Red Hat and Japan's Daiei Information System Forge Comprehensive Open Source Alliance.Business/Technology Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2001 End-to-End Strategic Agreement Includes 8,000-store Open Source Installation, Multi-Tiered Support and Future Development LinuxWorld--Red Hat, Inc. (Nasdaq:RHAT RHAT Red Hat (stock symbol) RHAT Rainwater Harvesting Association of Tanzania RHAT Register Hba Attributes ), a leader in developing, deploying and managing open source Internet infrastructure, today announced that Daiei Information System Co., Ltd. (DIS) of Tokyo, Japan has chosen Red Hat Japan to provide a comprehensive system of end-to-end open source solutions for the company and its subsidiaries and customers. As previously announced, DIS plans to install a total of more than fifteen thousand 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. systems inside the (Daiei group) Lawson convenience store chain, which includes approximately 7,600 stores nationwide. Red Hat Linux 7J, the Japanese-language version of Red Hat's most recent distribution, will replace Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. , enabling Lawson's in-store customers to download multimedia content such as music and movies from terminals throughout the stores. Red Hat, which maintains the largest open source market share in both 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 Japan, and its Japanese subsidiary, RHJ RHJ Right Ho, Jeeves (book) , supplier of Red Hat Linux in Japan, will provide support and services for the Lawson installation. As another key piece of the agreement, DIS has built its internal Linux development environment around Red Hat Linux, and already uses more than 200 Red Hat systems internally. RHJ will provide engineering expertise with the GNU gnu (n  ) or wildebeest (wĭl`dəbēst'), large African antelope, genus Connochaetes. development environment for DIS's future technology development. Also, using the experience gained from the Lawson installation, DIS will become a strategic integration partner for Red Hat in Japan. The company plans to aggressively develop Red Hat-based open source solutions for other Japanese businesses, with RHJ contracted to provide full technical support. "Daiei Information System chose Linux for its stability and superior reliability, and a careful study of Linux suppliers revealed that Red Hat leads the pack in technical ability, support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services and reliability," said Hidefumi Sano, senior vice president of DIS. "Through this extensive strategic agreement, Red Hat has showcased its ability to provide open source solutions that truly span across the enterprise--an ability that can now be extended to businesses throughout Japan." "Red Hat's strategy to provide complete open source solutions spanning across the enterprise from Internet infrastructure to handheld devices continues to be an enormous differentiator for partners like Daiei Information System," said Matthew Szulik, 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 Red Hat. "Red Hat is the unmistakable brand and market leader in the United States, and now Japan has also embraced Red Hat as the de facto standard Hardware or software that is widely used, but not endorsed by a standards organization. Contrast with de jure standard. de facto standard - A widespread consensus on a particular product or protocol which has not been ratified by any official standards body, such as ISO, for Linux and other open source solutions." About Daiei Information System Co., Ltd. Daiei Information System (part of the Daiei group), founded in 1985, is a provider of distribution solutions, and supports network business, which provides connections between manufacturers, retail stores and consumers. DIS established its extensive and dynamic SCM (1) (Software Configuration Management, Source Code Management) See configuration management. (2) See supply chain management. (Supply Chain Management) system-configuring technology by applying their original advanced Web-EDI technology, based on extensive know-how gained from experience in chain-store system development. SCM systems enable users to enhance communications efficacy between companies, including business meetings, master registration of commodities and inventory control, and exchange of POS (1) See point of sale and packet over SONET. (2) "Parent over shoulder." See digispeak. POS - point of sale information. DIS positions this system-configuration technology as its core business. It is establishing a perfect business organization including consulting and support in order to meet the increased needs of Internet-based information systems configuration. DIS is also a total-solution provider and has held exhibitions and seminars aimed at system management engineers or potential users considering adopting SCM systems for their organizations. DIS has earned a high reputation from companies in a variety of fields. Detailed information about DIS's organization, products and service can be found on their Web site: www.dis.daiei.co.jp. Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat (Nasdaq:RHAT) offers users one single, trusted point of contact and a common platform for developing, deploying and managing open source across Internet infrastructure and devices that connect to the Internet, ranging from small embedded devices to high availability clusters and integrated Web server/e-commerce OSes. And the Red Hat Network, Red Hat's unique management technology, helps companies worldwide easily manage it all by delivering open source products, service, support and information on-line in real-time. In addition to the award-winning Red Hat Linux server operating system See network operating system. , Red Hat offers Stronghold Secure Web Server (1) A server on the Web that supports one or more of the major security protocols such as SSL, SHTTP and PCT. This means that order form data from your browser is encrypted before being sent (uploaded) to the Web site, making it extremely difficult for a third party to decipher , Interchange and Credit Card Verification See CSC. Software for secure e-commerce, and is the principal provider of GNU-based developer tools and support solutions for a wide variety of embedded processors. 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