Leading Latin American airline recognized for innovative use of Red
Hat middleware
RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source
solutions, announced at Red Hat Summit 2015 that Avianca Holdings, the
oldest and one of the largest airlines in Latin America, has won the
prestigious 2015 Red Hat Innovator of the Year award. The company was
recognized at Red
Hat Summit 2015.
Avianca Holdings was recognized for the company's innovative use of Red
Hat's middleware solutions. The organization implemented Red Hat's
middleware stack as its main integration layer across three data
centers, supporting the airline's core communication systems. For
Avianca Holdings, Red Hat's open source solutions are delivering ten
times better performance than technology offered by other "traditional"
software vendors they have tried. Red Hat's middleware solutions,
including Red Hat JBoss Fuse, also provide Avianca Holdings with a
scalable option that works well with the company's other IT solutions -
well-positioning the airline for future technology growth and innovation.
Named one of six finalists for Innovator of the Year by a panel of
industry expert judges, Avianca Holdings was ultimately selected as the
award winner by Red Hat Summit attendees and an online community of
voters. In addition to Avianca Holdings, the finalists included American
Product Distributors; CA Technologies; CBTS; Cisco IT; and FICO. The
finalists represent a wide array of industries, including travel,
ecommerce, technology, and analytics.
Supporting Quotes
Juliana Ceballos, architecture and development director, Avianca
Holdings
"In our business, we must be willing to implement and
use innovative solutions to continually provide better service to our
customers. Red Hat's solutions directly impact these customers because
they allow Avianca to offer more efficient sales, operations, and
reservations processes. We're thrilled that our efforts are being
recognized, and proud to be named the 2015 Red Hat Innovator of the
Year."
Lee Congdon, CIO, Red Hat
"Avianca understands that to stay
ahead in the highly competitive airline industry you need to embrace
flexible and innovative solutions. They showcased this understanding by
using solutions from Red Hat's middleware portfolio to accelerate their
business. We salute Avianca - and all of the other finalists - for their
innovative and effective use of open source solutions."
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