Microsoft and Red Hat have signed an agreement on long-term cooperation, which pledged to provide testing, certification, and even a joint technical support for customers who work in conjunction with the two companies in the area of server virtualization technologies."Cooperation c Red Hat will provide a new level of interoperability in heterogeneous IT environments. Organizations around the world increasing attention is turning to virtualization as an effective means of reducing costs, which is especially important in the current economic situation. Our Russian customers are also able to take advantage of technical support for server virtualization technologies from Microsoft and Red Hat ", - said Paul Egorihin, leader of the group advancing the infrastructure of Microsoft in Russia.
This agreement allows the company to Red Hat to participate in the Microsoft Server Virtualization Validation Program, as well as the Microsoft Corporation to enter into a group of Red Hat Hardware Certification List. As a result, customers of both companies will be able to more effectively implement and support server operating systems, Microsoft Windows Server and Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
"Cooperation c Red Hat will provide a new level of interoperability in heterogeneous IT environments. Organizations around the world increasing attention is turning to virtualization as an effective means of reducing costs, which is especially important in the current economic situation. Our Russian customers are also able to take advantage of technical support for server virtualization technologies from Microsoft and Red Hat ", - says Pavel Egorihin, leader of the group advancing the infrastructure of Microsoft in Russia.
An earlier survey showed that customers of both companies believe the cooperation of Microsoft and Red Hat, one of the most desirable factors further visualization server technology.
