Organizations turn to Red Hat to improve efficiency, scalability, and
reliability of critical customer-facing systems
RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source
solutions, today highlighted customer success stories in the
transportation and logistics industries for its Red Hat JBoss Middleware
portfolio. Modern transportation service providers are under increasing
pressure to achieve greater efficiencies throughout their businesses and
consistently deliver superior customer experiences. Seeking to take
advantage of the flexibility, scalability and reliability of modern
middleware, Herzog Technologies, Flybe, and Nación Servicios, chose Red
Hat for its ability to meet these needs in a cost-effective and
sustainable manner.
Red Hat JBoss Middleware is a full portfolio of open source
enterprise-grade solutions for creating, integrating, deploying and
managing applications across the full spectrum of today's
infrastructures, whether on premise or in public, private or hybrid
clouds.
Herzog Technologies, Inc.
Herzog Technologies, Inc. (HTI) provides innovative technology-based
solutions to the railroad Signal and Communications industry. Key areas
of expertise provided by HTI include Positive Train Control (PTC)
systems integration and Interoperable Train Control Messaging (ITCM) -
two technologies that are vital to the smooth and safe operation of
North America's railroad transit system. HTI is on the leading-edge of
implementing PTC and ITCM, and is currently implementing PTC for a
client in San Diego County California—a project HTI expects to complete
in advance of the December, 15, 2015 deadline mandated in the Rail
Safety Improvement Act. The HTI solution relies on Red Hat's
standards-based messaging product, Red Hat JBoss A-MQ, as well as
embedded and standard Red Hat Enterprise Linux for PTC integration. HTI
used Red Hat Consulting to help integrate the ITCM solution.
Flybe
As Europe's largest regional airline, Flybe is recognized for its
long-standing commitment to excellent service. Flybe offers affordable
transportation to 65 airports throughout Europe and carries nearly 10
million passengers annually. Flybe was no stranger to the benefits of
open source technology, having been a longtime user of
community-supported projects; however, as the business grew, so did its
need for commercially-supported, enterprise-grade open source software.
Flybe migrated to Red
Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP), a platform
for building and deploying applications, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux to
provide the levels of performance, resilience and security that it
required to not only maintain, but improve, its customer experience.
Nación Servicios
Nación Servicios is a technology member of Argentina's state-owned
national bank and is responsible for administering and managing the
country's Sistema Único de Boleto Electrónico (SUBE), a contact-less
smart card system that handles the sales and implementation of all
public transportation tickets in the greater Buenos Aires metropolitan
area. The SUBE project was initially implemented using
community-supported technologies and later migrated to Red Hat JBoss
Middleware, including Red Hat JBoss EAP and Red
Hat JBoss Web Server, a web server designed to help
enterprises manage, administer and secure web environments of any size,
to address the need for greater scale, reliability and support as the
project gained popularity. Additionally, Red Hat Enterprise Linux was
brought in as the main operating system. Today, SUBE is the most
far-reaching public transportation payment system in the Argentine
Republic and the third-largest system worldwide, used by 11 million
travelers. The success of the program relies on the seamlessness of the
system and its ability to respond to changes in the business and
market—such as peak travel periods—promptly and reliably. Achieving this
required flexible, interoperable and scalable technology.
Supporting Quotes:
Mike Piech, general manager, Middleware, Red Hat
"Transportation and logistics are two of the most customer-centric
industries today. Service levels are of the utmost importance for
delivering optimal customer experiences and maintaining a competitive
edge, and these organizations require a unique set of attributes for the
systems they run. For example, elastic scalability is necessary for
meeting rapidly-changing demands; flexibility helps support future
growth and expansion; and above all, they need technology that is
reliable and well-supported. As these customers have shown, Red Hat
JBoss Middleware is well-suited to cost-effectively meet these needs."
Jim Hanlon, vice president, PTC systems, Herzog Technologies, Inc.
"The North American railroad industry is the midst of a massive shift
toward greater interoperability and communication between train
management systems that will ultimately improve rail safety. PTC and
ITCM are key components of these systems, and we have worked quickly to
help railroads like North County get ahead of the federal deadline and
help ensure that passengers, employees, and the communities surrounding
the railways are safer. Red Hat has been instrumental in providing the
technology and expertise we needed to accomplish this."
Matthew Linsey, head of strategy and architecture, Flybe
"We originally made the decision to go the open source route, using
community-supported products. The costs were low, and some great
innovations were coming out of the communities; however, as our business
and the frameworks we were using grew in size and complexity, we
recognized a need for the assurance of Red Hat's enterprise-grade
technology and support. Not only did our migration to Red Hat JBoss
Middleware meet our immediate needs, we now have a strategic platform
for the next five years—one that will grow and mature with our business."
Lautaro Gonzalez, chief information officer, Nación Servicios S.A.
"The SUBE card system is a high-visibility, high-volume system and
required technology that was not only able to keep pace with the
existing demands, but capable of supporting future growth. The high
availability of Red Hat's integrated solutions has allowed us to
maintain the growth of the SUBE project and thus far avoid service
outages."
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