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Google, Microsoft, GitHub, and Others Join the Open Source Security Foundation
Supported by The Linux Foundation, the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) aims to create a cross-industry forum for a collaborative effort to improve open source software security. The list of initial members includes Google, Microsoft, GitHub, IBM, Red Hat, and more.
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Thorntail Reaches Tail End
The Thorntail project has come to an end, as more Java frameworks add support for embedding application server capabilities into applications.
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Red Hat Mandrel Makes Java Native
Red Hat has introduced a new Java distribution, Mandrel, that compiles Java applications directly to native code. As a fork of GraalVM, this decreases startup time and memory usage.
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Red Hat Releases WildFly 18 Featuring Support for Jakarta EE and MicroProfile
Red Hat has released version 18 of their WildFly application server featuring support for Jakarta EE 8 and MicroProfile 3.0. Other features include alignment with the Jakarta EE APIs, support for JDK 13, and enhancements to security, clustering and EE subsystems, especially in the areas of EJB and RESTEasy.
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Red Hat Becomes Steward of Java 8 and 11
RedHat has taken a leadership position in Java 8 and 11, leading its first April release.
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Quarkus Java Framework: Q&A with John Clingan and Mark Little
After initial coverage on Quarkus, a Kubernetes native Java framework tailored for GraalVM and OpenJDK HotSpot was recently released by Red Hat. Now it is time for a Q&A with John Clingan and Mark Little.
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Wildfly 16: Improvements to Messaging and Clustering
Continuing with its quarterly delivery model, Wildfly 16 was released last month, closing or resolving almost 200 issues, feature requests, and bugs. Included in this release was Galleon, a provisioning tool for constructing custom-tailored Wildfly servers, compatibility with JDK12, as well as several enhancements to messaging, and clustering support.
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Quarkus, a Kubernetes Native Java Framework
Red Hat has released Quarkus, a Kubernetes native Java framework tailored for GraalVM and OpenJDK HotSpot. Quarkus aims to make Java a leading platform in Kubernetes and serverless environments, offering developers a unified reactive and imperative programming model.
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OperatorHub.io, a Public Registry for Kubernetes Operators
Red Hat, in collaboration with Microsoft, Google Cloud, and Amazon Web Services, recently launched OperatorHub.io. OperatorHub.io is designed as a public registry for finding services backed by Kubernetes Operators.
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RedHat Releases JBoss 7.2 With EE 8
RedHat has released JBoss 7.2, with full support for the EE 8 specification. This release brings another application server into the Jakarta EE, post-Oracle environment. It also provides support for modern web technologies such as Servlet 4.0 with HTTP/2 capabilities.
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IBM to Acquire Red Hat for $34 Billion
IBM announced this afternoon that it will acquire open-source software company Red Hat for $34 billion, the largest deal IBM has ever done, according to Reuters. The deal will help IBM expand its reach as an enterprise cloud computing provider.
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Thorntail 2.2.0 Features Automated Migration from WildFly Swarm
Since the rebranding of WildFly Swarm 2018.5.0 to Thorntail 2.0.0 in late June, Red Hat has released Thorntail versions 2.1.0 and 2.2.0 within a three-week time frame since mid-August. Along with many bug fixes, especially related to MicroProfile, new features include compliance with MicroProfile 1.3 through a new community-driven organization, SmallRye, and an automated migration process.
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JBoss Web Server 5 with Tomcat 9 is Available
Red Hat JBoss Web Server (JWS) combines the Apache web server with the Tomcat servlet engine for building, deploying, and maintaining web applications and large-scale websites. JBoss Web Server version 5 was recently released supporting Tomcat 9 and introduces several new features and enhancements.
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RedHat Announces Support for Azure, .Net Core 2.0 and SQL Server 2017
Microsoft and RedHat recently announced support for Windows Containers in Red Hat OpenShift. The main scenario this announcement targets is to make Linux and Windows containers work in the same cluster. This enables enterprises with mixed environments to migrate towards a container based infrastructure without needing separate clusters for Windows and Linux.
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Red Hat Releases Next Generation of OpenShift Online
Red Hat has announced the initial availability of the next generation of OpenShift Online, the PaaS cloud application platform. This next edition is re-engineered to be built on top of OpenShift container platform, powered by open source tools such as Docker and Kubernetes.