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Red Hat Expands Open Source Portfolio with Introduction of Red Hat Database
Market Leader to Target Underserved Mid-Market with More Cost Effective Database for Workgroups, Departments, and E-Business Applications
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.—June 25, 2001—Red Hat, Inc. (Nasdaq:RHAT), the
leader in developing, deploying and managing open source solutions, today
announced Red Hat Database. The Red Hat Database product is an open source
database solution, based on PostgreSQL 7.1, and optimized with Red Hat
Linux 7.1, for mid-sized organizations and corporate workgroups and
departments.
Red Hat Database is designed to meet the growing customer demand for
reliable and more cost effective databases for e-business applications. It
bridges a gap in the Linux database market between large enterprise
databases that require specialized IT skills and resources and smaller,
less capable databases that are affordable, but not sophisticated enough
for complex Web and e-business applications.
"With Red Hat's entry into the database market, we continue to expand the
opportunity for customers to build more flexible and maintainable systems
based on the benefits of open source technology," said Dr. James Neiser,
Chief Marketing Officer of Red Hat, Inc. "In many cases, customers simply
do not need the power, features or expense of a large, complex enterprise
database. But to be successful they do require sufficient functionality,
reliability, scalability and a well-supported solution."
"We are very excited that Red Hat is offering a single solution for both
operating system and database support. We are confident that with Red Hat's
technical leadership and product quality, we can be more successful in our
current markets and reaching new markets created by open source
innovations," said Mark Lucas, Chief Technical Officer of ImageLinks, a
company that processes large satellite and aerial images for businesses.
"Many organizations are seeking solutions, not toolkits," said Dan
Kusnetzky, IDC's Vice President of System Software Research. "Red Hat, by
packaging Linux as a database server, would certainly make open source
software more attractive to organizations needing solutions." IDC predicts
that worldwide relational and object relational databases revenues on Linux
and other open source platforms will grow from $42 million in 2000 to $7.8
billion in 2005.
Red Hat Database includes:
- Red Hat Installer, and enhanced documentation for PostgreSQL 7.1 and Red
Hat Linux 7.1, enables organizations to quickly and easily install the
solution.
- Robust transaction support for intensive computing environments.
- Advanced locking capabilities, to ensure integrity of database updates and
changes.
- Industry standard compliance, including core SQL 92 support, ODBC & JDBC
APIs for broad application integration and compatibility.
- Support for object oriented features, such as large objects, structured
types and user-defined abstract data types (ADT) for flexibility.
- Multiple programming language support, including C/C++, PHP, Perl, Python,
Tcl/Tk, Embedded SQL (in C) for compatibility and flexibility.
- Online backup for availability and recovery of data.
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Pricing and Availability
Red Hat Database is available for $2295. It includes Red Hat Database
7.1, Red Hat Linux 7.1, software CD's, documentation, web and telephone
installation support. It also includes Red Hat Network support and product
updates. A variety of additional support offerings are available. Red Hat
Database is available directly from Red Hat at 866-2REDHAT and on the Web
at www.redhat.com/databasesolution.
About Red Hat, Inc.
Red Hat is the leader in developing, deploying and managing solutions
built on the benefits of an open source platform. These solutions
include an open source product platform that provides the only common,
globally available, and award winning Linux operating system from
mainframes to embedded devices, an e-Commerce platform,
Database, Secure Web Server, High Availability Server, and embedded
Linux, eCos, and GNU-based developer toolkit for embedded devices.
Red Hat backs up their open source offerings with end-to-end Red Hat
Professional Services that include Professional Consulting, Engineering
services, Enterprise Support services and Learning services. This is all
brought together with Red Hat Network as the Internet-based
backbone for deployment and management of products and services
for Linux based infrastructures.
Red Hat is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, N.C. and has
offices worldwide. Please visit Red Hat on the Web at
www.redhat.com. For investor inquiries, contact Gabriel Szulik at Red
Hat, (919) 547-0012.
Forward-Looking Statements
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safe harbor provisions of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934. Investors are cautioned that statements in this press release that
are not strictly historical statements, including, without limitation,
management's plans and objectives
for future operations, and management's assessment of market factors,
constitute forward-looking statements which involve risks and
uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include, without limitation,
reliance upon strategic relationships, management of growth, the
possibility of undetected software errors, the risks of economic downturns
generally, and in Red Hat's industry specifically, the risks associated
with competition and competitive pricing pressures, the viability of the
Internet, and other risks detailed in Red Hat's filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, copies of which may be accessed through the SEC's
Web site at http://www.sec.gov.
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