Red Hat is the leading provider of open source software solutions worldwide, which uses a community-based approach to provide reliable and high-performance technologies in the cloud, Linux, middleware, storage and virtualization. In addition, it offers support services, training and consulting awarded for its excellence.
Throughout its history, this firm has been acting as a connection node within a network of companies, partners and open source communities worldwide, facilitating the creation of relevant and innovative technologies that free resources for growth and favor the preparing to successfully face the future of IT.
"Open source" is a proven collaboration methodology to create technology. This methodology is based on the freedom to see the code, learn from it, be able to ask questions and be able to make improvements. As a result, open source communities can innovate much more effectively than traditional R & D labs.
In this way, Red Hat directs clients, partners and developers towards communities that aim to solve the problems we all share. In turn, the company also brings a lot of code to the community. In fact, it invests in its engineers and developers to work in these open technology communities on behalf of our clients, and in this way contribute to the project also with their work.
When the resulting open source technology is useful, Red Hat tests it, strengthens it and makes it safe and reliable. Subsequently, it is packaged and Red Hat begins to support it as a business product.
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COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES
There are numerous examples of how open source feeds the entire world. Proof of this are the Google projects, or how Elon Musk is betting on open source to develop artificial intelligence (AI). They also serve as an example AWS, Netflix, Facebook and many other companies that are boosting thanks to open source.
Currently, many initiatives and projects are based on open innovation, from widely used technologies such as Apache Hadoop for big data, Kubernetes for containers, and Android for mobile operating systems, to other smaller projects such as the Singapore Government Technology Agency, oriented to give an immediate sanitary response in cases of citizen urgency.
However, the open source style goes beyond software development and its principles can be applied more extensively to face challenges such as starting a business.
Red Hat works with corporations of all sectors and sizes in Spain and worldwide, among which are:
● Spain: BBVA, Produban (Banco Santander), Telefónica, Roche, Repsol, Canarias Government, Aragon Health Service
● Finance: Union Bank, Banco Azteca, ING DiBa
● Telco: Swisscom, Vodafone
● Transport: Amadeus, Avianca
● Public Administration: Departamento de Defensa de EEUU