Mike Guerette

The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) has announced their CODiE Award nominations, and Red Hat has received seven for these products and technologies. Congrats to the Red Hatters involved. Best Cloud Management Solution Red Hat CloudForms, Red Hat, Inc. Best Cloud Storage & Back Up Solution Red Hat Ceph Storage, Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat Gluster Storage, Red Hat, Inc. Best Integration Solution Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6.1, Red Hat, Inc. Best Mobile Development Solution FeedHenry 3, Red Hat...

Dan Walsh wrote this great article for opensource.com. I've recently learned from Dan that SELinux and containers are excellent complements to each other - kind of like tea and scones, peanut butter and jelly, Laurel and Hardy. (Which one of these did you need to google?) As container applications become finer grained, SELinux becomes really easy to use (for both dev and ops) for securing containers. Here's an excerpt from Dan's article - click through to read the whole thing...

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Bhavna Sarathy of Red Hat. Over the last 18 months, especially since the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, “containers” have emerged as a hot topic. With the more recent introduction of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Atomic Host, an operating system optimized for running the next generation of applications with Linux containers, one might wonder… what about virtualization? In that the benefits of containerization seem to overlap those of traditional virtualization, how...

Now entering it's third year, the Red Hat Developer Toolset (DTS) is once again available for beta testing of a new point release, version 3.1. If you are unfamiliar with DTS, see Matt Newsome's (engineering lead) original introduction. Red Hat Developer Toolset 3.1 includes the latest, "stable open source C and C++ compilers and complementary development tools. Bridging developer productivity and production stability, Red Hat Developer Toolset 3.1 Beta is available through the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Developer Program and...

Just a quick reminder to mark your calendars for DevNation 2015 dates and location: June 21-25, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Like before, it will be co-located with Red Hat Summit where the two events will share a session track. We reviewed nearly 300 session abstracts and I think it will be a great technology mind meld opportunity for you all. Some featured speakers are already posted, and everything will be up in a few weeks. PLUS, take advantage of the early...

Here are excerpts from today's announcement - an ecosystem with container development tools to containerize and certify applications: "Red Hat today announced the launch of the first certified, end-to-end ecosystem program for Linux containers based on Docker, a key component of the company’s vision for containerized applications unveiled in March 2014. Leveraging Red Hat’s vast network of thousands of partners and independent software vendors (ISVs), this ecosystem program is designed to enable the design, development and delivery of certified, trusted...

Red Hat "has announced the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Atomic Host, an operating system optimized for running the next generation of applications with Linux containers." "Based on RHEL, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Atomic Host enables enterprises to embrace a container-based architecture to take advantage of the benefits of development and deployment flexibility and simplified maintenance, without sacrificing performance, stability, security, or the value of Red Hat’s vast certified ecosystem. "For building and maintaining container infrastructure, Red...

This article was written by Red Hat's Siddharth Nagar, RHEL 7 product manager. "As product manager for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, part of my job is to ensure that the latest version of our flagship product adheres to our promise of stability, reliability, and security. In addition, as Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 is Red Hat’s latest enterprise Linux platform, it also needs to incorporate new innovations in technology to help our customers gain business advantage, reduce costs, and...