Partner ecosystem aligns with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 to extend
innovative solutions to the open hybrid cloud
RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source
solutions, today
unveiled its vision for redefining the enterprise operating system with
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and opened new doors for the company's
extensive partner base with a powerful, flexible and scalable platform
that can deliver innovative cross-industry solutions. Forming the solid
foundation of the open hybrid cloud, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 enables
Red Hat partners to more easily extend their technologies across
physical, virtual and cloud environments without requiring any
fundamental changes.
Enterprise customers require certified third-party software, hardware
and services to future-proof the next generation of their IT
infrastructure. For more than a decade, Red Hat has enabled thousands of
ecosystem partners to develop, test and certify their technology in
conjunction with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. With such depth and breadth,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux-powered solutions are offered across a range of
delivery and deployment models by Red Hat technology and business
partners, from original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) that craft
systems with Red Hat Enterprise Linux pre-installed to cloud service
providers (CSPs) who deliver Red Hat Enterprise Linux as a virtual guest
instance to software development firms that seek to leverage
container-based architectures using Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Continuing this long tradition of deep partner engagement, Red Hat
launched the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Partner Early Access Program in
December 2013, attracting more than 1,000 independent software vendors
(ISVs) seeking to ensure compatibility and readiness with the next
generation of Red Hat's flagship operating platform. By working closely
with Red Hat, these partners are committed to delivering a launch-ready,
robust portfolio of business solutions, all certified on the operating
system for the open hybrid cloud: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Starting
today, certification for additional third-party solutions on Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 7 is available.
By building their next-generation solutions on top of an open, scalable
platform fueled by innovation, Red Hat technology partners, along with
Red Hat, are doing more than redefining the enterprise operating system;
they are aiming to redefine enterprise IT.
Industry Perspectives on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Supporting Quotes
Scott Musson, vice president, Global Strategic Alliances, Red Hat
"For more than a decade, a key source of differentiation for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux has been the strong ecosystem of technology industry
leaders that stand behind it. As customers journey to the cloud with Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 7, our collaboration with a broad range of
hardware, software, and services partners delivers choice that helps
customers get the most out of their investments."
Terry Wise, head of Worldwide Partner Ecosystem, Amazon Web Services,
Inc.
"Red Hat and Amazon Web Services have worked closely together since 2007
to make Red Hat Enterprise Linux widely available on Amazon EC2. With
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, AWS customers and partners have ready access
to a flexible, scalable operating system that can deliver performance
and efficiency for enterprise workloads leveraging the power of Amazon
Web Services' global, secure, on-demand, pay as you go cloud platform."
Marc Stevens, vice president, Film & TV Solutions, AutoDesk Media &
Entertainment
"Autodesk has long been a supporter of Red Hat Enterprise Linux to
provide Maya and Flame artists the flexibility of working within an open
source operating system. For our media and entertainment customers in
visual effects, animation and professional computer graphics, producing
content and collaborating in the cloud is becoming more prevalent, and
also much more viable thanks to innovations in platform solutions like
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7."
Satinder Sethi, vice president, Engineering, Cisco
"Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a foundational operating system for an open
hybrid cloud. The new capabilities and opportunities presented by Red
Hat enterprise Linux 7 make the joint solutions delivered by Red Hat and
Cisco even more compelling. Customers are increasingly adopting open,
programmable infrastructure solutions built around the Cisco Unified
Computing System. Paired with Cisco UCS, the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
platform enables easily deployable, end-to-end cloud solutions with the
flexibility, scalability and stability to drive the datacenters of today
and tomorrow."
Sam Greenblatt, vice president, Enterprise Solutions Group Technology
Strategy, Dell
"With Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat strengthens its position as an
open enterprise software company, becoming even more application
development and deployment-friendly, and increasing ease-of-use for IT
organizations. Red Hat is focused on infrastructure, not just an
operating system, that expands all the way from the operating system, to
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, OpenStack and OpenShift. This mission
is evident in the flexibility, stability and reliability Red Hat has
built into Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Dell's longstanding relationship
with Red Hat means we can work together to give customers the best
technology at significant time to value."
Ben Golub, chief executive officer, Docker
"We have been working with Red Hat since last year, and are
collaborating significantly around many areas, including Docker,
OpenShift, OpenStack, and the approach for a Docker index and registry.
With the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, we are excited to have
Docker being shipped as part of the leading commercial Linux
distribution in the world, and to see Red Hat support for an industry
standard approach to application packaging through Docker and Linux
containers. Working with Red Hat, we see a great road ahead together, in
an area that will completely re-tool the IT organization over the next
several years."
John Baleja, product manager, Esri
"Red Hat has been a long-term partner providing a complimentary
technology to the ArcGIS platform. Red Hat Enterprise Linux continues to
be a popular enterprise infrastructure configuration option for our
customers, and we hope to be able to extend this choice with Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 7."
Scott Farrand, research and development vice president, Platform
Software, HP
"With all the advances in technology, our customers continue to press
for greater performance from the operating environment supporting their
mission-critical applications and services. With the release of Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 7, HP has worked with Red Hat to place innovations in
performance for large systems into the upstream kernel allowing
mission-critical applications and services to run faster and more
reliably than ever before."
Pat Toole, general manager, IBM System z, IBM
"The launch of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 is another important milestone
in the long-standing partnership between IBM and Red Hat, with IBM's
systems being some of the first systems certified on the next-generation
of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. By integrating Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7's
unique blend of stability, flexibility and scalability with IBM's System
x, Power Systems and System z offerings, IBM and Red Hat can offer our
joint clients the key foundational elements to build, maintain and scale
the enterprise data center of the future."
Mauri Whalen, vice president and director, Core Systems Development,
Open Source Technology Center, Intel
"Intel and Red Hat have a long history of working together in open
source, in making Linux ready for the enterprise and in driving its
adoption. While we've extended that collaboration into areas like
virtualization and OpenStack, today's announcement of Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 7 further demonstrates the benefits of optimization for Intel®
Architecture and specifically for the Intel® Xeon processor E7 and E5
families. With this release, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 supports
increased security through integration with Intel® Platform Protection
Technology with OS Guard, and Intel® Data Protection Technology with
Secure Key. Storage and networking performance are enhanced through
support for Rapid Storage Technology for the Enterprise (RSTe) and Fiber
Channel over Ethernet (FCoE). Apart from ongoing support for MCA
Recovery capabilities, there is also support for features that will be
announced in future Intel Xeon processor and platform releases, like
Intel® AVX 2.0 and VMCS Shadowing."
Somesh Singh, chief product officer, Paradigm GEO
"The launch of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 strengthens our ability to
deliver our software applications to our customers in the worldwide oil
and gas industry. With a focus on performance, and with scalability from
high-end graphic workstations for geoscience data visualization, to HPC
seismic processing and imaging on Linux clusters, our partnership with
Red Hat allows our software to take full advantage of the continuing
advances in compute power. The broad support from the Red Hat ecosystem
has enabled us to provide our customers with high-performance geoscience
software, including the SKUA UVT Transform and the EarthStudy 360
full-azimuth angle domain imaging system."
Virtual Event and Press Webcast
Red Hat will host a virtual event - Redefining the Enterprise OS - to
share more about Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 today, beginning at 11 a.m.
EDT. Following keynote remarks from Red Hat's Paul Cormier, president,
Products and Technologies; Tim Yeaton, senior vice president,
Infrastructure Group; and Jim Totton, vice president and general
manager, Platform Business Unit, press and analysts are invited to
participate in a question and answer session.
To join the virtual event or view the replay after the event, visit http://bit.ly/RHELpress.
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