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Red Hat, the leader in open source Internet infrastructure solutions, today unveiled the
redhat.com Marketplace, an innovative new service that offers companies a single, comprehensive Web destination to learn about and purchase products for open source Internet computing initiatives.
The redhat.com Marketplace (www.redhat.com/marketplace) provides technology professionals with the perfect starting point for accurate, up-to-date information and purchasing options for Internet infrastructure solutions that are based on or support Red Hat Linux and other open source technologies. Customers can choose from a wide range of products from top computing companies worldwide in three major categories: hardware, software and Web hosting.
"The redhat.com Marketplace extends Red Hat's leadership and brand promise to bring together e-business vendors and corporate consumers in an informative portal for purchasing and supporting open source Internet infrastructure solutions," said Matthew Szulik, president and CEO, of Red Hat. "Red Hat's early partnerships with leading computing vendors led
to the rapid adoption of Linux for the Internet. Red Hat continues to build the most comprehensive environment for information, products and services for open source, Internet
computing."
In addition to purchasing products and services, redhat.com Markeplace users can view special product spotlights and product reviews, search the site for specific solutions and download free demo versions of leading Internet solutions. A weekly "Featured Solution" will include an article on timely topics for IT managers and e-commerce developers. Solution vendors that wish to participate in the Marketplace should visit www.redhat.com. Sponsorship and marketing opportunities for partners include special "Solutions Showcases" that let vendors detail all of their Linux and open source -based solutions.
Widespread Partner Support
Participating vendors in the redhat.com Marketplace include: Dell Computer Corp., Compaq Computer Corp., IBM, Oracle Corp., SteelEye Technology, Inc., eLance.com, Neoware Systems, Omnis Software, Pervasive Software, Rackspace.com, Symantec Corp. ThinkFree.com Corp. and ZoneTrader.com.
IBM's participation in Red Hat's Open Source Marketplace is an opportunity to showcase some of the solutions and technologies that have earned us a leadership position in the Linuxmarket," said Dick Sullivan, vice president, Solutions & Integration Marketing, IBM Software. "As one of the earliest supporters of Linux, IBM has built an unmatched portfolio of
hardware, software and services that truly integrates Linux into the enterprise. Red Hat's new portal should be a significant open source forum and we are excited to play an important part."
redhat.com and Open Source Momentum
Redhat.com attracts the largest global audience of open source developers and users. redhat.com Marketplace continues the rapid growth of redhat.com as the premier portal for a wide variety of open source software and information solutions. Red Hat's subscription service, introduced with version 6.0, offers continual updates to Red Hat Linux users through an innovative, automated Internet delivery service. In February, Red hat unveiled Wide Open News (www.wideopen.com), an editorially independent Web site for Linux and open source news and analysis. In March, . In March, redhat.com added several new services, including: "What Can Red Hat Do for Me," which delivers users a made-to-order report featuring the information, products and services right for that customer's needs, and "Success Stories," which details the business need, deployment and cost savings of Red Hat Linux for Internet Infrastructure solutions.
International Data Corp. (IDC) research states that paid Linux shipments grew faster than any other server operating system over the past two years. IDC preliminary figures for 1999 show Linux shipments hold 24.6 percent of the server operating system market, up from 15.8 in 1998.IDC research also show 40 percent of all spending on Linux servers is for Internet-related applications, making Linux servers firmly embedded in the Internet infrastructure. Research firm NetCraft, Inc. (www.netcraft.com), states that 29 percent of all public Web servers also run on Linux, making Linux the most popular operating system for public Web sites.
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 Europe was established in July 1999 with its European headquarters based in Surrey, United Kingdom and offices throughout Europe. Red Hat Linux is sold and supported through a number of major distribution and industry partners throughout Europe.
Red Hat Linux was named InfoWorld's Product of the Year for four 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 Favourite'. Red Hat Linux recently won a Product Excellence award from Software Development Magazine.
LINUX is a trademark of Linus Torvalds. RED HAT is a registered trademark of Red Hat, Inc. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group. All other names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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