Collaboration Designed to Accelerate Enterprise OpenStack Adoption
worldwide
HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source
solutions, and eNovance, an emerging European leader in the open source
cloud computing market, announced that they are collaborating to deliver
OpenStack implementation and integration services to joint customers.
The companies made the announcement today at the OpenStack Summit in
Hong Kong.
The collaboration between Red Hat and eNovance is aimed at accelerating
enterprise adoption of OpenStack globally. According to a new report
from 451 Research, OpenStack-related business revenue is expected to
exceed $1 billion by 2015 as the enterprise market for OpenStack evolves.1
Additionally, according to recently
announced results of the 2013
Path to an OpenStack-Powered Cloud survey of 200 U.S. enterprise
decision makers, commissioned by Red Hat through IDG Connect, an
overwhelming 84 percent of survey respondents say that OpenStack is part
of their future cloud infrastructure plans.
Red Hat and eNovance have both emerged as OpenStack leaders. Red Hat is
the leading contributor to the OpenStack project2 and a
Platinum member of the OpenStack Foundation. In June 2013, Red Hat introduced
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform, a highly scalable
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) product that delivers an open,
flexible and enterprise-ready private cloud foundation built on the
community OpenStack project. The solution is integrated with and
optimized for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. eNovance is a cloud computing
leader that aims to help organizations use open source cloud
technologies, increase the efficiency of their IT, and be more agile in
the face of ever-changing market conditions. The organization designs,
builds, and runs cloud solutions (public, private, hybrid) using
OpenStack, and is well-known for high-end system administration of
applications through their managed services offerings. eNovance is among
the top 10 contributors to the OpenStack project3, a market
leader in OpenStack deployments, and a Gold member of the OpenStack
Foundation.
Through the collaboration, Red Hat and eNovance plan to work together to:
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Design, build, deploy and offer managed services for OpenStack public
and private clouds;
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Deliver comprehensive OpenStack consulting and services, including
services for OpenStack deployment and integration;
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Create a joint reference architecture designed by eNovance and Red Hat
for enterprise use; and
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Establish mutual customer support processes and case management.
Supporting Quotes
Radhesh Balakrishnan, general manager, Virtualization, Red Hat
"Both Red Hat and eNovance are aligned and committed to delivering an
enterprise-ready OpenStack solution that meets businesses' specific
needs. We're very excited about collaborating with eNovance to
strengthen our efforts in Europe and help our customers benefit from Red
Hat Cloud Infrastructure solutions, including the Red Hat Enterprise
Linux OpenStack platform."
Raphael Ferreira, chief executive officer, eNovance
"Red Hat is the clear leader in the enterprise Linux space, and, along
with eNovance, a highly valued contributor to the OpenStack project.
Through this collaboration, we aim to increase OpenStack adoption and
address the needs of small and large enterprises from the conception of
a project to long term maintenance. This is a unique value proposition
that we are offering customers and is in keeping with eNovance's
commitment to delivering bleeding- edge solutions that set the stage for
early adopters."
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About eNovance
eNovance——an innovative French company founded in 2008 by Raphaël
Ferreira, Nicolas Marchal and Pierre Molin. The company has become the
European leader of OpenSource cloud computing technology and a Gold
member of the OpenStack foundation, along with being one of the largest
contributors to the initiative. eNovance has become the partner of
choice for rolling out cloud applications and infrastructure. In an ever
growing market, the organization is expanding across the globe with
locations in Europe, North America and Asia
With its extensive investment in R&D, in less than three years eNovance
is a worldwide top ten contributor of the OpenStack initiative, and the
only European company on the foundation's board of directors alongside
Rackspace, Redhat, Cisco and HP.
With nearly 200 clients across the world, such as CloudWatt, Warner,
Chronopost, Safran, and Canal Plus, eNovance has become a partner of
choice for rolling out critical applications in the cloud.
Specialization: multi-cloud management, open cloud computing, open
source, cloud computing, high performance, infrastructures as a service,
big data, openstack
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1 451 Research T1R Report, "OpenStack-related business
revenue to exceed $1bn by 2015 as commercial models evolve," Oct. 22,
2013, available at http://bit.ly/16y6HKF
2 Based on commits per company, closed tickets per company,
and mailing list activity per company, as of the OpenStack Havana
release, Oct. 17, 2013. Data available at http://bit.ly/1fFqY9A
3 Based on commits per company, closed tickets per company,
and mailing list activity per company, as of the OpenStack Havana
release, Oct. 17, 2013. Data available at http://bit.ly/1fFqY9A
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or
For
eNovance:
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eNovance
annie.potvin@enovance.com
or
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Torbin, 415-913-7743
chad@speakeasystrategies.com
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