Red Hat, a provider of open source solutions, announced
support for SAP solutions running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Amazon Elastic
Compute Cloud (EC2).
Today’s announcement fortifies Red Hat’s continued
effort to provide customers flexibility in software deployment options and
innovations in cloud computing,” said Gus Robertson, vice president of business
development at Red Hat.
Now customers have even more choice in procuring and
provisioning Red Hat Enterprise Linux, now SAP-certified and recommended to run
SAP applications,” Robertson added.
Amazon EC2 provides highly available, secure, on-demand,
pay-as-you-go, resizable compute capacity in the cloud. It is designed to make
Web-scale computing easier for developers, commercial ISVs and enterprise IT
organizations worldwide. SAP customers can utilize both Red Hat Cloud Access
and Red Hat Hourly-On-Demand supported images in all Amazon EC2 regions.
We are pleased to extend our offering of supported Red
Hat Enterprise Linux on demand for SAP applications,” said Terry Wise, director
of Business Development for Amazon Web Services.
With AWS, SAP customers now have a broader choice of
enterprise-class Linux platforms to choose from when they deploy SAP
applications on AWS. This represents the ongoing commitment from AWS to provide
customers with the enterprise software and support they demand,” Wise added.
SAP sees a steady stream of customers moving to the cloud
with many currently creating their landscape of SAP solutions to become cloud
ready.” Customers are looking for fast-scaling and pay-only-for-what-you-use
flexibility associated with cloud computing.
Red Hat already
delivers an open source, enterprise-ready platform in support of SAP
applications on premise. Through this expanded cooperation, customers can
leverage Amazon’s EC2 for running SAP applications on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
This will enable customers to utilize the world-class support options available
from Amazon, Red Hat and SAP in a collaborative way.
Red Hat and AWS began working together in cloud computing
in 2007 with the availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux through Amazon EC2.
As Red Hat’s first Premier Certified Cloud Provider, AWS enables customers to
use their own Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscriptions or easily purchase Red Hat
Enterprise Linux on-demand, pay-as-you-go options through Amazon EC2.
Red Hat recently announced that Telstra, Australia’s
telecom and information services company, has extended
its partnership with Red Hat to enable expanded choice for enterprise customers
in the cloud.
By Telecomlead.com Team
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