New user group targets Unix users, techies

All Unix users, developers and support people are invited to the first Xinuos FreeBSD User Group, taking place on 26 November. FreeBSD’s widespread popularity has spawned a number of user groups around the world. The African arm of the user group is being set up...

Obsidian Systems signs up as Hortonworks Systems Integrator Partner

Obsidian Systems, a leading provider of open source services, in South Africa and Hortonworks(r), the leading provider of Open Enterprise Hadoop, have entered into a partnership to provide South African businesses with an open source platform for the distributed...

Red Hat to acquire IT automation and DevOps leader Ansible

Red Hat, the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Ansible, a provider of powerful IT automation solutions designed to help enterprises move toward frictionless IT. Ansible’s automation...

SUSE and Huawei debut SAP HANA appliance solution

SUSE and Huawei are collaborating to include SUSE Linux Enterprise Server as the operating environment in Huawei’s new SAP HANA Appliance Solution. The combination of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Huawei’s SAP HANA appliance will speed up real-time data...

Red Hat Academy Academy debuts in EMEA

Red Hat has announced that Red Hat Academy, an open source education programme that provides hands-on curriculum, labs, performance-based testing, and educator training and support, is available to universities with the required technology and support environments in...

CA joins Linux Foundation Open Mainframe Project

CA Technologies has becomeĀ  a founding Platinum member of The Linux Foundation’s new Open Mainframe Project. The project is designed to create a collaborative environment among top industry leaders and academic institutions to drive both improvements and enterprise...