| Mandriva aims its Linux at Mexican enterprises |
Dec. 27, 2006
 France-based Mandriva Linux and a local partner, Datacomms-Genesys, on Dec. 21 established a subsidiary company -- Mandriva Mexico -- to market its desktop and server operating systems in the Central American country. The office will be located at Datacomms-Genesys' complex in Mexico City.
Mandriva already maintains offices in Paris (its headquarters), San Diego, Calif., and Curitiba, Brazil. The company, which has about 130 employees -- 80 of them engineers -- sells its products in more than 140 countries, and estimates the number of Mandriva Linux users to be in the six to eight million range, a company spokesperson said.
At the moment, Mexico has more than 16,000 small and medium businesses and Mexican corporate groups, such as Comision Federal de Electricidad (the largest supplier of electrical power), that employ open source software somewhere in their IT systems, according to the spokesperson.
Recent research indicates that about 34 percent of servers in Mexico will be Linux-based by 2009, and that annual usage growth is estimated to exceed 10 percent for subsequent years, the spokesperson added.
Mandriva Mexico plans to focus on three key initiatives:- Developing a nationwide support network
- Offering training events for organizations, people, and associates
- Making Mandriva products available through Mexican OEMs and VARs
Mandriva's project team recently released Mandriva Linux 2007 and Corporate Server 4.0. The company also provides online services such as the Mandriva Club, the Mandriva Corporate Club, and online training, as well as traditional services, such as consulting, support, and training.
Datacomms-Genesys, a Mexican sales and marketing company, has been a Mandriva partner since 2003.
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