Open Source
Red Hat throws down challenge to students
Red Hat Inc has announced the second regional Red Hat Challenge, a knowledge-based technology competition aimed at students from China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, and Taiwan.
OSS specialist OlinData expands operations to Asia
OlinData has opened its doors in Singapore, marking the Dutch-founded company’s official entry into Asia with its open source configuration management solutions.
OSS advocate and former hacker Dinesh Nair joins Microsoft - yes, you read that right
Microsoft Corp has hired former hacker, entrepreneur, quasi-govenrment guy and Open Source Software advocate Dinesh Nair to head its Developer and Platform Evangelist (DPE) operations in Malaysia.
Mozilla unveils public Persona
Public beta of online identity management system Persona has been released
Call for developers to try out the system and provide feedback
MOZILLA has released the beta version of its browser-independent online identity management system, Persona.
Melaka state govt goes open source in a big way
The Melaka State Government and Red Hat have entered into an alliance that will see the former deploy the vendor’s software offerings and utilize its training material at the Melaka Open Source Center of Excellence come next year.
Honoring the life of Dennis Ritchie, UNIX co-creator and father of C
Bell will be celebrating the life and legacy of the late Dennis Ritchie -- co-inventor of the UNIX operating system and father of the C programming language – with a live webcast of a special event on Friday, Sept 7, at its headquarters in Murray Hill, New Jersey.
Red Hat acquires business process management technology
Red Hat Inc announced it has acquired business process management (BPM) technology developed by Polymita Technologies S., saying the deal accelerates its entry into the BPM software segment and augments its JBoss Enterprise Middleware integration software offerings.
Red Hat keeps its momentum
Damien Wong, Red Hat’s Asean general manager, says it is “astounding” that a pure- play open source company could hit US$1 billion in revenue, the first open source company to do so.
Red Hat announces new consulting service to push OSS adoption
Red Hat has announced its “Pathway to Open Source Enablement” consulting service to help customers formalize enterprise open source adoption, development, and governance strategies.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 globally available
Red Hat has announced the global availability of the next minor release of its Enterprise Linux operating system platform, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3.
