Red Hat has secured Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 certifications from the National Institute of Standards and Technology for its nine cryptographic modules associated with the company’s operating system. The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 OS received nine FIPS certifications for modules that include OpenSSL, OpenSSH Server, OpenSSH Client, Libgcrypt, NSS, Libreswan, Kernel Cryptographic API, […] More

Red Hat and public cloud provider UKCloud have forged a partnership to develop an infrastructure-as-a-service cloud platform for the U.K. government’s work to deliver digital services to the public. UKCloud has standardized on Red Hat OpenStack Platform with Red Hat Ceph Storage to handle citizen web applications and government systems in behalf of public sector organizations across […] More

Leidos has selected Crystal Group’s computer servers for integration with the former’s signals intelligence platform, Military & Aerospace reported Tuesday. John Keller writes Leidos will integrate Crystal’s RS378 3U rugged server with its eXpeditionary RT system that works to provide users with situational awareness data derived from various information sources. Matthew Smith, senior program manager at Leidos, […] More

Science Applications International Corp. has unveiled a new five-phase multi-tiered methodology intended to help government agencies migrate and transform information technology applications and systems into a cloud computing environment. SAIC said Thursday the Cloud Migration Edge system uses specialized tools, processes and practices to guide cloud migration life cycles through the implementation of a mission-centric cloud computing environment […] More

Red Hat and Microsoft have expanded their partnership to help public sector clients adopt Microsoft’s cloud computing technology through their existing open-source Red Hat software subscriptions. Paul Smith, senior vice president and general manager of Red Hat’s public sector business, wrote in a blog entry posted Friday the company’s Cloud Access program now allows clients to migrate their subscriptions to Azure […] More

An upcoming Red Hat symposium on government information technology will feature speakers from 13 government agencies who will discuss the impact of open source software on the sector. Red Hat said Thursday its Nov. 10 Government Symposium will focus on how open source software can address government IT challenges in agility, flexibility and collaboration. “The way government IT operates is evolving rapidly, […] More

Red Hat has named Carahsoft Technology its 2015 Public Sector Distribution Partner of the Year for supporting sales of Red Hat products and services in the public sector. “We value our relationships with our public sector channel partners and the award winners who were chosen based on their success delivering innovative open source solutions to customers,” Paul Smith, […] More

Red Hat and Samsung have formed a partnership to develop mobile platforms for companies to manage business information and operations. Red Hat said Tuesday it will work with Samsung to develop mobile applications that can be configured for a company’s back-end systems and can operate on Android and other mobile operating systems through the Red Hat Mobile Application Platform. […] More

Frank Calderoni, formerly executive adviser, executive vice president and chief financial officer at Cisco, has been appointed CFO and EVP of operations at Red Hat. He will directly report to CEO Jim Whitehurst, oversee the company’s financial strategies worldwide and manage the operations and information technology groups, Red Hat said Monday. Calderoni will succeed the retiring Charlie Peters […] More

Red Hat has received Common Criteria certification at Evaluation Assurance Level 4+ for its JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.2 offering, indicating its capability to meet international security standards. The company said Wednesday third-party assessor atsec information security evaluated the Red Hat product against the standards indicated in the Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation. “Common Criteria accreditation is a high watermark for security […] More

Red Hat Inc.’s channel program has achieved a five-star rating in CRN’s Partner Program Guide award for 2015. The recognition marks the third consecutive year Red Hat receives the award for its program intended to help partners deliver open source services to their customers, Red Hat said Monday. “We’re thrilled that CRN has chosen to […] More

Paul Smith currently serves as vice president and general manager of Red Hat‘s public sector business, where he oversees consulting, sales and marketing, channels and strategic planning activities. He is responsible for the business that provides services in support of the U.S. federal government’s international programs and domestic programs for state and local governments and the education […] More