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Google's Chrome May Shift the OS Landscape (PC World)Linus Torvalds developed the Linux kernel in 1991. Linux did not really reach the mainstream until Red Hat succeeded in achieving some level of commercial success with it around 2000. There are a wide variety of Linux builds available... In this article: Google, Google Chrome OS, Microsoft, Linux, Cloud computing, Red Hat, Apple, Web-based, Ms-dos, and Android |
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eWEEK Technology News | November 03, 2009
Red Hat Takes on VMware, Microsoft in Server Virtualization
...based on Red Hat s KVM (Kernal-based Virtual Machine) technology. KVM, which was introduced in September as part of the company s RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) 5.4 release. KVM is essentially integrated into the Linux kernel, which gives it...
In this article: Vmware, Microsoft, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Cloud computing, All rights reserved, Trademark, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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CNET News.com | November 10, 2009
When open source isn't (open enough)
...arisen over Google's management of Chrome and Chrome OS. Even Red Hat, the quintessential open-source company, is primarily known for what it distributes, not what it develops. Red Hat, of course, works alongside IBM and other corporate...
In this article: Java, Google, MySQL, CNET, IBM, Chrome OS, and Revenue
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Computer World | October 07, 2009
Microsoft, Red Hat seal the deal on interoperability
...work by the two companies helps expand support on both platforms. Red Hat already supports VMware, while Microsoft has a support deal with Novell and its Suse Linux platform. In July, Microsoft shocked the industry by contributing...
In this article: Microsoft, Windows Server 2008, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Hyper-V, Mike Neil, Citrix, Novell, and Corporate development
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Wikipedia | December 23, 2008
Journaling block device
Journaling block device JBD, or journaling block device, is a generic block device journaling layer in the Linux kernel written by Stephen C. Tweedie from Red Hat. JBD provides an abstract interface that can be used by any file systems to...
In this article: Stephen C. Tweedie and Linux kernel
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The Register | November 03, 2009
Red Hat pitches x64 virtualization with KVM rollout
...the Xen hypervisor, which was grafted onto the initial RHEL 5 release back in March 2007 to give Red Hat some kind of server virtualization to peddle. Red Hat says that if an application is certified to run on RHEL, than it is certified to...
In this article: VM, Vmware, Microsoft, Hyper-V, ESX Server, Linux, Xen, and Citrix Systems
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What I learned from Lineo's failure The Open Road - The Business and Politics of Open Source by Matt Asay - CNET News
...to pay. Red Hat is responsible for 14 percent or more of the Linux kernel, which gives it soft control of the Linux kernel, but it's real value differentiator is in its Red Hat Network and other ancillary services. A business that...
In this article: Lineo, Lineo, CNET, Linux, Linux kernel, Microsoft, and Suicide
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Red Hat pumps out commercial KVM
...RHEL 5.0 was launched in March 2007. When Red Hat caught the virtualization bug several years back, Xen was the horse to back, and Red Hat did, just like Novell, Sun Microsystems, Oracle, and others did. But KVM is, according to Red Hat, a...
In this article: Xen, Hyper-V, Chicago, SystemTap, Linux kernel, ESX Server, Vmware, and Advanced Micro Devices
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In computing, Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT) is a company in the free and open source software sector, and a major Linux distribution vendor. Founded in 1995, Red Hat has its corporate headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina with satellite offices worldwide.
Red Hat has become associated to a large extent with its enterprise operating system Red Hat Enterprise Linux and with the acquisition of open-source enterprise middleware vendor JBoss. Red Hat provides operating-system platforms along with middleware, applications, and management solutions, as well as support, training, and consulting services.
- Name:
- Red Hat, Inc.
- Location City:
- Raleigh, North Carolina
- Location Country:
- USA
- Founded:
- 1995
- Stock Symbol:
- RHT
- Industry:
- Computer software
- Key People:
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- Bob Young, Founder
- Matthew Szulik, Chairman
- Jim Whitehurst, CEO
- Marc Ewing, Founder
- Products:
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- JBoss Enterprise Middleware
- Red Hat High performance Computing
- Fedora
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Red Hat Certificate System
- Red Hat Directory Server
- Revenue:
- $400.6 million USD (2007)
- Net Income:
- 59.9 million USD (2007)
- No. of Employees:
- 2200 (2008)
- Market Cap:
- $2.87 billion USD (2008)
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