Red Hat and IBM have expanded their existing partnership, with Red Hat bringing its top-end version of Linux to all four of IBM's server lines and with IBM's services and software divisions supporting Red Hat's software.
In years past, it was an early investor in Linux seller Red Hat and helped Linux programmers to support Intel chip features. The chipmaker likely will begin by releasing a proprietary software module, called a driver, said Will Swope, general...
Linux seller Red Hat reported on Wednesday that it had outpaced analysts' revenue and profit expectations for its most recent quarter, suggesting they raise future financial projections and boasting of gains against competitors.
He said many customers began with their own versions of Linux before turning to Red Hat for support. Among them is Brian Stevens, chief technology officer of Linux seller Red Hat. Its Linux core begins not with software from a company such as Red...
Red Hat plans to ship the next version of its premium Linux product on 28 February, debuting major virtualisation technology but missing an earlier deadline by about two months. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 had been scheduled to ship by the end of 2006.
Red Hat, planning a new expansion beyond its core Linux operating system business, will launch a service later this year called the Red Hat Exchange to sell partners' open source software. The service marks a new stage both in Red Hat's competition...