Electronic hardware buyers may soon get access to a variety of Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) products already embedded.

The world’s top Linux software developer and services provider is looking to expand the reach of its Linux and JBoss products through a distribution agreement with global hardware distributor Avnet.

Financial terms of the agreement, which was announced Monday, were not disclosed.

Red Hat will work with Avnet Embedded, which is part of Avnet (Nyse: AVT).

The Raleigh-based firm hopes the Avnet deal will better connect it with original equipment manufacturers and independent software vendors who work with Avenet across the Americas.

“Red Hat has expanded outside the traditional data center, given the proliferation of intelligent connected devices and the affinity of embedded engineers towards open source,” said Dion Cornett, vice president, Strategic Alliances for Red Hat, in a statement.

“Red Hat’s embedded business presents partners with strategic growth opportunities,” Cornett added. “This Americas distribution agreement with Avnet is the latest example of Red Hat’s channel-centric strategy for offering OEMs the flexibility, speed-to-market and enterprise functionality they need to drive their revenues and profits. We’re looking forward to working with Avnet Embedded to drive new opportunities and to bring the many benefits of Red Hat’s open source solutions to the embedded OEM marketplace.”

Embedded offerings will include:

  • Red Hat Embedded Linux
  • Red Hat JBoss Middleware solutions
  • Red Hat Developer Support
  • JBoss Developer Support

“The addition of Red Hat to Avnet’s embedded software and service portfolio substantially enhances our value proposition for providing comprehensive support across our customers’ entire solution stack,” said Chuck Kostalnick, senior vice president of Avnet Embedded. “We are very pleased to have the opportunity to represent Red Hat’s exceptional product line to the OEM market. Together, Avnet Embedded and Red Hat can enable OEM customers with the necessary code and corresponding software services to imagine, develop and complete their next embedded design more quickly, efficiently and cost effectively.”

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