Public sector specialist resellers

View our top Red Hat® advanced business partners who are approved public sector specialists. Each of these partners has made a significant investment in Red Hat's business model and provides unique benefits.

On this page:  Overview  |  Distributor  |  VARs, system integrators, and OEMs

Overview

The Red Hat public sector organization values and engages channel partners in the public sector as our primary go-to-market model. Our partners (resellers, solution providers, system integrators, OEMs, and ISVs) drive a majority of sales into this market.

With our public sector specialists leading the way, Red Hat customers are gaining access to the best in enterprise open source software, services, support, and community participation. Our mission as a channel organization is to identify partners that are interested in providing additional value to the Red Hat mission to be the catalyst in communities of customers, contributors, and partners creating better technology the open source way.

The Red Hat public sector channel team is ready to engage partners through training, driving new sales opportunities, identifying new customers, and nurturing our existing base in a way that positions our partners as trusted advisors, while providing a significant business model through resale and partnership.

Our tools, sales programs, and channel team are prepared to help partners give their customers the best in open source enterprise software. If you're interested in hearing more from the leaders in open source, please contact us.

Distributor

Carahsoft Technology Corp. is pleased to serve as the master government distributor for Red Hat solutions. As such, their single goal is to add value to Red Hat's public sector partner network, made up of value-added resellers (VARs)  and system integrators.

  • Customized partner marketing campaigns.
  • Lead generation and follow-up.
  • Quarterly Red Hat partner training.
  • Sales support for configuration analysis.
  • Fast, accurate quoting (15-minute quote turnaround).
  • Dedicated Red Hat representative for DoD/Intel/Civilian and SLED.
  • RFP identification.
  • Bid and proposal assistance.
  • Same-day order processing turnaround to Red Hat.

Contact the Carahsoft channel team today:

Toll-free 1-877-RHAT-GOV
12369 Sunrise Valley Drive
Suite D2
Reston, VA 20191

VARs, system integrators, and OEMs

Large prime contractors and systems integrators (SIs) are managed by the Red Hat public sector business development team. Large SIs that have partnership agreements with Red Hat gain access to:

  • Not-for-resale subscriptions.
  • Teaming agreements.
  • Nondisclosure discussions.
  • Discounted, and sometimes free, training.

Contact our public sector business development team for more information.

Small/Medium prime contract holders and SIs are managed by the channel team. Small/Medium prime contact holders and SIs that have partnership agreements with Red hat gain access to:

  • Not-for-resale subscriptions.
  • Teaming agreements.
  • Nondisclosure discussions.
  • Discounted, and sometimes free, training.

Contact public sector channel team for more information.

Solution providers build a product or service specifically targeted to a customer need that may use or integrate with some Red Hat technology.