Red Hat Expands Telecommunications Solutions

Red Hat Expands Telecommunications Solutions

Red Hat (Nasdaq: RHAT), the world’s leading provider of open source solutions to the enterprise, today announced its newly created Telecommunications Partner Program to drive awareness and adoption of carrier-grade server platforms and solutions based on industry-standard hardware and Red Hat software. The Telecommunications Partner Program will deepen Red Hat’s relationships with leading network equipment providers (NEPs), OEMs, telecommunications ISVs and operators, and will package Red Hat’s new and existing capabilities into an integrated platform that can be easily leveraged across the telcommunications ecosystem.

The Telecommunications Partner Program builds on existing Red Hat partner programs and also introduces new elements specific to NEPs and operators. The existing Red Hat OEM and ISV programs have been extended to include the following initiatives for telecommunications:
Red Hat is working with HP and IBM to build certified, carrier-grade platforms comprised of hardware and Red Hat Enterprise Linux that will be positioned as the open source alternatives to proprietary telecommunications platforms.
A new Telcommunications ISV Program that targets strategic ISVs in both existing and emerging telecommunications market segments and provides services and support to help them adopt open source telecommunications platforms.

The telecommunications OEM and ISV programs together will deliver comprehensive solution stacks for particular market segments, based on commodity carrier-grade platforms. The Telecommunications Partner Program is designed to align Red Hat with leading equipment providers and develop common strategies, programs and product roadmaps for a smooth migration to open source platforms. There are also plans to drive awareness of the open platforms value proposition, aimed at operators, service providers, carriers and their associated system integrators.

“The Telecommunications Partner Program brings together members of the telecommunications ecosystem to accelerate the delivery of reliable, high-performance solutions that substantially reduce capital cost and operating expenses for service providers,” said Tim Yeaton, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing and General Manager of Enterprise Products, Red Hat. “Our strong partnerships with the hardware OEMs, NEPs and the ISV community are helping to drive our range of software deeper into the network data center.”

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