Red Hat Overview

Company Snapshot

Name: Red Hat, Inc.
Founded: 1993
Headquarters: Raleigh, NC, USA
Parent: IBM (acquired 2019 for $34B)
Presence: 95+ offices in 35+ countries
Focus: Enterprise open-source solutions for Linux, hybrid cloud, containers, Kubernetes, and AI
Market: Serves 90%+ of U.S. Fortune 500 companies

Red Hat offers a subscription model with 24/7 support, training, and consulting across five technology areas.

RHEL

OpenShift

App Services

Ansible

Ceph Storage

AI Solutions

Stable Linux platform for hybrid cloud, bare metal, and edge.

Latest: RHEL 10 (image mode, post-quantum cryptography)

Features: SELinux, Ansible automation, cloud-agnostic

Support: 10 years + Extended Life-cycle Support

Kubernetes-based platform for cloud-native applications.

Java Support: OpenJDK 21 via S2I images (e.g., ubi9-openjdk-21)

Features: GitOps, Service Mesh, Cryostat 4.0 for JVM monitoring

Clouds: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud

Tools for cloud-native app development.

Components: OpenJDK 21, JBoss EAP, AMQ, 3scale API, Quarkus

Tools: Migration Toolkit, Cryostat 4.0, OpenShift DevSpaces

Automates deployment and management.

Features: AI-driven code generation, Certified Content Collections

Scalable software-defined storage.

Features: Block, file, object storage; exabyte scalability

Tools for AI model development and deployment.

Offerings: RHEL AI, OpenShift AI, Granite LLMs

Resources: Ecosystem Catalog | Customer Portal | Store | redhat.com