Red Hat has released new beta versions of its enterprise and desktop Linux products, with improvements including better virtualisation and clustering features, to make the operating system a more stable platform for server farms.
Linux seller Red Hat has begun beta testing for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0, its next high-end product due to ship this autumn in the U.S. with support for several new servers.
UnitedLinux, the project uniting the operating system software of Caldera, Conectiva, SuSE Linux and Turbolinux, will begin beta-testing its new distribution in the next two weeks. The group also revealed details of how it will recruit new operating system and developer partners.
IBM has launched a public beta of the AIX 6 operating system, which incorporates a number of major changes including a more complete virtualisation offering.
The first public beta of the combined Linux distribution will appear later this month, but it will have Red Hat's dominance to contend with.
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The first public beta of the combined Linux distribution will appear later this month, but it will have Red Hat's dominance to contend with.
Although Linus Torvalds didn't meet a goal to release the upcoming version of the operating system in June, the Linux leader says a test version could come as soon as next week.
Companies that offer virtualisation software are changing their business models and tweaking their software.
It's not easy building a new version of Linux and establishing a large following. But with the Ubuntu project, one team of programmers has managed to do just that.
The next instalment of Windows will act as the cornerstone in Microsoft's ongoing battle with IBM and Linux.
In version 8 of IBM/Lotus's upcoming collaboration suite, the client (Notes) moves to a new Java framework while the server (Domino) gets a number of overdue enhancements.
The long-awaited release of Exchange Server 2007 is fast approaching and, according to Microsoft, it will ship in "late 2006 or early 2007".
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