Red Hat Enhances Grid Platform

Red Hat is releasing the latest version of its JBoss Enterprise Data Grid solution and offering early access to the upcoming upgrade of its JBoss Enterprise Application platform, due early next year.

JBoss says Enterprise Data Grid 6, a cloud-ready, scalable distributed data cache, can help ease the load on database servers, reduce response times in applications and provide additional failure resilience. JBoss Enterprise Data Grid 6 is based on the Infinispan JBoss community project and will initially be available through an early access program.

Red Hat has also opened registration to an early access program for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6, which it plans to release for general availability at the beginning of next year. The platform runs Java Enterprise Edition (JavaEE) 6, and can be deployed in a platform-as-a-service (PaaS)-ready manner to simplify the management of application servers regardless of where they are deployed.

In addition, Red Hat and IBM are working together to make products and solutions based on KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) technology. Together, the companies hope to drive adoption of the open source virtualization technology through joint development projects and enablement of the KVM ecosystem.

KVM open source virtualization technology allows a business to create multiple virtual versions of Linux and Windows environments on the same server. By incorporating comprehensive management capabilities and scaling from local servers to large public clouds, the two companies say KVM can help businesses save money by consolidating and sharing IT resources without the expense and limitations of a proprietary solution. Red Hat enterprise virtualization combines a centralized virtualization management system with advanced features as well as a KVM-based hypervisor.

Together, the companies will also try to drive adoption of the open source virtualization technology through jointly developing key virtualization and cloud management interfaces, and using the APIs in their respective management products, including Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager, IBM Systems Director and Tivoli software. The APIs will address cloud, data center automation, virtual storage and networking, virtualization security and virtual appliance management.