About Red Hat
Red Hat is a US software company, owned by IBM, that provides enterprise open-source software. It is best known for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, one of the most widely used Linux distributions in business.
Services and Offerings
Red Hat offers Red Hat Enterprise Linux, OpenShift for managing containers with Kubernetes, Ansible for automation, virtualisation, middleware, and support, training and certification services. It builds on open-source community projects and adds testing, security updates and technical support for customers.
Locations and Audience
Red Hat serves large enterprises, governments, financial institutions and telecommunications companies worldwide. It has offices in many countries and a broad network of partners and certified technology vendors.
Why Consider Red Hat
Red Hat is worth considering for organisations that want open-source technology with commercial support and long product life cycles. Its certification and training programmes are also well known among system administrators.