New solutions include extension to Red Hat Enterprise Linux product
family and new offering to enable customers on their journey from
datacenter virtualization to Infrastructure-as-a-Service
RALEIGH, N.C. & BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
RED HAT SUMMIT 2013
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source
solutions, today announced two new product offerings with one vision of
delivering an Open Hybrid Cloud. The new offerings include Red Hat
Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform, a solution that serves as the
foundation for advanced cloud users who are seeking to build an
OpenStack-powered cloud, and Red Hat Cloud Infrastructure, a
comprehensive offering designed to support organizations on their
journey from traditional datacenter virtualization to OpenStack-powered
clouds.
The new offerings are built on Red Hat's enterprise-class open source
solutions, backed by world-class Red Hat support, supported by a broad
ecosystem of partners through the Red Hat OpenStack Cloud Infrastructure
Partner Network, and designed to make it easier for enterprises to adopt
OpenStack.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform combines the power of Red
Hat Enterprise Linux with the OpenStack cloud platform to deliver a
scalable and secure foundation for building a private or public cloud.
Red Hat Cloud Infrastructure enables organizations to implement an
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solution that is suitable for
traditional applications as well as emerging cloud-aware applications,
with an open cloud management solution spanning them. With Red Hat Cloud
Infrastructure, organizations can move to new cloud-aware application
architectures on their own terms: at their own pace, with their own IT
policies, and under their own control.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform
Designed to meet the needs of advanced cloud users, telecommunications
companies, Internet service providers (ISPs), and public cloud hosting
providers, Red Hat Enterprise OpenStack Platform integrates the world's
leading enterprise Linux and the industry's fastest growing cloud
infrastructure platform to give organizations the agility to scale and
quickly meet customer demands without compromising on availability,
security, and performance.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform is a single subscription
offering that combines:
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server, providing a secure and
certified foundation for running the OpenStack workload servers
(compute nodes, storage nodes, and controller nodes) as well as a
scalable, high performance Linux operating system for guest virtual
machines;
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Red Hat OpenStack, providing a highly scalable, fault tolerant
platform optimized for and integrated with Red Hat Enterprise Linux
for the development of a managed private or public cloud for
cloud-enabled workloads.
Using Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform allows advanced users
to develop and deploy production OpenStack infrastructure and
concentrate on adding value in the service layer, tooling and
customizations they need on top of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux
OpenStack Platform foundation, while trusting Red Hat to maintain the
integrity of both the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server and OpenStack code.
Additionally, Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform offers several
enterprise-grade features to allow organizations to deploy with
confidence, including testing and certification for each OpenStack
release running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform for broad
hardware and software compatibility and performance; a predictable,
stable lifecycle; SELinux military-grade security; and a broad ecosystem
of certified partners for compute, storage, networking, ISV software,
and deployment and customization services.
Red Hat Cloud Infrastructure
Organizations, having already experienced the benefits of datacenter
virtualization, are looking to benefit from higher level management
functionality such as chargeback, self-service, advanced monitoring and
metering, and orchestration provided by Red Hat CloudForms, which now
incorporates the ManageIQ technology Red Hat acquired
in Dec. 2012. At the same time, public cloud technologies like
OpenStack offer the promise of lower infrastructure costs, highly
scalable architectures, and IT-as-a-Service (ITaaS) models.
Organizations are faced with the challenge associated with managing the
long term shift from traditional datacenter virtualization to more
cloud-enabled architectures, as well as charting the course for moving
their application workloads from one architecture to another while
maintaining manageability and policies across discrete platforms.
Red Hat Cloud Infrastructure is designed to address this need and
enables organizations to build and manage a private cloud IaaS based
upon datacenter virtualization and management technologies for
traditional workloads, while providing an on-ramp to a highly scalable
public-cloud-like infrastructure based on Red Hat OpenStack.
Red Hat Cloud Infrastructure is a single subscription offering that
consists of four component technologies:
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Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization: A comprehensive datacenter
virtualization product for Linux and Windows workloads that enables
users to build an agile, secure virtualization foundation with the
features needed for traditional enterprise application workloads;
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Red Hat CloudForms: An open hybrid cloud management solution
that provides visibility and control over existing heterogeneous
virtual infrastructures and lets users deploy, monitor, and manage
cloud services across Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, VMware
vSphere, and other virtualization solutions, hypervisors, and
platforms;
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Red Hat OpenStack: A highly scalable IaaS solution that
delivers an open, flexible, and enterprise-ready private cloud
foundation built on the community OpenStack project integrated with
and optimized for Red Hat Enterprise Linux; and
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server, The world's leading enterprise
Linux, available as the scalable, high performance Linux operating
system for guest virtual machines running on the OpenStack compute
nodes.
Availability
Both Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform and Red Hat Cloud
Infrastructure will be available in July 2013.
Partner Availability
Red Hat will be working with a small set of pilot solution provider and
systems integration partners in select geographies, with plans to expand
the number of partners and geographies over time with partners who can
deliver a total solution with Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack
Platform and Red Hat Cloud Infrastructure.
New Red Hat OpenStack Administration Training
As part of today's announcement on Red Hat's enterprise-class OpenStack
solutions, Red Hat today announced a new training offering, Red
Hat OpenStack Administration. This course teaches system
administrators how to implement a cloud-computing environment using Red
Hat OpenStack technology, including installation, configuration, and
maintenance of Red Hat OpenStack on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux
platform. Through hands-on labs, students will explore fault-tolerant
and redundant configurations of Red Hat OpenStack, as well as a tech
preview of future releases of Red Hat OpenStack.
New Red Hat Cloud Certifications
Red Hat already offers training for system administrators, developers,
and system integrators to operate in Red Hat's open hybrid cloud
environments. Today, Red Hat also announced two new credentials with a
cloud focus. The Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in OpenStack IaaS
demonstrates an individual is capable of using Red Hat OpenStack to
implement and manage a private cloud infrastructure. The Red
Hat Certificate of Expertise in Hybrid Cloud Storage demonstrates an
individual's knowledge and skills in using Red Hat Storage Server to
create flexible storage infrastructures suitable for on-premise, hybrid
and public clouds. Both certificates are earned by passing hands-on,
practical exams. The Red Hat Certificate in OpenStack IaaS is expected
to be available in Aug. 2013. The Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in
Hybrid Cloud Storage is available immediately.
New Open IaaS Architecture Service
In addition to training and certification offerings in support of Red
Hat Cloud Infrastructure, Red Hat is also announcing a new Open
IaaS Architecture Service to help organizations get the right start
building and operating cloud IaaS. Offered through Red Hat Consulting,
the Open IaaS Architecture Service provides a comprehensive start for
IaaS capabilities and can help users better understand use cases, review
design requirements, and identify needed resources. The Open IaaS
Architecture Service enables organizations to build a flexible
architecture that addresses immediate operational needs, future
integration opportunities, and evolving cloud adoption. The service
reduces risk and uncertainty from IaaS deployments and tailors an IaaS
solution to optimize efficiency, agility, and reliability.
Supporting Quotes
Paul Cormier, president, Products & Technologies, Red Hat
"Customers have been looking for a leader to step forward and address
the enterprise requirements for OpenStack, including stability, a broad
partner ecosystem, a predictable lifecycle, and world-class support.
Today, we're excited to step forward and deliver against that. The debut
of Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform and Red Hat Cloud
Infrastructure mark a defining moment for both Red Hat and OpenStack
adoption in the enterprise."
Gary Chen, research manager, Enterprise Virtualization Software, IDC
"As organizations migrate from traditional virtualization deployments to
cloud architectures, the focus is shifting from just the hypervisor to
the entire stack of cloud software, which includes IaaS cloud system
software and hybrid cloud management. As customers start evaluating
technologies like OpenStack for cloud, Red Hat's new solutions are
well-positioned to generate interest from the industry."
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