Posts tagged “Red Hat”

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Red Hat's new Fedora lead; Cree LED breakthrough; Google, Cisco top 'green' list; Oracle rejects SAP settlement; Yahoo board shakeup

Bulldog Inside the Bulldog blog: Red Hat's new Fedora project lead focusing on 'cloud;' Cree claims bid advance on LEDs in price, performance; Greenpeace lists Google, Cisco as top "Cool IT" firms; Oracle says no to $272M settlement in SAP lawsuit; Yahoo's chairman is out.

Updated 2:43 p.m. Tuesday

It's RHT: Red Hat plans to rename new HQ 'Red Hat Tower'

Red Hat Progress Energy plans to vacate the 19-story downtown tower as part of a merger with Charlotte-based Duke Energy. Red Hat is already preparing for the move into space being customized "for the needs and culture of Red Hat."

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February 2

Motricity's new chair; ex-Nortel CEO's defense; Sssh - Red Hat joins OpenStack; Qualcomm soars; LivingSocial loses $538M; Kincect for PCs; Cisco exec bolts

Bulldog Inside the Bulldog blog: Motricity, which has an office in Morrisville, has a new chairman; Nortel fraud trial continues; Red Hat 'quietly' joins cloud code group; Qualcomm stock is at a 12-year high; Amazon says LivingSocial is losing big; Microsoft launches Kinect for Windows; Cisco video exec joins a rival.

February 1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 'life' extension; GSK eyes Turkish firm; a Cree downgrade; Amazon misses; LightSquared deadline; Samsung-Apple fight; Sony's new CEO

Bulldog Inside the Bulldog blog: Red Hat is extending the life space on its Enterprise Linux; GSK, Pfizer may buy Turkish drug maker; Cree stock is cut; Amazon misses by $1 billion; Sprint gives LightSquared extension for satellite service; Samsung setbacks in Apple patent fight; Sony names a new CEO.

January 27

Red Hat updates messaging, real-time and grid platform

Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.1 release features new technologies geared for the cloud to financial services to telecommunications, the company announced this week.

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January 26

Google Maps alerts; VMware counters Red Hat; Angry Birds on Facebook; GSK's angry partner; NEC cutting jobs;

Bulldog In the Bulldog: Google is adding public alerts to its Maps service; VMware launches virtualization marketplace; Angry Birds to hit Facebook on Valentine's Day; Xenoport says GSK violated deal; Lenovo partner NEC cutting 10,000 jobs.

January 20

US Senate leader postpones online piracy bill vote

Online Piracy Raleigh-based Red Hat and Cary-based Epic Games have both taken a stand against the bill.

Updated January 16

Red Hat, IBM, EMC, Cisco join 'cloud' open standards group

The Topology and Orchestration Specification for Cloud Applications is intended to ensure portability of cloud services. But will the effort pay off without some key players such as Amazon and Microsoft?

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Updated January 11

Red Hat, Raleigh to discuss shared future

Red Hat Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst and Nancy McFarlane, the new mayor of Raleigh, will talk to the media Friday about the "mutually beneficial future" of the capital city and the world's leading provider of open-source software.

January 9

Red Hat plays job recruiter, persuading software firm to pick Raleigh

Jim Whitehurst   Chief Executive Jim Whitehurst says he has already persuaded another open-source software development company to open a 12-person office in Raleigh, but he declined to identify the firm.

January 2

Red Hat to add 'at least' 1,000 jobs in 2012, CEO says

'Cloud computing' is driving the expansion of the Raleigh-based company's work force, Jim Whitehurst tells a newspaper. The world's largest Linux software developer is among the emerging leaders in cloud computing.

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Updated December 29, 2011

Utility merger or not, Red Hat taking Progress office space

Red Hat Red Hat, Inc., filed documents Tuesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission finalizing a deal for the software company to move into space at the Davie Street headquarters of Progress Energy in downtown Raleigh.

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December 20, 2011

Red Hat credits worldwide execution with Q3 profit

Red Hat in the Cloud Red Hat's Jim Whitehurst says a down economy helps the company sell its solutions to companies looking for efficiencies.