G42 Cloud, a cloud provider based in the UAE, has recently announced the availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat OpenShift on their platform. This partnership will allow regional enterprises and the public sector to easily transfer their Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat OpenShift workloads to G42 Cloud. Additionally, G42 Cloud has now become a certified cloud and service provider for Red Hat.
Through the inclusion of Red Hat’s open hybrid cloud technologies, the collaboration will further improve G42 Cloud’s portfolio. Customers can now build a business offering with improved security capabilities for regional clients using Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat OpenShift on the G42 Cloud infrastructure.
The official signing ceremony was hosted at G42 Cloud Headquarters in Abu Dhabi, with senior management teams from G42 Cloud and Red Hat in attendance.
Speaking on the occasion, G42 Cloud’s CEO, Talal Al Kaissi said “We are very excited to be working with Red Hat. Today many public sector entities and regional enterprises use Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat OpenShift, and with this collaboration, we provide options to the regional entities to run their Red Hat workloads on a secure G42 Cloud environment. Together, we are confident that this collaboration will extend the power of Red Hat’s hybrid cloud offerings on G42 Cloud for regional entities to supercharge their digital transformation initiatives.”
Adrian Pickering, MENA General Manager, Red Hat said “G42 Cloud enables organizations to move to cloud, even for sensitive workloads. Red Hat hybrid cloud technologies on the G42 Cloud provide a platform for innovation to support development and testing, application modernization and cloud-native application development.”
He added, “Organizations moving to the G42 Cloud can now enjoy a more consistent experience for open hybrid cloud environments. Furthermore, we believe Red Hat’s open source DNA and extensive partner ecosystem can further accelerate cloud migrations to G42 Cloud and we look forward to continued collaboration with G42 Cloud to accelerate digital transformation for UAE and regional customers.”
