Red Hat Launches Latest Version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Pairing Production Stability with IT Modernization
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 enhances platform security and
reliability for mission-critical workloads
RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
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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