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Red Hat Announces Enterprise Software Products, Enterprise Support Products,
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and Reseller Programs
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Las Vegas, NV - November 16, 1998 - Fall COMDEX - Red Hat Software today
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announced a new line of software and support products for the enterprise, plus
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new Red Hat Authorized Reseller programs aimed at enterprise system builders
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and value-added resellers.
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New Software Products
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Red Hat is adding to its award-winning line of software products with two new
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enterprise products: The Official Red Hat Linux 5.2 System Builder Edition
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and the Official Red Hat Linux 5.2 Commercial Server Edition.
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The System Builder Edition product is designed for resellers who are
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pre-installing Red Hat Linux operating system on server-class computers for
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enterprise accounts. It includes Red Hat Linux 5.2 software and documentation.
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The Commercial Server Edition product, also designed to be delivered
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pre-installed, includes all of the features of the System Builder Edition,
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plus a 90 day support package that gives the enterprise user 24 x 7 support
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out of the box for Red Hat Linux.
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New Support Products
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In response to unprecedented demand for commercial-strength, technical support
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for Linux, Red Hat is introducing new corporate support products that, among
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other benefits, integrate with the new software products to provide "24 x 7"
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support for enterprise-wide, mission-critical Red Hat Linux systems.
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The new support products include: Red Hat Technical Support Incident Packages
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and Red Hat Technical Support Annual Subscriptions. Red Hat Technical Support
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Incident Packages are available in 10 and 25 incident packs. Technical Support
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Annual Subscriptions are available in two levels, Platinum being the highest,
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featuring unlimited incidents and 24 x 7 availability. (Call center support
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goes live early January 1999.)
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The System Builder Edition and the Commercial Server Edition will be available
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for purchase in late December 1998. The support products will be available
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for purchase in early January 1999. All products will be available for Red Hat
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Authorized Resellers through Red Hat's distribution partners.
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New Reseller Programs
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As part of the new enterprise software and support strategy, Red Hat also
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announces new Red Hat Authorized Reseller Programs. These programs are
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designed to enable channel partners to build successful enterprise accounts
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and business lines around systems and solutions based on Red Hat's enterprise
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software and support products.
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The new Red Hat Authorized Reseller Programs will include a specific program
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for system builders who focus primarily on building servers and systems for
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enterprises, bundled with support; and a tiered program for value added
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resellers who focus primarily on consulting and delivery of custom solutions
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and configurations to enterprises, with or without system sales.
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These channel programs will feature various levels of co-marketing and
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co-branding; access to Red Hat's new Red Hat Certified Installer and Red Hat
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Certified Engineer training and certification classes (regularly scheduled
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classes for reseller partners and customers start in February 1999); as well
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as other co-marketing and incentive programs.
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"These new products and channel programs offer enterprise customers the
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support they've asked for through the channels they know. With the addition of
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our new training and certification offerings, as well as our new professional
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services, we are also giving our authorized resellers the programs, services
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and products they need to build a thriving business around Red Hat Linux,"
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according to Paul McNamara, Red Hat's Vice President of Enterprise Computing.
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About Linux
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Linux is the cooperatively developed POSIX-oriented, multi-user, multi-tasking
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operating system used world wide. Linux is used as an exceptional value,
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fully functional UNIX workstation for Internet servers and other applications.
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Red Hat Linux is maintained as "freely distributable" software available from
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many sites on the Internet.
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ABOUT RED HAT<41> SOFTWARE, INC.
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Founded in 1994, Red Hat Software is based in Research Triangle Park, NC,
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where it builds and maintains the award-winning Red Hat Linux operating
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system. Working in cooperation with a huge development team of research,
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academic, and commercial software developers over the Internet, Red Hat's goal
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is to build the most accessible and advanced operating system available
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anywhere. Red Hat Linux for Intel<65>, DEC Alpha(TM), and Sun SPARC<52> platforms
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continues to gain recognition in the computer industry: From 1996 to the
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present, Red Hat Linux was twice named InfoWorld's Product of the Year, was
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given a Productivity accolade in Software Development's "Jolt" Awards, was
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named an Environment/Desktop finalist in the Ziff-Davis European Excellence
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Awards, won the editor's choice awards from both the Linux Journal and
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Australian Personal Computing Magazines, and won the "Just Plain Cool" award
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LINUX is a trademark of Linus Torvalds. RED HAT is a registered trademark of
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Red Hat Software, Inc. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group.
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INTEL is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. SPARC is a registered
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trademark of SPARC International, Inc. Products bearing the SPARC trademarks
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are based on an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. ALPHA is a
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trademark of Digital Equipment Corporation.
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For more information about Red Hat Software and Red Hat products and
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technologies, please call 1-888-REDHAT1 or visit our web site at
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http://www.redhat.com. Reviews encouraged.
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CONTACT: Melissa Trenkle London Lee Richards
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Red Hat Software, Inc. Red Hat Software, Inc.
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melissa@redhat.com lee@redhat.com
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919-547-0012
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