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Red Hat aims to rule in 'cloud computing' era

At a 10th birthday celebration of its flagship Red Hat Enterprise Linux product, Hatter executives lay out belief they will prevail in cloud computing world.

IBM acquires data firm, launches Linux, Red Hat servers

Big Blue blog: IBM is buying Vivisimo, which focuses on "big data" analytics. Plus: A new line of servers ties in with Red Hat.

Red Hat gives formal blessing to OpenStack 'cloud' project

The Hatters have been a very active contributor to the OpenStack project - but behind the scenes due to concerns about the governance of the project. Those concerns have been addressed, Red Hat's CTO says.

OpenStack's plan

Review: HP's webOS platform is ready

Technology Business research Inc. finds that HP's competitor to Android and Windows 8 could become a player in the mobile device landscape.

Red Hat Q3 results expected

Red Hat is scheduled to announce its third-quarter results after the markets close Monday. The company currently is a darling among analysts.

Vaccine developer Medicago raises $11M from Philip Morris investment

Biotechnology company Medicago, whose technology makes vaccines from tobacco leaves, now has an additional $11.1 million from an investor who knows a thing or two about the golden leaf: Philip Morris

Open source Fedora Project embraces 'cloud,' virtualization in new release

The Fedora operating system, which is free and is sponsored by Red Hat, adds numerous features for cloud computing, virtualization and collaboration.

A look at the Fedora Project

Red Hat's new 'cloud' effort targets Pentagon

The Linux developer and services provider will team with SAIC to develop and demonstrate cloud solutions at SAIC's lab in South Carolina.

Mad Money: Is Red Hat stock too cheap to ignore?

Jim Cramer, host of "Mad Money" on CNBC, likes Red Hat stock. In the rubble of recent Wall Street chaos, Cramer says Chief Executive Officer Jim Whitehurst and company are coming off a "spectacular quarter." But the stock is lagging under analysts' price targets.

Mad Money meets Red Hat

Red Hat acquires California-based storage technology firm for $136M

The deal for Gluster positions the Raleigh-based developer of Linux software and solutions with technology for use in big data storage. Pandora music service is a Gluster customer.

How Gluster storage software works

Red Hat earnings wallop Street expectations

Profits for software developer Red Hat during the second quarter were up 53 percent over a year ago, handily beating Wall Street estimates.

Morgan Stanley backs Red Hat ahead of earnings

Analysts expect revenues of $271 million with revenues of 25 cents per share, according to SmartTrend.

Red Hat wants next release input; Wells Fargo bullish on Red Hat; Linux group chief wants more people involved; Cisco fights Avaya on phone front

Linux at 20 - challenges, opportunities; AT&T, T-Mobile eye $100M investment; Cisco launches virtual networking product; more videoconferencing competition for Cisco

As Linux turns 20, Red Hat CEO meets its father, offers big thank you

Jim Whitehurst delivers an upbeat keynote address on the state of open source software and also says companies such as Google should be thankful for the creation of Linus Torvalds.

Jim Whitehurst, left, and Linus Torvalds