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Red Hat buys Qumranet, sidesteps Microsoft

theregister.co.uk
04-Sep-2008
        
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Published Thursday 4th September 2008 15:37Â GMT Red Hat has bought Qumranet, the company behind KVM virtualisation technology, for about $107m in cash. The acquisition means open source software giant Red Hat will be able to offer a virtualised platform to Windows desktop customers without having to play nice with Microsoft. Qumranet birthed SolidICE, the firm's take on desktop virtualisation, in April this year.... [read full story]                    

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Open source goliath Red Hat, said Friday that it will be buying over Qumranet, a privately held company behind KVM ( Kernel Virtual Machine) virtualisation technology for USD 107 million... Open source goliath Red Hat,...

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theinquirer.net
05-Sep-2008
        

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Red Hat acquires Qumranet

ciol.com
05-Sep-2008
        

RALEIGH, USA: Red Hat Inc. announced the acquisition of Qumranet, Inc. The acquisition includes Qumranet's virtualization solutions, including its KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine) platform and SolidICE offering, a virtual...

Red Hat adds to virtualization effort with acquisition

linuxworld.com.au
04-Sep-2008
        

Linux vendor Red Hat Thursday jumped deeper into the virtualization marketplace by announcing its acquisition of Qumranet, which offers an embedded KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine) platform that will allow Red Hat to vastly...

Red Hat adds to virtualization effort with acquisition

computerworld.com.au
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Red Hat buys Israeli virtualization co Qumranet

globes.co.il
04-Sep-2008
        

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itbusiness.ca
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Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced the acquisition of Qumranet, Inc. The acquisition includes Qumranet's virtualization solutions, including its KVM (Kernel...

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