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  • Windows 7 helps Microsoft boost OS share to 78.6%

    Microsoft's Windows accounted for 78.6 per cent of worldwide operating system revenue in 2010, up nearly a full percentage point, despite growth in Linux servers and Mac desktops, according to Gartner.

  • Red Hat to become a cloud service provider

    In November, Red Hat acquired Makara, which offers application deployment and hosting in the platform-as-a-service (PaaS) model on top of either Amazon EC2 or Rackspace.

  • Oracle's Itanium Move Shakes Up IT Agendas

    Technology executives at companies running Oracle databases and applications on Hewlett-Packard servers say that Oracle's decision to <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9214958/Oracle_stops_developing_software_for_Intel_s_Itanium_chips">stop supporting Intel's Itanium chips</a> could force them to undertake expensive hardware and software upgrades.

  • Java EE 7 specification gets unanimous approval

    The specification for the next version of Java Enterprise Edition has been approved unanimously, <a href="http://jcp.org/en/jsr/results?id=5162">according to a posting</a> on the Java Community Process website.

  • Open source moves into the enterprise at NZ organisations

    There was a time when open source software was almost inseparable from the image of altruistic, community-loving developers, coding away in command line interfaces in a darkened room. But those days are long gone. Sleek open source applications have made their way into the enterprise and sometimes give the proprietary giants a run for their money. In this feature, three local organisations share their open source stories.

  • Red Hat tops list of hottest IT security certifications

    Interest in IT security certifications is booming, as more U.S. companies tighten up the protection surrounding their critical network infrastructure and as a growing number of employees view security expertise as recession proof.

  • Latest Red Hat release exploits multicore chips

    Open-source enterprise software company Red Hat has updated its flagship operating system, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), to take full advantage of the latest spoils from the heated microprocessor battle between AMD and Intel.

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