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Next week in Charlotte, North Carolina, SouthEast LinuxFest (SELF) will return to the Sheraton Charlotte Hotel for three days of collaboration and discussion about open source and the people who build it. A small collective from the Rocky Linux project, myself included, will be descending upon SELF to represent Rocky–and most importantly, eat some great...
Arthur Tyde, SVP of Business Development at CIQ, sat down for an interview with Swapnil Bhartiya for a recent episode of TFiR to discuss security and compliance trends in cloud native computing environments. In this conversation, Tyde explains how security has evolved over the years from an afterthought to a priority, becoming simpler in the...
As the founding support and services sponsor and partner of Rocky Linux, CIQ is pleased to announce that we have certified our suite of software products on recently released Rocky Linux 9.2 and Rocky Linux 8.8, and we are also offering enterprise grade professional support for both new versions. CIQ is committed to certifying our...
Introducing our Employee Spotlight blog post series, which will shine a well-deserved spotlight on the remarkable individuals who make up our sales and technical staff at CIQ! We believe that behind every successful company are the dedicated employees who bring their unique talents, expertise, and passion to the table. Through this series, we aim to...
As the founding support and services sponsor and partner for Rocky Linux and the Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation (RESF), we are excited to join the Rocky community in announcing the release of Rocky Linux 8.8 for the x86-64 and aarch64 architectures as well as the availability of professional support, services, and CIQ value adds like...
CIQ and Google Cloud are partnering to put High Performance Computing (HPC) in the cloud in the reach of more people. The importance and impact of HPC is only growing. Regardless of whether you view HPC as a vertical market or a horizontal technology across many segments, HPC simulation and modeling are at the heart...
In the evolving and converging worlds of both enterprise and High Performance Computing (HPC), there’s a revolution on the horizon. We’re excited to announce that we’ve launched an advanced high performance computing solution known as Fuzzball, which addresses the need for a more streamlined and synergistic approach to complex computing tasks. Fuzzball is a turnkey,...
We are pleased to announce the release of Rocky Linux 9.2 for the x86-64, aarch64, and s390x architectures! As the founding support and services partner for Rocky Linux, we’d like to express our appreciation to our team as well as the entire developer community. You can now download Rocky Linux 9.2 for x86-64, aarch64, and...
The philosopher's stone was a legendary substance that was believed to have the power to transform base metals into gold or silver and also to provide immortality to those who possessed it. The modern quest for the philosopher's stone is rooted in the belief that all data could be synthesized into something useful through the...
It has been awhile since Singularity became Apptainer. If you haven't updated Singularity to Apptainer, or if you accidentally switched to SingularityCE and now want to switch back, this post is for you! How Singularity became Apptainer In May 2021, a private company wanted to develop their own version of Singularity autonomously. It created a fork...
Cockpit is a great tool for admins who'd prefer to work with Rocky Linux via a GUI. We've already introduced you to the platform and even demonstrated how to add third-party modules to expand the feature set. One of the third-party modules is aimed at deploying and managing Podman containers, and for anyone looking to...
CIQ is excited to sponsor the Rocky Mountain Advanced Computing Consortium (RMACC) 2023 HPC Symposium! This year’s event takes place May 16-18 at Arizona State University’s SkySong Innovation and Technology Center in Scottsdale, Arizona. This will be our second consecutive year sponsoring the symposium following last year’s show at the University of Colorado Boulder. CIQ...