Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE:RHT), the world's leading provider of open source
solutions, today announced continued momentum for Red Hat Cloud
Infrastructure, including a new industry-leading performance benchmark,
the introduction of the Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), and a Red Hat Enterprise
Virtualization Promotional Offering. Red
Hat Cloud Infrastructure, a comprehensive offering designed to
support organizations on their journey from traditional datacenter
virtualization to OpenStack-powered clouds, has emerged as a high
performing offering with greater value as organizations look to build
and manage private cloud IaaS.
According to the latest cloud computing market overview analysis from
451 Research's Market Monitor, IaaS is expected to grow at a 37 percent
compound annual growth rate (CAGR) through 2016 (1). As cloud and IaaS
adoption grows, research also indicates that open source cloud
infrastructure solutions are taking the lead. According to the 2013
"State of the Cloud" survey, among the 64 percent of respondents who
plan to include a private cloud as part of their cloud portfolio, 41
percent plan to use only open source-based private cloud options, while
another 29 percent plan to use a hybrid combination of open source and
proprietary solutions (2).
Red Hat and Bull Achieve Top Performance Benchmark Results
Red Hat also announced new top performance records on SPECvirt's
industry-standard benchmark SPECvirt_sc2010 highlighting the
Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) hypervisor's lead as the industry's
top-performing hypervisor (3). Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 with its KVM
hypervisor enabled the Bull SAS bullion server to run 768 Virtual
Machines, a performance confirmed as the fastest and most efficient
virtualization test on an x86 server.
This SPECvirt_sc2010 score represents the highest number of performant
virtual machines and the highest performance score overall recorded on a
single x86 server for this benchmark. This also solidifies Red Hat's
hypervisor performance leadership as Red Hat's KVM powers the top
2-socket and 4-socket scores, and the only recorded 8-socket and
16-socket scores.
Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Infrastructure-as-a-Service
Additionally, Red Hat today announced a new training and certification
offering, the Red
Hat Certificate of Expertise in Infrastructure-as-a-Service. As
interest in OpenStack grows, enterprise customers require experienced IT
professionals who can deploy and manage OpenStack. This new class and
certification aims to meet this demand by representing the industry's
highest standard for OpenStack-based training certifications and
enabling participants to gain a growing knowledge of the changes
happening in the IaaS space. The class will cover essential OpenStack
skills, including installing and configuring a Red Hat Enterprise Linux
OpenStack Platform deployment; configuring and managing images; and
managing storage using Object Storage (Swift) and Block Storage
(Cinder). The certification process for this training offering will be
performance-based, with candidates performing tasks on a live system to
utilize real-world experience.
New Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Promotional Offering
As part of today's announcement, Red Hat introduced a new product
offering that will integrate the world's leading enterprise Linux
platform, and Red Hat's virtualization management system for servers and
desktops in a Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Promotional Offering,
providing exceptional agility for Linux and Microsoft workloads.
The Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Promotional Offering will be
offered as a single subscription offering that combines:
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Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, an ideal platform on which
to base large-scale virtualization initiatives and internal / private
cloud deployments, featuring an enterprise management system that
enables customers to centrally and effectively manage their entire
virtual environments.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server, providing a secure and
certified foundation for running the OpenStack workload servers
(compute nodes, storage nodes, and controller nodes) as well as a
scalable, high performance Linux operating system for guest virtual
machines.
Availability
The Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Promotional Offering will be
available in Fall 2013.
Supporting Quote
Radhesh Balakrishnan, general manager, Virtualization, Red Hat
"OpenStack and the promise of open hybrid clouds are leading customers
to reconsider their infrastructure choices with an eye toward reducing
cost and avoiding lock-in. Red Hat Cloud Infrastructure presents an
enterprise datacenter virtualization alternative to take customers on
that journey from proprietary to open. Today's announcements highlight
Red Hat's commitment to providing the top performing solutions in this
space, and the steps we're taking to bring increased value to
virtualized infrastructure and meet the emerging demand for skilled
OpenStack professionals in the enterprise."
Additional Resources
Connect with Red Hat
(1) 451 Research Market Monitor, "Cloud Computing Market Overview
Analysis," Aug. 14, 2013, available at http://bit.ly/14QnzKF.
(2) State of the Cloud 2013, http://bit.ly/152CAxc
(3) SPEC®, SPECvirt TM, and SPECvirt_sc® are trademarks or registered
trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corp. (SPEC).
Competitive numbers shown reflect results published on www.spec.org
as of July 18, 2013. For the latest SPECvirt_sc2010 results visit www.spec.org/osg/virt_sc2010.
About Red Hat, Inc.
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enterprises, partners, and open source communities, Red Hat helps create
relevant, innovative technologies that liberate resources for growth and
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