capital and operational costs while boosting business growth, capacity, and performance. Red Hat Enterprise Linux allows IT managers to certify applications once and deploy them anywhere, bridge silos of IT capacity, and build an efficient dynamic architecture that...
- Tags: Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, IT Infrastructure, Red Hat Inc., Information Technology, Automation, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2008-05-01
- Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Using Oracle Real Application Clusters on IBM BladeCenter Running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and IBM System Storage DS3400
- This paper discusses the necessary steps to prepare for and successfully install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 32-bit and Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition with Oracle Real Application Clusters 32-bit on IBM BladeCenter servers and IBM System Storage disks. The operating system environment described is the 2.6 kernel-based Red Hat...
- Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Oracle Corp., IBM eServer BladeCenter, Red Hat Inc., Storage, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Oracle Database, Oracle Real Application Cluster, IBM Corp., Blade Servers, Databases, Enterprise Software, Open Source, Operating Systems, Servers, Hardware, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2008-04-01
- Deploying Oracle Database 11g R1 Enterprise Edition Real Application Clusters With Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1 and Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.1 on Dell PowerEdge Servers, Dell/EMC Storage
- Oracle 11g is the latest evolvement of Oracle database technology, which brings many new features and enhancements to its customers including a database replay feature, which allows customers to simulate the production system on a test system by replaying the production workload on the test system, allowing customers to test...
- Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Dell PowerEdge Server, Dell Computer Corp., Oracle Corp., Red Hat Inc., Dell PowerEdge, EMC Corp., Oracle Database, Oracle Real Application Cluster, Production System, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Servers, Hardware, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2008-04-01
- Gnome 2.2 now available, planned for Ubuntu 8.04, RHEL 6, SLES 11
- Gnome 2.2 now available, planned for Ubuntu 8.04, RHEL 6, SLES 11I do not like KDE at all, but, that is what is great about Linux -there is choice. With Windows, it is take it or leave it.RE: Gnome 2.2 now available, planned for Ubuntu 8.04, RHEL 6, SLES 11GNOME...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, GNOME, KDE, Gnome 2.2, SLES 11, RHEL 6, Ubuntu 8.04, Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-03-12
- Gnome 2.2 now available, planned for Ubuntu 8.04, RHEL 6, SLES 11
- The GNOME Foundation announced the release of version 2.22 on Wednesday, an update that offers enhanced multimedia support, new file system, and enhanced e-mail, internationalization and accessibility features. GNOME is used in many popular Linux distributions from Ubuntu, Novell, Red Hat, Mandriva and Debian. The version...
- Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu, GNOME, Open Source, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-03-12
- An Assessment of Leadership Performance With POWER6 Processors and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1
- Compute-intensive performance is increasingly required for today's high-performance environments. The IBM System p 570 with POWER6 processors provides leadership performance and demonstrates excellent scalability moving from one node to four nodes in this environment while providing linear SMP Symmetric Multiprocessing scaling and growth for workloads similar to the metrics used...
- Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Leadership, Red Hat Inc., IBM POWER6, IBM Corp., Compute-intensive Performance, Processors, Open Source, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- White papers 2008-01-31
- Deploying Oracle Database 10g R2 Standard Edition Real Application Clusters With Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Advanced Server X86_64 on Dell PowerEdge Servers and Dell PowerVault MD3000i iSCSI Storage
- Dell PowerEdge servers and Dell PowerVault MD3000i iSCSI SAN storage systems are ideal choices for deploying highly reliable and sustainable Oracle 10g databases. This white paper is intended to help IT professionals design and configure Oracle 10g database solutions - using Dell servers and storage - that apply "Best practices"...
- Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Dell PowerEdge Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, Dell Computer Corp., Dell PowerVault, Oracle Corp., Red Hat Inc., Dell PowerEdge, Oracle Database, Oracle Database 10g, Oracle Real Application Cluster, Servers, Storage, Storage Management, Open Source, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2007-12-01
- Red Hat
- Last week Red hat made a number of announcements that indicate the company is following the trends in virtualization from the large to the small by gathering up features provided by others in the open source community and bringing them under the company's umbrella, err, big Red Hat. ...
- Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Virtualization, Red Hat Inc., Red Hat Network, Open Source, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2007-11-12
- Red Hat, Novell race to offer better Windows guest support, Windows Server 2008 virtualization support
- Even as rival Novell celebrates an expanded technical collaboration with Microsoft, Red Hat has released a 5.1 update designed to make its Linux a better platform for virtualizing Linux and Windows workloads. The software, released Wednesday, for instance, offers live migration and save/restore support for fully...
- Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Novell Inc., Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Inc., Xen, Microsoft Windows, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Operating Systems, Linux, Storage Management, Servers, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Storage, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2007-11-08

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