03.Red 04.Hat Introduces New Linux OS for Containers

The world’s largest open source software provider just brought a new operating system on the market. On Thursday, Red Hat, known for its enterprise distributions of the Linux operating system, launched its Enterprise Linux 7 Atomic Host OS. The new OS is specifically designed to run the latest generation of applications as Linux containers.

Linux containers are virtualization environments that allow organizations to run multiple isolated Linux systems on a single Linux control host. Containers introduce autonomy for applications by packaging apps with the libraries and other binaries on which they depend.

Container-based architectures can provide more development and deployment flexibility, while simplifying maintenance requirements and maintaining the same level of performance, stability andsecurity  as non-virtualized systems.

Enterprise-Grade Linux Containers

The new operating system will provide enterprises with the tools they need to build and run their own Linux containers, according to Red Hat. In addition, the company said its latest OS is built specifically with the needs of enterprise IT departments in mind, with enterprise-grade security, ongoing product upgrades, proactive diagnostics, and access to support.

“Red Hat is committed to offering enterprises a complete and integrated container-based infrastructure solution, combining container-based application packaging with robust, optimized infrastructure that will enable easy movement of Red Hat Enterprise Linux-certified applications across bare metal systems, virtual machines and private and public clouds -- all of this with the product and security lifecycle that enterprise customers require,” Red Hat said.

Source:

http://www.toptechnews.com/article/index.php?story_id=011000CDYZ3E

Linux kernel set to get live patching in release 3.20

Come and get this Git pull, Linus!






A collaboration between SUSE and Red Hat is going to bring relief to Linux users the world over: they'll be able to patch their systems without reboots.

The live patching infrastructure looks set to become available in version 3.20 of the Linux kernel.

The two organisations introduced their distribution-specific live patching solutions a month apart in 2013 – SUSE's kGraft hit in February, and Red Hat's Kpatch arrived in March.

As SUSE developer Jiri Kosina explains on the Linux Kernel Mailing List, an early shot at live patching called kSplice was acquired and turned into a proprietary service.

He says the SUSE and Red Hat approaches were different: “kPatch is issuing stop_machine()”, inspecting processes and deciding whether the system is safe to patch; “kGraft provides a per-thread consistency during one single pass of a process through the kernel and performs a lazy contiguous migration of threads from 'unpatched' universe to the 'patched' one at safe checkpoints.”

After a discussion at the Linux Plumbers' Conference in Dusseldorf in 2014, the different parties worked out the basis of the new approach.


Source:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/02/11/linux_to_get_live_patching_in_320/

IBM and Top Linux Distros Team Up to Drag x86 Workloads Onto Power

IBM, a long-time supporter of Linux, has been working with major distributions of the popular open source operating system, to make it easier for users to port their applications written for x86 servers onto IBM Power Systems.

IBM got out of the x86 server business just last year, after itsold its System x unit to China’s Lenovo for $2.3 billion. The company has since been placing a lot of focus on growing its business around the Power processor architecture and servers built on it.

The way IBM and the big Linux distros – Canonical (the company behind Ubuntu) Red Hat, and SUSE – are tackling the portability problem has to do with the way server platforms treat data stored in memory. Most Linux software is written for the x86 architecture, which uses the “little endian” approach to storing bytes in memory. The alternative is “big endian,” which has traditionally been used by mainframes and IBM’s Power architecture. (Detailed explanation of the difference here)




Source:
http://www.zdnet.com/article/googles-project-zero-reveals-three-apple-os-x-zero-day-vulnerabilities/

European Space Agency Combines Cloud Infrastructure with Red Hat Linux; Gianni Anguilletti Comments

The European Space Agency has incorporated Red Hat’s Linux platform into the agency’s private cloud infrastructure that is intended to provide information technology services to multiple users.

The ESA cloud infrastructure is developed based on VCE systems and a blade x86 architecture, Red Hat said Tuesday.

Gianni Anguilletti, Red Hat’s country manager in Italy, said the inclusion of Linux into ESA’s cloud highlights that the company’s services “can be a cornerstone of the most critical infrastructures of the market.”

The space agency collaborated with Red Hat Consulting to implement the Red Hat operating system in ESA cloud.

Source:
http://blog.executivebiz.com/2015/01/european-space-agency-combines-cloud-infrastructure-with-red-hat-linux-gianni-anguilletti-comments/

Ease Into The Cloud with JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6

Cloud computing has a lot of appeal, from autoscaling to lower costs, and it’s all just a few
clicks away.
Thus, the big question is not “why cloud?” but rather “how cloud?” Like many shifts in IT, cloud
computing is a journey—one that may take years to complete, and one that depends on your definition
of “complete.” In truth, some applications’ technology will never be truly considered final.
Red Hat been working on the answer to getting customers easily to the cloud for a long time
and understands that application platforms need to span from your existing on-premise world
into the cloud, whether it’s your cloud or someone else’s cloud. It’s not really about using one
platform here and a different one there. It’s about one platform to get you wherever you want
to go, on your timetable.


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http://www.bitpipe.com/data/demandEngage.action?resId=1349901674_830