Microsoft has applied for a patent for a distributed operating system that matches the description of one its researchers have been developing, known as Helios. (Thanks to ZDNet blogger @Manan for ...

Distributed operating systems, defined as such, have not become as widely used by any stretch in comparison to Linux, Unix and Windows, which thrive in millions of networks. See Plan 9 and Inferno.

Mesosphere—a Bay Area startup—offers a certified version of Mesos-branded DC/OS (Datacenter Operating System). Amazon’s EC2 container service (ECS) supports orchestration of Docker containers in an ...

Microsoft's researchers are working on yet another operating-system research project which can trace its roots to the company's Singularity project. This new operating system, known as Helios, is ...

The Apstra Operating System is the first vendor-agnostic distributed operating system for the data center network that empowers CIOs and network architects to take control, transform how they ...