Optimised Suse Linux server sets record

By optimising Suse Linux Enterprise Server on HP ConvergedSystem 900 for SAP HANA, Suse has set record-breaking benchmarks, operating more than twice as fast as similar SPARC solutions. “We worked with HP to implement performance enhancing changes to the Linux kernel...

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 unveiled

Red Hat has announced the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, the latest major release of the company’s flagship platform. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 not only lays the foundation for the open hybrid cloud and serves enterprise workloads across...

Oracle boosts OpenStack ecosystem

Oracle has announced support for customers to use OpenStack cloud software with Oracle Linux and Oracle VM. Users can install this OpenStack technology preview in their test environments with the latest version of Oracle Linux and the beta release of Oracle VM 3.3....

SUSE Cloud 3 now available in SA

The latest version of the of the original enterprise-ready OpenStack distribution for building infrastructure as a service private clouds, SUSE Cloud 3, offers greater flexibility for companies to cost-effectively deploy private clouds with existing virtualised data...

SUSE Cloud 2.0 aids cloud deployment

Based on OpenStack Grizzly, SUSE Cloud 2.0 provides users with the capability to set up a mixed hypervisor private cloud evironment which can be rapidly deployed and easily managed. “It is a solution that that helps enterprises to become more agile while reducing IT...

The Open Group SA to host EA conference

The Open Group Enterprise Architecture (EA) Practitioners Conference will be held at Gallagher Estate in Midrand, Johannesburg on 5 September 2013.  The sixth conference to be hosted by The Open Group South Africa, a vendor- and technology-neutral consortium. This...