Red Hat Choice Academic To Colleges

The company announced a trio of universities would adopt Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat Network solutions for some of their computing needs. Wake Forest University, the University of Washington, and Vanderbilt University have all signed on to use Wake Forest opted for Red Hat when it came to building a high-performance computing cluster, as well as supporting some mission-critical applications. One of those applications, Program Link, is coming to the end of a three-year effort to build a cornerstone of Wake's initiative for a wholly integrated digital campus. "The University has an extensive collection of computing facilities that serve both academic and business needs," said Jay Dominick, Assistant Vice President for Information Systems and Chief Information Officer, Wake Forest University. "Red Hat has played a critical role in the upgrade of our information infrastructureThe advantages for us in terms of support, availability and disaster recovery are substantial." The Del.icio.us | Digg | Yahoo! My Web | Furl Bookmark Murdok: David Utter is a staff writer for Murdok covering technology and business.