Red Hat announces Global Desktop & Client Computing roadmap

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Desktop for the Enterprise

 

With the March release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5, Red Hat continued its vision to reduce the cost and complexity of desktop security and administration for enterprises. The foundation is a platform with security engineered in from the ground up, providing an integrated and layered defense against attacks without requiring the customer to buy third-party products. On top of that foundation, Red Hat provides a comprehensive set of management tools that simplify the administration of desktop deployments, at scales spanning from 10 to 10,000 systems. Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop delivers all of this without requiring customers to invest in new or upgraded hardware. In the future, Red Hat plans to unveil a new model for protecting the privacy of critical data to meet the needs of environments such as financial services, healthcare and government institutions.

 

One Laptop Per Child and the Next Desktop Paradigm

 

In 2006, Red Hat partnered with the One Laptop Per Child foundation to design and develop the user interface and operating system for a revolutionary laptop that aims to redefine education in developing nations. Tremendous progress has been made with the project moving from the drawing board to fully functional hardware and software in record time. In fact, OLPC laptops are in the hands of children in developing nations today.

 

Red Hat's continuing investments are aimed at developing next-generation desktop user experiences where online services are ubiquitous and information is hosted in a virtual environment. This will support a world where client computing user experiences are online, global, pervasive and span a wide range of new devices.

 

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