LNUX news today........VA Linux Professional Services Expands Internet
Infrastructure Services and Software Development
Teams
Adds Key Professional Services Engineers, Business Analysts
and Open Source Strategists
SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- May 8, 2000 --VA Linux Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:
LNUX) today announced that it has significantly expanded the VA Linux
Professional Services Division, strengthening its expertise in Internet
infrastructure services and Open Source software development. VA
Linux Professional Services has also continued to add key talent to its
team of engineers, business analysts and Open Source strategists,
adding over 40 engineers and managers over the past three months.
VA Linux Professional Services Programs and Expertise
VA Linux Professional Services' newest program is the VA Linux ISP
JumpStart Program, which assists companies in the planning, design
and implementation of their Internet infrastructure solutions. In addition,
VA Linux Professional Services has strengthened its expertise in
e-commerce, Web server farms, Internet multimedia and streaming,
Samba, Linux driver development, porting and Open Source
application development.
Expansion of Professional Services Engineering Talent
VA Linux Professional Services continues to expand its Open Source
software engineering team. Most recently, VA Linux Professional
Services has gained Precision Insight's engineering and project
management team, which brings significant expertise in the Linux
kernel and multimedia infrastructure development. The Precision
Insight team will help VA Linux Systems define its future strategy in
Open Source multimedia and streaming technologies for Internet
applications.
Some of the key developers who have joined VA Linux Professional
Services include Daryll Strauss, David Dawes, Kevin Martin, Brian
Paul and Allen Akin.
Daryll Strauss is well known for his contributions in porting 3dfx Glide
to Linux, as well as his work on generating graphics for the motion
picture "Titanic." David Dawes is the lead founder, developer and
president of The XFree86 Project. Kevin Martin has been responsible
for developing several accelerated X servers for XFree86, including
XFree86's original accelerated X server. Brian Paul is the founder and
principal developer of Mesa, an Open Source implementation of the
OpenGL(R) API which is included in XFree86 4.0. Allen Akin was a
member of the original X11 server development group at DEC, wrote
the first 3D graphics application for X11 and managed the OpenGL
group at SGI.
Also joining VA Linux Professional Services from Precision Insight are
Jens Owen, Rik Faith, Jeff Hartmann, Gareth Hughes and Keith
Whitwell--all well-known developers actively leading and contributing to
Open Source multimedia projects.
VA Linux Professional Services has added notable Open Source
engineering talent in other areas as well, hiring developers such as
Gerald Carter, a Samba Team member specializing in LDAP
integration and NT domain support and author of "Teach Yourself
Samba in 24 Hours," published by SAMS.
"VA Linux Professional Services has been successful in bringing
together the finest talent in Linux and Open Source development with
the quality service delivery practices of experienced project managers
and analysts," said Marty Larsen, director of services for VA Linux
Systems. "We intend to continue to drive growth in professional
services and focus on delivering high levels of satisfaction to our
Internet, e-business and technology customers."
About VA Linux Systems
Since 1993, VA Linux Systems has been a recognized leader in Linux
and Open Source solutions for Internet infrastructure. VA Linux
provides a single point of contact for Linux systems, Open Source
software expertise, and world-class professional services and support.
VA Linux Systems owns and operates SourceForge, the world's
largest Open Source development center, as well as Linux.com and
Themes.org. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, VA Linux is located on the
Web at valinux.com.
VA Linux Systems was selected as one of Fortune Magazine's top
"Cool Companies," Red Herring's "Top 100 Companies of the
Electronic Economy" and Upside's "Hot 100 Companies." VA Linux
was awarded the 1999 Linux Journal Editors' Choice Award for Best
New Hardware, and was the only company to win multiple "Show
Favorite" awards at LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in March 1999 (in
Computers and Science/Engineering) and again in February 2000 (in
Hardware and Peripherals/Support Services).
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