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Assessing container maturation in a fully hybrid cloud
The evolution of the open-source infrastructure landscape and the mix of technologies helping move the cause forward was a primary topic of conversation at this week’s OpenStack Summit in Boston. One such tool — Canonical Ltd.’s Ubuntu, an open-source software operating system — is closely meshed with the OpenStack open-source cloud computing software, running everything from ...
‘Slow-burn’ growth model proves a successful strategy for Red Hat, analyst says
Red Hat Inc. has famously bucked the well-known Silicon Valley trend of tech companies that go from fast burn to fast burn-out. “Linux is one of those slow-burn growth [areas],” said Stu Miniman (@stu) (pictured, center), explaining that Red Hat has seen measured, steady growth over the past 15 years, and it’s put it in ...
How this startup used open-source tech to deploy emergency room app
Since apps can be used on smartphones to do things like schedule appointments at restaurants or at the hairdresser, a physician in Switzerland wondered why we couldn’t make appointments for emergency rooms as well. “We all have the same problems in healthcare, it doesn’t matter where you live or where you work,” said Dr. Dorothée ...
How OpenStack is helping to control the layers of hybrid cloud solutions
For many organizations today, the hybrid cloud has become the preferred cloud implementation. How to effectively implement this strategy continues to be a work in progress. Red Hat Inc.’s OpenStack-based platform is one solution top of mind at Red Hat Summit in Boston, Massachusetts. It provides the ability to “stitch together” multiple cloud environments using an ...
Cloud is not strategic, it’s tactical, says infrastructure expert
Cloud can mean so many things to different people and organizations. It can be an infrastructure approach, a delivery model or a business model. “Cloud is not strategic; for me, for most companies, it’s tactical,” said Jason Hoffman (pictured), vice president and global head of cloud infrastructure at Ericsson. Hoffman spoke to Stu Miniman (@stu) ...
Freedom of choice: why Red Hat’s business model works
Red Hat Inc.’s approach to software goes against the traditional licensing model and vendor lock-in. Its unique business brand is to take an open-source model, develop software products and sell them as a subscription service. Since there’s no license, there’s no lock-in. The customer has the ultimate in freedom and choice to use the software ...
Open-source team-ups navigate the vast universe of hybrid cloud
The final keynote address during Red Hat Summit in Boston, Massachusetts, featured several of Red Hat Inc.’s technology partners, including Lenovo Group Ltd. and once-rival Microsoft, as well as stories of integration and mutual innovation. “Open source is the only development model to solve the complex problems of the hybrid world,” Jim Whitehurst, president and chief ...
Open source helping solve humanity’s greatest challenges
While the original idea behind open-source software was to make licenses easier to share, it quickly developed into a new way of teaching individuals and organizations how to collaborate, forming common communities. Today, most innovation that occurs is happening via open-source communities. “Now, [open source] is permeating almost every human endeavor to solve new challenges,” ...
The open source game changers: Analysts sort hype from reality
Planning is dead for the enterprise, according to Jim Whitehurst, president and chief executive officer of Red Hat Inc. During today’s keynote at Red Hat Summit in Boston, Massachusetts, Whitehurst emphasized that in the current fast-paced, real-time business world, an organization’s best plans become outdated before they get implemented. The solution, of course, is open-source technology, he said. ...
Both public and private sectors speed operations with open source
For the past century, organizations have devised similar processes for planning on a somewhat predictable future. This mode of thinking works fine in a static environment. However, as our world moves faster and becomes more ambiguous in the age of technology, companies and individuals must change and evolve to meet real-time demands. “Planning as we ...