Shocker: Microsoft and Red Hat Team-up

Microsoft and Red Hat today are announcing a partnership that will bring Red Hat solution to Microsoft Azure customers. Based on this partnership, Microsoft will begin offering Red Hat Enterprise Linux as the preferred Linux for Microsoft Azure workloads. Additionally, Microsoft and Red Hat will be working to deliver application management and development for both private and public clouds.

Microsoft’s announcement: Microsoft and Red Hat partner to deliver more flexibility and choice

Red Hat’s announcement: Enabling today's hybrid reality with broader choice: Red Hat and Microsoft

A joint webcast will commence at 11:00am EST/8am PST today.

Webcast link here: https://vts.inxpo.com/Launch/QReg.htm?ShowKey=28455

We'll have more coverage following the webcast.