US-based Linux distributor Red Hat has extended its open source offerings with the release of the Red Hat Database.
Red Hat Database is an open source database, based on PostgreSQL 7.1, and optimised for RedHat 7.1. The company says the release is aimed at mid-sized organisations and corporate workgroups and departments.
The company says the product is designed to bridge a gap in the Linux database market between large enterprise databases that require specialised IT skills and smaller, less capable databases that are affordable, but not sophisticated enough for complex Web and e-business applications.
"With Red Hat`s entry into the database market, we continue to expand the opportunity for customers to build more flexible and maintainable systems based on the benefits of open source technology," says Dr James Neiser, chief marketing officer of Red Hat.
"In many cases, customers simply do not need the power, features or expense of a large, complex enterprise database. But to be successful they do require sufficient functionality, reliability, scalability and a well-supported solution."
"Many organisations are seeking solutions, not toolkits," says Dan Kusnetzky, the International Data Corporation`s VP of System Software Research. "Red Hat, by packaging Linux as a database server, would certainly make open source software more attractive to organisations needing solutions."
IDC predicts that worldwide relational and object relational databases revenues on Linux and other open source platforms will grow from $42 million in 2000 to $7.8 billion in 2005.
The Red Hat Database includes the Red Hat installer as well as enhanced documentation for PostgreSql 7.1, advanced locking capabilities, industry-standard compliance including core SQL 92 support, ODBC and JDBC APIs and multiple language support including C/C++, PHP, Perl, Python and Tcl/Tk. Red Hat Database is available at www.redhat.com/databasesolution.
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