Red Hat Receives Overall “Positive” Rating in Gartner’s 2018 Vendor Rating
February 19 2018 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
Fourth consecutive rating as overall “Positive”
in the report
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open
source solutions, today announced Gartner, Inc., a leading provider
of research and analysis on the global information technology
industry, has given the company an overall “Positive” rating in its
2018 Vendor Rating report for the fourth consecutive time.
From Red Hat’s perspective, the overall “Positive” rating
reflects on the strength of Red Hat’s open hybrid cloud portfolio,
container-based technologies and datacenter automation, as well as
our ability to meet customers’ needs as they modernize IT systems
with flexible and agile open source solutions.
Gartner Vendor Ratings assess many different aspects of a
technology provider, such as its products, support, pricing,
technology, strategy and financials, These ratings are periodically
revised to reflect changes in assessment when a significant
internal or external event directly affects the provider.
Supporting Quote
Craig Muzilla, senior vice president, Application Platform
Businesses and Portfolio Programs, Red Hat“Open source has moved
beyond an alternative to proprietary software to the driving force
behind the innovations that are changing how the enterprise does
business. We believe that Gartner giving us an overall ‘Positive’
rating again demonstrates the growing preference for open source
solutions in the enterprise and the leadership position we’ve
achieved in technology leading business transformation like cloud
computing, containers, big data and mobile.”
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Red Hat is the world's leading provider of open source software
solutions, using a community-powered approach to provide reliable
and high-performing cloud, Linux, middleware, storage and
virtualization technologies. Red Hat also offers award-winning
support, training, and consulting services. As a connective hub in
a global network of enterprises, partners, and open source
communities, Red Hat helps create relevant, innovative technologies
that liberate resources for growth and prepare customers for the
future of IT. Learn more at http://www.redhat.com.
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