Red Hat Whitepaper List

An Ivy League University searched for a highly reliable, available, and scalable storage solution to help manage data intensive research projects, such as DNA sequencing. The flexibility and reliability of Red Hat Storage Software Appliance has enabled the Institute to achieve the growth needed to continue its research programs.

This whitepaper is the follow up to the Red Hat Storage Webcast.  Exploring the economic advantages of scale-out storage is the focus of this paper. After briefly defining scale-out storage we discuss, in turn, the capital, operational and strategic advantages of scale-out storage solutions.

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0 offers a superior balance of enterprise virtualization management features, performance, and scalability for Linux and Windows workloads, at a fraction of the cost.

The Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization:  Competitive Pricing Guide compares the pricing of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) with the pricing of VMware vSphere5 for server virtualization.

With sVirt, security threats to the hypervisor and other VMs are protected.  sVirt is the industry’s most comprehensive security solution for virtualization, built from the ground up on the Linux kernel, leveraging the strength of SELinux.

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization represents a true strategic virtualization alternative to organizations looking for better total cost of ownership, faster return on investment, accelerated breakeven, and avoidance of vendor lock-in when compared to proprietary virtualization vendors.

This whitepaper aims to make sense of cloud computing for government audiences that haven’t been deeply involved in the details of its rapid evolution. It lays out the capabilities and characteristics of a cloud computing infrastructure and how this can be achieved using existing IT investments, without vendor lock-in. It discusses how these features translate into significant potential for government agencies. It also describes how open choice and application portability in the cloud and the relationships between technology providers are critical to building a cloud that government agencies can take advantage of.

In this IDC Report, see how Linux became the server operating system it is today, capable of supporting mission critical workloads on a variety of hardware architectures.

The Harvard Research Group interviews multiple companies doing Linux migrations and notes how Linux delivers significant cost savings and productivity advantages compared to proprietary enterprise server operating systems.

In this study by IDC, JBoss ON customers provide insight into the internal and external costs of performing certain administrative, operational and support functions. Through those interviews IDC found that these customers experienced a 634% ROI in less than 6 months.

This study illustrates the financial impact of implementing JBoss Enterprise Application Platform for mission-critical applications by an organization that provides integrated voice and data communications.

See how DreamWorks moved from proprietary software to open source to achieve greater cost savings, stability and performance.

For organizations that develop custom applications, read the report by industry analyst firm, IDC, to see how 6 companies benefited from adopting JBoss Enterprise Application Platform.

Through a rigorous productization process, JBoss Enterprise Middleware teams continually harden and transform cutting-edge open source technology into well-tempered enterprise software products with unsurpassed quality, performance, and stability — then deliver it with top-notch support and mission-critical SLAs. Here's how it's done.

See how the Duke Cancer Institute moved from VMWare to Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization to achieve a more cost effective, dependable and secure virtualization solution.

This paper discusses the differences between JBoss Community projects and JBoss Enterprise Middleware products. And how JBoss Enterprise Middleware delivers the benefits of open source software, combined with the additional testing, certification, and maintenance releases necessary for reliable long-term enterprise production use.

Datasheet on Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization and NetApp Storage: Eliminating the Cost and Complexity of Reliable, Scalable Virtualized Environments.

Understand available functionality of current server virtualization software for consolidation, management and utility infrastructure, as well as differentiating factors among vendors.

Datasheet on Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization and NetApp Storage: Deploying a Shared Storage Infrastructure.

By building a shared storage infrastructure, organizations can achieve a much higher level of utilization, for lower operational costs. Learn the best practices in this report from i360Gov.com.

Read about the characteristics of IaaS clouds that offer the most deployment options and the easiest on-ramp to the cloud. Also, how CloudForms IaaS management provides what’s needed to build a well-managed IaaS cloud and why Red Hat’s approach to cloud computing delivers more value to customers.

This whitepaper discusses how to build a private PaaS solution; standardize application deployments across different environments; build, manage and consume applications and best practices for a savvy cloud strategy. 

Read the findings from Industry analyst firm IDC on thetotal cost of ownership (TCO) benefits Red Hat Enterprise Linux provides in thelong term vs. other strategies such as running a mixed environment or non-paidLinux distributions.

Research findings about open source software in the government and the viability of open source for the implementation of federal cloud computing.

Read about key governance issues affecting both private and public clouds, frequently cited risks and ways to mitigate them, approaches Red Hat is taking to help customers implement effective cloud governance and best practices for a savvy cloud strategy.

Read how Salsa Labs chose a unified storage and virtualization solution that optimized their IT infrastructure, was scalable and flexible to meet their changing needs, and cost effective.

The new eBook delivers a complete guide to Linux management — what to know, what to consider, and what to avoid.

Learn about the differences between private and public clouds, what applications you should/shouldn’t consider virtualizing and monitoring the applications you do virtualize in this online magazine (eZine).

Download this whitepaper to understand the cost savings of Red Hat Network Satellite and how managing your system doesn’t need to be complicated.

Gunnar Hellekson, Chief Technology Strategist for Red Hat Public Sector, answers common questions on virtualization posed by Federal agencies, such as how to reduce costs and ensure the solution they implement is easy to manage and control.

In this expert e-guide, discover what makes migrating from UNIX to Linux attractive. Experts discuss cost savings, system modernization, increased reliability and security for your enterprise.

The promise of substantial cost savings and greater efficiencies are driving ever-increasing numbers of public sector organizations to investigate cloud computing. There are a number of steps agencies should take to move toward cloud-based services. Learn the best practices for how to move to cloud-based solutions in this special report from i360Gov.com.

This paper will discuss how to use Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization and Red Hat Network Satellite to provide the best experience for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

This whitepaper focuses on some key parts of the foundation that underpin cloud computing, how they affect the cloud environment and why they matter.

Customer demand for large Linux systems is driven by the migration from existing systems running on proprietary RISC architectures. This is driving the demand for high-performance and production-ready Linux infrastructures.

The growing demand for IT resources is at virtually all agencies, and scalability is an important focal point if you want to invest in good quality. Further, the large numbers of these systems create challenges for networking, storage, and management.

New x86-based hardware with many cores and RAS features represents an opportunity for datacenters to gain software support to make hardware advances available to users at an extremely competitive cost.

Download this whitepaper to learn about how combining the new many-core, RAS-enabled commodity processors with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 will allow virtualization solutions to scale to the largest configurations with the robustness of hardware RAS.

Download a copy of the latest Red Hat Training Course Catalog.

Many IT infrastructures already have the need for a solid virtualization platform that plugs in to an existing environment. With KVM and Enterprise Linux, a simple environment with specified agency criteria can be set up and tested within a short time frame.

Download this comprehensive “Best Practices” technical guide today to understand how a solid virtual infrastructure based on KVM and NetApp serves as a secure and manageable foundation for your infrastructure.

Report how state and local governments are overcoming budgetary shortfalls to streamline IT operations and improve services.

Open source Platform-As-A-Service (PaaS) offers ease of deploying new and existing applications to the cloud while minimizing risk and maximizing productivity through:

• Portable tools and languages
• Platform-independent architectures
• Loosely-coupled applications, standard interfaces, and service-oriented architectures

Read this informative whitepaper to understand how to simplify the process of developing, deploying and managing applications in both public and private clouds.

Download this informative Converge Special Report by the Center for Digital Education addressing issues on:

• Data Centers
• Telecommunications
• Networking Systems
• Technology Support
• IT Management Systems
• and the various ways campuses are supporting these functions today.

Reviews open source software development principles and process that leads to more secure software and also evaluates RHEL security in the real world.

JBoss cost and time effective solutions to integrate and maintain integrations between multiple projects for enterprise platform needs.

Illustrating how RHEV delivers cost-effective and highly manageable solution without compromising performance, scalability, or security.

An introduction to Linux for the technically inclined and educated reader at a level that can allow proper comparisons with UNIX.

Development and support of storage virtualization technologies for the open source community are now part of the standard RHEL distributions.

RHEV for Servers offers comprehensive management functionality, lowest cost of ownership, Windows® guest support and full compatibility with RHEL.

The combination of the RHEL operating system and RHEV helps to lower total cost of ownership (TCO) and increase infrastructure value.

RHEL can be achieved with minimal risk on a wide range of hardware.  Migration need not be a complicated endeavor.

See how platforms like SAP, IBM DB2, AMQP messaging and others compare against Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) when running real-world applications and real-world loads.

By leveraging the performance, scalability, and security of RHEL, the technology in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) provides the logical choice for virtualizing workloads.

Register below to read why RHEL Applications Run Best on RHEV.  

RHEL is the first and only operating platform to exceed one million transactions/second; meeting the highest standards scalable performance.

A series of tailored consultations that combine open source expertise, product recommendations, and best practices.

RHEV for Desktops:  Increased manageability, business agility and continuity, and improved data security with security and scalability

Aims to make sense of cloud computing for audiences that haven’t been deeply involved in the details as it has rapidly evolved.

Clouds with Red Hat:  Comprehensive, Consistent, Flexible, Better Infrastructure and an Industry-leading Ecosystem.  With architecture illustrations.

The evolution of Open Source and its key benefits such as easy acquisition and trial, ability to modify, and general adherence to standards.

Aides in the selection of the most appropriate platform for enterprise environments through an analytical comparison of Linux and Solaris.

Red Hat Open Source offers cost effective, flexibility for users, security, reliability to encourage student collaboration.  Includes 2 case studies.

Gain enterprise-class reliability and scalability, increase ROI on existing IT, reduce execution error and eliminate manual pain points with JBoss.

The Government Business Council's (GBC) candid survey of Federal Executives by about their satisfaction level with their IT Tools and Systems.

Explores how virtualization technology has broken through the production barrier to resolve past enterprise deployment obstacles.

Information about RHEV for Servers, comparing features and benefits across multiple virtualization platforms.

Overview of Enterprise Virtualization challenges and how RHEV for Desktop solutions creates a more holistic platform for managers and end users.

Red Hat Open Source technologies ensure maximum flexibility, safety, and price performance between public and internal cloud solutions.

How open source lowers cost of security maintenance.  Red Hat looks for security exposures and delivers security updates through Red Hat Network.

Red Hat Consulting offers experts who help identify areas of potential cost-savings by migrating to Red Hat, and then ensure safe, stable migrations.

Using Red Hat Network Satellite to create a homogeneous IT environment for colleges and universities to increase productivity and save money.

Read how Red Hat Academy (RHA) is helping students and laid-off workers learn critical IT skills.

Comprehensive review of Open Source Vocabulary, Campus Solutions and Benefits.  Includes Case studies, Open Source Explanation and Q&A.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 highlights open source software as an area of interest due its advantages of reducing capital and operating expenses. Read the interview with Scott Lundstrom, VP of research at Health Industry Insights, on his view of Open Source in Healthcare IT.

As a company that consistently uses technology as one of its core competencies, DreamWorks Animation demonstrates the successful adoption of Red Hat products.