Gregory Kurtzer and Hugo Hernández discuss how Rocky Linux and modern infrastructure solutions are making HPC more accessible, how the ecosystem is evolving to support AI workloads, and why simplifying the researcher experience is critical for advancing scientific innovation: https://bit.ly/3Y2GYfT

Bjorn Hovland has been promoted from chief operating officer to president, reporting to founder and CEO Gregory Kurtzer. This appointment marks a major milestone as we scale to meet unprecedented global demand for sovereign, high performance AI infrastructure: https://bit.ly/3KR5jCs

Yesterday's NVIDIA acquisition of SchedMD marks a milestone moment for the HPC community. Slurm powers more than half of the world's top supercomputers, and seeing it receive this level of investment speaks to its enduring importance. Read Gregory Kurtzer’s thoughts: https://bit.ly/3MLUDp8

At SC25, David Godlove announced Fuzzball’s integration with Slurm and PBS, which means that you can now orchestrate containers in HPC. This integration dramatically lowers the adoption risk of modernization initiatives by supporting gradual, user-led adoption. Watch demo: https://bit.ly/48vZ3cj

If your team is spending 20-30% of their time preparing for audits, generating reports, or providing compliance, there’s a better way. Ascender Pro transforms compliance from a time-consuming burden into an automatic byproduct of your infrastructure automation. Read the Q&A: https://bit.ly/3KQatP0

We are pleased to welcome Ramesh Srinivasan as CIQ’s new Vice President of Sales. Ramesh brings over 30 years of enterprise sales leadership with a proven track record of scaling open-source, Linux, and cloud-native businesses from early-stage to significant scale.

Happy 5th Birthday to Rocky Linux! Celebrate by getting involved. Watch our new video on how to contribute, from chat support to testing to hardware and architecture help. Join the community shaping the next five years: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw9-lVtg2N8 #RockyLinux #OpenSource #RESF

At SC25, we unveiled one of Fuzzball’s most requested features: native integration with Slurm and PBS. Now you can keep your scheduler and add modern container orchestration with no workflow rewrites. David Godlove breaks it down here: https://bit.ly/4pjoNhS

Final day at KubeCon! The CIQ team has been deep in convos at Booth 1242 and our SKOL Brewing happy hour. Thanks to everyone who stopped by! Next stop: SC25 in St. Louis. Come see us there as we showcase how CIQ is powering enterprise infrastructure for the age of AI. #KubeCon #CloudNativeCon

Web Summit energy is incredible. While others talk models & data, CIQ is showing that nothing in AI runs without the right operating system. We’re not chasing trends but shaping the ground everyone else builds on. Arthur Tyde & Ani Fox Bochenkov are here in Lisbon. Let’s connect! #WebSummit #AI

Web Summit energy is incredible. While others talk models & data, CIQ is showing that nothing in AI runs without the right operating system. We’re not chasing trends but shaping the ground everyone else builds on. Arthur Tyde & Ani Fox Bochenkov are here in Lisbon. Let’s connect! #WebSummit #AI

Chris Short (CIQ) and Kaslin Fields (Google) talk clear and consistent communication for open source projects at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon on Tuesday at 12pm. Join their session to learn how to choose the right channels, guide contributors, and handle critical moments. #KubeCon #CloudNativeCon

SC25 is almost here! We’ll have two full days of HPC technical sessions at Booth 736, featuring Sandia National Labs, NVIDIA, AMD, & Google Cloud on Fuzzball deployment, GPU optimization, Rocky Linux + Warewulf, and GCP roadmaps: https://events.ciq.com/2025/sc25/#programming#programming #SC25 #HPC

Rocky Linux is leading Enterprise Linux adoption. Fedora EPEL stats, a shared repo across all major Enterprise distributions, reveal which systems are truly in use. The data shows Rocky Linux has become the trusted successor to CentOS: https://bit.ly/47Kqq0K #RockyLinux #EnterpriseLinux #EPEL

Rocky Linux from CIQ is the first Linux distribution licensed to deliver the complete NVIDIA AI and networking stack out of the box. Deploy 9x faster, scale to thousands of nodes, unlock optimal GPU performance. Learn more: http://bit.ly/43KxgSA #NVIDIA #CUDA #RockyLinux

CIQ will be at Microsoft Ignite 2025 in SF, November 18-21! Visit us at Booth 5608, plus join us for happy hour at the 1860 Bar in The Olympic Club, a perfect opportunity for deeper conversations in a more relaxed setting. RSVP now: https://bit.ly/3LlDl1A #MicrosoftIgnite #Azure #CloudComputing

CIQ is heading to KubeCon + CloudNativeCon, November 10-13 in Atlanta! Stop by Booth 1242 for live demos, expert consultations, and great swag, plus join our happy hour at SKOL Brewing Company! Get all the event details here: https://events.ciq.com/2025/kubecon/ #KubeCon #CloudNative #Kubernetes

Your SMS is the brain, nervous system, and heartbeat of your HPC cluster. Get it wrong, and you’ll battle config gremlins for years. Walk through the traditional deployment approach to see why it works and why admins are looking for alternatives: https://bit.ly/47Gw5oA #OpenHPC #HPC #Warewulf

Apollo, Rocky Linux's security advisory framework, just got a major upgrade! CIQ and RESF teamed up to deliver faster, more accurate updates. Production users get more predictable security patches and better scanner integration. Open source collaboration done right: http://bit.ly/47u7WBq

If you’re attending SK AI Summit, you won’t want to miss Tommy HoSung Lee's talk, “Journey Toward High-Performance AI Infrastructure with Open Source: RLC-AI and Fuzzball."

Last day at EDUCAUSE in Nashville! The energy, panels, and community spirit have been inspiring. Thanks to everyone who connected with Rose and Dave. We’re excited to help higher ed accelerate outcomes and empower their researchers with Warewulf and Fuzzball. 🎓 #EDU25 #HigherEd #Warewulf #Fuzzball

We're gearing up for SC25. Visit us at Booth 736 near the Student Cluster Competition—the next generation of HPC talent we're thrilled to support and champion. Stay tuned here for info on product demos, presentations, & BoF sessions. See you in St. Louis! #SC25 #HPC #hpcignites

Attending DARPA's NGMM Summit in Austin, Texas next week? Join Eli Covell, Derek Nolde and Rose Stein at our happy hour, or connect on LinkedIn to book a meeting or ask questions. Learn more about NGMM: bit.ly/43plgWs #NGMM #Microelectronics #HPC

We're kicking off a blog series on OpenHPC, an open source ecosystem that makes HPC cluster deployment manageable. It's a compelling alternative to expensive commercial solutions, providing enterprise-grade stability without the licensing headaches. Read Part 1: bit.ly/4hqtVxv #HPC #RockyLinux

Recently Head of Open Source @ChrisShort.net attended the All Things Open conference in Raleigh, NC. In his event recap, Chris shares his experience as well as his thoughts on strengthening open source. Read the recap here: bit.ly/4qnwAfy #ATO25 #opensource

We will be at EDUCAUSE Annual Conference in Nashville, Oct 27-30. Supporting higher ed with reliable, scalable tech resonates with what we do at CIQ. Join higher ed & tech leaders shaping the future. DM us to connect with CIQ team members Rose Stein & Dave Horn! Register: bit.ly/49c20zi #EDU25

What an amazing time the CIQ and Rocky Linux team had at All Things Open. We connected with other open source enthusiasts, sharing passion and insights with the community we're so proud to be part of. Check out our recap video to see what made this event so meaningful. #ATO25 #Linux

Join us on October 16 at 11:00 AM PT to see how teams are deploying Linux systems that achieve 95% DISA STIG and 99% CIS compliance out of the box, without the weeks of manual hardening. Register now: bit.ly/473RjNQ

Oracle AI World: Day 3. Our team has enjoyed the keynote talks, reconnecting with partners & meeting new faces. The best part? Downtime with pups, fun photo ops & real conversations about what's new in AI & cloud computing. Kelly Hall & JW Koebel are here through tomorrow. Let's connect. #AIWorld

Manual Linux hardening creates risks, security gaps, & financial drain causing orgs to run slower than attackers in the vulnerability remediation race. The best solution? Building your Linux deployments on a secure, pre-compliant, & pre-hardened foundation. Learn more: bit.ly/4939XXw #Security

We're feeling the open source energy at All Things Open. Join Skip Grube, Joseph S. Tate & Michael Young @elgueromexicano.bsky.social at booth 46. Also today at 1:45 pm ET in Room 206, don't miss @chrisshort.net's talk,"Open Source Survival Guide: Rules to Keep You Sane in the Open Source World"

The CIQ team is ready at All Things Open in Raleigh! Engineers, Linux experts, swag & real open source talk. We even have Spanish speakers. Find us today at booth #46. Our team writes code. Your team writes code. Let's connect. #AllThingsOpen #OpenSource #ATO25

We're at All Things Open. Stop by to chat with our team, including Head of Open Source Chris Short & Principal Systems Engineer Michael Young. Whether you want to talk about open source & Linux or just grab some swag, we'd love to see you. #AllThingsOpen #OpenSource

Ever wondered how to enable Kdump on Warewulf nodes to capture kernel panics and analyze them like a pro? See how to here! ciq.com/blog/how-to-... We also have a webinar: Upgrading to Warewulf v4.6 and Deploying Warewulf Pro Register now: streamyard.com/watch/NRQxdv...

Attending All Things Open? Catch Michael Young's talk on Mon. 10/13/25 at 11:30 am ET.

Have you ever installed the wrong kernel on your Azure Confidential Compute instance, and now it won't boot? Our new tutorial walks you through the complete recovery process in approximately 15 minutes, covering console access, OS disk mounting, kernel removal, and safe reboot. bit.ly/4nZkzLl

Join us on October 16 at 11:00 AM PT to see how teams are deploying Linux systems that achieve 95% DISA STIG and 99% CIS compliance out of the box, without the weeks of manual hardening. Register now: bit.ly/473RjNQ

"Deploy fast or deploy secure. Pick one." Hardened OS without secure automation = meaningless security. Secure automation without a hardened foundation = vulnerable to kernel exploits. Learn how RLC-H and Ascender Pro can strengthen your enterprise infrastructure: bit.ly/475lRPd

Don't miss @chrisshort.net's session at All Things Open on Tuesday, October 14 at 1:45 pm. #ATO

Every HPC cluster can be different, making portability a challenge. Fuzzball, our container-forward, API-first HPC platform, allows your workflows to run anywhere. Our Fuzzball Workflow Catalog offers ready-to-run workflow templates to get you started. Learn more: bit.ly/3Km0jVR #HPC #Fuzzball

Running complex bioinformatics pipelines just got way easier. The new Nextflow (nf-fuzzball) integration means you can execute nf-core workflows anywhere with minimal setup. One command handles everything—container deployment, resource scaling, and storage configuration. bit.ly/4pN0xWn

CIQ Chief Technology Officer, Peter Nelson, explains how native NVIDIA CUDA integration within our commercial Rocky Linux offerings transforms enterprise GPU deployment economics. Read Peter's insights on the partnership → bit.ly/4na2H0q #AI #HPC #NVIDIA #CUDA #RockyLinux #Enterprise #CTO #CIQ

This collaboration represents a significant step forward for enterprise AI development. By packaging CUDA directly into Rocky Linux from CIQ, we're eliminating setup complexity and helping organizations deploy AI workloads faster. #RockyLinuxfromCIQ #NVIDIA #CUDA #EnterpriseAI

CIQ is now the leading Enterprise Linux provider licensed to redistribute the complete NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit! - Weeks to minutes deployment time - Zero configuration overhead - Maximum GPU performance from day one - Ready-to-run AI & HPC environments bit.ly/41IHAJV #NVIDIA #CUDA #RockyLinux

Today we mark Star Trek Day. 🪐 Logic dictates that what began as fiction became inspiration for generations of scientists, engineers, & explorers. At CIQ we honor those who turn imagination into reality. ✨ To explore is not only human—it is inevitable. 🖖 Live long, and prosper. #Aerospace

Warewulf is having their first User Group meeting - a WUG. #HPC

This is an interesting read on an overlooked AI infrastructure problem. Brian Dawson, Director of Product Management at CIQ, explains why they built Rocky Linux from CIQ - AI (RLC-AI) and what surprised them during development.

Most AI teams can't answer basic questions about their systems' performance, costs, or bottlenecks. As AI moves from experimentation to production scale, this visibility problem becomes critical. Read Gregory Kurtzer's full article here: bit.ly/4mFtWQ1 #AI #Infrastructure #HPC #TechLeadership

#warewulf #warewulfhpc #hpc #cluster #provisioning #stateless

Swapnil Bhartiya from TFiR spoke with CIQ’s Jonathon Anderson about Warewulf's journey from a 2001 Berkeley Lab project to powering today's AI workloads. Watch the complete discussion: bit.ly/41X2R2t #TFiR #WarewulfPro #CIQ