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Apptainer runs rootless containers built for HPC, with single-file SIF images, cryptographic signing, native MPI support, and Slurm and PBS integration.

Ascender Pro keeps server fleets healthy automatically: controller, event layer, audit trail, and content hub in one platform, so fixes land before outages.

Critical and Important CVE fixes for the CentOS 7.9 kernel and key userspace packages, delivered from a private repo with 24/7 support, for up to four years.

Fuzzball orchestrates HPC and AI across existing schedulers, storage, and clusters, and can run the same workflow on major clouds when additional capacity is needed.

The page discusses giving as part of the open-source ethos during the holiday season.

The page lists blog posts and other resources for holiday reading.

The page states that a Linux distribution can affect the cost, security, stability, and performance of a computing environment.

Hybrid and bind MPI models break container portability. David Godlove builds a fully containerized MPI stack with PMI2, Slurm, and Spack on Rocky Linux.

Atempo's data protection and management solutions are certified to run on Rocky Linux. Atempo partnered with CIQ.

CIQ says its partnership extends supply chain transparency to the infrastructure layer.

CIQ enhancements to errata and security reporting are available.

CIQ announced that users of community-driven Rocky Linux and Rocky Linux from CIQ can use FIPS 140-3 compliance.

CIQ hires remotely across engineering, support, and sales. Its Rocky Linux, Warewulf, Apptainer, and Fuzzball products are used on millions of systems.

CIQ offers RLC Pro, Fuzzball, Warewulf Pro, Ascender Pro, and other products. Its list-based pricing can be tailored to an environment, scale, and support needs.

Founded in 2020 by Gregory Kurtzer, who built Warewulf and co-founded CentOS, CIQ builds the Linux, HPC, and AI stack behind millions of Rocky Linux systems.

CIQ is a product-led technology company built on the belief that when the infrastructure layer is genuinely handled, the organizations that depend on it get to focus on what they actually exist to do.

Rocky Linux is an open source Enterprise Linux distribution that provides a reliable and stable operating system for a variety of industries.

Reach CIQ by chat, email at info@ciq.com, or phone at (800) 220-5243, weekdays 8am to 5pm. Offices in Reno, Los Angeles, Seoul, and Abu Dhabi.

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CIQ is the founding commercial sponsor of Rocky Linux, building the full stack for sovereign AI: RLC Pro, the CIQ Linux Kernel, Warewulf, and Fuzzball.