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Red Hat swallows Neural Magic
Published in News
Wednesday, 13 November 2024 10:05

Red Hat swallows Neural Magic


Wants to enhance AI optimisation

Red Hat, the IBM-owned open-source software firm, is set to acquire Neural Magic, a Massachusetts-based startup known for optimising AI models to run more efficiently on standard processors and GPUs.

IBM shares fall on mixed results
Published in News
Friday, 25 October 2024 09:49

IBM shares fall on mixed results


Propped up by Red Hat

Biggish Blue shares dropped more than six per cent yesterday as the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street were worried about the outfit’s mixed earnings report for the third quarter.

Red Hat in full spin mode after restrictions on Enterprise Linux sources
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Open source rebellion

Red Hat is finding itself with a rebellion on its hands after it announced it would limit access to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux sources by putting them behind the Red Hat Customer Portal and limited to the CentOS Stream sources.

Red Hat orphans LibreOffice
Published in News
Monday, 05 June 2023 11:57

Red Hat orphans LibreOffice


Gnome alone

The Red Hat Package Managers for LibreOffice have been orphaned, according to a post by Red Hat manager Matthias Clasen on the "LibreOffice packages" mailing list.

Open saucers have job security
Published in News
Monday, 15 May 2023 11:42

Open saucers have job security


No one wants to fire them

While tech companies are laying off staff claiming that they are cutting costs because of “economic headwinds” they do not seem that keen to let their open saucers go.

Red Hat cuts hundreds jobs
Published in News
Tuesday, 25 April 2023 10:23

Red Hat cuts hundreds jobs


Shutting the open sauce bottle 

Red Hat is cutting "hundreds of jobs" and has begun telling employees if they have to clean out their desks.

Lennart Poettering quits Red Hat
Published in News
Wednesday, 06 July 2022 11:33

Lennart Poettering quits Red Hat


Surprise move by systemd developer

In a shock move for the systemd community, the systemd lead developer, Lennart Poettering, who also created PulseAudio, Avahi, has left Red Hat.

Red Hat gives up on Russia and Belarus
Published in News
Wednesday, 09 March 2022 12:22

Red Hat gives up on Russia and Belarus


Follows IBM

Open Saucy Red Hat is halting all sales and services to companies in Russia and Belarus -- a response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine that has put Red Hat employees in harm's way.

Red Hat will hire less senior engineers
Published in News
Friday, 05 November 2021 11:47

Red Hat will hire less senior engineers


Need to save a bit of cash

IBM's Red Hat plans to cut back on hiring senior engineers in an effort aimed largely at controlling costs.

Red Hat releases Enterprise Linux 8.3
Published in Cloud
Friday, 30 October 2020 10:08

Red Hat releases Enterprise Linux 8.3


Available soon

Red Hat has announced its Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3 which will be out soon.