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What is being announced?
In June, Dell announced the availability of Red Hat Enterprise Desktop 5.0 with Workstation option (RHEL5.0 WS) on Dell Precision™ Workstations. This program is a follow up to the current RHEL 5.0 WS program but now for Mobile Dell Precision™ Workstations—utilizing the feature upgrades of RHEL 5.1 WS. Learn more

Desktop systems that are validated and available on RHEL 5.0 WS:

Dell PrecisionTM  T3400N Dell PrecisionTM  T5400N Dell PrecisionTM  T7400N

Mobile systems that are validated and available on RHEL 5.1 WS:

Dell PrecisionTM  4300N Dell PrecisionTM  6300N

OVERVIEW
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop has been engineered to solve real business problems. By focusing on creating a modern user experience with excellent security and manageability (along with Microsoft interoperability), Red Hat has helped to significantly reduce the costs associated with a traditional desktop deployment.

USER EXPERIENCE
Dell and Red Hat wanted to create a user experience where everything “just works.” RHEL 5.1 WS incorporates mobile features including battery management, docking support, wireless, suspension to memory, etc. Like the desktop version, OpenOffice, Firefox, peripheral support, enhanced graphics, and multimedia support are included.

SECURITY
Linux has a reputation for being a very secure operating system. Red Hat has extended the Linux security advantage by developing a layered defense scheme for helping keep desktops secure.

APPLICATIONS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop includes popular desktop applications at no additional charge. Fully-featured and with intuitive interfaces that will be familiar to your users.

And all of these applications are completely interoperable with their Microsoft counterparts. This means you can create, view, and edit Microsoft formatted documents, email, video, or audio and leverage the investments you have already made.

MANAGEABILITY
Red Hat provides a simple, rapidly-deployable tool that allows a systems administrator to manage a complex, geographically dispersed desktop deployment from a single web-based console.

INTEROPERABILITY
Not only are the applications bundled with a Red Hat desktop fully interoperable with Microsoft formats, but Red Hat includes other technologies to allow a Red Hat desktop to plug-and-play in a Microsoft-centric environment. Following is a table of Microsoft equivalents in Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop:

MICROSOFT		REDHAT
MS Office		Open Office
MS Outlook		Evolution/Thunderbird
MS Internet Explorer		Firefox

Flexible Alternatives
Customers looking to open source for a fresh, affordable alternative to costly legacy middleware need look no further. Together with Dell, the JBoss Application Platform offers an ideal migration path. You can get the value you expect from open source middleware along with the flexibility to choose the operating system that works best for your environment.

Three solutions are available to help meet your needs.

Dell PowerEdge Servers with JBoss Application Platform
-   Flexible and affordable. The JBoss Application Platform makes it easy to develop, deploy, and manage enterprise Java applications on virtually any operating system. This configuration is ideal for customers looking for an affordable alternative to proprietary middleware with scalable hardware.
-   Solution set:

Server: 1-2 socket Dell PowerEdge Server Suggested: Dell PowerEdge 2970 or Dell PowerEdge 2950 Platform:Choice of: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Microsoft Windows Jboss Enterprise Application Platform. Includes: JBoss Application Server JBoss Hibernate JBoss Seam Fully integrated into a complete, simple enterprise solution for Java applications. Support: Support from industry leaders Dell and Red Hat

The Red Hat Application Appliance

A collaborative effort between Red Hat, Dell and AMD; the Red Hat Application Appliance is a unique new offering, the first of its type on the market and available only from Dell EMEA.

Red Hat Application Appliance is a fully integrated open source middleware solution. Simplified, delivered and supported by Red Hat, the open source leader and available only from Dell. The Application Appliance is delivered direct from the Dell factory, fully installed and configured, with everything needed to quickly and easily deploy Java and Web 2.0 applications. Fully supported and certified by Dell and Red Hat, with simple and easy management and updates, delivered on-line from the Red Hat Network.

The Red Hat Application Appliance is a complete application infrastructure solution, including hardware and software, that dramatically reduces the cost of deploying Web and Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) based applications. It includes everything you need to run standard Web and enterprise applications based on Java, LAMP or Linux standards. Sold as a combined unit, the hardware is supported by Dell, with the service to suit your business. The software element is supported directly by Red Hat and is fully upgradeable as far as 24x7 mission critical support.

The Red Hat Application Appliance is the only integrated J2EE hosting appliance available on the application platform.

The time savings allow you to dramatically reduce time to market and, quickly deploy your applications. The financial savings allow you to refocus your budget on more business critical activities.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 takes open source to a new level. It provides the foundation for the flexible, cost-effective IT infrastructure. Virtualization capabilities combined with extensive standards support - freeing applications to run virtually anywhere, anytime. Flexible, virtual, enterprise IT.