Levanta Joins Open Source Development Labs

BEAVERTON, Ore. and SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), a global consortium dedicated to accelerating the adoption of Linux in the enterprise, today announced that Levanta, Inc., a leader in Linux configuration management, systems provisioning and software deployment, has joined OSDL and will participate in the Lab's Data Center Linux and Desktop Linux working groups.

Levanta solutions help enterprise IT managers reduce the cost of managing large-scale Linux installations and dramatically increase productivity by automating server administration tasks.

"Levanta is involved in many large-scale enterprise Linux installations and we see the enterprise adoption of Linux accelerating," said Akmal Khan, president and COO of Levanta. "We're excited to join OSDL and to combine our Linux development efforts with other large IT vendors through the OSDL working groups."

According to IT analyst firm IDC, the Linux market is experiencing dramatic growth worldwide, with revenues expected to increase 26 percent annually to reach $35.7 billion by 2008.

"The number of Linux deployments in enterprises is growing faster than on any other operating system platform," said Stuart Cohen, CEO of OSDL. "We're pleased that Levanta is joining OSDL and bringing their expertise in large-scale Linux systems management and provisioning to the Lab's working groups." About Levanta, Inc.

Levanta is a leader in Linux configuration management, systems provisioning and software deployment. Linux's open-source architecture allows Levanta to address management challenges at the operating system level, delivering dramatically faster and more flexible systems management and provisioning. Levanta's customers include industry leaders in financial services, government, retail and telecommunications. Levanta is a member of IBM's PartnerWorld for Developers and IBM's circle of Linux Leaders. Levanta is also a member of HP's Developer and Solution Partner Program as well as an Enterprise Management Services Business Partner. Levanta has partnerships with Oracle, RedHat and SuSE. A private company, Levanta is headquartered in San Francisco and can be found on the Web at http://www.levanta.com. About Open Source Development Labs (OSDL)

OSDL -- home to Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux -- is dedicated to accelerating the growth and adoption of Linux. Founded in 2000 by CA, Fujitsu, Hitachi, HP, IBM, Intel and NEC, OSDL is a non-profit organization at the center of Linux supported by a global consortium of more than 60 of the world's largest Linux customers and IT industry leaders. OSDL sponsors industry-wide initiatives around Linux in telecommunications, in the enterprise data center and on corporate desktops. The Lab also provides Linux expertise and computing and test facilities in the United States and Japan available to developers around the world. Visit OSDL on the Web at http://www.osdl.org/ .

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