Red Hat announces Red Hat Global Desktop

Red Hat announces Red Hat Global Desktop

Linux company Red Hat has announced their latest new client product, Red Hat Global Desktop. The company also showcased some other examples of its strategy of building forward-looking solutions that change the traditional notion of desktop computing for specific audiences.

Red Hat said that they aim to create experiences that are more useful, more powerful and more accessible.

Brian Stevens, CTO of Red Hat added: “Users, requirements and technologies have changed so dramatically over the past few years that the traditional one-size-fits-all desktop paradigm is simply exhausted. Commercial customers are still begging for desktop security and manageability for their knowledge workers; consumers are rapidly adopting new online services and applications; and developing nations are looking for affordable information technologies that bypass traditional desktops entirely. Our strategy is to deliver technologies that are specifically appropriate to these varied constituents, all based on open standards.”

Red Hat added that they developed Global Desktop with the aim of delivering a modern-user experience with an enterprise-class suite of productivity applications.

Steve Dallman, General Manager, Intel Worldwide Reseller Channel Organization had this to say: “To address the demand for Linux on desktop systems by our customers in emerging markets, Intel and Red Hat worked together to deliver a pre-certified, cost-effective solution for Intel’s reseller channel to extend their business value. Running Red Hat Global Desktop on Intel processor-powered PCs provides full access to applications and rich experiences to users across local markets, education, small businesses and government agencies.”