RHEL

Mirantis Launches First Major Release of Mirantis Container Runtime in Two Years in Concert with Reinvigorated Moby Open Source Project

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Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Mirantis , freeing developers to create their most valuable code, today announced the first major release of Mirantis Container Runtime (MCR) in two years in concert with a reinvigorated Moby project, the open source container framework.

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  • Mirantis , freeing developers to create their most valuable code, today announced the first major release of Mirantis Container Runtime (MCR) in two years in concert with a reinvigorated Moby project, the open source container framework.
  • This release includes new features, improvements, bug fixes, and security updates that aim to make MCR more reliable, efficient, and secure.
  • Moby is the upstream open source project of Mirantis Container Runtime, as well as Docker and Docker Engine, plus other open source projects.
  • With MCR 23.0, Mirantis is matching upstream version numbers of the Moby project so users are able to switch between the community open source Moby software and the supported, enterprise-grade Mirantis Container Runtime.

SingularityCE Container Technology is Now Available in the EPEL Repository

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Wednesday, January 11, 2023

RENO, Nev., Jan.11, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Sylabs, the global leader in providing container technology and services for performance-intensive workloads, today announced that SingularityCE is now available in the Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) repository, a repository of additional packages for Enterprise Linux distribution (such as Alma Linux, CentOS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Scientific Linux and Rocky Linux). With its inclusion in the EPEL repository, SingularityCE is now easily accessible to users of Enterprise Linux distributions, giving developers access to the most advanced and widely used container runtime technology for performance-intensive applications and environments.

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  • RENO, Nev., Jan.11, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Sylabs, the global leader in providing container technology and services for performance-intensive workloads, today announced that SingularityCE is now available in the Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) repository, a repository of additional packages for Enterprise Linux distribution (such as Alma Linux, CentOS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Scientific Linux and Rocky Linux).
  • With its inclusion in the EPEL repository, SingularityCE is now easily accessible to users of Enterprise Linux distributions, giving developers access to the most advanced and widely used container runtime technology for performance-intensive applications and environments.
  • These users need the flexibility to package complex applications and libraries into one scalable container that can be moved to different systems/hardware environments without breaking - and while maintaining security protocols.
  • "Sylabs is excited to bring the SingularityCE to the EPEL repository.

D2iQ Takes Multi-Cloud, Multicluster Kubernetes Platform Management to New Heights

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Wednesday, January 4, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- D2iQ, the leading enterprise Kubernetes provider for smart cloud-native applications, today announced the newest release of its D2iQ Kubernetes Platform (DKP). DKP 2.4 includes feature enhancements, version upgrades, and expanded infrastructure support across the leading cloud service providers, enhancing and unifying the management of fleets of Kubernetes clusters across hybrid, multi-cloud, and multi-cluster environments.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- D2iQ , the leading enterprise Kubernetes provider for smart cloud-native applications, today announced the newest release of its D2iQ Kubernetes Platform (DKP ) .
  • DKP 2.4 improves security, extends deployment options, enriches the user interface, and enhances multi-cluster and multi-cloud management capability through the following new features:
    Ability to upgrade DKP clusters on the Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
  • This further extends DKP cluster management capabilities across the top three cloud service providers (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and GCP).
  • As a feature-complete and fully automated Kubernetes platform, DKP provides instant platform engineering out of the box, enabling customers to more easily manage applications throughout their lifecycle.

AlmaLinux 9.1 Released

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Thursday, November 17, 2022

Supercomputing 22 The AlmaLinux OS Foundation, the nonprofit that stewards the community owned and governed open source CentOS replacement AlmaLinux, is releasing AlmaLinux 9.1 during the SuperComputing 2022 (SC22) HPC Conference, available for immediate download.

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  • Supercomputing 22 The AlmaLinux OS Foundation, the nonprofit that stewards the community owned and governed open source CentOS replacement AlmaLinux, is releasing AlmaLinux 9.1 during the SuperComputing 2022 (SC22) HPC Conference, available for immediate download.
  • AlmaLinux 8.7 was released last week.
  • AlmaLinux 9.1 is 1:1 binary compatible with RHEL, and the distributed Linux kernel version is 5.14.0-160.el9.
  • Besides the focus on security and open hybrid cloud innovation, AlmaLinux 9.1 also includes PHP language updates and new features.

AlmaLinux 8.7 Now Available

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Friday, November 11, 2022

The AlmaLinux OS Foundation, the nonprofit that stewards the community owned and governed open source CentOS replacement AlmaLinux, today has released AlmaLinux 8.7, now available for immediate download.

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  • The AlmaLinux OS Foundation, the nonprofit that stewards the community owned and governed open source CentOS replacement AlmaLinux, today has released AlmaLinux 8.7, now available for immediate download.
  • AlmaLinux 8.7 supports 4 architectures, for x86_64, aarch64, ppc64le, and s390x architectures.
  • There are also updates and improvements to Infrastructure services, as well as Dynamic programming languages that are shipped with AlmaLinux 8.7.
  • The AlmaLinux OS Foundation members supporting the rapid development of AlmaLinux some of computings foremost names, including AMD, AWS, CloudLinux, Microsoft and more.

Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation (RESF) Approves New Bylaws and Charter Designed to Ensure Open Community Control of Rocky Linux and Future RESF Projects

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Thursday, November 10, 2022

RENO, Nev., Nov. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation (RESF) today published its charter and bylaws, documenting the organization's governing structure and rules for hosting open source projects, including its namesake project, Rocky Linux. The charter and bylaws also describe the RESF vision to create and nurture a community of individuals and organizations that are committed to ensuring the longevity, stewardship and innovation of enterprise-grade open source software that is always freely available.

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  • RENO, Nev., Nov. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation (RESF) today published its charter and bylaws, documenting the organization's governing structure and rules for hosting open source projects, including its namesake project, Rocky Linux .
  • Adopted on November 9, the new RESF charter and bylaws were voted on by the initial charter member group of 30 RESF and Rocky Linux contributors.
  • Kurtzer co-founded and once led the former open-source project CentOS Linux, a popular bug-for-bug-compatible alternative to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
  • The RESF charter and bylaws reflect our intent that neither Rocky Linux nor any RESF project will ever be controlled, purchased or otherwise influenced by a single entity or individual."

Global White Box Server Market Report 2022: Data Analytics and Cloud Adoption Boosting Demand and Fueling Growth - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Friday, October 28, 2022

The "White Box Server Market: Global Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunity and Forecast 2022-2027" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

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  • The "White Box Server Market: Global Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunity and Forecast 2022-2027" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • Looking forward, the publisher expects the market to reach US$ 29.5 Billion by 2027, exhibiting a CAGR of 18.79% during 2021-2027.
  • A white box server refers to a data center server that is built by Original Design Manufacturers (ODM) by using Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) components.
  • Additionally, data analytics and cloud adoption with increased server applications for processing workloads through cross-platform support are also augmenting the growth of the market.

Puppet by Perforce Announces Continuous Compliance for DISA STIGs

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Monday, October 24, 2022

PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Puppet by Perforce, the leader in infrastructure automation, has deepened its commitment to U.S. federal government agencies with the latest release of Compliance Enforcement Modules (CEM). The new update directly supports U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs). With Compliance Enforcement Modules, federal IT teams can automate continuous DISA STIGs compliance without the delays, risk, and costs associated with traditional, manual approaches. Compliance Enforcement Modules work natively with Puppet Enterprise and Puppet Comply to help users find and fix compliance issues across their enterprise. Federal IT teams receive real-time visibility into the status of their overall compliance posture and can quickly find and fix DISA STIGs compliance issues while continually enforcing desired state compliance.

Key Points: 
  • With Compliance Enforcement Modules, federal IT teams can automate continuous DISA STIGs compliance without the delays, risk, and costs associated with traditional, manual approaches.
  • Compliance Enforcement Modules work natively with Puppet Enterprise and Puppet Comply to help users find and fix compliance issues across their enterprise.
  • Federal IT teams receive real-time visibility into the status of their overall compliance posture and can quickly find and fix DISA STIGs compliance issues while continually enforcing desired state compliance.
  • Maintaining continuous compliance with relevant STIGs is a requirment for many government agencies and their contractors and is monitored by regular government audits for compliance.

Platform9 5.6 Streamlines EKS Lifecycle Management & Unlocks Kubernetes for Developers

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Wednesday, October 19, 2022

This latest release includes powerful new capabilities that developers and DevOps teams can use to build, manage, and scale Kubernetes clusters and cloud-native apps on any infrastructure.

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  • This latest release includes powerful new capabilities that developers and DevOps teams can use to build, manage, and scale Kubernetes clusters and cloud-native apps on any infrastructure.
  • EKS imposes the burden of many operational tasks on the user, including unmanaged worker node OS updates, scaling, multicluster management, identity and access, governance, and more.
  • With Platform9 5.6, many of these tasks are now automated and streamlined, reducing overhead for staff-constrained DevOps teams and speeding up application delivery.
  • EKS cluster lifecycle management using the full, original version of Cluster API making it fully transparent and available to users.

EMA Webinar to Examine How an Enterprise-Grade Linux Subscription Model Can Deliver More Value

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Wednesday, October 5, 2022

BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Enterprise Management Associates (EMA), a leading IT and data management research and consulting firm, today announced it will host a webinar titled "Why Pay for Open Source Linux? Avoid the Hidden Cost of DIY" featuring Torsten Volk, managing research director of hybrid cloud, software defined infrastructure, and machine learning at EMA, and Dan Pacek, manager of market and competitive intelligence for RHEL at Red Hat.

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  • There are numerous free community-supported distributions of the Linux operating system.
  • This webinar will explore why one should consider an enterprise-grade Linux subscription model as part of this mix.
  • Webinar attendees will learn how a commercial Linux distribution can help organizations:
    Enhance productivity with DevOps lifecycles, unified management across all applications, and more
    The webinar is Tuesday, October 18 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern.
  • Learn more about EMA research, analysis, and consulting services for enterprise line of business users, IT professionals and IT vendors at https://www.enterprisemanagement.com .