Red Hat Introduces JBoss to Its Global Channel Partners; First Integrated Red Hat Application Stack Now Available
September 18 2006 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Red Hat Application Stack, targeted at LAMP and Java developers, is
the first fully integrated, supported open source stack, delivered
through Red Hat Network Red Hat (NASDAQ: RHAT), the world's leading
provider of open source solutions to the enterprise, today
announced two significant milestones related to its acquisition of
JBoss. As of today, multi-platform JBoss enterprise middleware
subscriptions are available to Red Hat channel partners globally,
through major distributors. In addition, the new Red Hat
Application Stack subscription, an integrated solution of leading
open source technology, is available online on Red Hat Network.
"Ninety days ago, Red Hat invested in the future of open source in
the enterprise by acquiring JBoss," said Tim Yeaton, Senior Vice
President of Enterprise Solutions, Red Hat. "Today, we reach one of
our first milestones as customers, developers and partners can now
tangibly benefit from the new JBoss channel offerings and the
integrated, tested Red Hat Application Stack." As the open source
alternative to integrated proprietary application platforms, the
Red Hat Application Stack is perfect for running standards-based
LAMP or Java-based applications. The Red Hat Application Stack
includes end-to-end support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, JBoss
Application Server, JBoss Hibernate and the leading open source
databases, including MySQL & PostgreSQL. It is delivered in a
clear and simple subscription model that includes the software,
support, updates and upgrades, all delivered online through Red Hat
Network. Future Red Hat stacks will seek to combine open source
technologies into solutions specifically optimized for vertical
markets, such as telecommunications and healthcare. Red Hat is
meeting the rising demand for open source in global channels by
making all JBoss middleware solutions, including the Red Hat
Application Stack, now available through major global distributors.
The Red Hat Application Stack offering is ideal for reseller
partners who want to deliver a simple, easy-to-order, integrated
solution in a low-cost subscription model with no client access
licenses or extra support or maintenance fees. Red Hat resellers
and JBoss partners will find the combination of Red Hat Enterprise
Linux and JBoss middleware technologies now provides their
customers a strong foundation to realize the benefits of open
source, as well as a low-cost on-ramp to service-oriented
architectures (SOA). "As an award-winning, national provider of
technology solutions for the enterprise, we are pleased to offer
the new Red Hat Application Stack and JBoss subscriptions," said
Stephen Soper, Director of Enterprise Software, FusionStorm. "Our
main goal is to help our customers save money and grow their
business. These cost-effective solutions from Red Hat will
definitely enable our customers to actualize the power of open
source and service-oriented architectures." "We are thrilled to see
the new Red Hat Application Stack and JBoss subscriptions available
to our customers," said John Zamierowski, Director of Sales,
Melillo Consulting, Inc. "Our customers are leveraging their IT
services to a whole new market segment. They are clamoring to take
advantage of service-oriented architectures and to leverage their
IT investments to produce new revenue streams. These new
subscription offerings will finally help us to deliver a simple,
low-cost, integrated platform that scales physically and
economically. With the economics of a subscription-based model we
can now make many new projects feasible. Overall, this means more
business for us." For more information about Red Hat Application
Stack, please visit http://www.redhat.com/solutions/rhappstack/ .
For more information about JBoss subscriptions, please visit
http://www.jboss.com/services/profsupport . About Red Hat, Inc. Red
Hat, the world's leading open source solutions provider, is
headquartered in Raleigh, NC with satellite offices spanning the
globe. The most trusted name in open source, CIOs and other
senior-level IT executives have ranked Red Hat as the industry's
most valued vendor for two consecutive years in the CIO Insight
Magazine Vendor Value study. Red Hat is leading Linux and open
source solutions into the mainstream by making high-quality,
low-cost technology accessible. Red Hat provides an operating
system platform, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, along with applications,
management, and middleware solutions, including JBoss Enterprise
Middleware Suite. Red Hat is accelerating the shift to
service-oriented architectures and enabling the next generation of
web-enabled applications running on a low-cost, secure open source
platform. Red Hat also offers support, training and consulting
services to its customers worldwide and through top-tier
partnerships. Red Hat's open source strategy offers customers a
long term plan for building infrastructures that are based on and
leverage open source technologies with a focus on security and ease
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