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*Red Hat expands 'stack' with JBoss*
By Martin LaMonica 
<mailto:zdnews-asia at cnet.com&Subject=Feedback%20on%20%27Red%20Hat%20expands%20%27stack%27%20with%20JBoss%27>, 
CNET News.com
Tuesday , September 19 2006 09:40 AM

*Red Hat has announced the first combined product release following its 
acquisition of JBoss earlier this year. *

The Red Hat Application Stack is a set of server components targeted at 
corporate customers and developers who are looking to build and run new 
applications. It is available through Red Hat's existing sales channels.

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The bundle includes Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the JBoss Application 
Server, database-access software called Hibernate, and the Tomcat Web 
application server. The stack is certified to run with open-source 
database PostgreSQL and includes MySQL, another popular open-source 
database.

Red Hat has certified that the different components work well together 
and customers can pay a yearly subscription fee for support services 
that covers the entire package, said Todd Barr, director of enterprise 
marketing at Red Hat.

JBoss, which makes a popular open-source Java application server, was 
acquired in April by Linux distributor Red Hat. The company's plan is to 
expand its product portfolio, focusing on open-source infrastructure 
software.

"We're really positioning ourselves for a future, even today, as an 
infrastructure provider for flexible and low-cost (computing)," said 
Barr. "Open source is really the means by which you can get there."

With its first application infrastructure release, Red Hat is aiming to 
create the base components needed for a wide range of applications, Barr 
said.

The Application Stack includes the software needed to run applications 
in PHP and other scripting languages, he said. Or customers can create 
Java applications if they have more-demanding jobs, he said.

The Application Stack will be sold by Red Hat's direct sales force and 
through Red Hat's distribution network, which now represents more than 
60 percent of the company's revenue, said Barr.

Pricing starts at US$1,999 per server per year.

The company may create different applications "stacks" for specific 
industries, Barr said.



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