| Says Red Hat India director Javed Tapia, "The
Open Source Architecture will create a focal point for our development
efforts and strategic business activities. This new direction will
now help enhance Red Hat's reputation as the leading provider of open
source solutions, moving us far beyond our role as a leading operating
system company. This effort is in response to the needs of our enterprise
customers and ISVs. The new Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 will form the
platform for Red Hat's Open Source Architecture."
Red Hat's goal is to move the price/performance benefits of open
source into other areas of the computing infrastructure. Delivering
components of the Open Source Architecture through a phased approach,
Red Hat claims to extend the value of open source beyond the operating
system further up the solution stack with a portfolio of optional
layered products for all aspects of an enterprise.
Emphasizing scalability, performance and extended system coverage,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 provides a stable operating system platform
that enables customers to realise the benefits of open source solutions
across their complete computing infrastructure - from the desktop
to the largest server.
The solution stack on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Platform will
include Red Hat Cluster Suite, Red Hat Developer Suite, Red Hat
Portal Server and Red Hat Content Management System. Red Hat Cluster
Suite provides high availability clustering for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux server products, and Red Hat Developer Suite provides a fully
featured Integrated Development Environment (IDE), based on the
Eclipse project, for application developers. Red Hat Portal Server
is a framework to aggregate local and remote content along with
applications into an easy-to-configure web interface. Red Hat Content
Management system is a complete workflow based engine to manage
content creation and delivery for an intranet, extranet or Internet
site. These products provide important components of Red Hat's Open
Source Architecture and further enhance the enterprise capabilities
of the environment.
The new Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, comprised of Red Hat Enterprise
Linux AS (for database/CRM, mission-critical applications), Red
Hat Enterprise Linux ES (edge-of-network applications such as file/print,
mail and web servers) & Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (enterprise
desktop and technical workstation) has a host of new features and
capabilities. There are over 100 Priority One features and 350 enhancements,
including better support for large SMP, memory and I/O configurations,
Forward compatibility between RHEL 2.1 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3. Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS will also provide a platform for
High Performance Cluster (HPC). HPC-focused packaging will also
be available for select OEM partners. Red Hat Global Learning Services
are also available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.
It will be available in 10 international languages. While Red Hat
has agreed to lengthen the release cycle to 18 months to support
enterprise customers, it is also ensuring that future Linux 2.5/2.6
features are back-ported on to the current version ensuring enterprise
stability combined with the latest technical features.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 is available as a part of an annual
subscription that includes Red Hat Network and support services.
Red Hat Network is the web based systems management platform. Through
a simple user interface, administrators can perform patch management,
updates, monitoring, and maintenance. Various levels of support
services are available including 24x7.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 was developed in close collaboration
with customers, OEM and ISV partners with a focus on performance,
scalability, and the support of a secure, consistent enterprise-wide
platform. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 includes numerous features
providing a potent combination of the latest technical features
and enterprise stability:
* Native POSIX Threading Library provides significant performance
improvement for multi-threading applications.
* Scalability improvements include support for larger SMP, memory
and I/O configurations.
* Single code base improves code stability, maintainability and
security.
* 7 Supported hardware architectures include Intel x86 and Itanium,
AMD64, IBM zSeries, iSeries, pSeries, and S/390.
As with other open source products, ISV partners, OEM partners
and the open source community will also play an important role in
further broadening the options for solutions that would fit within
the Open Source Architecture.
The launch of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 is expected to open several
new markets for the company.
Red Hat India has also announced the pricing for its standard editions:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (Intel x86) Rs 74,950.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3 Standard (IPF) (64 bit) Rs 99,600.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3 Standard (AMD) (64 bit) Rs 99,600.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3 Standard (IBM i series) Rs 99,600.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux - Cluster Rs 25,000.
Red Hat Linux Professional Workstation Rs 3,250.
Red Hat Network Proxy Service Rs 2,50,000.
Red Hat Network Satellite Service Rs 12,50,000.
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