Obsidian, GuruHut offer Atlassian products
Open Source software solutions provider Obsidian Systems has joined forces with GuruHut to deliver complete local Atlassian solutions. “With more pressure on IT teams to deliver rapid innovation for your business, we will enable many more Atlassian users in South...
Red Hat announces Storage Server release
Red Hat, the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced the availability of the newest major release of Red Hat Storage Server, an industry leading open software-defined storage solution for scale-out file storage. The advanced capabilities in...
Obsidian Systems, GuruHut partner up
Obsidian Systems, an established South African supplier of Open Source software solutions, and GuruHut, a collective of Java programmers, have announced a partnership that will result in an integrated solution for the local Red Hat JBoss middleware market, as well as...
Obsidian Systems, GuruHut partner
Obsidian Systems, an established South African supplier of Open Source software solutions, and GuruHut, a collective of Java programmers, have announced a partnership that will result in an integrated solution for the local Red Hat JBoss middleware market, as well as...
The emergence of open source software
One of the biggest and most important trends coming to the fore in the technology industry is the rise of open source software (OSS). Although the use of OSS is relatively new to South African enterprises, it is being adopted more and more by local businesses who are...
NETCB offers training tour to BrainShare
Networking specialist NETCB has announced that it will once again be hosting a training tour to BrainShare 2014 from 2 to 5 November 2014. BrainShare is the premier conference event for Novell, NetIQ, SUSE and Attachmate customers. NETCB CEO Cobus Burgers says the...
Optimised Suse Linux server sets benchmark
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...
Boost open source skills with Obsidian
South African companies are realising the benefits of adopting open source solutions in their operations but are often limited by a lack of trained staff. However, Obsidian Systems provides a host of resource offerings to address the needs of any organisation...
Hybrid cloud solution from Suse, UShareSoft
Suse and UShareSoft have announced UForge for Suse Cloud, the first ready-to-run hybrid cloud solution based on Suse Cloud, the first enterprise OpenStack distribution, with an integrated store for enterprise application templates and easy-to-use tools for software...
Red Hat to acquire Inktank
Red Hat has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Inktank, a leading provider of scale-out, open source storage systems. Inktank's flagship technology, Inktank Ceph Enterprise, delivers world class object and block storage software to...
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...