Just days after closing on its acquisition of “cloud computing” technology firm ManageIQ, Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) says it is incorporating that firm’s technology into a range of cloud-related products.
The $104 million ManageIQ deal was announced in December.
Red Hat is deploying ManageIQ solutions to help clients navigate the complexities associated with utilizing data housed in a variety of cloud environments, from private to public and hybrid, and also across virtualized enterprise networks.
In a briefing on Tuesday, Red Hat executives noted that the companies were very familiar with each other before the acquisition and that many MangeIQ customers were already using Red Hat Linux.
“We’ve worked with ManageIQ as a partner to our Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization platform with successful joint customers and saw an opportunity to expand our hybrid cloud management capabilities with an even closer relationship with ManageIQ’s compelling portfolio,” said Bryan Che, general manager of the Cloud Business Unit at Red Hat. “With the closing of the acquisition, we now begin work to integrate ManageIQ’s enterprise cloud management and automation technologies with our complementary Red Hat CloudForms hybrid Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solution and our open Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization management solution. With this combination, we can offer our customers an unparalleled open hybrid cloud management portfolio.”
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