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Resource Description: A version of Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 5 operating system—which is capable of running various types of software thanks to a built-in Kernel-based Virtual Machine hypervisor—has been certified to meet internationally recognized security standards.

Resource Description: As budgets shrink, federal agencies will look harder for ways to find efficiencies. With cloud-computing technologies seen as one of the top solutions for just that, it could push government towards those solutions perhaps faster than they originally wanted. Read the FedScoop article.

Resource Description: Federal agency CIOs and their employees have gradually been warming to the new model of cloud computing, according to a panel of industry executives. Read this ITworld article to learn more.

Resource Description: Virtualization has proven its value in the datacenter, but can it work in tactical environments? Yes, but only if it’s secure. Read the article “Secure Virtualization for Tactical Environments” by David Egts.

Resource Description: Traditional software giants are shaking in their boots today. Another government arm has committed itself to the open source movement. Read the Daily Finance article.

Resource Description: Hewlett-Packard Co. said that it has landed a $249 million contract with the US Army to provide cloud services to the Department of Defense and other federal agencies in support of a wide-ranging datacenter consolidation. Read this IT Channel Planet article.

Resource Description: The Army is shopping for storage virtualization technology to help manage its datacenter consolidation plans. One of its requirements? A system that can communicate with host computers running Solaris, Microsoft Windows, VMware, and Red Hat® [Enterprise] Linux® operating systems. Read more.

Description: Civilian and defense agencies have more data than they know what to do with. And hidden in these exponentially increasing words, numbers, and images is information that can help vastly increase efficiency, productivity, and national security.

Resource Description: GovCon Executive, “The Big Picture on Big Data” 4/2/12

Resource Description: Paul Smith, GM and VP of Public Sector Operations of Red Hat, shared with WashingtonExec his thoughts on how open source technology integrates with cloud platforms to solve challenges within the public and private business sectors.

Resource Description: Autonomic Resources, a public cloud provider and government integrator, is now a Red Hat® Certified Cloud Partner in the federal market. Read more in “Red Hat, Autonomic Invade Government Cloud Market Together” on Talkin’ Cloud (3/28/12).