Dubai, UAE, August 9, 2007 - Dell today delivered a simplified way for customers to migrate from costly legacy application infrastructures. The availability of Red Hat operating platform and middleware solutions on Dell PowerEdge™ servers, gives customers enhanced interoperability, choice and substantial cost savings in their IT environments. 

The complete open source solutions are available directly from Dell and provide customers with the opportunity to replace costly legacy application infrastructures with Red Hat's leading open source middleware solutions. Customers also have the flexibility to choose a Windows or Linux operating system, whichever fits best within their environment.  The combined solutions enhance cross-platform interoperability and provide the affordable, flexible benefits of open source solutions.

The Dell/Red Hat solutions combine standards-based servers from Dell with the customer's choice of the JBoss Enterprise Application Platform or the Red Hat Application Stack, which includes Red Hat Enterprise Linux, JBoss Enterprise Application Platform and MySQL.  Each solution delivers easy cross-platform interoperability that provides customers the flexibility to customize their solutions to fit specific needs.

The Dell/Red Hat offering currently features three individual solutions: 

  • JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Solution - This solution combines the JBoss Application Server, Hibernate and JBoss Seam with Dell hardware in combination with the best Linux or Windows operating system for the customer. It makes it easy to develop, deploy and manage enterprise Java applications on any operating system, while still remaining flexible and affordable. 

  • Web Application Solution - This solution combines the Red Hat Application Stack, including the JBoss Enterprise Application Platform and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, with Dell hardware.  It is ideal for running Java or LAMP applications and provides the benefit of a simple, integrated solution for customers that are already running an open source operating system with legacy proprietary middleware, or for customers looking to deploy multiple open source solutions into their environment.

  • Web Edge Solution - Combining Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Dell hardware, this solution is aimed at customers looking to take advantage of the open source operating system for activities such as Web serving with Apache.

"Businesses of all shapes and sizes are increasingly turning to open source-based solutions, for operating systems, middleware and databases as a means of simplifying their IT environments," said Kevin Kettler, CTO at Dell. "LinuxWorld provides us with a great forum in which to address this growing market. Our unique position to deliver low-cost solutions without compromising quality, combined with a strong industry partnership with Red Hat, offers customers a win-win situation when it comes to addressing open source middleware needs that ultimately improve the bottom-line."

In addition to the companies' combined solutions, Dell, AMD and Red Hat are in collaboration to enable the creation of a Java Solutions Center.  Located in Austin, Texas the center will further the development and optimization of open source Java technologies. 

"AMD is pleased to be working with Red Hat and Dell to create a Java Solutions Center, where we will develop and optimize Java based solutions for our joint customers," said Terri Hall, vice president, Commercial Systems Marketing, AMD. "Together, our teams will collaborate to optimize open source middleware solutions from JBoss, a recognized leader in the Java space, running on AMD Opteron™ processor-based systems from Dell."

"The middleware market presents a $5 billion opportunity, with some customers spending as much as 70 percent of their IT budget maintaining legacy applications," said Mike Evans, vice president of Corporate Development at Red Hat. "Our partnership with Dell and AMD ensures that customers who have embraced the benefits of an open source IT environment have the support and technology they need for successful implementation."

This year's LinuxWorld Conference & Expo features Dell's Chief Technology Officer, Dr. Kevin Kettler, who will deliver a keynote address featuring topics, ideas and feedback solicited directly from the Linux community via Dell's corporate blog, Direct2Dell and Dell IdeaStorm.  Kettler's address, combined with Dell's collaboration with Red Hat to deliver cross-platform interoperability to customers, continues the company's ongoing commitment to the Linux community.

All Dell/Red Hat solutions and products are available directly from Dell, with combined integration and support from Dell and Red Hat.  For more information on the solutions, visit www.dell.com/linux.

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