Red Hat Introduces New Partner Initiative for Blockchain Software Vendors
Fintech startups and ISVs can accelerate development and delivery of
blockchain applicationswith OpenShift Dedicated
NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source
solutions, today announced a new initiative to meet the needs of fintech
startups and financial services independent software vendors (ISVs) who
are developing blockchain applications and technologies. The OpenShift
Blockchain Initiative is designed to help financial services industry
customers build hosted blockchain solutions, while Red Hat manages
container application deployment and support through OpenShift Dedicated.
Launched in December 2015, OpenShift Dedicated has emerged as a popular
offering for container application platform customers, providing the
power and flexibility of OpenShift’s core platform managed by Red Hat’s
engineering, operations and support teams, in addition to the open
source Docker container and Kubernetes orchestration technologies.
OpenShift Dedicated presents an ideal choice for startups in the
blockchain space, fintech ISVs, and traditional financial institutions
beginning to explore blockchain-based apps.
Using OpenShift Dedicated, fintech startups, ISVs, and financial
institutions can explore blockchain-based cloud services that use open
source technology to develop updated transactional applications that can
help streamline business processes on a transparent and more secure
platform. OpenShift Dedicated by Red Hat powers blockchain solutions
through its container application platform technology, providing an
applicable base across a wide range of industries, businesses and
software systems. Through the new OpenShift Blockchain Initiative, ISVs
will be able to gain access to the OpenShift Dedicated environment,
training workshops, enablement materials, go-to-market activities, and
OpenShift Commons membership.
Red Hat has already displayed commitment to the growing variety of
blockchain solutions through its participation in the recently announced Hyperledger
Project, an open governance project centered around advancing
blockchain technology through an open, decentralized platform. Through
this upstream work, Red Hat is contributing to the development of
distributed ledger technology that is well-suited for a variety of
industries including: finance; manufacturing; banking; insurance; and
the Internet of Things.
Interested software vendors who would like to learn more about
blockchain opportunities on the OpenShift platform can sign up here.
Supporting Quotes
Ashesh Badani, vice president and general manager, OpenShift, Red Hat
“As enterprises begin to explore the use of blockchain application
software, OpenShift Dedicated can provide a well-suited platform for a
streamlined, more secure development environment. The hosted container
application platform environment, combined with Red Hat’s support and
enablement training, offers partners and developers interested in
building blockchain applications greater confidence that they can move
toward these cloud-based services.”
Andrew Keys, Co-Founder, ConsenSys Enterprise
“We are pleased to partner with Red Hat and have initially deployed
BlockApps STRATO, our Ethereum Blockchain infrastructure on OpenShift.
This platform supports the development of smart contract solutions and
can allow developers to build and deploy their blockchain applications
very quickly. The collaboration was a logical direction and BlockApps is
incredibly excited to work with Red Hat as the first blockchain provider
on the OpenShift platform.”
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