Press Releases

RENO, Nev.—February 8, 2023—The Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation (RESF) today announced the initial board of directors that are leading the effort to preserve the longevity, stewardship and innovation of enterprise-grade open source software that is always freely available. Founded in early 2021, the RESF exists to organize open source communities comprising enterprise, research, academia, individuals…

Continuing its commitment to freedom, open source and transparency, new CIQ enhancements to errata and security reporting are now available. RENO, Nev.—February 2, 2023—Doubling down on its commitment to full open source reproducibility of the most current Rocky Linux bug fixes, security patches and feature enhancements, CIQ engineers have released the Rocky Linux 9 errata…

Zane Hamilton and Justin Burdine depart Red Hat to take sales and solution engineering leadership roles. RENO, NEV. (PRWEB) DECEMBER 09, 2022 CIQ, the company building the next generation of software infrastructure for enterprises running data-intensive workloads atop the Rocky Linux enterprise Linux distribution, is welcoming two new key members to the CIQ team. Zane Hamilton…

Popular replacement for CentOS continues to gain users as distribution matures and community releases consistent, stable updates. RENO, NEV. NOVEMBER 30, 2022 Rocky Linux version 9.1 is now available. Major changes include the availability of Keylime, a remote boot attestation and runtime integrity management solution using Trusted Platform Modules (TPMs). Additionally, 9.1 introduces the first module streams…

In a period of rapid, early-stage growth, CIQ is gearing up to deliver new software infrastructure innovations for enterprise, cloud, hyperscale and HPC; company is awarded by industry publications for innovation. RENO, NEV. NOVEMBER 30, 2022 CIQ today unveiled an advisory board comprising veteran leaders with deep expertise in IT infrastructure, high performance computing (HPC),…

RESF invites individuals and organizations to join the effort to preserve the longevity, stewardship and innovation of enterprise-grade open source software that is always freely available. RENO, Nev.—November 10, 2022—The Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation (RESF) today published its charter and bylaws, documenting the organization’s governing structure and rules for hosting open source projects, including its…

Data protection and management solutions from Atempo are now certified to run atop the Rocky Linux enterprise Linux distribution. RENO, NEV. (PRWEB) NOVEMBER 09, 2022 Atempo has partnered with CIQ to complete the certification of Rocky Linux for all of Atempo’s offerings. Atempo is one of Europe’s largest data protection and data management solutions providers. CIQ is the…

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure provides a new deployment option for Rocky users. RENO, NEV. (PRWEB) NOVEMBER 02, 2022 Rocky Linux is now available on Oracle Cloud Marketplace and can be deployed on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure as a host operating system. Oracle Cloud Marketplace is a centralized repository of enterprise applications offered by Oracle and Oracle partners. Rocky Linux…

CIQ team is building the next generation of enterprise high-performance computing with Rocky Linux RENO, Nev.—August 31, 2022—Nine cloud and Linux veterans have signed on to form the leadership team for CIQ, the company building the next generation of software infrastructure for enterprises running data-intensive workloads atop the Rocky Linux enterprise Linux distribution. This follows…

In addition to a host of new features and support for new architectures, Rocky Linux 9 includes more than just binaries and an installer; with the release of Peridot, anyone can reproduce Rocky Linux from scratch, like any open source project, ensuring there’s no repeat of the CentOS end-of-life issues. RENO, Nevada—July 14, 2022—Rocky Linux…

RENO, Nev., May 11, 2022 / — CIQ, a software infrastructure leader that works in every part of the technology stack to develop stable, scalable, and secure solutions for customers and communities, today announced they have secured $26 million in Series A venture capital funding led by Two Bear Capital. CIQ was created to empower everyone to do amazing things by…