Akibia Becomes Red Hat Advanced Business Partner; Company Expands Open Source Portfolio with New Partnership.WESTBOROUGH, Mass. -- Akibia, a leading independent IT services provider, announced today that it has become a Red Hat Advanced Business Partner. The Red Hat partnership expands Akibia's growing Open Source Solutions portfolio. As Linux has made gains in reliability and security, it is increasingly being deployed in the data center. IT research firm IDC expects the market for Linux operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. software to grow at a 2004-2008 CAGR CAGR See: Compound Annual Growth Rate of 25.5%, reaching $617 million in revenue by 2009. Akibia's Linux professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. help companies evaluate Linux for their specific environment, design a migration strategy, implement the solution, and in conjunction with Red Hat, support the new platform. The partnership aligns Akibia with the global open source market share leader. It also enables Red Hat customers to take advantage of Akibia's proven professional service capabilities. As a result, Akibia is now able to offer Red Hat license and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services in addition to Akibia's own implementation, migration and virtualization An umbrella term for enhancing a computer's ability to do work. Following are the ways virtualization is used. Hardware Virtualization Partitioning the computer's memory into separate and isolated "virtual machines" simulates multiple machines within one physical computer. services. Akibia's Red Hat Certified Engineers have years of experience and best practices implementing 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). , Linux and specifically Red Hat, in Fortune 1000 data centers in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Europe. "With a highly technical skill set and experience in Linux services, we expect Akibia to bring value to our clients by providing professional services that deliver world class end-to-end solutions encompassing infrastructure design, implementation and support services," said Ed Boyajian, Vice President of Global Channel Strategy at Red Hat. "As trusted advisors to our clients they come to us for input and advice on technologies like Linux as they advance their data center infrastructure," said Tom Willson, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Akibia. "As such Akibia takes pride in partnering with industry-leading vendors like Red Hat, ensuring that our clients' data centers leverage the best technologies and continue to perform at the highest level." About Akibia, Inc. Akibia (www.akibia.com) provides enterprise-class IT solutions that enable leading companies worldwide to maintain and optimize their data center environments and security infrastructure. From Data Center Support and Managed Infrastructure Services, to Network and Security Solutions, Akibia partners with its customers to develop flexible, cost-effective solutions that enhance the availability and performance of their mission-critical IT infrastructure. Founded as Polaris Service in 1988 and headquartered in Massachusetts, Akibia is an independent IT services company with offices across the United States and Europe. Akibia is a registered trademark of Akibia, Inc. All other product and company names mentioned are the property of their respective owners and are mentioned for identification purposes only. |
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