United States public sector

Government priorities change. Reliability shouldn’t.

In an era of rapid change, U.S. government agencies and institutions must balance modernization with security, efficiency, and mission success. Red Hat is a trusted partner for government agencies, providing open-source solutions that drive secure digital transformation, ensure regulatory compliance, and reduce risk.

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Achieve your mission with Red Hat

Enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and boost productivity 

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Reducing complexity with automation

Maximize productivity by minimizing the time spent on repetitive IT tasks. Automate server, desktop, laptop, network, and edge device management to enhance speed, security, consistency, and cost efficiency.

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Scaling IT with Artificial Intelligence

Accelerate enterprise AI adoption with small, purpose-built models, efficient customization techniques, and the flexibility to train and serve anywhere. 

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Strengthening government IT security

Adopt a zero trust network and perform security testing earlier in the software development lifecycle.

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Bringing systems to the edge

Implement edge for your tactical response, fleet management, and smart cities.

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Modernizing virtualized infrastructures

Maximize virtualization investments, cut costs, boost revenue, enhance efficiency, and reduce risk. 

Solutions for modern government

Civilian

Efficiently shape systems to deliver critical services 

Meeting the needs of a population requires constant adaptation for civilian agencies across the United States. Managing existing IT systems while adopting new technology to streamline operations and improve service delivery means balancing evolving regulations with security concerns and innovation. Red Hat’s open source solutions can help you achieve mission success faster with more accuracy and less risk.

Red Hat enhances trust and collaboration for the world’s most powerful supercomputer

Defense

Decision dominance demands stability and agility 

As the Department of Defense (DoD) moves to modernize its technology and systems, reaching mission goals faster is becoming increasingly dependent on IT security. Red Hat has the open source technology and expertise to partner with the DoD to enable agile innovation, standardize interoperability across all branches and agencies, and maintain a high security protocol.

Red Hat and the DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory collaborate to advance open API research

National Security

You wouldn’t compromise your intelligence. Your IT platform shouldn’t either.

To protect the United States, national security agencies must modernize to quickly respond to evolving threats. This means employing Red Hat solutions to make make security assets more sustainable, minimizing challenges in constrained work environments, reducing long-term costs, and sharing the right data—all to minimize risk.

Building an automated foundation with Zero Trust

State & local

Accelerate public service delivery to constituents

Government agencies are undergoing an era of transformation. Red Hat’s open source technologies help state and local agencies achieve their mission to serve citizens, respond to crises, and build public trust. Red Hat provides the support you need to deliver higher-quality services faster while improving the security, stability, and privacy of your systems. 

Modernizing California’s healthcare enrollment platform for 17 million consumers

Education

Enhance education with a modern IT infrastructure

Universities and teaching hospitals must constantly reshape, adapt, and refine their systems to remain competitive in their fields and in research while managing tight budgets. Red Hat provides cost-effective open-source solutions to tackle the most pressing challenges of these institutions.

Community colleges partner with Red Hat Academy 

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Red Hat teams up with Axiom Space for launch

Axiom Space deploys Red Hat Device Edge to the International Space Station, supporting plans to build commercial orbital data centers.

When your mission is critical, your IT needs to keep up.

The U.S. government demands security, stability, and reliability —core principles of Red Hat and open source. With 100% U.S. executive departments relying on Red Hat, we provide trusted cloud, virtualization, storage, and platform solutions that empower federal, state, local, and academic programs with flexibility and collaboration. Supported by global expertise in training and consulting, we help agencies utilize open source to drive innovation within a broader, collaborative community.

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Certifications and accreditations

Innovating with our partners

We work closely with an extensive system of Red Hat partners to offer flexible, comprehensive solutions that complement agency needs within the public sector.

View our ecosystem catalog of partners and products

Red Hat announces 2024 North America Public Sector Partner Pinnacle Award winners

Keep learning about Red Hat and the public sector

Trusted Software Supply Chains in Government

Learn how government teams have adopted individual tools and processes to enhance software supply chain security and ultimately, prevent, detect, assess, and remediate cyber incidents.

Red Hat Supports the Top 5 IT Priorities for Government

Discover how Red Hat can help federal agencies with key objectives, including cybersecurity resiliency, cloud adoption and infrastructure, and AI.

Best of Government Symposium

Register now to watch our 2024 sessions and gain insights from federal and industry leaders on modernization, AI, and cybersecurity.