The latest update to Red Hat's virtualization platform adds new container and VM tech, and it entices VMware users to check out the open source side It’s easy for a virtual machine user to feel left ...

When it comes to enterprise open source software vendor Red Hat, one might assume its biggest competitors to be Oracle, Novell, Microsoft, or even IBM. However, Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst sees ...

With its cross-platform charter expanding, Microsoft is making nice with its competitors -- though sometimes in rather circuitous ways. Take, for instance, what's happening in the virtualization space ...

As VMware's Cloud Foundry effort continues to gain momentum toward creating an open-source platform as a service (PaaS) ecosystem, Red Hat this week re-invigorated its rival OpenShift alternative. But ...

Red Hat has been on an acquisition run with the aim of building an open source stack that leads the hybrid data center. The primary rival: VMware. How the Red Hat vs. VMware duel plays out remains to ...

To update an old IT saying about IBM and job security, few IT managers may get fired for choosing VMware to virtualize their infrastructure. VMware, after all, is the safe bet: The company currently ...

The virtualization vendors will get more from CIOs' wallets, according to a new survey from Goldman Sachs, but which of these will get most is a matter of ambition. Matt Asay is a veteran technology ...

Red Hat expanded its virtualization product portfolio this week with the launch of its Enterprise Virtualization for Servers platform. The company touts it as an end-to-end solution which includes ...

Red Hat Monday introduced an entire line of virtualization software aimed at disrupting the current market and leader VMware’s position by giving customers an open-source option for virtualizing their ...

Red Hat guns with VMware and Microsoft to offer full cloud stack When it comes to enterprise open source software vendor Red Hat, one might assume its biggest competitors to be Oracle, Novell, ...

When it comes to enterprise open source software vendor Red Hat, one might assume its biggest competitors to be Oracle, Novell, Microsoft, or even IBM. However, Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst sees ...