Red Hat Strikes Back With Next Generation Linux
Red Hat released the latest version of its Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (RHEL) flagship product today with a flurry of new features, upgrades and improvements.
The RHEL 5 release comes as Red Hat faces a multi-front battle in the operating systems space against rivals Microsoft, Novell and Oracle. In this release, Red Hat is touting new virtualization, security, storage and application options that it hopes will keep it ahead of competitors making a run for Red Hat's market share.
Paul Cormier, executive vice president of engineering at Red Hat, called it not just the next release of the operating system, but the next generation for Red Hat. "We've got a much bigger story to tell," Cormier said during a Webcast today.
