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CNET News: Utility Computing Reaches Red Hat Network

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Stephen Shankland
Jan 21, 2004

[ Thanks to Matt for
this link. ]

“Red Hat plans to expand its network service so customers can
set up or reconfigure Linux servers from afar.

“The ‘provisioning’ system marks Red Hat’s entry into the
utility computing vision that’s swirling through the computing
industry. The Raleigh, N.C.-based company plans to launch and
announce the new service Wednesday at the LinuxWorld Conference and
Expo in New York.

“The provisioning service will be part of the Red Hat Network,
which has a free module for distributing software updates to Red
Hat Enterprise Linux customers and a system management module that
costs an extra $96 per server per year…”

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