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Red Hat: a systems and identity management strategy in the making

  • Published by: Ovum, Ltd.
  • Published: August, 2009
  • Format : PDF / 18 pages
  • Delivery: E-Mail within 1-2 business days
  • Product ID: 99625
Price: USD 1095
Format: PDF

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Abstract

Two years ago Red Hat' s approach to systems management as well as identity and security management issues was unclear. Now the situation has both evolved and stayed the same.


Table of Contents

Table of Contents

  • The Ovum view
  • The Ovum view
  • SWOT analysis
  • Strengths
  • Weaknesses
  • Opportunities
  • Threats
  • Systems management strategy
  • Red Hat can, and should, do better
  • Systems management offerings
  • Content distribution systems and systems management offerings
  • Red Hat Network (RHN) manages Linux
  • JBoss Operations Network (JON) manages JBoss middleware
  • RHCC reaches beyond Red Hat - but is on its way out
  • Basic offerings (too) slowly opening up
  • Slowly converging via open source
  • Lacking a strong centre of gravity
  • JON will eventually take over RHN
  • Project RHQ, February 2008: the foundation
  • Project Jopr, October 2008: the core product
  • Project Spacewalk, June 2008: will not stop Satellite from (eventually) becoming extinct
  • Virtualisation management
  • The final frontier
  • A mixed bag of technologies
  • Strategy in the making
  • Technology and product mix
  • The libvirt API
  • The oVirt open source project
  • RHEV-V4S
  • SOA governance
  • Muddle on top, knowledge deep down
  • SOA-related open source projects
  • DNA: based on metadata management technology
  • Guvnor: from rules to SOA assets
  • Overlord: bringing the open source community to SOA governance
  • Identity and security
  • The same problems as in systems management
  • IAM: A new beginning
  • Based on the FreeIPA/RHE-IPA offering
  • For Linux automation as well as IAM
  • A partnership programme to come
  • From Red Hat Directory Server to RHE-IPA
  • From solution to product
  • Additional functionality: identity now, policy and audit later
  • Identyx: from NIS to RHE-IPA
  • Linux- and Unix-centric
  • JBoss identity
  • Security
  • Linux security
  • JBoss security
  • Open source effort

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