Why Red Hat?

Red Hat is the single-most trusted Linux provider to the enterprise.

In a June 2002 CNET survey, more than 2,200 IT professionals were asked which companies would be most relevant to their business in the next five years. They ranked Red Hat #2. Ahead of IBM, Sun, Dell, Cisco, HP, Oracle, Apple.

How has Red Hat surpassed so many technology heavyweights so quickly?

  • It's Red Hat's unique vision and leadership in the open source community.
  • It's the value of open source technology.
  • It's the enterprise momentum toward flexible, open infrastructures.
  • It's our industry, no longer satisfied with overpriced, underperforming proprietary platforms.

Red Hat is the recognized leader in enterprise solutions that take full advantage of the irrepressible power of the open source model. Why Red Hat?...

  • We have 24 locations spanning 13 countries and have a presence in all major markets.

  • We are profitable, public (NASDAQ: RHAT), and have $941 million in the bank. Our business is solid and self-sufficient.

  • We offer a full range of enterprise Linux operating system products, backed by Red Hat Network, our management platform, and comprehensive services. From deployment, to development, to management--you can rely on Red Hat expertise at every step.

  • We feature Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the first enterprise-class family of business operating systems. These platforms combine the performance, ISV support, features, and extended release cycle that enterprises require.

  • We have key industry relationships with top hardware and software vendors like Dell, IBM, Intel, HP, and Oracle. In June, 2002, Red Hat, Oracle, and Dell formally launched a combined Linux effort that includes joint development, support, and hardware and software certification. It was an emphatic declaration that Red Hat Enterprise Linux was truly ready for the enterprise.

  • We have proven the enterprise performance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux through recent TPC-C, TPC-R, and ECperf benchmarks.

  • We help customers keep their systems current, managed, and secure with Red Hat Network, our Internet mechanism for software delivery and systems management. It's the pipeline that lets our customers tap into open source innovation in real-time. To date it has delivered more than 5 million software packages and currently services more than 1 million Linux servers.

  • We deliver 24x7 enterprise support globally, in seven languages. Our support organization has won praise from customers like Amazon.com and British Petroleum.

  • We train on an array of Linux and open source technologies. Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) has become the standard by which other IT certification programs are measured. A recent study by Certification Magazine and Fairfield Research ranked RHCE as the top certification overall for quality. Certification Magazine, Computer Reseller News, CertCities, TechRepublic--all have ranked RHCE as one of the 10 top IT certifications in a range of categories.

  • We offer a wide range of consulting and engineering services to make enterprise open source deployments successful--from complete Linux migration to client-directed engineering to custom software development. Red Hat consultants and service professionals are among the world's best. "Our consulting experience with Red Hat Professional Services was one of the most cost-effective consultations this year." - Scott Clark, Director of Systems, SITEL.

  • We have unequaled expertise in the open source model and across the wide breadth of open source technology. Red Hat is a significant contributor and maintainer of major open source software including Linux, GNU, and Apache web server. Several Red Hat engineers are prominent open source developers and members of the open source community. Within our organization lies the largest concentration of Linux talent of anywhere in the world.

Why work directly with Red Hat? We know Linux. We know open source. We know the performance, reliability, control, and cost savings it delivers. And better than anyone else, we can use this technology to build complete, cost-effective infrastructures for the enterprise.