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Red Hat Receives Overall "Positive" Rating in Gartner's 2018 Vendor Rating
Red Hat (News - Alert), 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 (News - Alert) 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.
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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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About Red Hat, Inc.
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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