Donovan Systems loads up with Red Hat Asia
SINGAPORE, 28 July 2000 - Donovan Systems and Red Hat have partnered to put
Red Hat Linux on Donovan's 64-bit platform as well as provide for increased
Red Hat Linux support, training and certification in Asia.
Donovan will bundle Red Hat Linux software, documents and media with all its
servers and provide technical support to cater for the growing regional demand
for Linux support and training. In partnership with Red Hat, Donovan staff have
undertaken training to become Red Hat Certified Engineers (RHCE).
Red Hat Linux offers high-end features such as clustering, and has a comprehensive
software bundle. It includes functionality to serve Web pages, email, DNS, news,
and more, for multiple sites, with virtual hosting.
The popular Apache Web server and Sendmail email package allow users to set up anything from a small intranet server to a large virtual hosted server for hundreds of clients. Other packages allow easy client/server relationships on heterogeneous computer networks. Red Hat Linux also includes software needed for use as a desktop client such as email, browsers, publishing, calendars, and Internet tools.
About Red Hat
Red Hat Asia Pacific, with offices in Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore, gives
users the infrastructure to provide open source solutions and support to Asia
Pacific companies moving their business and Internet systems to Red Hat Linux.
These services are available throughout Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong
Kong, Malaysia, Korea, Taiwan and China.
About Donovan Systems
Donovan Systems is the first Linux hardware vendor in Asia and a contributor
to open source computing development. Donovan designs and manufactures 64-bit
Linux servers, which run on Linux and are powered by the Sun UltraSPARC 64-bit
chip. Donovan has established penguin64.org, a web portal site to encourage software developers, hobbyists
and students to port or develop applications for 64-bit Linux systems. The company
also provides professional consultancy and training services for 64-bit Linux
computing.
Founded in 1991, Donovan has its corporate headquarters in Singapore, with research
and development, and manufacturing facilities. The company has offices in Malaysia,
Hong Kong and in the Silicon Valley.