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Dell OEM Systems and SUSE are creating new Linux-based enterprise systems for businesses that incorporate computers into their final products or solutions, such as MRI manufacturers and firewall appliances.

A new Linux Foundation survey on enterprise adoption of Linux indicates that growth in Linux usage is being driven by factors such as big data, cloud computing and virtualization, among others.

The Apache Software Foundation delivers Hadoop 1.0, the much-anticipated 1.0 version of the popular open-source platform for storing and processing large amounts of data.

According to published reports, Microsoft is working on delivering a capability to run Linux on its Windows Azure cloud platform.

AMD reportedly is helping a project designed to port Android onto x86-based PCs. However, Intel and Google are focusing on getting Android onto Intel-based smartphones and tablets.

Google delivers Android 4.0.1 "Ice Cream Sandwich" code to open source, the first time in several months it has released code after hoarding Honeycomb to itself.

Red Hat gets into the storage software business by acquiring a virtual appliance-type file system for data storage that enables access to the same data as both an object and as a file.

The Linux Foundation took down several of its sites, including Linux.com, after discovering suspicious activity on its servers that appear to be related to the Trojan that was found on kernel.org last week.

Cloudera is actively recruiting channel partners for Apache Hadoop and is introducing a brand new Hadoop certification program.