20090623 Red Hat Makes GNULinux Strides in the Middle East

From s5h.net

Opennet to offer SMB support for open source solutions

Red Hat Linux distributor Opennet Middle East and Africa has announced the availability of support packages for the SMB market. The master distributor and authorised Certified Training Centre for Red Hat Linux in the MENA region hopes that the new support services will help SMBs to increase their uptake of open source solutions, as a cost effective approach to technology.

http://www.itp.net/news/559359-opennet-to-offer-smb-support-for-open-source-solutions Another view on Red Hat's Virtualization Portfolio

Red Hat just trumpeted that its Virtualization Portfolio was just about cooked and ready to serve. While that announcement (see Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Beta Draws Industry Interest) did gather some industry comment, including that made by my colleage Paula Rooney (see Red Hat’s KVM-based virtualization platform moves into beta testing), it certainly can be seen as a predictable move. Rather than just repeating what has already been said, I’m going to present a different view.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/virtualization/?p=1009

Related: Linux users receive local support boost

David Allinson says open source adoption is soaring in the Middle East region.

http://www.arabianbusiness.com/499779-linux-users-receive-local-support-boost