Red Hat
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Red Hat, Inc. (formerly Red Hat Software, Inc.) is an American software company that provides open source software products to enterprises[clarification needed] and is a subsidiary of IBM. Founded in 1993, Red Hat has its corporate headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina, with other offices worldwide.
Company type | Subsidiary (independent) |
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Industry | Computer software |
Predecessor | Container Linux Cygnus Solutions |
Founded | 1993; 31 years ago (1993) |
Founder | |
Headquarters | , U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
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Products | List
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Revenue | US$3.4 billion (2018)[4] |
US$512 million (2018)[5] | |
US$434 million (2018)[4] | |
Total assets | US$5.588 billion (2018)[4] |
Total equity | US$1.613 billion (2018)[4] |
Number of employees | 19,000[6] |
Parent | IBM (2019–present) |
Subsidiaries | |
Website | redhat.com |
Red Hat has become associated to a large extent with its enterprise operating system Red Hat Enterprise Linux. With the acquisition of open-source enterprise middleware vendor JBoss, Red Hat also offers Red Hat Virtualization (RHV), an enterprise virtualization product. Red Hat provides storage, operating system platforms, middleware, applications, management products, support, training, and consulting services.
Red Hat creates, maintains, and contributes to many free software projects. It has acquired the codebases of several proprietary software products through corporate mergers and acquisitions, and has released such software under open source licenses. As of March 2016[update], Red Hat is the second largest corporate contributor to the Linux kernel version 4.14 after Intel.[7]
On October 28, 2018, IBM announced its intent to acquire Red Hat for $34 billion.[8][9][10] The acquisition closed on July 9, 2019.[11] It now operates as an independent subsidiary.[12][11]