DENVER – RED HAT SUMMIT 2024 - Red Hat, Inc., the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today highlighted how its robust partner ecosystem of independent software vendors (ISVs) and global systems integrators (GSIs) is propelling artificial intelligence (AI) use cases, applications and services using Red Hat open hybrid cloud technologies. Red Hat partners provide in-depth skills, knowledge and certified workloads built on industry-leading platforms, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat OpenShift and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, and now Red Hat OpenShift AI, to power critical business applications and help customers implement transformative AI solutions.

"For many organizations, AI is now a business imperative. As an established catalyst for open source innovation, Red Hat’s partner ecosystem is equipped to bring AI use cases to life for customers across any cloud, datacenter or network edge. We are thrilled to see our highly skilled and diverse ecosystem of ISVs and GSIs continue to rally behind Red Hat platforms to deliver differentiated AI-enabled solutions and services to customers." Stefanie Chiras Senior Vice President, Partner Ecosystem Success, Red Hat

As organizations increasingly turn towards AI for greater efficiency, enhanced services delivery and bolstered IT margins, Red Hat’s rich ecosystem of supported ISVs and highly skilled systems integrators are well-positioned to help customers get the most out of their IT investments and kickstart their AI journeys. For decades Red Hat’s global partner ecosystem has been building critical applications, delivering managed services and offering expert support with transparency and flexibility. Now, ISVs and GSIs continue to expand their offerings with Red Hat to help customers prepare for an AI-centric world:

Application vendors are collaborating with Red Hat to deliver solutions that are compatible and supported on Red Hat OpenShift AI for streamlined integration and enhanced performance throughout the artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) lifecycle. Certified AI/ML partner applications can be natively integrated within Red Hat OpenShift, as well as provide complementary or extended capabilities on Red Hat OpenShift AI. Pre-integrated AI/ML partner applications are available within the Red Hat OpenShift AI user interface dashboard to help customers more easily access the latest hardware and software acceleration solutions. Leading global systems integrators are delivering managed services and support to drive generative AI (GenAI)workloads across hybrid cloud environments. As Red Hat integrates new AI-focused features and tooling across its portfolio, including Red Hat OpenShift AI and Red Hat Lightspeed, its ISV and systems integrator partners continue to rally behind Red Hat platforms to deliver AI-ready solutions and services.