Red Hat Provides eToys With Solutions FOr Mission-Critical Operations
Mar 23rd, 17:09 UTC
Second-busiest E-tail Site Runs Web Site, Network and Warehouse Management
Functions on More Than 500 Red Hat-powered Computers Research Triangle Park, N.C.-March 23, 2000-Red Hat, Inc. (Nasdaq:RHAT),
the market leader in open source solutions, today announced that eToys Inc.
(Nasdaq:ETYS), which was recently ranked the top overall Web site of the
1999 holiday season by a report published in Fortune magazine, uses more
than 500 machines running Red Hat Linux for a variety of enterprise
applications.
eToys markets more than 100,000 nationally advertised and specialty
children's products, including toys, books, games, music, software, video
games and baby items. The company uses Red Hat Linux as its primary
platform for development, Web hosting and serving, warehouse management,
fulfillment, network operations, mail serving and file serving. These
functions are split between five locations around the world, and account
for a large percentage of the company's computing activities.
"As one of the leading online brands, we require systems that are resilient
enough to service our growing customer base while providing the flexibility
to meet our changing needs," says Jeff Speigel, Lead Web site
Administrator, eToys Inc. "By choosing Red Hat, we benefit from the high
availability of Linux while leveraging the strong relationships and support
structure that the Red Hat name brings."
About eToys.com
Based in Santa Monica, CA, eToys Inc. (www.eToys.com; www.eToys.co.uk; AOL
Keyword eToys) is the premier Internet retailer for children's products
with an extensive selection of both nationally advertised and specialty
toys, software, books, videos, music, video games, and baby-oriented
products. By combining this extensive selection, with helpful and fun ideas
and award-winning customer service, eToys offers consumers a unique
one-stop source for children's products. Through its wholly owned
subsidiary, BabyCenter, Inc. (www.babycenter.com
; www.babycentre.co.uk,
eToys offers Webby-award winning content and community, as well as an
extensive selection of merchandise for new and expectant parents.
Open Source Momentum
International Data Corp. (IDC) research states that paid Linux shipments
grew faster than any other server operating system over the past two years.
IDC preliminary figures for 1999 show Linux shipments hold 24.6 percent of
the server operating system market, up from 15.8 in 1998.
According to research firm NetCraft, Inc. (www.netcraft.com), 29 percent of
all public Web servers run on Linux, making Linux the most popular
operating system for public Web sites. Finally, IDC predicts that by 2002,
there will be more than 55 million handheld and notebook-style information
appliance devices and that by 2005, shipments of these appliances will
exceed shipments of PCs.
Red Hat's numerous alliances with industry leaders and the demand for
Linux-based applications has created open source support from many of the
industry's leading software and hardware manufacturers, including Compaq,
Computer Associates, Corel, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, Netscape,
Novell, Oracle and SAP.
About Red Hat, Inc.
Founded in 1994, Red Hat (Nasdaq:RHAT) is the market leader in open source
operating system (OS) software, services and information, spanning powerful
enterprise and Internet servers to next-generation devices and pervasive
computing platforms. Along with its award-winning open source Red Hat Linux
OS, Red Hat offers a full line of services, including telephone support,
on-site consulting, developer training, certification programs and priority
access updates, making Red Hat a leading resource for knowledgeable,
innovative, mission-critical open source solutions.
Red Hat develops and shares all of its software innovations freely with the
open source community under the GNU General Public License (GPL) and other
public licenses. The Official Red Hat Linux OS and related services are
available directly from the company and through its partner, distributor
and reseller programs, which include top PC and server manufacturers such
as Compaq, Dell, Gateway, IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Silicon Graphics.
Red Hat and the Official Red Hat Linux OS have received substantial
industry praise. Recent accolades include: Red Herring's Top 100 Companies
of the Electronic Economy, Network World's 10 Companies to Watch, Federal
Computer Week's Government Best Buy, Software Development's Jolt Award,
Information Week's Product of the Year, an Upside Hot 100 Company and E-biz
Winner, and InfoWorld's Product of the Year four years in a row. Red Hat is
based in Research Triangle Park, N.C. and has offices worldwide. Visit Red
Hat on the Web at www.redhat.com. For investor inquiries, contact
Lippert/Heilshorn at (212) 838-3777.
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(Submitted by brian willinsky of schwartz communications)
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