• Red Hat and Verizon Ally for Cloud Service
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  • By CXOtoday Staff, Jun 04, 2009 1458 hrs IST
  • Tags : RedHat, cloud computing, Verizon
  • RedHat has extended the opportunity to deploy open source cloud computing solutions.

    It is encouraging enterprise customers to use its operating platform RedHat Enterprise Linux for cloud computing. It is offering the OS as one of the platforms for Verizon s Computing as a Service (CaaS) solution.

    CaaS is a new on-demand solution that enables business and government agencies to take advantage of cloud computing to control IT costs and improve operational flexibility. IT enables customers to manage IT resources including server, network and storage.

    According to a statement, Red Hat Enterprise Linux will provide a reliable, high-performance, secure open source platform on which to base cloud deployments. It also offers over 3,000 certified software applications and is used today on millions of systems worldwide.

      Verizon Business is now delivering to customers what we believe to be the most comprehensive and secure cloud-based computing solution on the market, said Michael Marcellin, VP (global managed solutions) of Verizon. Verizon CaaS was engineered to meet the challenging security needs and performance requirements faced by enterprises and the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system is playing a big part as we bring this unique offering to customers around the world.

    The Verizon CaaS solution, including the option of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating platform, is immediately available from Verizon Business in the U.S. and Europe and will be rolled out to the Asia-Pacific region in August.



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