I'm very pleased to announce that Level OS has officially become an Acquia Silver Partner. Acquia is a fairly new commercial company started by Drupal founder Dries Buytaert and Jay Batson. It aims to expand the reach of Drupal by providing a fully supported distribution of Drupal made up of the latest versions of the core platform along with select contributed modules. It does this via the Acquia Network, an operations portal to deliver technical support and site monitoring services to maintain trouble-free Acquia Drupal websites.
For anyone familiar with RedHat in the Linux space, this is an analogous concept. One of the main barriers to the adoption of open source software in the enterprise space is a lack of support; who do you call at 2 am when your mission critical application is experiencing trouble? Well, if you're using Drupal, Acquia provides an answer to that question. Acquia doens't aim to provide consulting and development services, which is where their partner network comes in. It's a mutually beneficial relationship, where Acquia provides qualified leads along with training and access to support and reference materials to its partners. In exchange, they encourage their clients to use Acquia Drupal and enroll in the Acquia Network when applicable. I am honored to be accepted into this program and look forward to the exciting opportunities it will bring.