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We are more than satisfied with the quality of solutions and services provided by Red Hat. The complex nature of this project suggested that the implementation would be complicated. However, thanks to the help and support of Red Hat, we were able to complete the project quickly and effectively. Julio Matarranz Head of Corporate IT, NH Hotels
TODAY S ENTERPRISE DEMANDS AGILITY, ADAPTATION AND INNOVATION Today s IT leaders are required to go beyond lights-on capabilities to drive strategic value for the enterprise. As a trusted advisor, Red Hat Consulting helps you reduce IT sprawl, break out of proprietary vendor lock-in and remove complexity through open standards and best practices. We will simplify and transform your environment to be leaner and more agile, empowering you to innovate. RED HAT CONSULTING 3
ACCELERATE TOWARDS THE TRUE POTENTIAL OF YOUR BUSINESS When it comes to today s IT challenges, much of what stands in our way is symptomatic of a larger issue: complexity. It s no one s fault, and you are most definitely not alone. Complexity deepens over time as technologies never designed to work in conjunction are pieced together as companies grow and new challenges and needs arise. If we can t get past it, achieving or improving upon our strategic vision becomes that much more difficult. Red Hat Consulting works with you to get from symptom to solution, to break free from complexity to transform your business now, to improve its future. By simplifying IT complexity, we open the door for innovation and put customers in a position to succeed. Do more, be better, be more cost-effective and be more flexible. Adapt more easily to changes in technology and business. Red Hat Consulting will work with you and your environment to develop and implement cost-effective, maintainable solutions that help you: Optimise your infrastructure Develop the solutions your lines of business need Free up spend to make more strategic investments Increase your agility and flexibility
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Our decision to migrate to Red Hat solutions has been one of the best technology decisions in recent years. The project is aligned with a wider company strategy and has put us ahead of development in the market. María Caldés Director of Engineering and Systems, Telecinco TRANSFORM FOR TODAY S TECHNOLOGY At Red Hat Consulting, our role goes beyond just technical expertise. We are proud to be strategic advisers that take a big-picture view of your organisation in order to better understand your challenges and how to get past them. We help identify the best path to where you want to go, and get there with solutions that bring down the cost of IT. Do more with less. Reduce unwanted and unnecessary platforms and processes, implement industry best practices and enjoy the inherent price/performance advantages of Red Hat technologies. We can help you: Intelligently integrate your enterprise Data and integration points are fast-growing and business is changing more rapidly than ever before. Disparate systems result in many process errors, hindering the decisions that need to be based on the information coming in. Getting the right data into business processes that make intelligent decisions is critical. We can help you make timely, intelligent decisions based on events without needing to reinvent the wheel. You will be able to visualise and observe events, retrieve and disseminate information, integrate existing and future systems using advanced open standards-based messaging, analyse and make decisions, and respond intelligently using automated business processes. Establish a smart, automated business Get the right data to the right places Become more flexible and responsive
Modernise your systems and applications Our global team of consultants has helped hundreds of organisations plan for and migrate to a modern architecture to unlock true business value. From moving off older systems and middleware to building and modernising applications across their enterprise, numerous Fortune 2000 companies have realised enormous cost efficiency while discovering the means to strategically innovate. Migrate off older systems and applications Build applications across your enterprise Realise cost savings, performance and reliability Harness the power of the cloud Red Hat Consulting offers a wide spectrum of services to accelerate your journey to cloud computing. The ability to leverage existing, multi-vendor infrastructures attracts an increasing numbers of customers. These customers engage with our global team of consultants to quickly ramp up deployments and establish the foundation for intelligent, open hybrid cloud infrastructures. These services from Red Hat Consulting help you to build a functional, enterprise-ready cloud in a reasonable timeframe. Our assistance means you can quickly begin delivering the associated services and benefits against your organisation s needs and objectives. Accelerate integration, adoption Continue using existing technologies Realise cloud benefits safely and quickly Drive efficiency Today s enterprise infrastructures are growing in size and complexity every year. System inoperability, low CPU utilisation, hardware redundancy, poor systems management, and varied and complex processes are often the result. Our team can help you navigate these complexities by bringing standardisation, repeatability and finely tuned processes to your organisation. A more efficient development life cycle, driven by more efficient developers, frees up time, money and resources to focus on what matters most: fueling the success of your business. Navigate system and application complexity Establish standardisation, repeatability, and process Free up time, money, and resources Successfully adopt open source There s no longer any question that Linux and open source technologies are a viable alternative to proprietary solutions. The most effective way to reap maximum benefits in this space is to implement strategies for consuming open source as well as collaborating with or creating communities to help drive innovation. As the worldwide leader in enterprise open source, Red Hat can help your organisation formalise these governance and collaboration strategies. Our connections and communities allow you to fully harness the inherent price and performance advantages of the technology, while unlocking new capabilities and driving strategic advantage. Harness open source business value Formalise governance and collaboration strategies Unlock new capabilities and drive strategic advantage RED HAT CONSULTING 7
THE FREEDOM TO CHOOSE, THE FREEDOM TO SAVE Open standards are about flexibility being able to adapt and adjust quickly. Deploying technologies that conform to open standards can bridge multiple data sources and application silos. Red Hat Consulting puts you in a position to do just that. We will work with your existing technologies and multiple resource providers to mix different components based on what s right for you and your specific organisation. With the reduction of proprietary vendor lock-in, you will be able to define your own rules and processes and create new capability. Increasing homogeneity will reduce IT sprawl that slows performance and drives up cost, helping cut future IT operating expenses so you can make more strategic investments for your business. SOLVE PROBLEMS, SAVE, AND SUCCEED With global scale and direct reach into Red Hat engineering and support, no one is more qualified to solve complex customer problems and introduce risk-mitigated means for cost savings and efficiency through open source. From middleware and application development and architecture to infrastructure and cloud services, Red Hat Consulting collaborates with customers to achieve IT and business goals. Enterprise solutions Technology Solutions Product enablement Pathway to IT Modernisation Cloud and Virtualisation Red Hat Consulting offers a number Pathway to Operational Efficiency Business Process Management of engagements for installing, accelerating, optimising and tuning Pathway to Open Cloud Systems Management Red Hat technologies. These services are the best way to tailor Red Hat deployments for your environment and Pathway to Open Source Enablement Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) help you realise unmatched efficiency Enterprise Data and Storage and secure optimal performance from your technology investments. Migrations To maximise knowledge transfer, Platform Migrations you will receive documentation of Application Migrations the installation and configuration Application Modernisation process as well as management best Custom Software Development practices so your team can maximise performance now and into the future.
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Assemble the right team for your team Having a Red Hat Consulting team as part of your project mitigates risk, reduces timelines and facilitates seamless knowledge transfer. To successfully meet your needs and objectives, we offer a number of different engagement options. Consulting From mentoring and advising to strategy and implementation, our global team of consultants can function, remotely or on site, for as long as needed. Co-sourcing Supplement your team with a seamless partnership approach. We will work on site with your team daily, augmenting your staff for largescale projects like migrations, implementations and transformations. Turnkey We will do the heavy lifting. Red Hat develops and implements a solution or application for your organisation, then works with your team for full training and knowledge transfer. www.redhat.com/consulting redhatconsulting@redhat.com Contact Red Hat Consulting for more information or to get a personalised quote. EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST and Africa 00800 7334 2835 redhat.com europe@redhat.com TURKEY 00800-448820640 ISRAEL 1-809 449548 UAE 8000-4449549 Red Hat is the world s leading provider of open source solutions, using a community-powered approach to provide reliable and high-performing cloud, virtualisation, storage, Linux and middleware technologies. Red Hat also offers award-winning support, training and consulting services. Red Hat is an S&P company with more than 70 offices spanning the globe, empowering its customers businesses.
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