Global Solutions Acceleration Program

A worldwide resource for IT professionals

The Red Hat® – Intel® Global Solutions Acceleration Program is designed to help enterprise IT organizations and software companies accelerate the deployment of Linux* solutions optimized for Intel® platforms.

The program provides an environment where you can be as productive as possible, getting immediate answers to questions and expert advice about how best to build and deploy solutions using the latest technologies, such as virtualization, multi-core processors, and grid computing.

Highlights

• Knowledge repository
• Proof-of-concept testing
• Application porting and tuning
• Reference solutions
• Product certifications
• Benchmarking

A knowledge repository for fast problem solving
The Global Solutions Acceleration Program knowledge repository can help you evaluate alternative approaches prior to deploying a solution of your own.

Efficient, effective proof-of-concept testing
The Global Solutions Acceleration Program can help you quickly reap the compelling benefits of new technologies from Red Hat and Intel as they come to market:

• Hardware-assisted virtualization
• Multi-core processors
• Red Hat Global File System

Application porting and tuning
You can test recently ported RISC and other applications for compatibility with Intel platforms and Red Hat software. With ready access to the latest Intel platforms and Red Hat software, you can tune and optimize configurations before you deploy.

Access is easy
Participation in the Global Solutions Acceleration Program is one of the fastest ways to obtain the benefits of Red Hat Enterprise Linux on the latest Intel platforms. Solutions Acceleration Program Centers of Excellence are located throughout the world. All locations offer the same services, but the hubs have the capacity to handle more customers and larger test cases.

Hubs

• McLean, Virginia
• Mumbai, India
• Munich, Germany

Satellites

• North America: Chicago; New York City; Mountain View, CA;
• Dallas, TX; and Raleigh, NC
• Europe: Guildford, UK; Paris; and Stockholm
• Asia-Pacific: Beijing; Sydney; Singapore; and Tokyo

Access is simple:

• Use remote access to the Centers from your own office
  
• Visit one of the hubs or satellite locations at Red Hat field offices around the world
  For more information

To learn more about the Global Solutions Acceleration Program, please visit www.redhat.com/promo/intel or contact:

• Tom Culotta, tculotta@redhat.com
• Peter Decoulos, peter.decoulos@intel.com