Linux and open source software company Mandriva has joined the OW2 Consortium as a corporate member, to accelerate enterprise innovation in the open source community

OW2 Consortium is a software community aiming to develop component-based middleware for large scale distributed systems.

Mandriva has selected OW2 Consortium as a support for the redeployment of its international strategy specifically in Europe and Brazil.

The Linux and open source software company develops, maintains and distributes free products including: Mandriva Linux 2011, an open desktop Linux distribution, Enterprise Server 5.2, an accessible Linux server, Mandriva Directory Server (MDS), a LDAP directory management application and Pulse 2, an IT infrastructure management system quick to install.

The company provides tools that are simple to use and install while offering an advanced open source application to manage heterogeneous IT infrastructure.