Red Hat Launches Marketplace for Open Source Internet Computing Initiatives

Red Hat has launched a new marketplace that provides technology professionals with a single, comprehensive Web destination to learn about and purchase products for open source Internet computing initiatives. The redhat.com Marketplace offers products from top computing companies worldwide in three major categories: hardware, software and Web hosting.

The marketplace also features special product spotlights, product reviews, and a weekly 'Featured Solution'. Red Hat's subscription service offers continual updates to Red Hat Linux users through an innovative, automated Internet delivery service. The marketplace is supported by several leading computing vendors including IBM, Dell Computer Corp., Compaq Computer Corp., Oracle Corp., SteelEye Technology, eLance.com, Neoware Systems (NASDAQ:NWRE), Omnis Software, Pervasive Software (NASDAQ:PVSW), Rackspace.com, Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ:SYMC), ThinkFree.com Corp., and ZoneTrader.com.

The marketplace is the premier portal for a wide variety of open source software and information solutions. Red Hat's subscription service offers continual updates to Red Hat Linux users through an innovative, automated Internet delivery service. In February, Red Hat unveiled Wide Open News (www.wideopen.com), an editorially independent Web site for Linux and open source news and analysis. In March, redhat.com added several new services, including: 'What can Red Hat do for Me', which delivers users a made-to-order report featuring the information, products and services right for that customer's needs, and 'Success Stories', which details the business need, deployment and cost savings of Red Hat Linux for Internet Infrastructure solutions. The marketplace is expected to be a significant open source forum and IBM has expressed excitement about participating in it.