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Red Hat boosts enterprise virtualisation portfolio

Red Hat has released new components in its enterprise virtualisation portfolio, including a stand-alone hypervisor and management platform for servers. Read more »

Red Hat hypervisor tools to run on Windows only

Open-source company Red Hat will initially offer its hypervisor management tools for Windows systems only. Read more »

Red Hat builds one API for many clouds

Red Hat has launched a project to create an API that will let developers write applications for use across many kinds of cloud. Read more »

Red Hat adds virtualisation, cloud to RHEL

Open-source software company Red Hat has made a bid at cloud virtualisation with the release of the latest version of its operating system, which includes a built-in hypervisor. Read more »

Red Hat chief: 'Cheaper generally wins'

Red Hat's chief executive, Jim Whitehurst, has claimed his company is well placed to deal with the current economic crisis because it is a low-cost supplier. Read more »

Red Hat: The hypervisor will be free

Linux vendor Red Hat has predicted that virtualisation software will be included in all operating systems for free, while setting out the roles of the two hypervisors it is working on for its own product range. Read more »

New Linux kernel expands virtualisation support

Open source developers on Sunday released the latest stable version of the Linux kernel, version 2.6.26, adding improvements for wireless, virtualisation, multimedia and other features. Read more »

Mobile Ubuntu Linux released

Canonical on Tuesday released its first publicly available developer edition of Ubuntu for mobile internet devices. Read more »

Red Hat dolls up Linux with embedded hypervisor

Linux specialist Red Hat has announced it is developing an embedded hypervisor product that it claims will complement, rather than compete with, its existing virtualisation strategy. Read more »

Ubuntu gets served by enterprise

Canonical, the Linux distribution maker best known for the Ubuntu Linux desktop operating system, has taken the wraps off a new release of the server edition of its product. Read more »

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2009: A Linux year in review

This article looks back over the year 2009 at developments in the world of Linux and Open Source. What do you think are the big stories? Read more »

10 reasons why Linux will triumph over Windows

Windows 7 may be generating some positive buzz, but the author remains sceptical. In fact, he says it's only a matter of time before Linux takes its rightful spot at the top of the OS heap. Read more »

The Evolution of Linux

This article shows how Xorg has evolved into something unexpected. Read more »

10 things you should know about advanced power management

One of the biggest issues facing IT professionals is power management. Today's data centres, deployed solutions, and explosive growth in technology warrants a fresh look at the power strategies you have in place. Read more »

KVM steals virtualisation spotlight

A new open-source virtual-machine project has quickly won Linux allies, but its arrival brings complications. Read more »

Dive into the J2ME configuration layer

Explore the J2ME configuration layer, focusing on Connected Limited Device Configuration (CLDC) and Connected Device Configuration (CDC). Read more »

J2ME vs BREW for wireless development

Find out the similarities and key differences between Sun's Java Micro Edition and Qualcomm's Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless. Read more »

Making sense of the J2ME

It can often be difficult to sort out the acronyms associated with Java's Micro Edition. ZDNet Australia attempts to alleviate some of the confusion with this handy guide. Read more »

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Share a keyboard and mouse with Synergy

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Even in the era of virtualization, many IT pros (including myself) have a small army of computers sitting on, under, and around their desks. Read more »

Hypervisor price tag: 500 million dollars!

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- In this week's roundup we look at Citrix's purchase of XenSource, whether Sharepoint is Microsoft's new platform for lock-in, as well as a plethora of Google news. Read more »

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