Red Hat, Inc.
(NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today
announced the appointment of Converge Global Concept Technologies as its first
Premier Partner in West Africa.
Converge Global Concept Technologies is an IT services organization that specializes in the deployment of
mission-critical technology systems, solutions and services. As a Premier
Partner, the organization will benefit from Red Hat's deep open source
expertise and technical skills. With a particular emphasis on Red Hat’s cloud
and middleware portfolio, Converge Global Concept Technologies aims to give
Nigerian and other West African businesses a multi-platform, scalable and more
secure route to the cloud.
Open Source is
now so much more than Linux, and has been tried, tested and is trusted by many
of the world’s biggest companies, for example, 100% of commercial banks in the
Fortune 500 rely on Red Hat. Red Hat and Converge
Global Concept Technologies look forward to helping local businesses in West
Africa explore the potential and reap the benefits of open source. The
new collaboration will make available a wide range of innovative private and
hybrid cloud solutions such as Red Hat OpenStack Platform, Red Hat CloudForms
and Red Hat OpenShift, backed up by Red Hat’s enterprise-grade security,
support and training.
In November Red
Hat hosted a well-attended seminar for CIOs from leading Nigerian organisations
focused on how open source is enabling organizations to address challenges such
as cost, complexity, lock-in from proprietary vendors, and migration to the
cloud.
Supporting Quotes
Akan Jacobs, general manager Converge Global Concept
Technologies
“While many
organisations in the region are familiar with Red Hat in the Linux context,
they may not be as familiar with the business advantages that its product
leadership in the middleware and cloud space confers. We hope to help expand
their exposure to the benefits of solutions such as Red Hat CloudForms, Red Hat OpenStack Platform,
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform, Red Hat JBoss Middleware, and moving from
community to enterprise open source.”
Dion Harvey, country manager, SA, Red Hat
“We believe
there is tremendous opportunity for West African enterprises to benefit from
open source the Red Hat way. We can
support organisations on their cloud and digital journey, helping them to
realise the many business benefits of open source including increased speed and
agility, competitiveness and participation in the new digital economy.”
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