IBM to buy open source leader Red Hat for $34bnIBM Corp and Red Hat, the world's leading provider of open source cloud software, said that they have reached an agreement under which IBM will acquire all the common shares of Red Hat for $190 per share in cash, representing an enterprise v More… |
Zebra Tech picks open source for app platformZebra Technologies, a leader in barcode scanners and barcode printers, has announced it is transitioning its iFactr cross-platform mobile application development environment to an open-source model. This will make it easier More… |
Red Hat launches open source for Ansible GalaxyRed Hat, the world's leading provider of open source solutions, has announced the launch of the Ansible Galaxy project with the full availability of Ansible Galaxy’s open-sourced code repository. Ansible Galaxy is Ansibl More… |
Why Mideast firms need an ‘open hybrid cloud’Alessandro Perilli is GM Open Hybrid Cloud at Red Hat. Before getting into the detail of why enterprises in the Middle East need an open hybrid cloud, let’s take a look at the building blocks. An open hybrid cloud c More… |
India telephony firm expands in MEIndia-based Astecs, a leader in end-to-end unified communication, is expanding operations in West Asia and will offer its Asterisk based open source telephony products in Middle East countries. “This initiative is aimed at s More… |
Bahrain 'top open source solutions hub'Bahrain is a market maker and country built on innovation and out-of-the-box thinking, said George DeBono, the general manager (Middle East and Africa) of Red Hat, the world's leading provider of open source computer solutions. He said Red More… |
AquaFold launches collaboration toolAquaFold, a leading US software company, has launched AquaClusters.com, a new social collaboration tool for software developers and the Open Source community. AquaClusters features a simple but powerful design that helps redefine how grou More… |
Jordan inks open source agreementThe Government of Jordan and open source database management company Ingres have signed an agreement to promote open source software adoption in the country and make Jordan a regional centre for open source software. The MoU between I More… |
Sun-IDC forum discusses open sourceSun Microsystems, the networking technologies leader and IDC, the marke intelligence company, recently organised a seminar to discuss benefits and challenges of open source along with related technologies. The first Open Source and Cloud C More… |
Sun holds seminars for Beirut studentsSun Microsystems conducted seminars this week for students in four universities across Beirut including Notre Dame University, Beirut Arab University, Lebanese American University and the University of Balamand. The series of seminars cond More… |