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And thats not all. Enterprise customers who choose to subscribe to Red Hat subscription services will get access to three distinct and significant types of benefits in technology, regular updates and support.

For a flat rate on a per server per year basis, subscribers gain access to technology that has been optimized for all major server platforms. They will also receive regular updates on key performance upgrades and support for new architectures approximately twice a year.

The subscription will enable them to enjoy a comprehensive suite of services such as 24/7 global support and a range of consulting engagements from complete Linux migration to software customization. Customers can also utilize Red Hat Network (RHN), which features a modular design to facilitate scalable operations and offers a range of tools to efficiently manage systems.

Winning partnerships

Red Hat's strategic partnerships with Dell, HP, IBM, AMD and Intel are critical to making Red Hat Enterprise Linux more easily available and adaptable to enterprise environments. Recognizing the growing popularity of open source enterprise computing, these global players chose to partner with Red Hat and combine their technologies and experience in building mission-critical infrastructures for the worlds top companies with Red Hat open source solutions.

For example, AMD and Intel work closely with Red Hat to ensure their virtualization-enhanced chipsets are tightly integrated with the integrated virtualization environment initiative to deliver maximum software and hardware performance for customers.

Red Hat works with IBM and HP to optimize customers deployment of Linux solutions and deliver superior computing capabilities. For instance, to address customer demand for greater data protection features, IBM and Red Hat developers recently collaborated with the open source community to build security-enhanced Linux into Red Hats core operating system. HP and Red Hat partnered to deliver the industrys first open source blade bundle the HP BladeSystem with Red Hat Global File System and HP Serviceguard.

Closer to home

In Singapore and Asia, a growing community of system integrators and independent solution vendors (ISVs) provides on-the-ground expertise to help enterprise customers make the move to open source infrastructures. And there is a strong sense of pride in being part of a movement that is changing the technology landscape today.

"We are proud to be a Red Hat Advanced Business Partner, working together with them to implement open source solutions in Singapore, said Alvin Teo, Director, Business Solutions, Cxrus Solutions Pte Ltd. We share their philosophy that open source solutions provide viable, cost-effective alternatives for customers who have for too long been prisoners of high-cost proprietary systems and applications."

Mr Philip Tang, Managing Director, Philip Tang & Sons added. "Philip Tang & Sons is a leading provider of multiple channel access solutions. Our relationship with Red Hat, while new, promises to be a fruitful one as we combine the benefits of Red Hat Enterprise Linux with our applications to deliver true business value to our customers."

As news about how Red Hat solutions are driving down infrastructural costs through virtualization and SOA hit the streets, more and more companies in Asia are choosing to join the open source movement.

Red Hat is the right choice

With 80 per cent market share in the paid Linux market, Red Hat is the world's leading provider of open source solutions. The company brings value to enterprise computing by seeking out the best in open source innovation and combining that with its expertise in building complete, cost-effective infrastructures for the enterprise.

As the corporate Linux standard, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) delivers a secure, scalable and high-performance open source platform that helps enterprises reduce infrastructural costs and maximize the value of their technology deployment.