Red Hat outlined engineering partnership with Hortonworks to collaborate on enabling more storage file systems. The integration allows Hadoop to run directly on a POSIX(Portable Operating System Interface)-compliant storage node. The two companies will create test suites to validate compatibility between Hadoop and alternative file systems, which will be contributed to the open source community. To know more on this, go through the article by Larry Dignan, Editor in Chief of ZDNet and SmartPlanet as well as Editorial Director of ZDNet's sister site TechRepublic.

http://www.zdnet.com/red-hat-forges-hortonworks-engineering-pact-ties-storage-into-openstack-7000016801/

Red Hat has gathered a selection of open source software to create a Big Data development and deployment environment. It announced a software stack which includes Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Storage, a Hadoop plug-in allowing Hadoop to process data stored using Red Hat Storage, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization etc. The company has thrown its hat into the ring to compete with and cooperate with many in the Hadoop community. To know more on this, go through the article by Daniel Kusnetzky, a reformed software engineer and product manager.

http://www.zdnet.com/red-hat-throws-its-hat-into-the-big-data-ring-7000011680/

Open source software and infrastructure provider Red Hat announced its Big Data strategy. To know about big data strategy in details, go through the article by Andrew J. Brust, entrepreneur and CTO, specializing in application development, databases and business intelligence technology.

http://www.zdnet.com/red-hats-big-data-strategy-a-full-stack-approach-7000011574/

Red Hat announced the availability of Red Hat Storage Server (RHSS) to help its enterprise customers. This latest release, RHSS 2.1, combines Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.4 with the latest GlusterFS community release, oVirt, the open source virtualization platform, and XFS File System to deliver open software-defined storage. To know more about its features, go through the link below:

http://www.zdnet.com/red-hat-releases-new-cloud-friendly-red-hat-storage-7000020516/

Red hat has released its latest version of Linux distribution, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 beta (RHEL). This edition extends the operating system's scalability and manageability to aid in the build-out and control of complex IT environments and it has been designed to simplify the operation of mission-critical SAP applications by automating the optimal configuration of common SAP deployments. To know more on areas where RHEL can be applied successfully, go through Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols's article link:

http://www.zdnet.com/red-hat-enterprise-linux-6-5-beta-arrives-7000021764/

Though Red Hat, Ubuntu and Linux are rivals, yet all of them agree in one point - Docker, a container technology. Docker is potential as well as disruptive in different aspects. Now the question is- can containers with Docker be the next great revolution in virtualization and the cloud? To know the answer of this question, go through the article written by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, writer of technology.

http://www.zdnet.com/red-hat-ubuntu-and-docker-container-virtualization-goes-mainstream-7000028610/

With the introduction of Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0, Red Hat has moved one step forward in OpenStack cloud system. This platform can be used in both public and private cloud. Some new features are also added in this version. To know more on the key features of this platform, go through the article written by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, writer about technology and the business of technology.

http://www.zdnet.com/red-hat-enterprise-linux-openstack-platform-4-0-is-here-7000024518/

The two open-source software companies, Red Hat and Horton Networks are aiming at speeding up enterprise big data Apache Hadoop projects. The two firms unveiled the beta of Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP) combined with Red Hat Storage, which is designed to give companies a unified storage pool for all Hadoop workloads. They also announced the integration of HDP with Red Hat JBoss Data Visualization, enabling Hadoop to work with existing data sources including warehouses, SQL and NoSQL databases, on premise and cloud apps and flat and XML files. To know more on this aspect, go through the article by Toby Wolpe, senior reporter at ZDNet:

http://www.zdnet.com/red-hat-and-hortonworks-unveil-hadoop-big-data-collaboration-7000026154/

Red Hat aims to reduce the search time &solution search cost for customers with its OpenShift Marketplace. Customers will be able to easily find the information, tools and community they need to discover and procure the right solution. They will be able to securely access and manage leading OpenShift application technologies from a single location. Customers and developers will be able to easily search for third-party OpenShift solutions and add-on productivity offerings, including database, email delivery services, messaging queues, application performance monitoring, all managed from a central location.As more developers use enterprise PaaS for an increasing array of applications, a key to their success is a vibrant and robust partner ecosystem. OpenShift’s current partner ecosystem uses the OpenShift Cartridge specification method to link key technologies and services into applications built on OpenShift, giving customers access to a variety of offerings from cloud industry leaders.Will Shulman, CEO and co-founder, MongoLab, said "We're extremely excited to offer fully-managed MongoDB through the OpenShift Marketplace. Red Hat users will be able to quickly integrate MongoDB into their application and focus on product development instead of operations."

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http://www.newswiretoday.com/news/141770/

Since its debut a year ago, Red Hat flagship application container Docker has generated much interest among technology professionals. It assists in packaging of applications in a virtual container so that it can be run across different Linux distributions. Docker containers can be easily moved across different Linux servers without the need for reconfiguration.Red hat is planning to release a variant of Red Hat Enterprise Linux distribution that is customized to run Docker with maximum efficiency. It has also initiated two community projects to help Docker make better use of new technologies in the Linux kernel and ecosystem.  One- Project Atomic, will concentrate on simplifying maintenance, reducing the footprint, adding additional layers of verification and control to Docker containers. The second community project, called GearD, will integrate Docker into its PaaS hosting software, OpenShift Origin.

To read more, visit the following link:

http://www.techworld.com.au/article/543014/red_hat_adds_muscle_docker_container_technology/