Information & Communications Group, Hitachi, Ltd. (Group Leader & CEO: Kazuo Furukawa, hereinafter referred to as Hitachi) and MIRACLE LINUX CORPORATION (Headquarter: Higashishimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, President: Takeshi Sato, hereinafter referred to as MIRACLE LINUX), have agreed in principle for a technical alliance on Linux including Open Source Software (OSS). Based on this alliance, Hitachi and MIRACLE LINUX will conduct joint evaluation of MIRACLE LINUX's distributions combined with Hitachi's hardware, sharing technical information on reliability driving know-how of Linux and OSS, co-development of high reliability enabled functions such as failure analysis, and proposal to the Linux Community.
Also both companies will jointly carry forward various types of businesses such as improvement reliability for Linux application meeting to enterprise system requirementas well as contribution to the Linux Community.
Overview of the technical alliance
- Linux's joint evaluation and sharing OS's updates
Enhancing Linux application to the enterprise usage, results of joint evaluation of MIRACLE LINUX's distributions combined with Hitachi's hardware will be introduced to "MIRACLE LINUX - Asianux Inside" (*) offered by MIRACLE LINUX. Additionally, Linux components that are critical for the reliability of the customer's systems, both companies will share the updates information between recent and previous OS versions ,source code basis and leverage for the future business cooperation.
- Co-development of various reliability enabled tools and related services
As a part of verification evaluation of core technologies related to high reliability-enabled Linux such as Linux kernel and Linux library (glibc), Hitachi and MIRACLE LINUX will co-develop trouble shooting tools such as LKST (Linux Kernel State Tracer) which is a Linux kernel analysis tool. And in the future, based on the achievement of the co-development, both companies will go on to offer advanced support functions and services which help applying Linux to enterprise systems.
Hitachi has begun services of Linux since 1999, and in the year 2000 announced to provide a wide range of hardware lineup from mainframe to mobile with Linux, driving Linux application to enterprise systems. Hitachi also pushing along Linux application for the systems requiring high reliability, by adopting Linux as one of the OS for their Integrated Service Platform "BladeSymphony" which was released last year September. Hitachi already implemented Linux based systems and offering supports to more than 1,000 companies. For the MIRACLE LINUX's distributions, Hitachi has been offering their advanced server HA8000 series' information of verification and its results. By expanding co-verification of LINUX and various hardware enables to offer more applicable products for enterprise systems.
MIRACLE LINUX is driving Asianux® project for Asian common Linux's development with China's Red Flag Software and Korea's Haansoft. In addition, as a Linux server related products and services provider, MIRACLE LINUX will widely deploy businesses such as development and sales of enterprise Linux server OS "MIRACLE LINUX - Asianux Inside" which possesses superior quality, reliability, stability, scalability and security, as well as delivering support services such as Linux related consulting, education and maintenance.
* With a concept of "Common, Collaboration and Contribution", "Asianux®" is a software development project jointly operated by MIRACLE LINUX, China's Red Flag Software Co.,Ltd. and South Korea's HAANSOFT, INC. "Asianux®" also offers to Asian countries high reliable enterprise Linux distributions that are optimized for Asian markets. In Japan it is distributed as "MIRACLE LINUX - Asianux Inside".
Further Information
- Hitachi's Linux information URL: http://www.hitachi.co.jp/linux/
- MIRACLE LINUX's Web site: http://www.miraclelinux.com/
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* Linux is a registered trademark or a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States and other countries.
* Names of companies and products discussed in this press release are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
