SAN
JOSE, Calif., Aug. 22, 2000 -- Red Hat, Inc. (Nasdaq:RHAT), the leader
in open source Internet infrastructure solutions, announced today the
IA-64 JumpStart Program, which provides all the software, tools, support
and training needed for independent software and hardware vendors (ISVs
and IHVs) to quickly develop solutions for Red Hat Linux on Intel's
new Itanium IA-64 architecture.
Program members receive a wide range of free services and can purchase
additional levels of support and training from Red Hat -- often at a
significant discount. Avanti, Rational, Sendmail, Steeleye, Tibco and
Unify are among the leading software vendors who have already joined
the program.
"The JumpStart Program continues Red Hat's commitment to delivering
everything needed to quickly and easily embrace Red Hat Linux and other
open source solutions in the next generation of computing," said
Michael Tiemann, chief technical officer at Red Hat, Inc.
In May, Red Hat released an early beta version of the Red Hat source
code for the Itanium processor platform. The early code release included
the Red Hat/Cygnus compiler and tool kit and is based on the tools and
kernel developed by the IA-64 Linux Project, formerly known as the Trillian
project.
"The JumpStart Program reflects Red Hat's commitment to its customers
to deliver high-end performance and stability of the IA-64 platform
for their Internet infrastructure solutions," said Victor Krutul,
manager, OS Programs, Intel Corp. "Red Hat's release of pre-production
tools and software and the new JumpStart Program exemplifies the industry-wide
support to help accelerate the development of Itanium processor-based
server and workstation applications."
Everything Needed to Accelerate Development of IA-64 Linux Solutions
The JumpStart Program delivers a wide range of solutions designed
for ISVs and IHVs working with Intel's Pre-silicon Software Development
Environment (SoftSDV) or independently. It has different levels and
costs depending on the level of support desired, and it can provide:
-- Netfarm, an innovative hosting service that lets developers access
pre-production Intel IA-64 hardware over the Internet
-- Free Web-based support, with additional support packs at a significant
discount
-- One day of introductory training for installing, configuring and
porting
-- Red Hat hardware and software certification
-- Priority notification of software patches and updates and access
to e-knowledge bases, FAQs and 90-day priority ftp for bug fixes and
downloads
-- Advanced developer support and additional engineering services to
help port applications
-- Partner marketing benefits, such as inclusion in Red Hat white papers,
case studies, direct mail campaigns and listings in solution guides
and the IA-64 section of redhat.com's marketplace.
The IA-64 Netfarm is part of the Red Hat IA-64 JumpStart Program. It
is designed to enable Linux-based application development for high-performance
64-bit IA-64 systems. Whether you're porting existing applications from
other operating systems, migrating applications from the Intel 32-bit
architecture to create new applications or develop hardware that is
optimized on Linux for IA-64, the Red Hat IA-64 Netfarm offers an opportunity
to develop on a future platform today.
For more information on the IA-64 Netfarm, please see http://hardware.redhat.com/ia64.
For more information on Red Hat's JumpStart Program, please see http://www.redhat.com/services/IA64/Jumpstart/.
Open Source Momentum
International Data Corp. (IDC) research states that paid Linux shipments
grew faster than any other server operating system over the past two
years, and their preliminary figures for 1999 show Linux shipments hold
24.6 percent of the server operating system market, up from 15.8 in
1998. IDC also states that Red Hat holds 50.2 percent of Linux vendor
market share and that Red Hat Linux is by far the most popular distribution,
preferred by 68.7 percent of U.S. Linux users.
Research firm Netcraft, Inc. (www.netcraft.com),
states that as of May 2000, 30 percent of all public Web sites run on
Linux-based operating systems, making Linux the most popular choice
for deploying public Web sites. IDC research shows 40 percent of all
spending on Linux servers is for Internet related applications, firmly
entrenching Linux servers in the Internet infrastructure.
Finally, IDC predicts that by 2002, there will be more than 55 million
handheld and notebook-style information appliance devices and that by
2005, shipments of these appliances will exceed shipments of PCs.
Red Hat's numerous alliances with industry leaders and the demand for
Linux-based applications has created open source support from many of
the industry's leading software and hardware manufacturers, including
Dell, Compaq, Computer Associates, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Netscape, Novell,
Oracle and SAP.
About Red Hat, Inc.
Founded in 1994, Red Hat (Nasdaq:RHAT), is a leading provider of
open source Internet infrastructure solutions, ranging from small embedded
devices to high availability clusters and Web serving. Red Hat applies
its technological leadership to create open source solutions for Internet
infrastructure and post-PC environments, offers services backed by the
best understanding of open source and the most comprehensive resources,
delivers the brand of a widely trusted open source leader and corporate
partner, and persists in an indelible commitment to the virtues of open
source to lead a revolution in the computing industry.
Red Hat is based in Research Triangle Park, N.C. and has offices worldwide.
Visit Red Hat on the Web at www.redhat.com.
For investor inquiries, contact Lippert/Heilshorn at (212) 838-3777.
About the IA-64 Linux Project
The IA-64 Linux Project, formerly known at the Trillian Project,
was formed in early 1999 to port the Linux operating system to the IA-64
architecture. The project currently includes Caldera Systems, CERN,
Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, LinuxCare, NEC, Red Hat, SGI, SuSE, Turbolinux
and VA Linux Systems and represents the first major effort by the server
and workstation industry to support an open-source project of this depth
and scale. For more information on the IA-64 Linux Project, visit http://www.ia64linux.org.
