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Xandros Debuts Heterogeneous Systems Center Capabilities at Microsoft Management Summit
New Xandros BridgeWays Management Packs Enable Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 to Administer Apache and MySQL on Linux and Solaris
| Source: Xandros, Inc.
LAS VEGAS, NV--(Marketwire - April 29, 2008) - Xandros, Inc., a leading provider of
mixed-environment management tools, intuitive Linux solutions, and Scalix
e-mail services, today announced the beta presentation of Xandros
BridgeWays Management Packs at the Microsoft Management Summit. This
release is the first in a series of BridgeWays Management Packs designed to
help extend the capabilities of the Microsoft System Center to
heterogeneous environments. The new management packs will enable system
administrators to monitor and manage Apache and MySQL on Windows, Linux,
and Solaris from within the Microsoft Systems Center Operations Manager
2007. Developed under the broad collaboration agreement between Microsoft
and Xandros announced in June 2007, the management packs released today
will be followed by others for such key data center applications as Oracle
Database, Oracle Application Server, IBM WebSphere, and VMware.
"Xandros' expertise in open source and its delivery of management packs,
which utilize the Operations Manager 2007 Cross Platform Extensions for the
management of Apache and MySQL on Windows, Linux and Solaris, provides key
functionality for extending the benefits of System Center across the
heterogeneous enterprise," said Robert Reynolds, director of System Center
product management at Microsoft Corp. "The rapid pace at which Xandros was
able to deliver these offerings and its road map for future solutions will
provide our mutual customers with a wide variety of options for managing
applications across their environments through a single management
experience, and we look forward to our continued work together."
"The System Center Operations Manager 2007 Cross Platform Extensions have
already delivered exciting results for Xandros. They enabled us to cut our
expected development time in half as we created our management packs for
Apache and MySQL running on Linux and Solaris, resulting in quicker time to
market and delivery of betas to our customers today," said Andreas
Typaldos, CEO of Xandros. "This new foundation from Microsoft enabled us to
focus on the development of high-level management functions for
applications, with the knowledge that the Cross Platform Extensions were
providing the necessary underlying interfaces to System Center Operations
Manager, enabling heterogeneous management from a single location across
customer environments."
Showcased at Microsoft Management Summit
Previews of the Xandros BridgeWays Management Packs for Apache and MySQL
are showcased at the Xandros booth at the Microsoft Management Summit at
Las Vegas, Nevada, April 28-May 2, 2008. The beta software is also
available as a free download for testing and review from the Xandros web
site at www.xandros.com.
About Xandros
Xandros, Inc. is a leading provider of mixed-environment BridgeWays
management tools and intuitive Linux solutions including SMB and enterprise
servers, consumer and business desktops, OEM products, and mission-critical
applications. Xandros subsidiary Scalix provides the premier e-mail,
calendaring and messaging solutions based on open standards and open
source. Xandros and Scalix foster Linux adoption with graphical products
that leverage existing skill sets while providing seamless Windows-Linux
interoperability. Xandros server and management tools feature workflow
automation and centralized remote deployment and administration. The
company is headquartered in New York with research and development
facilities in Ottawa, Europe, and Mumbai, and sales and support offices
worldwide. For more information, please visit www.xandros.com.
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