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Red Hat is an open source enterprise software company, a subsidiary of IBM since 2019, known for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, OpenShift and Ansible.

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Headquarters
Raleigh, US
Founded
1993
Employees
19,000 (2022)
Size
10,000+
Stock exchange
Subsidiary
Revenue (USD)
2.1B
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Company profile

Red Hat sells subscriptions for open-source enterprise software, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the OpenShift Kubernetes application platform and Ansible automation, plus AI tooling such as RHEL AI and OpenShift AI. Buyers are enterprise IT and platform engineering teams standardizing infrastructure across on-premises data centers and public clouds. It has operated as an IBM subsidiary since 2019.

Ownership
Subsidiary
Parent company
IBM
Employees
10,001–50,000

Industries served

Key offerings

Red Hat Enterprise LinuxRed Hat OpenShiftRed Hat Ansible Automation PlatformRed Hat OpenShift AI

Typical use cases

  • Container platform for application modernization
  • IT automation of infrastructure and network tasks
  • Migrating virtual machines onto OpenShift Virtualization

Strengths

  • Industry-standard enterprise Linux with long support lifecycles
  • Consistent platform across on-premises and all major clouds
  • Large open-source community and certified ecosystem

Considerations

  • Subscription costs significant at large scale
  • OpenShift requires Kubernetes platform skills
  • IBM ownership raises neutrality concerns for some buyers

Typical Deloitte services

  • Hybrid cloud platform build and application modernization
  • Infrastructure and operations automation
  • VMware exit and virtualization migration

Editorial profile based on public information.

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