HP Adds Global Debian Linux Support, Introduces Open Source Middleware Channel Offerings.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- HP (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :HPQ HPQ Hewlett-Packard Corporation (NYSE) HPQ High Priority Queue ) (Nasdaq:HPQ) today announced that it has increased 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. support options for customers and expanded its portfolio to include support for Debian Linux See Debian. . The company also introduced integrated open source middleware offerings for its channel partners. HP began working with Debian in 1995 and now enables Debian Linux across HP ProLiant and HP BladeSystem servers. The move complements HP's support for Red Hat, Novell SUSE and the Asianux foundation of Miracle, Red Flag and Haansoft. Other HP offerings announced at LinuxWorld include: --Industry's first Debian Linux, customizable thin client from a tier-one vendor. The new HP t5725 Thin Client can be easily customized with thousands of Debian applications to meet the requirements of both mainstream users and specialized industries, such as retail and healthcare. The t5725 also is an ideal solution for kiosk environments; --Improved serviceability (system) serviceability - The ease with which corrective maintenance or preventative maintenance can be performed on a system (e.g. by a hardware service technician). Higher serviceability improves availability and reduces service cost. Serviceability is one component of RAS. for Linux customers, including remote monitoring (protocol) remote monitoring - (RMON) A network management protocol that allows network information to be gathered at a single computer. Whereas SNMP gathers network data from a single type of Management Information Base (MIB), RMON 1 defines nine additional MIBs that provide a and diagnosis tools shipped with each HP server running Linux. The tools are backed by HP service and support, which successfully manages more than 99 percent of all Linux support calls internally without escalation to independent software vendors(1); --Industry-leading Linux on blade solutions offered through the HP BladeSystem Solution Builder Program now include a tested solution stack In computing, a solution stack is a set of software subsystems or components needed to deliver a fully functional solution, e.g. a product or service. For example, to develop a web application, the designer needs to use an operating system, web server, database and for Oracle(R) Database 10g with Real Application Clusters and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux (often abbreviated to RHEL) is a Linux distribution produced by Red Hat and targeted toward the commercial market, including mainframes. Red Hat commits to supporting each version of RHEL for 7 years after its release. 4 for the HP ProLiant BL25p and BL45p server blades. "HP is continually working to provide customers with the confidence they need to incorporate and integrate Linux and open source into their enterprise," said Christine Martino, vice president, Open Source and Linux, HP. "Today's announcement demonstrates HP's customer successes and opens the door for even more customers to take advantage of open source." "At FedEx, we depend on technology to remain agile and competitive, and using Linux-based integrated open source solutions has offered us greater choice and more overall value in meeting that objective," said Larry R. Tieman, senior vice president, IT Business Solutions, FedEx. "We're excited about HP's focus on tested, integrated stacks, allowing us to bring more open source technology into our environment without sacrificing the enterprise support and integration we've come to enjoy." Driving open source adoption through integration HP continues to build the complete package of integrated open source and Linux technology and services -- including HP Open Source Middleware Stack (OSMS OSMS Ocean Springs Middle School (Mississippi) OSMS Own Ship Motion Sensor OSMS Open System Managed Storage OSMS Open Source Middleware Stack OSMS Oceanship Management Services ) solutions, flexible components, technical support and consulting service Noun 1. consulting service - service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.) service - work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services" combinations -- plus new ways for customers to integrate open source within their data centers. Since announcing HP OSMS in April, customers have utilized HP Open Source Building Blocks software components and HP Open Source Blueprints -- do-it-yourself, complimentary guides to facilitate integration and deployment of open source solutions. New HP OSMS offerings include: --Tested and documented HP Blueprints, including new Blueprints for open source Directory Services expected to be available in the fall and Database Server Blueprints expected to be available later this month; --Channel-enabled HP OSMS solutions are now a part of HP's Linux Elite Program, and other HP channel programs with full training from HP are also available. HP OSMS solutions can now be resold by HP channel partners, who also can offer service add-ons to broaden open source adoption. "As an HP Linux Elite Partner, Agilysys has long enjoyed collaborating with HP to jointly deliver more robust open source solutions to customers," said Robert Baily, executive vice president, Agilysys. "The ability to now bring HP OSMS to the channel and offer customers a tested, integrated stack with complete infrastructure and support enables Agilysys to do what it does best -- deploy open source into customer environments, integrate it with existing technology and tailor the final solutions for their needs." All of the components in the HP OSMS are designed to offer customers a broad choice in open source and commercial solutions, multiple technology integration options, and the confidence to deploy these capabilities throughout the enterprise. HP also offers tested and supported enabling solutions that leverage the company's 6,500 open source and Linux service professionals worldwide. More information on HP's open source and Linux offerings is available in an online press kit at www.hp.com/go/linuxworld2006. About HP HP is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and institutions globally. The company's offerings span IT infrastructure, global services, business and home computing, and imaging and printing. For the four fiscal quarters ended April 30, 2006, HP revenue totaled $88.9 billion. More information about HP is available at www.hp.com. Note to editors: HP news releases are available via RSS feed Summaries of Web site content that are published in the RSS format for download. See RSS. at www.hp.com/hpinfo/rss.html. (1) Internal HP tracking shows that HP handled 99.5 percent of incoming Linux support calls in fiscal year 2005, only referring less than 1 percent to an independent software vendor. Oracle is a registered U.S. trademark of Oracle Corp., Redwood City Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif. 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