For enterprises and digital-native companies alike, infrastructure is a competitive weapon — not just a cost center. Does your operating system accelerate your business or tax it?
Join Red Hat and Google Cloud experts as they explore how standardizing on Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Google Cloud transforms infrastructure from a bottleneck into a velocity lever — what IDC calls "controlled acceleration." Drawing on new IDC research based on interviews with seven global enterprises, this session breaks down how organizations are eliminating configuration drift, boosting deployment frequency by nearly 3x, and increasing developer efficiency by 47%, without sacrificing governance or compliance.
We'll explore how leading organizations are operationalizing AI workloads, automating security to reduce mean time to detect by 98%, and ensuring compliance without slowing down. Backed by IDC research indicating a 305% ROI, we will demonstrate how to build an infrastructure foundation that scales with your business rather than against it. Whether you are scaling AI models or streamlining CI/CD pipelines, discover why RHEL on Google Cloud is the critical OS partner for your next phase of growth.
- How standardizing on RHEL for Google Cloud accelerates time to market — and what IDC's finding of 37% faster delivery means for your roadmap
- Why OS governance is the foundation of a scalable AI strategy, and how organizations are moving AI workloads from experiment to production with confidence
- How RHEL's proactive security model reduced mean time to detect by 98% and mean time to recovery by 76% — without slowing innovation
- The business case in numbers: 305% three-year ROI, 8-month payback, and $15.3M in average annual benefits per organization, validated by IDC across seven global enterprises
How to extend your existing RHEL investment directly to Google Cloud — preserving your governance model, lifecycle management, and compliance controls without rebuilding from scratch
Live event date: Thursday, August 27, 2026 | 11 a.m. ET
On-demand event: Available for one year afterward
HOST & SPEAKERS
Stefanie Chiras (host)
Senior Vice President, The Open Accelerator, Red Hat
Stefanie Chiras is Senior Vice President, The Open Accelerator, in this role she leads Red Hat's strategy for engaging with and catalyzing regional AI ecosystems. The initiative's first and primary focus is the Massachusetts AI innovation hub. As a key part of this engagement, she will lead Red Hat's contribution to creating The Open Accelerator. This new AI accelerator for startups is a joint initiative between the MA AI Hub, Red Hat, and IBM Ventures. Success in Massachusetts will serve as the model for scaling into additional collaborations.
This mission directly leverages her previous experience as Senior Vice President, Partner Ecosystem Success, where she was responsible for building strong collaborations with and between partners across Red Hat’s global ecosystem. Chiras now applies this proven blueprint for ecosystem building to the AI Innovation Hub, fostering the critical relationships that will power the next generation of AI.
Earlier in her career at Red Hat, Chiras was Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® organization, where she was responsible for the entire product line.
Before joining Red Hat, Chiras was VP of Offering Management at IBM Cognitive Systems, where she oversaw worldwide business for systems and system software portfolios (AIX, IBM i, Linux, and the cloud stack).
Siddharth Nagar
Director of Product Management, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat
Siddharth leads Product Management for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). His team is responsible for ensuring RHEL remains a compelling choice in the Public Cloud. He is accountable for delivering solutions priced and packaged for cloud, on-premises and hybrid consumption environments. Siddharth has been with Red Hat since 2008. During this time, he has helped bring four major versions of RHEL to market to solve complex problems for Red Hat customers. Siddharth also collaborates with his peers in other business units to ensure RHEL remains a strong foundation for the rest of the Red Hat portfolio.
Will Crawford
Product Manager, Google Cloud
Will Crawford is a Product Manager for Google Cloud, where he specializes in Enterprise Linux workloads on Google Compute Engine. He is dedicated to bridging the gap between complex open-source ecosystems and powerful cloud infrastructure to drive enterprise modernization. Today, he is excited to guide you through the latest trends and innovations shaping the future of Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Google Cloud.
