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Friday, March 19 - 2010

RedHat to be deployed at Internet Gateway of Saudi Arabia

The Linux Business Unit of Remal Al-Sharq IT, announced today a major Linux license purchase by the main Internet Gateway in Saudi Arabia, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Internet Services Unit (ISU).

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ISU will deploy Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) ES 3.0 for several services in new IBM servers. The agreement with ISU includes software licenses, support and training, as ISU is migrating to RedHat Enterprise Linux from older Unix systems.

Remal Al-Sharq who's a RedHat Certified Training Partner, and Reseller, is as well a provider of professional services for Linux systems. And for the past 18 months, the Linux Business Unit of Remal Al-Sharq had provided tens with Certified RedHat Courses and exams, and helped in providing the latest RedHat products, by providing support and consulting services for customers migrating or deploying Linux.

"Red Hat Linux was chosen for its excellent hardware support, stability, performance as well as a long life cycle support.", said Essam Al-Zamel, General Manager, Remal Al-Sharq IT - Linux Business Unit.
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Red Hat is the leading provider of open source solutions to the enterprise. Red Hat's solutions include the Red Hat Enterprise Linux family, as well as Red Hat Network for systems management. The company's services include global consulting services, an international training program and service and support in more than 90 countries.

About ISU/KACST

The Internet Services Unit (ISU) is a department of King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology (KACST) responsible for providing Internet
services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in cooperation with Saudi Telecommunication Company (STC), the Communications and Information
Technology Commission (CITC) and a number of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) from the private sector. ISU was established in 1418 HJ (1998) and reports to to the Vice President for Scientific Research Support.

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Remal IT - Linux Business Unit
Dammam -Saudi Arabia
phone : +966-3-8422697 ext. 108
fax : +966-3-8417879
http://www.linux-sa.com

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