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The new concentrations recognize firms with deep experience and expertise in serving the unique requirements of providing cloud-based technology solutions to the public sector.

Microservices software architectures increase channel partner opportunities and make product integration simpler.

ContainerX launched its flagship multi-tenant enterprise platform, the company announced on Thursday. A free version of the platform is now available, along with paid gold and platinum versions for large enterprises.

The Internet and the Web can be open and private if users use the right tools for beating censorship and keeping data secure.

Microsoft's recent decision to offer FreeBSD images in the Azure cloud is a reminder that GNU/Linux is not the only game in town when it comes to alternative operating systems.

Here's a look at lesser-known operating systems. Some are serious, production-quality systems. Others are whimsical or half-baked platforms. All present alternative options for people who want to experiment with something other than Windows, Mac OS X or Linux.

Microsoft's FreeBSD images for the Azure Marketplace mean Microsoft is officially supporting another open source OS besides Linux on its cloud.

Red Hat executive Lars Herrmann discusses container and microservices trends, including container portability, security and standards.

We've said it before, and we'll say it again: the DevOps mode of software development is fast becoming one of the new big forces in the channel. Here's a look at some of the key projects and products in the open source DevOps space, and an explanation of how each one will change the way organizations create and VARs integrate software.

Free and open source software can be monetized in many ways by businesses and foundations.

Cloud, embedded devices in the IoT and elsewhere and closed distributions highlight the new challenges for open source software developers and users.

NoSQL databases are subject to certain drawbacks and limitations in areas like security and data consistency.

EMC's open source UniK unikernel orchestration tool promises to ease unikernel-based application deployment for the cloud and IoT.

Rackspace will use Open-Xchange's Dovecot Pro open source IMAP email platform in conjunction with Scality's object storage plugin.

Linksys WRT routers will support Linux-based open source firmware like DD-WRT under new FCC rules, but not the modification of certain hardware features.

Persistent data storage is a challenge for containers. Here's how Docker and CoreOS currently solve the data storage problem.

Containers and microservices from vendors like Docker and CoreOS offer innovative solutions for running apps and storing data in the cloud without the overhead of traditional virtualization. But they also present special challenges when it comes to security and protecting the data inside containers. Answers for container security are still emerging, but here's a look at what the ecosystem has produced so far.

Why did Linux, the Unix-like operating system kernel started by Linus Torvalds in 1991 that became central to the open source world, succeed where so many similar projects, including GNU HURD and the BSDs, fail?

Ubuntu 16.04, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 and Fedora 24 beta bring new open source container, storage and security solutions to the Linux ecosystem.

Open source developers have built a burgeoning ecosystem of data analytics and storage solutions to address the data deluge over the past several years. Here's a look at several of the most popular open source tools for big data storage and analytics.

This is the age of big data. That's no secret. But have you ever wondered where all of today's data actually comes from? Here's a look at the sources of the data deluge, which has made data analytics a more important part of the channel than ever before.