New program brings additional flexibility, choice and scalability to
partners that are building the open hybrid cloud
RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source
solutions, today announced the global launch of the Red Hat Certified
Cloud and Service Provider program. Replacing Red Hat's existing
Certified Cloud Provider program, the Certified Cloud and Service
Provider program expands Red Hat's cloud ecosystem to include and better
support distributors, managed service providers and other partners that
are heavily involved in all aspects of hybrid cloud build-out, not just
multi-tenant public clouds.
As the model for cloud providers expands to include private cloud
build-outs, Linux container-based infrastructure and
Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solutions, additional flexibility is needed
to help these providers better meet customer needs for cloud-based Red
Hat technologies. The Red Hat Certified Cloud and Service Provider
program meets this need by not only broadening partner support, but by
also expanding the choice of Red Hat solutions available to these
partners, including:
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP HANA
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OpenShift by Red Hat
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform
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Red Hat JBoss Middleware
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Red Hat Gluster Storage
As Red Hat continues to focus on delivering open source innovation to
enterprise IT, the Certified Cloud and Service Provider portfolio is
anticipated to grow to encompass these new, enterprise-ready
technologies. Additionally, customers are able to use Red Hat Cloud
Access to deploy certain Red Hat product subscriptions on Red Hat
Certified Cloud and Service Provider cloud offerings in an integrated
and seamless manner.
Red Hat's Certified Cloud and Service Provider designation is awarded to
Red Hat partners following validation by Red Hat. Each provider must
meet testing and certification requirements to demonstrate that they can
deliver a safe, scalable, supported and consistent environment for
enterprise cloud deployments. The globally-unified program provides
customers, independent software vendors (ISVs), and partners with the
confidence that Red Hat product experts have validated a given solution
so that implementations can begin with a solid foundation.
At launch, Red Hat Certified Cloud and Service Providers include 13 of
the 15 service providers named in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Cloud
Infrastructure-as-a-Service, Worldwide1 with Red Hat's
overall cloud partner ecosystem growing at 58 percent from the previous
year.
Supporting Quotes
Mark Enzweiler, senior vice president, Global Partners and Alliances,
Red Hat
"The Certified Cloud and Service Provider program is an important next
step for one of Red Hat's key channels. Our partners want to develop
their businesses based on enterprise-ready open source technologies, and
this global program delivers new opportunities for recurring revenue to
a diverse set of participating partners to expand their business with
Red Hat."
Michael Ferris, senior director, Business Architecture, Red Hat
"Much like enterprise IT itself, the world of cloud computing is
constantly evolving, especially with the growing promise of hybrid cloud
approaches and Linux container-based architectures. The Red Hat
Certified Cloud and Service Provider program is designed to encompass
nearly all service provider models, spanning the public cloud to on-site
managed services, offering our customers a secure, stable and trusted
partner ecosystem upon which to build their next-generation IT projects
using Red Hat solutions."
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1: Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure as a
Service, Worldwide - http://www.gartner.com/technology/reprints.do?id=1-2G2O5FC&ct=150519&st=sb
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