| Ximian releases Red Carpet Enterprise 1.4 |
Apr. 07, 2003
(PR excerpt) -- Ximian, Inc. today announced the availability of version 1.4 of Red Carpet Enterprise that provides enterprises with centralized software management of Linux-based workstations and servers. The server-based Red Carpet Enterprise deploys entirely behind the firewall and enables organizations to automatically control the installed Linux software on heterogeneous groups of systems either on demand or according to a preset schedule. Among a host of enhancements, version 1.4 extends its broad platform support to include the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server and Red Hat Enterprise Linux server product lines. Ximian will debut Red Carpet Enterprise 1.4 at the Linux on Wall Street conference in New York.
Red Carpet Enterprise 1.4 adds support for both SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8.0 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES (formerly called Red Hat Advanced Server 2.1). In addition to being able to manage Linux systems running those operating systems, the Red Carpet server itself can be installed on servers utilizing those distributions.
Version 1.4 now includes the unique capability to activate, track and manage systems when they cannot be identified by IP address or hostname. The new release also adds the new "RCE Mirror" capability, enabling Red Carpet Enterprise to automatically add new packages and security updates from other software repositories, both public and privately accessible, such as the SuSE Maintenance Web system.
"IDC research published last fall identified software and system management costs as critical factors to achieving lower total cost of ownership with Linux-based solutions," said Al Gillen, research director, Systems Software, IDC. "With its Red Carpet Enterprise software, Ximian is addressing that issue, providing centralized software deployment and updating for systems running a broad range of Linux distributions."
Red Carpet Enterprise enables administrators to centrally distribute and maintain software as well as organize groups of machines for software deployment and updates. The administrator has total control of the system through an intuitive web-based administration console and a powerful command line interface. Updates for workstations and servers can be initiated automatically "on demand" by users of the Red Carpet client,or unattended on specified schedules. The web-based administration console also includes flexible reporting, detailing download and installation activities.
Red Carpet Enterprise 1.4 pricing has two components. The Red Carpet server starts at $2,500 with a software license starting at $200 for each managed system, with organizational volume pricing available. Customers may ptionally subscribe to the Red Carpet library subscription service, starting at $60 per system per year, which provides updates to the latest software from Ximian, leading Linux distributions and third-party vendors.
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