Red Hat and IBM are collaborating to make products and offerings based on KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) technology, an open virtualisation choice for the enterprise.
KVM open source virtualisation technology allows a business to create multiple virtual versions of Linux and Windows environments on the same server. KVM-based products and offerings help businesses save money by consolidating and sharing IT resources.
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualisation is designed to enable pervasive data centre virtualisation. It integrates a centralised virtualisation management system with advanced features as well as a KVM-based hypervisor, said the company.
Red Hat Cloud Business Unit vice-president and general manager Scott Crenshaw said, "We believe that open source virtualisation solutions give our partners freedom from lock-in and the ability to take advantage of the rapid innovation that the open source model enables."
The Brazilian Federal Highway Police (DPRF), which is already using an offering that combines IBM hardware and Red Hat Enterprise virtualisation, using KVM technology, said the offering helped the organisation save 80% of costs.
"After trying four different solutions available in the market, Red Hat offered us just what we needed to build our virtualised system," said Lourival Filho at DPRF.
"In the final results, it offered us energy savings, easier management of assets and more availability for services.
"Compared with proprietary solutions, we saved more than 80 per cent of the overall cost."
"After deploying Red Hat Enterprise Linux, we expanded our Red Hat deployment even further with the adoption of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualisation on IBM X3850. Since deploying Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization and IBM for our Banking Applications, we’ve achieved high levels of scalability, performance and reliability," said BNP Paribas employee Anja Schaffer.
Among the benefits Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization delivers are: consolidation capacity; scalability; advanced security; and reduced costs.
Director of Linux at IBM Jean Staten said, "The recent enhancements to the security, reliability and performance of KVM have made it a compelling choice for enterprises looking for the flexibility of an open standards-based virtualisation option."
"Together with Red Hat we will continue to drive KVM enterprise adoption enabling businesses of all sizes to benefit from open virtualisation."
