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May 6, 2009

For the past two to three years, Red Hat has been saying that partners are important to its JBoss’ continued momentum in the IT sector and especially in the Linux community.

Overall, Red Hat enjoys a rather long history of partnering with technology leaders like IBM, Intel, HP and Cisco. It even has a history of forming relationships with unlikely partners. One common thread that links these partners to Red Hat is their desire to align themselves with the open standards and the organic growth that has carried Red Hat to where it is today.

Red Hat says one partner that has embraced open standards since its inception has been Dell.

Dell’s principal Linux architect, Matt Domsch, continues to be an elected member of the Red Hat and Fedora Board. Dell and Red Hat are both committed to open standards which allow customers to free themselves from proprietary lock-in.

It is what brings customer choice in and ushers out the stranglehold that IT vendors can have on their customers. This helps keep a competitive advantage in the marketplace.

Dell has built its success on delivering high-value, customizable hardware, selling directly to their customers at an attractive price point. Red Hat customers have already taken advantage of the combination of JBoss Enterprise Middleware running on Dell servers.

This is where Dell and Red Hat continue to find common ground. Both companies embrace open standards and have built their business models on providing non-proprietary solutions to drive value in the data center.

Over 40 joint customers have successfully deployed JBoss on Dell PowerEdge Servers. From financial services, healthcare and manufacturing companies to the public sector and retail organizations, customers are embracing this partnership.

Red Hat believes that combining JBoss and Dell lets customers simplify IT deployments by improving application performance, lowering security risks and easing operational complexity. The Travel Channel and Booz Allen Hamilton are just two of Red Hat customers that are taking advantage of the value and performance offered through this hardware and middleware combination.

One area of particular interest where Red Hat is deepening its partnership is with its JBoss division. The Linux vendor is seeing momentum in the adoption of the JBoss Enterprise Middleware portfolio which is expected to continue to strengthen.

Red Hat says its customers are asking for a complete enterprise solution stack, including an integrated hardware set that plays to the strengths of the JBoss product portfolio. Red Hat has turned to Dell to deliver the value that its customers have come to expect.

Source: Red Hat.

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