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Purdue IT Staff Builds Supercomputer In A Half Day
(May 13, 2008, 15:00 UTC) (1799 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
InformationWeek: "Dwight McKay, Purdue's director of systems engineering, said Steele is running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0..."

SaaS, Open Source and the Migration of Burden
(May 8, 2008, 21:45 UTC) (1380 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
McPherson: "Just the week before I had a reporter ask me how Linux is going to deal with the threat of cloud computing. The threat? I told her that virtually all of the major cloud computing initiatives (except Microsoft’s) are built on Linux..."

Nortel Pitches Networks Revamp For Virtualization
(May 1, 2008, 12:00 UTC) (1083 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
internetnews.com: "Linux-based hardware appliance aims to optimize virtualization for datacenter deployment..."

If They Mated: Intel and Cray to Conceive x86 Linux Monster
(Apr 30, 2008, 19:30 UTC) (2032 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Ars Technica: "In a move that could have broad implications for the high-performance computing market, Intel and Cray have announced a broad collaboration that will see engineers from the two companies work together on future products and projects..."

Commercial KVM-Based Virtual Desktop Program Arrives
(Apr 30, 2008, 17:15 UTC) (2022 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux.com: "Now, Qumranet, the company behind KVM, is releasing a commercial virtual desktop called Solid ICE based on KVM technology..."

Linux and Formula One
(Apr 30, 2008, 09:00 UTC) (2639 reads) (4 talkbacks) (feedback)
ITPro: "It is a testament to the rapid advance of Linux in high performance computing that most teams in Formula 1 have been using Linux systems in their aerodynamic and engine workshops for a number of years..."

Red Hat Ups Virtualization With AMD and HP
(Apr 23, 2008, 21:45 UTC) (1906 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
internetnews.com: "Red Hat has been partnering with chip vendors AMD and Intel for a long time..."

OpenOffice.org Storms Away--On the Continent
(Apr 20, 2008, 00:00 UTC) (7363 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Computerworld UK: "Some people get sniffy about OpenOffice.org, calling it mickey mouse in comparison to the 'serious' and 'grown-up' Microsoft Office..."

Anatomy of Real-Time Linux Architectures
(Apr 18, 2008, 04:30 UTC) (2258 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
developerWorks: "This article explores some of the Linux architectures that support real-time characteristics and discusses what it really means to be a real-time architecture..."

Paravirtualization Dead? I Didn't Know It Was Sick
(Apr 17, 2008, 22:30 UTC) (3296 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
"A friend of mind sent me this link to an entry on Avi Kivity's blog, where the KVM maintainer and Linux kernel developer states (somewhat equivocally) that 'paravirtualization is dead...'"

Linux Ready for Real-Time Computing in Financial Services
(Apr 16, 2008, 22:30 UTC) (1967 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
SearchEnterpriseLinux: "Is Linux capable of handling the mission-critical, high-volume demands of the world's biggest financial institutions...?"

How Much Can You Improve Network Throughput with a High-End NIC?
(Apr 14, 2008, 07:30 UTC) (2931 reads) (2 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux.com: "What sort of impact can you expect from switching a machine from the Gigabit Ethernet NIC that come on its motherboard to a higher-end Intel desktop NIC...?"

Why is IBM Avoiding Open Source in SOA Discussions?
(Apr 10, 2008, 01:30 UTC) (2604 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Negative Approach: "My guess? IBM wants the SOA paradigm to remain a rich-man's sport and they want their army of consultants to put IBM products into place..."

VMware Workstation 6.5 Beta 1 with Unity Support
(Apr 8, 2008, 09:00 UTC) (2687 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Polish Linux: "The time has come to present you the new version of the virtualization environment: VMware Workstation 6.5 beta 1..."

Monster Savings from Virtualization on Sesame Street
(Apr 3, 2008, 18:45 UTC) (1963 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
CIO: "Noah Broadwater, VP of information services for Sesame Street Workshop, likes using open source virtualization tools for several good reasons--starting with green ones that have nothing to do with Oscar the Grouch..."

Oracle Expands Its Linux Base
(Mar 26, 2008, 14:15 UTC) (1552 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
internetnews.com: "Oracle claims that it continues to pick up users for its Linux offering and now is set to add new clustering capabilities to the mix..."

We Don't Need No Stinking Black Boxes
(Mar 26, 2008, 00:00 UTC) (2164 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Between the Lines: "In Late February, VMWare announced the release of ESX Server 3i, the first release of their embedded hypervisor platform for OEMs..."

Hyper-V Leaves Linux Out In The Cold
(Mar 21, 2008, 03:15 UTC) (3063 reads) (6 talkbacks) (feedback)
NetworkWorld: "Though I'm anxious for Hyper-V to be released, especially the standalone version (which is not what this RC announcement was about), I'm very disappointed in Hyper-V's lack of support for Linux..."

From the Tree of Knowledge
(Mar 20, 2008, 22:30 UTC) (1578 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Hoosier Penguin: "Lately it seems that there are two major directions in open source software development: match proprietary software feature-for-feature, with some additional features thrown in for the extra cool factor..."

Open Source's Green Claims
(Mar 19, 2008, 15:45 UTC) (1687 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
Financial Times: "The combination of free software from the likes of Linux and GNU with virtualisation--which maximises computing efficiency--is a compelling proposition..."

Novell Comes to Sesame Street
(Mar 19, 2008, 13:30 UTC) (1643 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Between the Lines: "Novell on Tuesday announced that Sesame Workshop, the non-profit behind Sesame Street, is a reference customer..."

Parallel Computing's Already Here
(Mar 18, 2008, 00:45 UTC) (2870 reads) (5 talkbacks) (feedback)
eWeek: "Microsoft's Craig Mundie is right. Parallel computing is going to change everything about computing, but his timing is off. Thanks to Linux, it's been here for years..."

LinMin Bare Metal Virtualization Provisioning Program Arrives
(Mar 13, 2008, 12:00 UTC) (2431 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Linux-Watch: "According to the company, LBMP can be used to remotely provision-that is, natively install and configure Linux and customer-specified applications-and image systems..."

Will Pre-Installed Virtualization Challenge Linux Leaders?
(Mar 6, 2008, 04:00 UTC) (2761 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
451 CAOS Theory: "We have been hearing rumblings about the server operating system and its role being disrupted by virtualization as companies such as VMware push hypervisor and virtualization management software beyond the OS directly to the server..."

Boffin Stacks 16 PS3s to Simulate Black Hole Collisions
(Mar 5, 2008, 19:00 UTC) (3076 reads) (2 talkbacks) (feedback)
Register Hardware: "Khanna now owns a total of 16 PS3 consoles, all linked together to provide the same computing power as a 400-node [Linux] supercomputer..."

MPI Benchmarks on Intel Multi-core
(Mar 5, 2008, 05:30 UTC) (1880 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
ClusterMonkey: "In particular, I am most interested in how multi-core and MPI play in the HPC space. There is plenty to discuss, but for some interesting benchmark numbers, read on..."

Announcement--openMosix Project Ends
(Feb 29, 2008, 16:45 UTC) (2778 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
LinuxPR: "Moshe Bar, openMosix founder and project leader, has confirmed the previously announced plans to end the openMosix Project effective March 1, 2008..."

Novell Bids $205M For PlateSpin in Virtualization Push
(Feb 26, 2008, 16:45 UTC) (1809 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
internetnews.com: Though virtualization deals with 'virtual' bits, the business of virtualization is certainly real for Novell..."

OOXML/ODF: Just One Battlefield in a Much Bigger War
(Feb 22, 2008, 23:30 UTC) (6070 reads) (17 talkbacks) (feedback)
Editor's Note: You might think that greed and control is the reason for Redmond's pushing OOXML as a standard. Actually, it might be that, and a whole lot more.

Sun Snags Innotek--Should I Wince?
(Feb 17, 2008, 13:00 UTC) (5735 reads) (5 talkbacks) (feedback)
InformationWeek: "Sun just made another open source acquisition: Innotek, the makers of the open source VirtualBox virtual machine application. Unlike MySQL, though, this is one open source acquisition that hits home for me in a major way..."

SGI Acquires Linux Networx
(Feb 15, 2008, 17:30 UTC) (2586 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
eWeek: "The acquisition should help SGI build Linux-based clusters for high-performance computing..."

What if Ubuntu Hosted a Repository and Nobody Came?
(Feb 14, 2008, 01:00 UTC) (4054 reads) (5 talkbacks) (feedback)
Datamation: "Last week, Canonical, the commercial face of the Ubuntu GNU/Linux distribution, announced that it would be using its Partners repository to sell proprietary applications like Parallels Workstation..."

Citrix Keeps Open Source Xen Promise
(Feb 13, 2008, 16:45 UTC) (2692 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
internetnews.com: "Six months after acquiring open source virtualization vendor XenSource for $500 million, Citrix is living up to its Open Source promises..."

Sun Lays its Open Source Virtualization Cards on the Table
(Feb 13, 2008, 14:30 UTC) (3621 reads) (3 talkbacks) (feedback)
Computer Business Review: "News just in is that Sun is buying innotek, the open source virtualization player..."

Open Source Tool Emerges for Managing Petabytes of Data
(Feb 12, 2008, 22:00 UTC) (2596 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
LinuxWorld: "The University of California at San Diego's supercomputing group has upgraded its time-tested data management software and made it available as an open source offering designed to handle up to petabytes of data..."

Virtualization in Linux: A Review of Four Software Choices
(Feb 11, 2008, 13:00 UTC) (4220 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
Techthrob: "This article compares four virtualization products available for Ubuntu Linux..."

Citrix Strays Far from XenSource's Original Open Source Mission
(Feb 10, 2008, 05:00 UTC) (4747 reads) (1 talkbacks) (feedback)
ZDNet: "In 2005, hot new startup XenSource was positioning itself as the open source alternative to VMware and Microsoft Virtual Server..."

Zvents Releases Open-Source Cluster Database
(Feb 8, 2008, 13:00 UTC) (2412 reads) (0 talkbacks) (feedback)
LinuxWorld: "Event search firm Zvents is releasing a massively parallel database server, based on a published Google design, as an open source project..."

Virtualization Benefits Linux, Unix Adoption; Potentially Harmful to Windows
(Feb 8, 2008, 07:00 UTC) (3282 reads) (2 talkbacks) (feedback)
SearchServerVirtualization: "Like dinosaurs in their time, the monolithic, commercial operating systems (OSes) have ruled their world for an age..."

Canonical Distributes Parallels via Desktop Update
(Feb 7, 2008, 15:15 UTC) (4015 reads) (2 talkbacks) (feedback)
CNET News: "Canonical, the commercial sponsor of the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution, will on Thursday begin making commercial applications available to Ubuntu users directly through the desktop, in a step designed to simplify software installation..."

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