Akibia Becomes Red Hat Advanced Business Partner
Company Expands Open Source Portfolio with New Partnership
April 12, 2006
Westborough, MA – April 12, 2006 - Akibia, a leading independent IT services provider, announced today that it has become a Red Hat Advanced Business Partner. The Red Hat partnership expands Akibia’s growing Open Source Solutions portfolio.
As Linux has made gains in reliability and security, it is increasingly being deployed in the data center. IT research firm IDC expects the market for Linux operating system software to grow at a 2004-2008 CAGR of 25.5%, reaching $617 million in revenue by 2009. Akibia's Linux professional services help companies evaluate Linux for their specific environment, design a migration strategy, implement the solution, and in conjunction with Red Hat, support the new platform.
The partnership aligns Akibia with the global open source market share leader. It also enables Red Hat customers to take advantage of Akibia’s proven professional service capabilities. As a result, Akibia is now able to offer Red Hat license and support services in addition to Akibia’s own implementation, migration and virtualization services. Akibia’s Red Hat Certified Engineers have years of experience and best practices implementing UNIX, Linux and specifically Red Hat, in Fortune 1000 data centers in the United States and Europe.
"With a highly technical skill set and experience in Linux services, we expect Akibia to bring value to our clients by providing professional services that deliver world class end-to-end solutions encompassing infrastructure design, implementation and support services" said Ed Boyajian, Vice President of Global Channel Strategy at Red Hat.
“As trusted advisors to our clients they come to us for input and advice on technologies like Linux as they advance their data center infrastructure,” said Tom Willson, CEO of Akibia. “As such Akibia takes pride in partnering with industry-leading vendors like Red Hat, ensuring that our clients’ data centers leverage the best technologies and continue to perform at the highest level.”
About Akibia, Inc. Akibia (www.akibia.com) provides enterprise-class IT solutions that enable leading companies worldwide to maintain and optimize their data center environments and security infrastructure. From Data Center Support and Managed Infrastructure Services, to Network and Security Solutions, Akibia partners with its customers to develop flexible, cost-effective solutions that enhance the availability and performance of their mission-critical IT infrastructure. Founded as Polaris Service in 1988 and headquartered in Massachusetts, Akibia is an independent IT services company with offices across the United States and Europe.
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