The Red Hat Ready certification program uses a rigorous, thorough testing methodology from a trusted authority in open source solutions that assures enterprise users that their hardware choices are compatible with the Red Hat Linux OS.
?Enterprise users cannot settle for poor performance or reliability in mission critical applications and Internet initiatives and often won?t purchase equipment that isn?t certified by the OS vendor,? said Paul McNamara, enterprise business unit leader, at Red Hat, Inc. ?The Red Hat Ready program delivers enterprise users the assurance they need to confidently deploy the powerful Red Hat Linux OS and top hardware solutions throughout the enterprise. American Power Conversion (APC) has become the first computer peripheral vendor to receive Red Hat Ready certification. APC?s Back-UPS®, Back-UPS Pro® and Smart-UPS® uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) have passed Red Hat Ready certification ensuring proper operation with the Red Hat Linux operating system.?
?Availability is paramount in today?s enterprise environment and Red Hat?s ongoing commitment to availability and quality led us to seek ?Red Hat Ready? certification,? said Ted Ives, Senior Software Product Manager at APC. ?The stringent nature of this certification ensures smooth operation with Red Hat Linux operating systems as more Linux customers look to Red Hat?s certification program to ensure easy setup and reliable operation.?
Red Hat ensures the compatibility of Red Hat Ready certified products by subjecting submissions to a series of tests that not only determine the functionality of the system or peripheral, but also test its stability when operating with Red Hat Linux. The Red Hat certification process entails the repetition of an installation test, an automated stress test and a stability test that ensure the easy implementation and operation of Red Hat Ready products.
For a complete list of certified hardware devices and their ratings, visit www.redhat.com/hardware.
Certified vendors all gain access to pre-release versions of the Red Hat Linux OS, ensuring continued support for even the most recent software releases. They can also leverage the Red Hat Ready seal of approval on their packaging and collateral. Vendors interested in participating in the Red Hat Ready program should email RedHatReady@redhat.com.
Open Source Momentum
International Data Corp. (IDC) research states that Linux was the fastest-growing server operating environment in 1998, growing more than 190 percent in that year alone and capturing more than 15.8 percent of the 4.4 million revenue shipment server operating systems market segment. Additionally, IDC states that Red Hat Linux is by far the most popular distribution, preferred by 68.7 percent of U.S. Linux users.
Red Hat?s numerous alliances with industry leaders and the demand for Linux-based applications has created open source support from many of the industry?s leading software and hardware manufacturers, including Compaq, Computer Associates, Corel, Dell, Gateway, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, Netscape, Novell, Oracle, and SAP.
About Red Hat, Inc.
Founded in 1994, Red Hat is a leader in the development of Linux-based operating system software (OS) and services. Based in Durham, N.C., Red Hat builds the most accessible and advanced server OS available anywhere with technical innovations such as RPM and the disk druid installation tool. Red Hat Linux is available for Intel, Compaq Alpha and Sun SPARC platforms. Red Hat Linux available directly from the company and through Red Hat?s partner, distributor and reseller programs, which include top PC and server manufacturers like Dell, IBM and Hewlett-Packard.
Red Hat Linux was named InfoWorld?s Product of the Year for three years in a row, was given a productivity accolade in Software Development?s Jolt Awards, was named an environment/desktop finalist in the Ziff-Davis European Excellence Awards, won the editor's choice awards from the Linux Journal and Australian Personal Computing magazines, and won the ?Just Plain Cool? award from Australian Personal Computing magazine.
At March?s LinuxWorld Expo, more than 8,000 members of the Linux community voted Red Hat a ?LinuxWorld Favorite?. Red Hat Linux recently won a Product Excellence award from Software Development Magazine.
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