ANNOUNCEMENT                                        1999-03-03



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                   



                                        CONTACT: Con Zymaris

                                                 conz@cyber.com.au



                                        PHONE:  03 9642 5997





-- Linux Information Referral Service for Resellers

-- keywords: Linux, Open Source, Cybersource, Support, Information, Referral

Australian Premier Linux Support Provider to offer Free Reseller 

Referral Service



Red Hat's Australian Support Partner, Cybersource, today announced:

The Linux Referral Service for Resellers, a free information service

for Australia's Hardware and Software resellers, system-integrators and 

VAR community.



The referral service will operate through both email/web and by phone, 

and will provide resellers with pointers to information about Linux, 

sources for add-on application software, sites for hardware drivers and 

general information on the increasingly popoular operating system.



Cybersource's Red Hat Linux Support Manager, Richard Keech

(rkeech@cyber.com.au), said "With the growth of Linux exploding at the 

moment, more and more resellers will be seeking as much information as 

possible to get upto speed with the new OS. Cybersource is here to 

provide a central contact point for this information dispersal."



Managing Director at Cybersource, Con Zymaris added: "With margins on 

software and hardware being quite low, resellers need to add value to 

their sales through services. Deploying Linux file-servers, 

firewalls and Internet gateways provides one of the best ways to do this, 

and still undercut the competition quoting on Windows NT and Netware 

based systems."



A Web-site (http://www.cyber.com.au/cyber/reseller_linux_service/) has 

been established to provide for an increasing amount of information on 

Linux, for resellers. 



   About Linux

Linux is the cooperatively developed POSIX-oriented, multi-user,

multi-tasking operating system used worldwide. Linux is strongly

differentiated from virtually all other operating systems because it

is ``open source'' software, with the source code freely available to

all users. Unlike binary-only operating systems that restrict access

to the source code, Linux benefits from a worldwide community of

highly experienced programmers and technically savvy academics who

have the access to enhance and improve the system. Linux is used as an

exceptional-value, fully functional UNIX workstation for Internet

servers and other applications. [Notes from Red Hat Web Site]



                                             

   About Cybersource Pty. Ltd. 

Cybersource is an Information Technology services company. We've been in

business since 1991 and have around 25 staff. We are presently the

official Australian Support Partner of Red Hat Software, Inc. As a Support

Partner, we can offer commercial support contracts for Red Hat Linux in

Australia and the region. We also provide services and training to

resellers who need a jump-start into the technical aspects of Linux

installation and administration. Please visit Cybersource at

http://www.cyber.com.au for more information, or email us at

info@cyber.com.au