Obsidian looks back on 30 years
As Obsidian Systems, an established supplier of open-source solutions, marks its 30th anniversary in 2025. From its early roots in Linux to its evolution into Atlassian solutions, SaaS, and Edge Computing, Obsidian has consistently driven innovation and provided...
Red Hat unveils Red Hat OpenShift Virtualisation Engine
Red Hat has announced the general availability of Red Hat OpenShift Virtualisation Engine, a new edition of Red Hat OpenShift that provides a dedicated way for organisations to access the proven virtualisation functionality already available within Red Hat OpenShift....
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI adds GenAI to Azure
Red Hat has announced an extended collaboration with Microsoft to streamline and scale artificial intelligence (AI) and generative AI (GenAI) deployments in the cloud. With this collaboration, Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) will be available on Azure...
Open source and the future of AI
It's one thing to answer the IT challenges of today, but today is fleeting, and tomorrow is here before we know it, writes Chris Wright, chief technology officer and senior vice-president: global engineering at Red Hat. At Red Hat Summit and AnsibleFest you've seen...
Navigating the open source landscape
In the ever-evolving landscape of technology, open source software stands as a pillar of innovation, collaboration, and versatility. By Johannes Briel, senior IT security specialist - PCI QSA, QSA (P2PE) at Galix As we venture through 2023, open source presents many...
The impact of resource management and managed IT resourcing
As the name suggests, resource management entails making the best use of a company's available resources to achieve organisational goals. Without this in place, businesses will struggle to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving marketplace that relies increasingly...
Red Hat accelerates IT automation with Event-Driven Ansible
Red Hat has announced the general availability of Event-Driven Ansible, a scalable and resilient solution that expands how organisations can activate automation as a reliable strategy across the hybrid cloud. Available as part of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform...
Recommendations for Open Source security issues
CA Southern Africa has revealed details of the 2023 Veracode State of Software Security report into the factors that introduce flaws in application development, one of which the research notes is the great unknown of open source. The report notes that developers build...
Red Hat, Oracle expand collaboration
Red Hat and Oracle have announced a multi-stage alliance to offer customers a greater choice of operating systems to run on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). The strategic collaboration starts with Red Hat Enterprise Linux running on OCI as a supported operating...
Harness the opportunities of the metaverse
Even though the metaverse has sparked significant interest, it is not that much different to how people have been working and living for the past two years. By Muggie van Staden, MD and CEO of Obsidian Systems Think of the metaverse as a virtual world that uses the...
Open source the building block for tech innovation
Open source is by no means a new technology, but it has matured over the past 30 plus years and with the latest wave of digital transformation, its role has become increasingly prominent. By Sumit Kumar Sharma, enterprise architect and head of advisory services at...
Challenges, trends and predictions for the future of open source
In life, the only constant is change. Open source projects are no exception, having undergone massive transformation in recent years. By Sarthak Rohal, vice-president: IT services at In2IT Technologies Some changes have benefited users at large, while others have...