* Red Hat, HP, Novell, IBM, Veritas, CA to unveil products at LinuxWorld
LinuxWorld Expo kicks off at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco this week, with a slew of announcement from major vendors. As usual, the new products focus on the use of Linux in high-end enterprise server platforms. Linux and open source-based client products and software development platforms are also being demonstrated.
Among the products being announced at the show this week are:
* Red Hat is expected to launch its first Java application server, a product that will compete with platforms from BEA, IBM and Oracle.
* Novell is expected to unveil SuSE Enterprise Server 9.0, which runs on the Linux 2.6 kernel, providing better support for multiprocessor systems. It’s been reported that systems running on pre-released versions of the software can scale to 32 Intel Itanium II processors and handle as much as 512G bytes – that’s Gigs not Megs – of memory.
* HP is expected to announce a range of Linux products, including Linux-based midrange and high-end Integrity servers and a Linux thin client, the HP Compaq t5515. It will also showcase ProLiant servers with Intel’s new 32-/64-bit technology. HP will announce an expanded Linux services and support team.
* IBM will announce broader third-party software support for Linux on its Power processor and will unveil xSeries servers with Intel’s 32-/64-bit technology.
* Veritas is expected to announce that the latest versions of its storage and clustering software are all certified on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Among the tools certified include Veritas Storage Foundation, Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC, Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System and Veritas Volume Replicator.
* Computer Associates plans to announce that it will open source its Ingres r3 database, which runs on Linux and will be made generally available Sept. 30.
