2014 Data Center 100: 20 Virtualization Providers

February 12, 2014, 11:50 AM EST

Red Hat
President and CEO: Jim Whitehurst
Raleigh, N.C.

Data center stalwart Red Hat with its open source software has been pushing aggressively into the cloud with Red Hat Cloud Infrastructure 4.0, an infrastructure as a service (IaaS) platform. Partners say a new partnership with Cisco opens the door to even bigger market gains for Red Hat.

Steven Burke

Steve Burke has been reporting on the technology industry and sales channel for over 30 years. He is passionate about the role of partners using technology to solve business problems and has spoken at conferences on channel sales issues. He can be reached at sburke@thechannelcompany.com.