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Red Hat partners with Amazon for Enterprise Linux fabric in Elastic Compute Cloud

Red Hat partners with Amazon for Enterprise Linux fabric in Elastic Compute Cloudnice, but expensive compared to base EC2For companies that really want paid support from Red Hat, this is a nice option, and it's great to see Amazon sign up a major partner like this. However, you can already...

Tags: Business structures, OPEN SOURCE, Red Hat Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Enterprise Linux fabric, Red Hat partner, Elastic Compute Cloud, EC2, Enterprise Linux, partnership

Discussion threads 2007-11-07

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News to know: Google; CTIA; Microsoft; Apple

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: FBI's 'Operation Phish Phry' snares nearly 100 people Sam Diaz:Mobile VoIP services no longer taboo, following AT&T...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Mobile, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, CTIA, Data Centers, Cellular Phones, Web Browsers, Podcasts, Tablets, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2009-10-08

News to know: AT&T; Apple; Google; Verizon; Microsoft

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Dancho Danchev: Weak passwords dominate statistics for Hotmail's phishing scheme leak Larry Dignan: The Android army: Verizon Wireless, Google...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Windows Mobile, Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Wireless, Wireless Coverage Data, Microsoft Windows, Mobile Operating Systems, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Wireless And Mobility, Handhelds, Wi-Fi, Mobile Applications, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-07

The Android army: Verizon Wireless, Google ink collaboration pact; Promise 'innovative applications'

The Android army: Verizon Wireless, Google ink collaboration pact; Promise Time to change my phone carrier, I don't need Google taking control and recording my conversations like they tried to do with Chrome.Yes yes yes!Hope for choice and an area of computing not controlled and manipulated by MSRE: The Android...

Tags: Smart phones, Telecom & Utilities, Verizon Communications Inc., collaboration pact, Google Inc., Verizon Wireless, phone, VZW, Apple iPhone, innovative application, collaboration

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

IBM, Canonical partner to target Africa netbook market; Upend Microsoft

Their timing is quite goodRight at this moment, the Internet infrastructure in Central Africa is being upgraded with new underwater fiber optic cable links that will ultimately bring Africa's broadband capacity on par with the rest of the world by late 2010. Their timing couldn't be better.Why not red hat...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., Divide-and-conquer, netbook, Language Support, Debian, Canonical, Red Hat Inc., Linux, Ubuntu

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

Open source living on VC time

The acquisition of SpringSource by VMWare, combined with Friendfeed's acquisition by Facebook, clears the decks for Benchmark Capital to make new investments. Kudos to the venture capital VC firm's general partner Peter Fenton, who shepherded both success stories through the venture capital process. The...

Tags: Open Source, Attention, Venture Capital, Investment, Finance, Financing Startups, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-08-11

Stratus bundles VMware vSphere Essentials

Stratus bundles VMware vSphere EssentialsStratusI know of Stratus as one of the few mini-computer makers which made fault-tolerant, non-stop, massively parallel machines. Tandem Computers, now owned by HP, is also a huge player in the non-stop computing market. If we could get that type of functionality on the...

Tags: Virtualization, Stratus Technologies, VMware vSphere, VMware Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-06-11

Cisco rallies channel to target virtualized data centers

Cisco said today that it will "grow, motivate and evolve" its channel partners as a way of turbo-boosting the adoption of virtualized data centers. At its partner summit, the company announced plans to expand its partner profitability program and launch IT certification training, as well as an expansion of its...

Tags: Virtual Data Center, Data Center, Cisco Systems Inc., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-06-03

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

OS execs split over fate of MySQL under Oracle's grip

  The fate of Sun's open source jewels -- especially MySQL -- has been heavily debated since Oracle announced its intentions to buy the Java giant earlier this week.  Few expect the Redwood Shores, Calif. database giant to mess with Java. It is a...

Tags: Oracle Corp., MySQL, Operating System, Open Source, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-04-24

Scareware meets ransomware: "Buy our fake product and we'll decrypt the files"

Scareware meets ransomware: "Buy our fake product and we'll decrypt the files"I imagine this is targeted ONLY to Windows platforms :-)As soon as I read this I looked over at my wife and said "God I'm glad we left Windows!" The more I read of this crap the happier I...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows, Viruses and worms, Scareware, RICO, MasterCard International, Visa Inc., malware, security

Discussion threads 2009-03-26

IBM's potential purchase of Sun: Here's why it makes sense

IBM is reportedly in talks to buy Sun Microsystems for $6.5 billion and the deal is long overdue. The companies mesh on the open source software front, Sun is struggling and IBM can consolidate some server market share.  First, the headlines. The Wall Street Journal is reporting...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., Matt Asay, Data Centers, Cloud Computing, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-18

Cisco's big data center plans: Assessing winners and losers rack by rack

Cisco on Monday rolled out its long-awaited vision of data center architecture, including multiple partners, a wire-once approach to link computing, virtualization, storage and networking and a call to lower costs. Let's assess the winners and losers of this rack-by-rack data center battle. As background, Cisco's Unified...

Tags: Data Center, Cisco Systems Inc., Set-up, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-16

News to know: Google Voice; Dumbphones; Rigged podcasts; Boxee

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ryan Naraine: Rigged podcasts can leak your iTunes username/password Sam Diaz: Google upgrades Grand Central, launches Google Voice Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft given...

Tags: Google Inc., Podcast, Apple iPod, Mobile, Voice, Apple iPod Shuffle, Apple Inc., Twitter, Sam Diaz, Advertising & Promotion, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Digital Music, Digital Media, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-12

Parallels' Serguei Beloussov speaks out on free XenServer

Parallels' CEO, Serguei Beloussov, has published his opinion regarding Citrix's recent announcement that they were making a free edition of XenServer available see Citrix launches a free version of XenServer and Citrix Essentials for more information. Let's hear what he has to say and review his comments. Here's what...

Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Xen, XenServer, Parallels, Virtualization, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-02-24

Red Hat and Citrix ratchet up open source virtualization relevancy

The open source hypervisor landscape got a lot more interesting today after the latest announcements from Red Hat and Citrix. Both were shots across the bow of VMware’s juggernaut, but Red Hat’s volley may have overshot and struck Xen.org in the stern. Citrix, the flag bearer for...

Tags: Hypervisor, Red Hat Inc., Open Source, Citrix Systems Inc., Xen, KVM, Virtualization, Hardware, James Staten

Blog posts 2009-02-23

It's true: Microsoft and Red Hat cooperate on virtualization

I thought I was dreaming when a Microsoft friend told me yesterday that Microsoft and Red Hat are cooperating on virtualization. But it is true, and somewhat inevitable for the reluctant rivals. Microsoft and Red Hat will offer joint technical support on their respective...

Tags: Novell Inc., Virtualization, Red Hat Inc., Microsoft Corp., Chances, Open Source, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-02-17

IBM, Amazon foreshadow a bevy of connecting clouds; Is Microsoft surrounded?

If there were any lingering doubts about whether Amazon Web Services were enterprise ready they dissolved this week once IBM became a partner. And now that Amazon and IBM have teamed up a picture of multiple computing clouds is emerging. Amazon Web Services teamed up with IBM...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Cloud Computing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-02-13

Microsoft vs. Open Source competitors

Microsoft vs. Open Source competitors Haven't you ever heard of Interoperability?The reality of IT unlike that unreality which ZDNet bloggers write about is that most if not all IT Departments run multiple IT systems from mainframes to distributed servers and multiple OS's from Unix to Windows to Linux.How hard is...

Tags: Sales strategy, Operating systems, Sales force management, Now Let, Microsoft Corp., Open Source competitor, open source, Linux, MySpace, OEM, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-02-08

News to know: Macworld; Windows 7; Snow Leopard; Web 2.0 security; IT strategy

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ed Bott: Five things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7 Mary Jo Foley: Macs vs. PCs: Is it still a 'tax' if users happily pay...

Tags: Strategy, Security, Web, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows 7, Information Technology, Twitter, Web 2.0, Software As A Service (SaaS), Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Managed Hosting, Open Source, Internet, Emerging Technologies, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-06