Red Hat Expands Channel Strategy with Certified Service Provider Program

Red Hat Expands Channel Strategy with Certified Service Provider Program

Red Hat (NYSE: RHT), the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced the North American launch of its Red Hat Certified Service Provider Program. The Certified Service Provider (CSP) Program, which will launch globally in the future, is designed to encourage the growth of open source service practices through collaboration between Red Hat Global Professional Services and service-oriented channel partners with open source expertise and resources.

Through the CSP Program, partners will have the ability to learn and implement Red Hat methodologies for core service offerings including 1. core build, 2. health check and 3. satellite implementation services. The core build service standardizes the build and deployment process allowing clients to deploy and manage hundreds of thousands of systems effectively. Through the health check service, clients are enabled to fully optimize their IT infrastructure through an on-site check by experienced consultants at client facilities. For end users with twenty or more servers, the satellite implementation service involves designing, installing and configuring a Red Hat Network satellite allowing for premium system management.

“Red Hat’s Certified Service Provider Program is an invitation-only program that will offer marked benefits for involved partners,” said Mark Enzweiler, Vice President of North American Channel Sales at Red Hat. “This is an excellent opportunity for our partners to grow in their open source service practice and to collaborate with Red Hat to meet the demand for open source subscription opportunities and service engagements. We appreciate the help of all Red Hat Advanced Business Partners in the development of the CSP Program and are thrilled about the opportunities this program presents.”

Partners involved in the CSP Program will be given the opportunity to participate in shadowing and be eligible for subcontracting engagements through Red Hat Global Professional Services. In addition there will be exposure to new clients, access to non-open source follow-on opportunities, potential for supplemental Red Hat training and discounted professional services, access to a Red Hat technical specialist and more.

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