The Executive’s Collection

Open thinking for disruptive times

Our take on what matters now

Perspectives from Red Hat leaders and industry analysts on the technologies reshaping business.

Andrew Brown
Market analysis

The virtualization game has changed: A new playbook for IT leaders

Andrew Brown

A massive virtualization shift is underway—70% of organizations have moved VM workloads or are making a switch. Andrew Brown, Senior Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer, shares what he's hearing from customers and why leaders need a fundamentally different strategy.

Red Hat Innovation awards
Customer success

Meet the innovators

Seven executives reveal the decisions behind their biggest wins—like cutting operational costs by 50% or speeding up deployment from 15 minutes to 5 seconds. See how they automated key processes, scaled AI initiatives, and modernized critical infrastructure.

Ashesh Badani
Market analysis

Navigating complexity, delivering value: Why Forrester named Red Hat OpenShift a Leader 

Ashesh Badani

Your applications live everywhere. Your data lives everywhere. Your teams want everything to just work, everywhere. Ashesh Badani, Red Hat’s Chief Product Officer, explores the platform approach that makes it possible, informed by The Forrester Wave™: Multicloud Container Platforms, Q3 2025.

Mike Ferris
Market analysis

Red Hat OpenShift: Where vision meets execution

Mike Ferris

A unified platform spanning datacenter to cloud to edge—ambitious or essential? Mike Ferris, Head of Corporate Strategy at Red Hat, makes the case for consistency across environments, with evidence from the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Container Management.

Marco Peter
Market analysis

Taming hybrid cloud complexity: A path to true agility

Marco Peter

Marco Peter, CIO at Red Hat, examines complexity from a unique angle—as a customer advocate turned internal customer. Read his perspective alongside the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud-Native Application Platforms.

Stefanie Chiras
Market analysis

Automating unplanned surprises out of your IT strategy

Stefanie Chiras

Stefanie Chiras, Senior VP of Partner Ecosystem Success, examines how automation has evolved from an efficiency tool to a strategic necessity. Read her perspective alongside The Forrester Wave™: Infrastructure Automation Platforms, Q4 2024.

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Industry research

Essential IT to drive innovation

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