Building clouds

Public and private clouds. PaaS and IaaS. Cloud computing can seem complicated. But we're here to guide you through the jargon. With a comprehensive set of cloud products, services, and technologies, Red Hat® can get your infrastructure ready for the cloud.

From operating system to virtualization to reference architectures and beyond. We have step-by-step instructions, consulting services, training, and exceptional customer support to get you started building private clouds or using Red Hat Certified Public Cloud Providers.

• Learn why enterprises should build clouds with open hybrid in mind, featuring research from Gartner

Deploy in the cloud easily and safely

Everything you need is conveniently packaged for easy implementation and use. Red Hat lets you:

• Build clouds using Red Hat Enterprise Linux® and Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization or VMware ESX Server.
• Run and manage applications running inside the datacenter and in Red Hat Certified Public Clouds, such as Amazon EC2.
• Leverage your existing infrastructure through our flexible open source, interoperable cloud architecture that doesn't lock you into a single vendor's stack.

Next steps

Learn more about cloud computing:

• IDC whitepaper: Cloud Computing: The Need for Portability and Interoperability
• Whitepaper: Cloud 101 [PDF]
• Red Hat Cloud solutions

Plan your cloud:

• Whitepaper: Cloud: Infrastructure Matters
• Whitepaper: Extending IT Governance
• Discuss your cloud computing needs with a Red Hat sales representative

Start building your cloud:

• Red Hat Cloud Foundations Reference Architecture, Edition One: Private IaaS Clouds
• Building an Open Cloud webinar series