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In brief: HP-Red Hat deal and more

HP, Red Hat deal -- Computer maker Hewlett-Packard (HP) Co. and Linux specialist Red Hat have signed a deal making HP a preferred vendor for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux product line. This marks a major step forward in enterprise computing for Red Hat, and a further embrace of open-source Linux by HP. The new agreement also details further collaboration between the two companies across their respective global services organizations. As well, Red Hat has "Premier Alliance Partnerships" with competing hardware makers IBM and Dell.

LogiGear Web app tracks bugs -- LogiGear Corp. recently upgraded its TrackGear product for distributed software development teams. TrackGear 3.5 offers automated rule-based escalation, enabling the customization of triggering events.

Learning system reaches Plateau -- Plateau Systems' effort to support J2EE bore fruit recently as the company gained major J2EE platform certification for its Plateau 4 Learning Management System (LMS). The LMS has been certified to support BEA WebLogic, IBM WebSphere, Oracle 9iAS and SunONE. Plateau's software provides the infrastructure to manage all of an organization's learning and knowledge, and enhance its intellectual supply chain.