Partner success: Leveraging Red Hat’s recognition in 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant reports

We are excited to share that Red Hat has been named a Leader again in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud-Native Application Platforms!

For our partners, this recognition is more than just a headline—it is a powerful tool to engage with your customers and showcase the exceptional value that Red Hat OpenShift brings to the table. In an increasingly complex hybrid cloud environment, your customers are looking for stability, security, and velocity. Being able to demonstrate that Red Hat is recognized as a Leader can help you build trust and accelerate those conversations.

Why this matters for your customers

When speaking with your customers, focus on how OpenShift addresses their core challenges:

• Unified application platform: Red Hat OpenShift reduces the friction of developing, modernizing, deploying, running, and managing applications by providing a fully integrated platform powered by Kubernetes.
• Consistency across environments: Whether your customers are operating in the datacenter, public cloud, or at the edge, OpenShift delivers a consistent, trusted experience.
• Integrated velocity: By integrating developer tools, operations services, and security and compliance capabilities directly into the platform, OpenShift allows organizations to build and modernize at scale without sacrificing security.

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FAQs (how to promote this recognition)

If you have questions on how to leverage this report in your specific region or market, please reach out to your Red Hat contact for additional support and guidance. 

Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Cloud-Native Application Platforms, Mukul Saha, Prasanna Lakshmi Narasimha, Alex Coqueiro, and Richard Watson, 2026

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