IBM Linux Line
July 15, 2009

A concise monthly report of news and insight of interest to IT managers responsible for Linux deployments and the hands-on Linux community.


Linux News

Novell has announced the latest version of PlateSpin Migrate, a workload management product that enables data center managers to move workloads between physical, image, virtual and cloud environments. PlateSpin Migrate provides broad support for operating systems, hypervisors and hardware platforms in the heterogeneous data center. The latest version of PlateSpin Migrate expands the list of platforms supported for physical to virtual migration, by adding support for the recently released SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 from Novell to the existing support for prior versions of SUSE Linux Enterprise.

An innovative collaboration between IBM, NoMachine and Novell is enabling a California hospital to improve the experience of its patients by delivering secure email and web access in patient rooms, while saving significant information technology maintenance and energy costs.

Red Hat has released the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 beta with versions for IBM POWER, System z, as well as x86, x86/64, and Itanium. The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 beta release includes new features and capabilities, combined with enhancements in virtualization, storage/filesystem, security and developer tools. The release is expected to be generally available before the end of the year, notes Subhendu Ghosh, Red Hat Enterprise Linux product manager.

The PostgreSQL Global Development Group has released version 8.4 of the PostgreSQL open source database. The new release contains 293 new or improved features, including many enhancements to make administering, querying, and programming of PostgreSQL databases easier.

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