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Red Hat scores 9/10 on the AskCyborg Cyborg Score (Exceptional). Red Hat is IBM's fastest-growing, highest-margin business unit with market-leading enterprise Linux, OpenShift container platforms, and strong infrastructure-as-code positioning. Red Hat nearly doubled revenue from $3.4 billion in 2019 to $6.5 billion in 2025 following IBM's $34 billion acquisition. OpenShift's 30%+ ARR growth demonstrates strong momentum in high-margin cloud-native solutions.

What is Red Hat's industry? Red Hat (redhat.com) operates in Cloud Infrastructure. AskCyborg classifies Red Hat under Cloud Infrastructure in its company registry.

Red Hat is the world's leading provider of enterprise open source solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver high-performing Linux, cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. Red Hat Enterprise Linux...

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Red Hat is IBM's fastest-growing, highest-margin business unit with market-leading enterprise Linux, OpenShift container...

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Industry Cloud Infrastructure
4 named competitors
4 recent developments
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Cyborg Score recalibrated: September 14, 2026
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Red Hat Overview

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Red Hat is the world's leading provider of enterprise open source solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver high-performing Linux, cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. Red Hat Enterprise Linux generated over $6.5 billion in annual revenue for 2025, representing approximately 45% of IBM's total business.

Strategic Profile

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Red Hat maintains over 90% Fortune 500 penetration. OpenShift ARR reached $1.8 billion with 30%+ growth, positioning the company as IBM's primary growth engine in enterprise infrastructure and cloud-native technologies.

Competitive Landscape

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Red Hat competes with Canonical (Ubuntu), SUSE Linux Enterprise, and increasingly with cloud-native vendors including VMware Kubernetes Engine and Rancher. The competitive strength lies in Red Hat's enterprise relationships, hybrid cloud support through OpenShift, and tight integration with IBM infrastructure solutions. Primary competition occurs in Linux distributions, Kubernetes platforms, and container management.

Industry Context

Red Hat operates in Cloud Infrastructure.

Key facts

Founded: 1993 · Headquarters: Raleigh, US · Employees: 19,345 (as of April 2026) · Revenue: $6.5B (2025) · Market cap: N/A (IBM subsidiary)

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  • Revenue nearly doubled from $3.4 billion (2019) to $6.5 billion (2025), representing 45% of IBM's total business.
  • OpenShift ARR reached $1.8 billion in Q3 2025 with 30%+ year-over-year growth, driving high-margin recurring revenue.
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Recent developments

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  • June 2026IBM integrates OpenAI's frontier AI into security operations with Red Hat
  • June 2026Duality partners with Red Hat for sovereign AI in regulated environments
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UbuntuOpen source Linux distribution and infrastructure management→SUSE Linux EnterpriseEnterprise Linux platform and cloud infrastructure→Mirantis Kubernetes EngineEnterprise Kubernetes platform competing directly with OpenShift→Oracle Cloud InfrastructureCloud infrastructure with managed Kubernetes and Linux offerings→

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What does Red Hat do?+
Red Hat is the world's leading provider of enterprise open source solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver high-performing Linux, cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. Red Hat Enterprise Linux...
What is Red Hat's Cyborg Score?+
Red Hat has a Cyborg Score of 9/10 (Exceptional). The score synthesizes business model, financials, leadership, competitive position, technology, marketing, and ESG dimensions across hundreds of data points.
Who are Red Hat's main competitors?+
Named competitors include Ubuntu, SUSE Linux Enterprise, Mirantis Kubernetes Engine, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. The full competitive landscape is in the AskCyborg report.
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