Red Hat Launches Latest Version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Pairing Production Stability with IT Modernization
March 21 2017 - 9:30AM
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 enhances platform
security and reliability for mission-critical workloads
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world’s leading provider of open
source solutions, today announced the general availability of Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9. The latest update to the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6 platform, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 builds
upon more than six years of enterprise-proven success, offering a
more secure, stable and reliable platform for the modern enterprise
and prioritizes features for critical deployments.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 delivers new hardware support
developed in collaboration with Red Hat partners which helps to
provide a smooth transition of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
production deployments to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 environments.
Additionally, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 adds updates to TLS 1.2
to further enhance secure communications and provide broader
support for the latest PCI-DSS standards, better equipping
enterprises to offer more secure online transactions.
While emphasizing stability for existing IT investments, Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.9 supports the next generation of cloud-native
applications through an updated Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 base
image. The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 base image enables
customers to migrate their existing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
workloads into container-based applications - suitable for
deployment on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Atomic Host, and Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform.
Note that Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 enters Production Phase 3
on May 10, 2017, meaning that subsequent updates to Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6 will be limited to qualified critical security
fixes and business-impacting urgent issues. Please refer to Red Hat
Enterprise Linux Life Cycle for more information.
In addition, as Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscriptions are not
tied to a particular release, existing customers may also elect to
update their Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 infrastructure to Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 7 at any time, free of charge, to take advantage
of recent upstream innovations. Red Hat simplifies the upgrade to
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, through the Preupgrade Assistant and
Red Hat Upgrade Tool.
Availability
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 is now available to all customers
with an active Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscription via the Red
Hat Customer Portal.
Supporting Quote
Jim Totton, vice president and general manager, Platforms
Business Unit, Red Hat“For more than six years, Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 6 has provided enterprise IT with a more secure, stable and
reliable platform for mission-critical workloads, from financial
systems to national security applications. Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6.9 shows our continued commitment to providing a solid backbone
for production deployments, adding security and stability
enhancements and an updated container base image to address a
variety of vital business IT needs.”
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