(PR excerpt) — At eGov in Washington, DC today, Red Hat will announce that the Red Hat Linux Advanced Server has become the first Linux platform to achieve the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), Defense Information Systems Agency's “Common Operating Environment” (COE) certification. COE is a DoD software security and interoperability specification which is broadly recognized as a critical computing standard across the U.S. Government, and is considered one of the most rigorous computing certifications to obtain.

“The Air Force's Electronics Systems Command applauds adoption of industry-driven standards,” said Matt Mleziva, program director, Defense Information Infrastructure for the United States Air Force. “The Department of Defense can now achieve the required level of conformance so vital to joint warfare by embracing the self-governance standards created by the Linux community. This will allow the DoD to remain current with commercial technology innovations while using the self-governance model of the Linux community.”

Red Hat chief technical officer Michael Tiemann will deliver a keynote at the E-Gov Web Enabled Government Conference today in Washington, DC. Tiemann's session will focus on explaining the importance of architecture in government IT infrastructure and why COE compliance for Linux is an excellent example of establishing a supportable open source technology foundation.

Red Hat Linux Advanced Server achieved certification running on IBM eServer xSeries 330.

 
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