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Red Hat Enterprise Server System Administrators Needed for Beta Testing of Xandros Cross-Platform Unified Management Tools
Xandros Seeks Testers of Cross-Platform Management Tools From a Diversity of Enterprise Environments
| Source: Xandros, Inc.
NEW YORK, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- December 19, 2006 -- Xandros, the leading provider of easy-to-use
end-to-end Linux solutions, today put out a call to Red Hat Enterprise
Server system administrators to sign-up for the beta testing of Xandros'
new cross-platform server management and monitoring tools. The tools will
enable Red Hat administrators to manage multiple Red Hat Enterprise servers
on various hardware architectures utilizing the same applications and
management components employed in the Xandros Server, winner of the Product
Excellence Award for the best Integration Solution. These components
include Xandros' revolutionary managed community and workflow-driven
application dependencies management that prevent problems from occurring,
versus resolving them after the fact. With the Xandros management tools for
Red Hat, setting up and managing a Red Hat server will be as easy as
setting up and managing a Xandros Server, for which Windows administration
expertise is usually sufficient, without the need for extensive Linux or
Red Hat training.
Announcement and release of these cross-platform, cross-domain management
tools represent the final stage in the realization of Xandros' end-to-end
next generation Linux solutions strategy, which was first articulated at
the time of the initial Xandros Server release in April 2006. That strategy
seeks to leverage Xandros' historical leadership in value-add technology
and architecture to facilitate desktop and server co-existence and
cross-platform management in today's typical mixed Windows and Linux or
Unix enterprise environment. Platform co-existence and management in these
heterogeneous enterprise environments has become ever more difficult, since
they employ a diversity of servers and desktops (Windows, Sun Solaris Unix,
Red Hat, Oracle, Novell, and other Linux). The management of such a
server/desktop mix normally entails a diversity of silo-oriented management
tools, each designed to manage a particular platform and run on a different
host (Windows, Linux or Unix). At the same time, the deployed
infrastructure system management tools and consoles (IBM Tivoli, Microsoft
MMC, CA Unicenter, HP Open View, BMC, and others) may have little or no
visibility in the management of these server and desktop resources.
"We are entering the final phase of the long-planned development of our
server administration tools for mixed IT infrastructures and our Quality
Assurance team is looking for beta testers with all types and levels of Red
Hat Linux server administration experience to put our software to the acid
test," said Ming Poon, Xandros VP of Product Development. "Deploying and
managing Linux servers in enterprise settings is often a complex and time
consuming process involving a lot of trial and error. The arrival of our
integrated management console and our unique Managed Community and
Workflow-based look-ahead model of server management will eliminate much of
that pain and drastically reduce in-house administration costs or the need
for outside services."
Xandros beta programs are conducted to garner insights from potential users
and to assure that the forthcoming Xandros product releases meet the
highest standards for stability and ease of use.
Red Hat server administrators interested in testing the new tools are
invited to apply at: www.xandros.com/beta.
About Xandros
Xandros, Inc. is the leading provider of easy-to-use Linux alternatives to
Windows. Founded in 2001, Xandros pioneered low cost, graphical operating
systems that leverage existing skill sets and provide seamless
compatibility with Microsoft Windows programs and networks. It has since
expanded its Debian-based product line from standalone consumer desktops to
end-to-end enterprise desktop, server, and management solutions featuring
workflow automation and centralized, remote administration. The company is
headquartered in New York with research and development facilities in
Ottawa and Mumbai, and sales and support offices worldwide. For more
information, please visit www.xandros.com.
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