Red Hat Expands Enterprise Linux Line

Linux vendor Red Hat Inc. on Wednesday will announce that it is expanding its enterprise Linux product line and offering a range of lower price points for customers.

Red Hat Advanced Server, which has been in the market since last May, is currently Red Hat's only true enterprise offering. While customers are comfortable with its high pricing levels for database solutions and application servers, they have complained it is overpriced for use as an edge of network Web server and the like, Mark de Visser, a Red Hat vice president, told eWEEK Tuesday.

Advanced Server currently has three price points, depending on the level of service included. For $800 a year, users get basic support including 90 days of installation support and a year of Red Hat Network service; $1,500 a year buys five-day, 12 hours a day support; while for $2,500 a year customers get 24-by-7 support.

"So, instead of having one product that needs to fit all, we are now changing the current product name from Red Hat Linux Advanced Server. We will now call it Red Hat Enterprise Linux and have three flavors of this and more price points, ranging from $179 to $2,999," de Visser said.

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