Red Hat, Verizon Business join forces on CaaS

MUMBAI, INDIA: Red Hat announced that its operating platform, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, is driving further enterprise adoption of cloud computing. Building on the strong, long-term technology collaboration between Red Hat and Verizon Business, Red Hat Enterprise Linux is offered as one of the first two operating system platforms available for Verizon Business' new 'Computing as a Service' (CaaS) solution.

Verizon 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. CaaS enables customers to manage IT resources, including server, network and storage, efficiently and securely, meeting today's business demands.

“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, 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,” he added.

Red Hat will also host the virtual open source cloud computing forum on July 22, 2009, offering developers, vendors and customers the opportunity to present and discuss how open source software and standards will advance the development and value of cloud computing environments.