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Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver high-performing Linux, hybrid cloud, edge, and Kubernetes technologies.
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Founded in1993 (32 yrs old)
India Employee Count1k-5k
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HeadquartersRaleigh, North Carolina, United States (USA)
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Red Hat delivers hardened, open source solutions that make it easier for enterprises to work across platforms and environments, from the core datacenter to the network edge. By operating transparently and responsibly, we continue to be a catalyst in open source communities, helping you build flexible, powerful IT infrastructure solutions.
Mission: To be the catalyst in communities of customers, contributors, and partners creating better technology the open source way.
Vision: To be the defining technology company of the 21st century and through our actions strengthen the social fabric by continually democratizing content and technology.
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Red Hat is rated 4.3 out of 5 stars on AmbitionBox, based on 397 company reviews. This rating reflects a generally positive employee experience, indicating satisfaction with the company’s work culture, benefits, and career growth opportunities. AmbitionBox gathers authentic employee reviews and ratings, making it a trusted platform for job seekers and employees in India.
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Overall Rating | 4.3/5 based on 397 reviews | 3.7/5 based on 5.2k reviews | 4.0/5 based on 22.1k reviews  | 4.0/5 based on 1.7k reviews |
Highly Rated for | Work-life balance Company culture Skill development | Work-life balance Job security | Work-life balance Skill development Job security | Work-life balance Company culture Skill development |
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Rating by Women Employees | 4.4 Good rated by 92 women | 3.8 Good rated by 1.2k women | 4.0 Good rated by 6.9k women | 4.0 Good rated by 416 women |
Rating by Men Employees | 4.3 Good rated by 283 men | 3.7 Good rated by 3.7k men | 4.0 Good rated by 14k men | 4.0 Good rated by 1.1k men |
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Podman vs Docker: Key Differences and Which One to Choose
- Podman and Docker are powerful containerization tools with differing philosophies and strengths.
- Docker simplifies packaging applications into containers for consistent deployment, while Podman focuses on security and flexibility.
- Docker's client-server architecture includes Docker Client, Daemon, Image, and Container.
- Podman, developed by Red Hat, features a daemonless architecture, enabling rootless containers and seamless Kubernetes integration.
- Both Docker and Podman use runc as the default runtime, support OCI-compliant images, and have similar CLI commands.
- Migrating from Docker to Podman involves installing Podman, replacing Docker commands, leveraging Podman Compose, and utilizing Podman's pod concept.
- For development, Docker excels in simplicity, while Podman is preferred for security and Kubernetes alignment.
- In CI/CD pipelines, Docker's widespread adoption and consistency contrast with Podman's security advantages and Docker compatibility.
- Podman is favored for security due to its daemonless and rootless operation, making the system more secure than Docker.
- Kubernetes can use both Docker and Podman for creating OCI-compliant images, but Docker support was deprecated in Kubernetes 1.20.
Dev | 5 Mar, 2025
Red Hat cozies up with telecom providers as open standards gain traction
- Red Hat forges partnerships with telecom providers to leverage Open RAN and AI RAN specification in the telecommunications industry.
- Red Hat focuses on common platform for application developers, open hybrid cloud, AI, and automation.
- Collaborations with KDDI Corp., Samsung Electronics, Safaricom PLC, StarHub Ltd., Fujitsu Ltd., SoftBank Group Corp., and Orange S.A.
- Partnerships aim to optimize O-RAN, enhance IT infrastructure, improve system reliability, offer low-latency multicloud infrastructure, develop virtualized RAN service, integrate AI-driven RAN optimization, and standardize telco cloud.
Siliconangle | 3 Mar, 2025
HCP Terraform Operator is now certified on Red Hat OpenShift
- The HCP Terraform Operator is now certified for Red Hat OpenShift, providing reliable, scalable, and secure integrations between Terraform and Kubernetes for streamlined workflows.
- The operator allows users to manage HCP Terraform and Terraform Enterprise workspaces, agent pools, and resources directly from their Kubernetes clusters.
- Recent updates to the operator include a flexible deletion policy for safer resource management during migrations, improved agent scaling capabilities for better resource utilization, and certification in the Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog.
- To start using the HCP Terraform Operator on Red Hat OpenShift, users can access the OpenShift Console, navigate to OperatorHub, search for the operator, install it, and refer to the official documentation for setup and configuration guidelines.
Hashicorp | 27 Feb, 2025
Qualys TotalCloud KCS Achieves Red Hat Vulnerability Scanner Certification
- Qualys TotalCloud Kubernetes and Container Security (KCS) has achieved the Red Hat Vulnerability Scanning Certification, reinforcing commitment to accurate vulnerability detection.
- Qualys TotalCloud KCS integrates Red Hat's official security intelligence and multiple security feeds to provide relevant and actionable insights on vulnerabilities across Red Hat containers, images, and workloads.
- The certification ensures zero noise and guesswork in vulnerability reports, as well as instant access to Red Hat-approved patches for streamlined remediation.
- Qualys TotalCloud KCS simplifies security operations, enhances detection accuracy, and helps enterprises maintain compliance and reduce risk.
Qualys | 25 Feb, 2025
Red Hat broadens virtualization options in latest OpenShift release
- Red Hat Inc. releases OpenShift 4.18, with focus on improving security, simplifying operations, and enhancing virtualization management.
- The new release adds user-defined networking to enable better VM connectivity and more hybrid cloud flexibility.
- OpenShift 4.18 introduces VM storage migration and a tree-view navigation feature for easier VM management.
- The update also includes new security features and expands the compatibility of OpenShift with more public cloud platforms.
Siliconangle | 25 Feb, 2025
The 10 best Docker alternatives to consider
- Podman is a prominent Docker alternative developed by RedHat, focusing on compatibility and lightweight architecture, with the ability to run rootless containers and support pods for easier Kubernetes transition.
- Buildah, another RedHat tool, offers fine-grained control over image building, leveraging OCI compatibility and Bash scripting for efficient image creation.
- BuildKit, an enhanced image-building engine for Docker, boasts improved performance, caching, and extensibility features, enhancing the overall building process.
- Kaniko, by Google, enables image building within unprivileged environments like Kubernetes, excelling in secure image building and enabling faster, Kubernetes-focused processes.
- Skopeo serves as a tool for inspecting and copying Docker images, focusing on security, rootless operation, and synchronization of images between registries and local directories.
- Dive is a container image analysis tool that aids in optimizing images, providing insights into efficiency, wasted space, and CI integration for image analysis.
- runc and crun serve as low-level container runtimes following OCI specifications, with crun offering improved performance and stricter control over runtime factors.
- LXD and containerd, while not direct Docker alternatives, offer unique features such as system containers and container lifecycle management, respectively, adding flexibility and comprehensive container management.
- CRI-O, implementing the Kubernetes Container Runtime Interface, serves as an alternative to containerd, appealing for migration scenarios towards tools like Podman and Buildah in RedHat environments.
- Various Docker Desktop alternatives, including Rancher Desktop, Minikube, and Lima, offer standalone containerization tools with enhanced features and customization options for different development environments.
Logrocket | 22 Feb, 2025
CentOS Connect conference announces return of Firefox
- CentOS Connect conference returned with the announcement of Firefox returning as a native package on CentOS and an immutable variant of CentOS Stream.
- AlmaLinux is doing things its own way while exploring an internal upstream distro, AlmaLinux Kitten, to rival other free Red Hat Enterprise Linux-alikes.
- The event focused on the folks using and maintaining CentOS Stream and its relatives (or RHELatives) with an interesting update like the return of a natively packaged version of the Firefox web browser.
- For those who want to install additional repositories, subsystems, or web browsers, the process can be complicated.
- The announcement of Firefox 128 ESR as the current long-term supported release returning to CentOS was met with applause.
- There were several talks about the OKD project- the upstream community to Red Hat OpenShift and its underlying technologies.
- While Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS can be found in OpenShift, it is not available separately.
- A free, open, community-driven immutable version of CentOS Stream Core OS could potentially be of interest to people outside of OpenShift and OKD.
- SUSE is still working on its immutable server distro, codenamed ALP, while Canonical has been maintaining Ubuntu Core for over a decade now.
- From the lofty heights of its $34 billion valuation in 2018, Red Hat's Linux folks look very tiny, thus some people in the Red Hat-using world may be unfamiliar with other distros and their build or installation tools.
The Register | 10 Feb, 2025
What Is PaaS? Definition, Use Cases & Examples Explained in 2025
- PaaS offers an environment configured for software development by offering pre-configured components that streamlines the software development lifecycle. It has an abstracted IaaS layer, but it is less abstracted than SaaS. The service offers faster software development and improved security, but limited control over the underlying IaaS. The cloud provider handles and maintains the underlying infrastructure of a PaaS solution. PaaS lets you focus on building and optimizing applications. PaaS offers a pre-configured IaaS. The difference between PaaS, SaaS, and IaaS is the level of configuration.
- There are various types of PaaS, including mBaaS, DBaaS, FaaS, iPaaS, and CaaS. PaaS solutions come with support for a limited number of frameworks, programming languages, framework versions, and runtime versions. The benefits of PaaS include increased software agility, cost-effectiveness, automated scaling, improved security, and enhanced collaboration. PaaS is used for application deployment, application development, and monitoring.
- PaaS solutions offer limited control over the infrastructure, which is the main disadvantage. PaaS in Azure vs. AWS is similar but is packaged differently on each platform. Some of the major companies in the PaaS industry are AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Salesforce, Red Hat, Oracle, Boomi, Zapier, and Apple. You must define your needs, assess PaaS providers, test and compare the products, and select the PaaS to evaluate and select PaaS solutions.
- PaaS is built on IaaS resources, offering an environment for the phases of the software development lifecycle. If you need to channel more time and effort into software development and less into creating a platform for software development, PaaS is here to help.
Cloudwards | 8 Feb, 2025
IBM’s open-source playbook: The AI market shift, DeepSeek’s lessons and the future of AI development
- IBM has positioned itself as an integrator and a 'picks and shovels' provider in the AI wave.
- The question now is: How does IBM extend its dominance into AI’s next era?
- DeepSeek is an example in AI innovation. For many including IBM, it wasn’t a disruptive event, but an iterative, efficient AI innovation model that delivered fast, cost-effective AI advancements that complements their approach to how they have been building their AI strategy and offerings.
- The open-source advantage: learning from DeepSeek
- The takeaway? AI software and algorithm efficiency beats raw compute power.
- IBM’s AI playbook aligns perfectly with this shift — leaner, more optimized models, cost-effective training and a hybrid cloud infrastructure that can integrate AI at enterprise scale.
- IBM’s hybrid cloud and AI stack is now positioned to drive cost-effective, high-performance AI adoption, just as DeepSeek demonstrated with its optimized approach.
- IBM’s biggest opportunity isn’t just building AI models. It’s brokering access to the next generation of AI-driven enterprise solutions for developers and startups.
- The real game-changer in AI isn’t just the models. It’s the software innovations behind them.
- If it executes on this AI-driven, open-source playbook the way it did with hybrid cloud, this could be one of the biggest enterprise AI success stories of the next five years.
Siliconangle | 7 Feb, 2025
Red Hat’s trailblazer: Sally O’Malley on curiosity, code and collaboration
- Sally O’Malley shares insights on Red Hat’s open-source AI innovations and the impact of collaboration on technology advancement.
- O’Malley’s been central in expanding Red Hat’s open-source artificial intelligence solutions to a broader audience, which she also discussed with theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio, during KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA.
- During an exclusive interview with SiliconANGLE Media, O’Malley talked about her unique career trajectory, passion for open-source collaboration and how Red Hat’s open-source innovations are helping shape the future of AI.
- O’Malley has made her mark at Red Hat by championing projects that embody the company’s commitment to open-source collaboration and technical excellence.
- Her ability to translate upstream innovation into enterprise-ready solutions has driven the adoption of cloud-native technologies.
- Building on her experience with containerization, O’Malley co-created Red Hat’s AI Lab Recipes, a modular toolkit that accelerates AI adoption by reducing development complexity.
- Red Hat’s collaboration with IBM Corp. on InstructLab empowers organizations to develop AI models tailored to their specific needs by distilling large frontier models with domain-specific data.
- Maintaining open-source collaboration is essential to ensuring AI technologies serve diverse societal needs, according to O’Malley.
- Red Hat’s open-source success is built on a culture that values adaptability and long-term growth, allowing employees to evolve alongside the constantly shifting tech field, according to O’Malley.
- Red Hat’s engagement with the open-source community has enabled it to stay ahead in the rapidly evolving AI ecosystem.
Siliconangle | 5 Feb, 2025
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