Delivering Value. Year After Year.
Trusted open source leader receives the highest rank among software vendors for reliability and value
Raleigh, NC - October 20, 2009 - Red Hat (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that it has received the highest rank among software vendors in Ziff Davis' 2009 "CIO Insight Vendor Value" study, which polls IT executives on the value of their vendors' product and service offerings. This is the fifth time the company has received the top rank among software vendors. In addition, Red Hat received the highest rank among software companies on the overall list of IT vendors across software, networking, hardware and security.
When you ask CIOs what matters to them most, keeping promises and meeting expectations are right up there with increasing capacity, lowering costs, and meeting ROI goals. Doing more with less is important, but working with a trusted partner is invaluable.
That's why Red Hat is so proud to rank #1 among software companies in Ziff Davis' 2009 CIO Insight Vendor Value study.
"In light of the current economic climate, Red Hat is well-positioned to address our customers' needs with high-quality solutions that deliver performance, reliability and scalability -- all offered at a price that helps the bottom line," said Jim Whitehurst, president and CEO, Red Hat. "As the trusted leading provider of open source solutions we aim to respond to customer demand with our proven value proposition."
Now in its seventh year, the "CIO Insight Vendor Value" study polled more than 650 IT executives on their general perception of the value of vendors' products and services along with their overall satisfaction with the support provided by those vendors. Red Hat received the highest rank across software vendors on reliability and value. In addition, the company also earned the top overall spot across all vendors for meeting expectations for increasing revenues and for its flexibility and responsiveness.
In the category of 'Value', Red Hat also scored in the top seven vendors for meeting expectations for lowering costs, solving the business problem paid to solve and meeting return on investment expectations. Under the 'Reliability' category, the company ranked in the top three for meeting commitments on time and on budget and meeting quality expectations.
As the trusted open source leader, Red Hat collaborates in communities to create better technology--and then deliver solutions to our customers that offer the highest levels of performance and reliability at a reasonable price.
We take the best open source technology, harden it, test it, and certify it for use in mission-critical enterprise computing. We offer our solutions via a customer-friendly subscription. We give CIOs a choice and an opportunity to build an architecture that fits their vision, not ours.
And that's why 92% of the IT executives surveyed say they plan to do business with Red Hat in the future.
About Red Hat, Inc.
Red Hat, the world's leading open source solutions provider, is headquartered in Raleigh, NC with over 65 offices spanning the globe. CIOs ranked Red Hat as one of the top vendors delivering value in Enterprise Software for six consecutive years in the CIO Insight Magazine Vendor Value survey. Red Hat provides high-quality, affordable technology with its operating system platform, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, together with applications, management and Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) solutions, including JBoss Enterprise Middleware. Red Hat also offers support, training and consulting services to its customers worldwide. Learn more: http://www.redhat.com.