Red Hat Launches Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

Red Hat (www.redhat.com), the leading provider of open source solutions to the enterprise, announced global availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux v.4 last night at a press conference hosted by Red Hat executives, partners and customers.

This latest release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux enables enterprise organizations to realize the benefits of open source innovation throughout their IT environment, particularly in the areas of performance and security. Red Hat Enterprise Linux proves that Linux solutions can effectively eliminate for the need for Solaris in the enterprise.

"This release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a defining milestone in the evolution of Linux as the backbone of the enterprise," said Paul Cormier, Executive Vice President of Engineering at Red Hat.

Red Hat continues to place great emphasis on the importance of partner relationships and collaboration with the community.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux v.4 is now available in 15 languages worldwide. For more information please visit redhat.com or call 866-2-RED-HAT.

"Dell and Red Hat are committed to continuously improving the performance and value proposition of Linux for our enterprise customers," said Reza Rooholamini, director, enterprise solutions engineering, Dell. "The release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 on Dell PowerEdge servers is another proof point of how we are enhancing the Linux platform to provide customers with solutions that scale to meet their needs today and in the future."

"As customers continue to adopt Linux to run critical enterprise applications, assurances of support and cross-platform interoperability are very important," said Tom Joyce, Director of Platforms Marketing at EMC Corporation.

Hitachi, Ltd. welcomes the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4," said Kazuhiro Fujisaki, General Mamanger, Hitachi, Ltd. Software Division.

"As Linux becomes a more critical piece in IT datacenters today, Red Hat continues to offer customers improved capabilities for performance and value across open source and commercial environments," said Martin Fink, vice president of Linux, HP.

"The introduction of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 is another important step in the maturation of Linux, and one our mutual customers will welcome enthusiastically," said Scott Handy, vice president of Linux for IBM.

"Linux's ability to drive migration from RISC to high volume enterprise solutions increases with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4," said Richard Wirt, Vice President, Intel Sr. Fellow, General Manager of Intel's Software Solution Group.

"Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 4 introduces the maturing Linux 2.6 kernel into Red Hat's robust Enterprise OS lineup," said Dirk Elmendorf, chief technology evangelist, Rackspace Managed Hosting.