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Permeo Selects a Custom Linux Platform From Progeny to Power Security ApplianceINDIANAPOLIS --(Business Wire)-- May 12, 2005 -- Progeny announced that it has provided a hardened high-performance Linux platform optimized for Permeo's new Base5 SSL VPN solution. Base5 is the industry's first integrated software platform delivering "zero touch" SSL VPN, endpoint security services, and advanced information controls. Progeny's Platform Services provides robust, secure, and highly functional Linux platforms for organizations that develop server appliances, communications equipment, and high-performance technical or research computing. Platform Services can lower development costs, speed time to market, and improve the quality of Linux-powered products and services. Progeny is seeing growing interest in Linux-powered solutions for the appliance market. The adoption of Linux permits this market to provide high-quality, powerful products at competitive prices. Progeny manages the underlying platform and integrates customers' technology, allowing customers to focus on the functionality that differentiates their offerings in the marketplace. "Progeny's Platform Services allowed Permeo to obtain a customized version of Linux and helped us get our product to market quickly, without having to divert our engineering resources to platform creation and maintenance," said Mark Elliott, Permeo's vice president of product management. Developing a Linux-based product or service can mean selecting, customizing, and maintaining the underlying Linux platform. This traditional approach incurs a very high cost both in dollars and in lost focus on core competencies. Progeny's Platform Services provides a cost-effective, superior alternative by supplying a robust, secure, proven Linux platform and associated integration services. ABOUT PROGENY Progeny is the leading independent provider of custom Linux platform technology. Progeny's Platform Services allows organizations to reduce the costly and time-consuming work of creating, testing, and managing their own Linux distributions. Our Platform Services offerings support custom Debian- and RPM-based Linux platforms. With more than a decade of experience building Linux solutions, Progeny's Linux experts pioneered a number of the technologies and best practices that shape the Linux landscape today. Progeny was founded by Debian Linux creator Ian Murdock. For more information about Progeny, visit www.progeny.com. Progeny is a trademark of Progeny Linux Systems, Inc. Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the U.S.A. and other countries. |
