Amerada Hess Selects Ximian Red Carpet Enterprise Solutions for Linux Software Management.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 7, 2002 Ximian, Inc., the leading open source desktop company, today announced that Amerada Hess Corporation The Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES) is an integrated oil company based in New York City. The company changed its name from Amerada Hess as of May 8, 2006. The company explores, produces, transports, and refines oil. has selected Ximian(TM) Red Carpet(TM) solutions for deploying, maintaining and updating software on its Linux-based systems. The company has deployed Red Carpet CorporateConnect(TM), a web-based service that provides customers with centralized software maintenance and version management for Linux machines, across more than 300 servers and workstations. To further enhance the security, performance and customizability of its solution, Hess is now transitioning to the new Red Carpet Enterprise(TM), a behind-the-firewall software management solution that Ximian announced today (see related release: "Ximian Announces Red Carpet Enterprise to Provide Secure, Automated Software Management for Linux Systems"). Hess selected the Red Carpet solutions from Ximian to manage the software packages on each of its 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. workstations and servers, ensuring that new software updates are installed properly and consistently. Linux software, by its open source nature, changes constantly as new functionality, security patches and other updates are continuously made available. In addition to the latest updates to its customized Red Hat 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. , Hess deploys its own internal software standards to its systems. Red Carpet solutions monitor the software inventories of Linux workstations and servers, updating them automatically when software enhancements or updates are available. As a result, Hess substantially lowered its overall maintenance costs by eliminating the time, expense and complex processes previously needed to update systems manually. "Red Carpet solutions are flexible, and my team can use them to cost-effectively manage the updates for the wide range of different open source applications we deploy across all of our Linux systems," said Jeff Davis Jeff Davis may refer to:
The Red Carpet Suite of Products and Services Ximian offers a full suite of software management products and services for both corporate customers and end users, including Red Carpet Enterprise, Red Carpet CorporateConnect and Red Carpet Express. Red Carpet Enterprise is a powerful server-based solution that provides customers with centralized software maintenance and version management for servers and workstations running a broad range of leading Linux distributions  The external links in this article or section may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies. . Deployed entirely behind the corporate firewall, Red Carpet Enterprise lets organizations automatically update groups of systems on demand or on preset schedules with custom company software standards. As a result, companies can dramatically reduce the cost and complexity of updating their internal Linux servers and workstations with the security and performance of a behind-the-firewall solution. For organizations that prefer a hosted solution, Ximian offers Red Carpet CorporateConnect, a web-based service that provides customers with many of the same capabilities of Red Carpet Enterprise. For individuals, Red Carpet Express is a time-saving subscription service that provides customers with priority, high-bandwidth Internet downloading and updating of Linux software from Ximian, leading Linux distributions and third-party vendors. More information on the entire Red Carpet product line is available at www.ximian.com. Companies use Red Carpet solutions to update their systems on demand, remotely, or according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a schedule. On demand updates are managed by Ximian's Red Carpet client software, which is used by hundreds of thousands of users worldwide. Red Carpet Autopull(TM) technology facilitates scheduled updates on unattended servers and desktops. Its customizable software channels and automatic dependency and conflict resolution let users easily install, update and maintain internal software standards as well as those from Ximian, leading Linux distribution The Linux operating system packaged for customers for a fee. It includes the Linux kernel, essential operating system components from the GNU Project, an installation program, various open source utilities and applications, documentation and technical support. providers and a growing library of other third-party independent software vendors (ISVs). Especially important for mixed computing environments, Red Carpet uniquely provides multi-platform support, updating systems running a broad range of Linux distributions, including Red Hat, SuSE, Mandrake mandrake, plant of the family Solanaceae (nightshade family), the source of a narcotic much used during the Middle Ages as a pain-killer and perhaps the subject of more superstition than any other plant. , Debian and more. About Ximian, Inc. Ximian is the established leader in providing open source desktop technology, applications, support and services for the Linux 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). marketplaces. Ximian products, in use by over 1,000,000 people worldwide, are providing the ease of use, productivity and interoperability needed to propel the adoption of the Linux desktop in corporate computing environments. Its Ximian Desktop Ximian Desktop was a GNOME-based desktop environment from Ximian. It was made to be suitable for desktop and office-productivity environment, and it enabled businesses to use Linux and open source software for daily work. software starts with Ximian GNOME gnome (nōm), in folklore, tiny subterranean creature associated with mines and quarries. Usually represented as misshapen, frequently as hunchbacked, gnomes are said to be guardians of hidden treasures. , a productized end-user desktop based on the GNOME project, to provide a complete graphical desktop environment and productivity application suite for Linux and UNIX systems. Ximian Red Carpet and Ximian Evolution(TM) deliver software and personal information management solutions for both end users and corporate customers. Comprised of many of the original architects of the GNOME system, Ximian is a founding member of the GNOME Foundation The GNOME Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, coordinating the efforts in the GNOME project. The GNOME Foundation and sits on the advisory board. The company has secured funding from leading venture firms Charles River Charles River River, eastern Massachusetts, U.S. The longest river wholly in the state, it flows into Boston Bay after a course of about 80 mi (130 km). Navigable for about 7 mi (11 km), its estuary separates the cities of Boston and Cambridge. Ventures and Battery Ventures and can be reached at www.ximian.com. Ximian, Red Carpet, CorporateConnect, Enterprise, Autopull and Ximian Evolution are trademarks of Ximian, Inc. 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