“StarBurst Software today announced it has optimized a version
of its software to support reliable and scalable content
distribution management on Linux-based operating systems.
StarBurst OmniCast(TM) software will enable organizations of
all sizes for the first time to reliably distribute rich content to
tens of thousands of servers simultaneously using the increasingly
popular Linux operating system.“
“StarBurst’s software is based upon a developer’s kit from Red
Hat, the leading provider of open source software solutions. Linux
shipments outpaced competing systems with a 212.5 percent gain from
1997 to 1998, according to International Data Corporation. While
the Linux operating system is cost effective for deploying multiple
Web sites and smaller, independent servers located in small offices
throughout large companies, StarBurst for the first time makes it
cost effective to distribute content to each location. Industry
analysts estimate at least 10 million servers are running the Linux
operating system worldwide, including a large percentage of Web
servers. Analysts also predict that one in four corporate servers
will be running Linux by 2003.”
“StarBurst’s flagship OmniCast content distribution management
software will support Red Hat Linux version 6.0 or higher for
extended Internet and enterprise deployments, including scalable
broadband and non-broadband content distribution management over
dedicated lines, the Internet or any IP network, to all targets
simultaneously.”