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.
Linux specialist Red Hat has announced it is developing an embedded hypervisor product that it claims will complement, rather than compete with, its existing virtualisation strategy.
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.
Red Hat has plans for a new private beta test of open source messaging software to begin next month, with hopes to reinvent a section of the server market currently ruled by proprietary vendors.
Open-source specialist Red Hat has launched a "real-time" addition to its Linux operating system, which it claims will make some features run 100 times faster than rival technologies.
Novell has released the last public version of OpenSuse 11.0 for testing -- but significant problems still need to be ironed out before the software's final release later this month.
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.
Red Hat plans to ship the next version of its premium Linux product on February 28, debuting major virtualisation technology but missing an earlier deadline by about two months.
Mozilla.org has released the latest beta-test version of Mozilla, the open-source browser suite on which AOL Time Warner's Netscape 6 is based.
Linux vendors Red Hat and Novell have been sued for patent infringement -- but not by Microsoft.
A senior Red Hat executive today maintained the Xen open source virtualisation environment was not yet ready for enterprise use, despite "unbelievable" customer demand and the fact rival Novell has already started shipping the software.
Microsoft has delayed an update to its current virtualisation software and the beta debut of its next-generation successor code-named Viridian.
JBoss is set to update its Java software suite with an integration server, an important component in its services-oriented architecture strategy.
Red Hat released a new test version of its Linux operating system on Monday along with a new development process designed to include outside programmers.
MandrakeSoft has released a new version of its Linux software that embraces some technology that rival Red Hat still keeps at arm's length.
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