IBM Grants DB2 Certification to New Xandros Server

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Xandros Meets SMB Need With Certification of Xandros Server as "Ready for IBM DB2 Software for Linux"

NEW YORK, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 05/09/2006 -- Xandros, the leading provider of easy-to-use Linux alternatives to Windows desktop and server products, today announced that the Xandros Server has been certified by IBM as "Ready for IBM DB2 Software for Linux." Xandros engineers worked together with IBM's DB2 Group to put Xandros Server through a rigorous set of compatibility tests that give IBM the confidence to officially support the DB2 Universal Database on the Xandros Server environment. Certification of the award winning Xandros Server meets the need of SMBs (Small to Medium Businesses) for a standards-based server solution to run mission-critical database applications.

"We are very proud that Xandros Server is the first Linux server to be certified to both DB2 and the latest Linux Standards Base 3.1 specifications," said Andreas Typaldos, Xandros CEO. "DB2 certification is an important requirement for many of our customers running industrial strength database applications. Delivering the certification in a standards-based Debian Linux environment with integrated BRU backup facilities provides unprecedented security and freedom of choice to SMBs."

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