4Front Technologies, Inc. Develops Linux Support Capability; 4Front Becomes Partner of Leading Linux Developer Red Hat.Business Editors &High-Tech Writers LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 8, 2000 4Front Technologies, Inc. (&uot;4Front&uot;) (Nasdaq NM/EASDAQ Symbol:FFTI FFTI Federazione Field Target Italia (Italian) FFTI Feel Free to Ignore ) today announced that it has become a US service partner of Red Hat, the leading developer and provider of open source software products and services, including Red Hat Linux Red Hat Linux, assembled by Red Hat, was a popular, "middle-aged" Linux distribution (not as old as Slackware but older than Ubuntu) upon its discontinuation in 2004.[1] Red Hat Linux 1.0 was released on November 3, 1994. , one of the most popular Linux-based operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. in the world. 4Front already has significant NT and UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). technical capability and this new partnership further enhances 4Front's broad range of technical expertise. The Red Hat partnership was initiated through 4Front's US subsidiary, which was acquired in conjunction with the Company's purchase of CVSI, Inc. 4Front and Red Hat are currently discussing the extension of this partnership to Europe, where Red Hat is in the initial stages of establishing a partnership network. Anil Doshi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of 4Front, said, &uot;We are pleased to be working with Red Hat, whose offerings have a strong and growing market in the US as well as significant potential in non-US markets. The Red Hat partnership reflects 4Front's continuing ability to identify and adapt to key worldwide technology trends and execute strategies to bring new technology expertise to our customers. The Red Hat partnership is a natural development for 4Front, as we maintain our focus on broadening the range of higher margin, value-added computer services Data processing (timesharing, batch processing), software development and consulting services. See service bureau, SaaS and ASP. and consultancy we can offer our customers.&uot; About 4Front Technologies: 4Front Technologies, Inc., is a leading provider and integrator of information technology, consisting of specialized computer services and web-based solutions, primarily to blue-chip corporations throughout Europe. 4Front's range of services and solutions include e-business and other consulting services, managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality , infrastructure services and product-related services. 4Front's customers include General Electric, British Telecom, Telecom Italia, Lucent, Computer Sciences Corp., IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Phillips, Nokia, Siemens, Sony, Cegedim, Renault, Pfizer, Paine Webber, Societe Generale and the UK Ministry of Defence. Additional information on 4Front can be found on the Company's website at www.4fti.com. |
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