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How serious is Red Hat about pushing beyond Linux? Take a look at Red Hat’s latest quarterly results, disclosed yesterday, and a cloud seminar that’s set for today. You’ll get a feel for how the open source company is striving to reinvent its business amid a march toward $1 billion in annual revenues. Here's the evidence.

It’s been a while since we last checked in with 0 A.D., the open source project which, as I’ve said before and will say again, could have huge implications for open source. Sadly, the game is not yet complete, but it’s made some major leaps in recent months, which the team recently shared with me. Here are the highlights.

Are you an SMB looking for a digital collaboration platform? Maybe you use a conglomerate of tools such as Dropbox and Evernote, but you’d really love something more ubiquitous and cohesive. Enter: Alfresco Team. Here are the details.

We already know that Ubuntu Server developers are heavily invested in the cloud, a focus that continues during the current development cycle. But that’s not all to expect next fall: Ubuntu Server will also add support for ARM architectures. Here’s a look at exactly what to expect.

By most accounts, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and JBoss middleware are both solid successes. But can two newer initiatives -- namely, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization and OpenShift -- also gain widespread success, particularly among cloud customers? Here are some early answers.

Former Canonical COO Matt Asay thinks it's time for the Ubuntu company to focus on fewer business priorities. But there are some great reasons for Canonical to maintain its diverse focus. Here's why.

As Adobe faces increasingly stiff competition on different fronts, one might think the company would be eager to reach the broadest base of end-users possible. Yet its record of engagement within the open source channel remains lackluster at best. Let’s take a look at Adobe’s trends on this front, and what they might mean over the long-term.

During a recent interview, Attachmate CEO Jeff Hawn said he was absolutely committed to the SUSE Linux business — which Attachmate acquired as part of the Novell buyout. But that’s not all. Hawn also described how Novell’s assets would be organized under Attachmate’s ownership. Plus, Hawn predicted Novell’s legacy business — which includes GroupWise and ZenWorks — can potentially return to growth. Here’s the update.

Google is making lots of Android- and Chrome-related news. But if you stop to really think about this conference you’ll see how Google is winning the hearts and minds of software developers and business partners. Here's how.

Google on June 15 will launch Chromebook for Business, a hardware, software and cloud service that costs $28 per month. Google Chromebook for Business will include a Chrome OS notebook tied to Google's various cloud services. Is Google about to disrupt the traditional PC and notebook software markets? Here's the analysis live from the Google I/O conference in San Francisco.

Stated politely, Canonical is transitioning the Ubuntu Cloud to OpenStack — an open source cloud standard — as a foundation technology. Stated bluntly, Ubuntu is dumping Eucalyptus as a core focus. Here's why.

I'm watching closely for potential Google Chrome OS launch news at this week's Google I/O 2011 conference in San Francisco. There’s speculation Samsung may unveil a Chrome OS netbook at the conference. But here’s the big question: Can Chrome OS revive the struggling netbook market or will Google simply evangelize Chrome OS for notebooks? Here's the update.

Talk about a busy few days in the Linux market. Oracle is making Linux partner specialization claims; Canonical is preparing Ubuntu 11.04; Red Hat Summit kicks off within days; and the Attachmate-Novell business combination was approved earlier today. Now, it's time for Linux customers to decide which Linux platform offers the best cloud and virtualization story. Here's why.

Deploying Linux desktops across large organizations has been getting easier with each new release. However, in practice, installing, configuring and securing such deployments is not so simple. Can Likewise Enterprise ease the process? Here's our perspective.

Novell Chief Marketing Officer John Dragoon has left the company following Novell’s sale to Attachmate, which was completed April 27. Dragoon disclosed his departure in a blog post. More Novell executive departures are expected, though Novell says it remains committed to its partners and customers.

The latest and greatest release of Ubuntu — 11.04, or “Natty Narwhal” — is nearly upon us. To get a sense of how the new version situates Ubuntu and the rest of the open source community going forward, I spoke with Canonical VP Steve George. Here’s the update.

When Ubuntu 11.04 debuts later this month, Canonical will work hard to engage cloud service providers (CSPs) and hosting providers. But can Ubuntu really catch on with paying cloud customers? Here are insights from TalkinCloud.

Have an idea for a great Linux application that’s missing from the 30,000+ downloads in the Ubuntu repositories? Participate in Ubuntu Developer Week. Here's how.

Zarafa offers a commercial, open-source alternative to groupware suites like Microsoft Exchange, with its main product available under the Affero license. So how will Zarafa leverage the cloud to go global? Here are insights.

We’ve all been told that the “cloud”–whatever exactly we believe that means–is the future, and the desktop is headed for the dustbin. What we hear less about is the potential of the cloud for reinvigorating and redefining desktop computing. Here’s how that could happen, and why it should.