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Welcome to issue 15 of the Red Hat Asia Pacific Newsletter.
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RED HAT ASIA PACIFIC NEWS | VOLUME 15
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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First Open Source Appliance Development Stack Builder Now Available in=20
Fedora 7
The Fedora Project, a Red Hat sponsored and community-supported=20
open source collaboration, announced that the latest version of its=20
distribution, Fedora 7, is now available. This latest version offers a=20
completely open source build process that greatly simplifies the=20
creation of appliances that can be targeted to meet individual needs.
Find out more about Fedora 7:
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Red Hat Asia Pacific RHCE of the Year 2007
The winner of the RHCE of the Year 2007 award goes to Thandava Krishnan=20
Saidapet Padmanabhan. A Senior Research Officer from the Institute for=20
Infocomm Research in Singapore, Krishnan volunteers at the Singapore=20
Red Cross. He puts his RHCE knowledge to good use by leading the=20
donorweb.org project, a non-profit website and online central=20
depository of the Singapore Red Cross Blood Donor Recruitment Programme.
Read about S.P.T. Krishnan's experience at Donorweb.
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New Red Hat Global Services Center in India
Red Hat launched its new Global Services Center in Mumbai, India,=20
substantiating the company's vision of realizing collaboration across=20
geographic and cultural boundaries. This Global Services Center will=20
build and implement open source enterprise solutions and services for=20
Red Hat customers across the globe.
Read more.
--> http://www.in.redhat.com/news/article/89.html
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SOLUTIONS AND SERVICES
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Red Hat Initiates Long-term Plan for Customer Value
Red Hat is yet again redefining what "value" means in the IT industry=20
with the announcement of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Advanced Platform.=20
Customers can now greatly reduce the cost and complexity of purchasing,=20
integrating and managing separate virtualization, storage management=20
and high availability software; allowing them to shift their investment=20
away from costly infrastructure, and back into their business.
Find out more about Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
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Red Hat Defines Next Significant Open Source Migration Opportunity=20
-- Middleware Meets Low Cost High Value
Red Hat is presenting another high value migration opportunity that will =
deliver cost savings to enterprises by rolling out of its middleware=20
strategy to drive the migration of legacy applications to an Open Source =
Architecture. This includes the announcement of an agreement to acquire=20
MetaMatrix, a leader in data management and integration software, and=20
the introduction of JBoss=AE Enterprise Middleware=AE.
Read about JBoss Enterprise Middleware.
--> http://www.apac.redhat.com/news/article/544.html
Red Hat to Build Virtual Appliance OS for Managing Intel vPro-based=20
Desktops
Red Hat and Intel announced a joint program to deliver a Red Hat-branded =
software platform that supports desktop PCs with Intel vPro(TM) =
Processor=20
technology. This collaboration will bring the power of hardware-assisted =
virtualization to business desktop computing. Benefits include reduced=20
management costs, improved operational efficiency, and dramatically=20
reduced exposure to security threats - regardless of the client =
operating=20
system.
Check out more about this program.
--> http://www.apac.redhat.com/news/article/547.html
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CUSTOMER'S CHOICE
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Donorweb Draws On Red Hat to Promote Blood Donation and Retain Blood=20
Donors in Singapore
Donorweb, the non-profit website and online central depository of the=20
Singapore Red Cross Blood Donor Recruitment Programme (BDRP), has =
selected=20
Red Hat=AE Enterprise Linux=AE to run its mission-critical applications =
and=20
SMS messaging gateway critical to recruiting and retaining regular blood =
donors in Singapore, and also important in meeting the national blood=20
requirements.
Read about how Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 plays an instrumental role in=20
this life-saving cause.
--> http://www.apac.redhat.com/news/article/558.html
Yatra.com Achieves 100 Percent Uptime After Deploying Red Hat=20
Enterprise Linux
Businesses and consumers in India rely on Yatra for travel-related=20
services like travel information, pricing, availability and reservations =
for airlines, hotels, railway, buses and car rentals across 5000 large=20
cities and small rural areas. These services are delivered via=20
http://www.yatra.com or Yatra's call center, which has achieved 100 percent=20
uptime since deploying Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Learn more.
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http://www.in.redhat.com/pdf/casestudies/Yatra_Case_Study_Brochure.pdf
AIS Records Millions of Dollars in Savings With An Increase in=20
Reliability Using Red Hat Solutions
Thailand's mobile communications market leader, Advanced Info Service=20
Public Company Limited (AIS), has chosen Red Hat for its reliable,=20
high-performing and cost-effective solutions. With Red Hat solutions,=20
AIS was able to save millions of dollars for a telecommunications=20
upgrade system, drastically reducing both hardware and software costs.=20
The company has also enjoyed great flexibility in modifying its own=20
solution and avoiding vendor lock-in. Since the full implementation of=20
Red Hat solutions in June 2003, AIS has experienced 100 percent uptime=20
without a single system outage.
Read more.
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EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
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China Gears Up for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Roadshow Across 10 Cities
Red Hat China kicked off the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Roadshow from=20
Chengdu on May 16, 2007, followed by a series of roadshows in Wuhan,=20
Nanjing, Shenzhen, Shenyang, Dalian, Guangzhou, Jinan, Guangzhou and=20
Shanghai. This event will address the future of IT and Open Source, and=20
Enterprise Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) on Red Hat Enterprise =
Linux.
Join us at this roadshow in China.
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HK Professionals and Academics Join OSS Keynote and Forum
Late April, Red Hat and the Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC)=20
jointly organized a keynote speech and open source software forum held=20
in Hong Kong. Michael Tiemann, President of the Open Systems Institute=20
and VP of Open Source Affairs for Red Hat, participated in the panel=20
discussion on the future of open source in Hong Kong.
Read the Computerworld news coverage.
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http://www.cw.com.hk/computerworldhk/article/articleDetail.jsp?id42239=
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Upcoming Events...
May 16 - June 27, 2007
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Roadshow
May 16: Chengdu, China
May 17: Wuhan, China
May 22: Nanjing, China
May 24: Shenzhen, China
May 29: Shenyang, China
May 31: Dalian, China
Jun 16: Guangzhou, China
Jun 21: Jinan, China
Jun 26: Guangzhou, China
Jun 27: Shanghai, China
--> http://hk.adv-m.com/adv_china/rh07roadshow/index.htm
June 21, 2007
Server Virtualization Introductory Seminar
Tokyo, Japan
--> https://www.wiseknot.co.jp/seminar/
July 10-13, 2007
QuestNET
Cairns, Australia
--> http://www.questnet.net.au/questnet2007
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CAMPAIGNS
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The Next Migration -- Middleware Meets Low Cost, High Value:
Another milestone in Open Source Architecture.
--> http://www.apac.redhat.com/promo/next/
Deploy with Confidence:
Open Source Assurance Program.
--> http://www.apac.redhat.com/rhel/details/assurance/
Bring a Friend:
Register for any Red Hat training with a friend, and get a free 80GB=20
portable USB HDD.
--> http://www.apac.redhat.com/promo/friend/
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Training:=20
Now available in Japan
--> http://www.jp.redhat.com/training/specials/rhel5up.html
Red Hat Summit Highlights:
See what happened
--> http://www.redhat.com/promo/summit/?sc_cidbcm_bnrhpsummit_032
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