Why migrate to RHEL 8

As the world’s leading enterprise Linux platform, Red Hat Enterprise Linux is widely trusted across industries and by customers around the world to provide a modern foundation that can support any application, any environment, anywhere.

According to IDC research, IT organizations using Red Hat Enterprise Linux were expected to have saved US$6.7 billion in 2019 alone. IT executives responding to IDC’s global survey found that Red Hat Enterprise Linux provided business benefits for most workloads—an increase in revenues, a decrease in expenses, or an increase in employee productivity.

Namely:

• Reducing the annual cost of software by 52%
• Reducing the amount of time IT staff spend on tasks by 25%
• Reducing costs associated with unplanned downtime by 5%

As one of the most widely deployed Linux platforms within enterprises, many IT organizations run legacy versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 5 and 6. As of November 2020: This means that bug fixes, security fixes, hardware enablement, or root-cause analysis that has been provided for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 under ELS will cease, potentially putting business-critical workloads at risk.

Recognizing the importance of maintaining systems to avoid security, operational, and compliance issues, IBM and Red Hat have jointly introduced a set of services, provided by a qualified team of subject matter experts, to help you efficiently migrate to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and 8.

This webcast will be held in English

Your Presenter:

Mathias Dietrich

• I am a seasoned architect, software engineer and technical manager helping companies in their digital transformation to Hybrid Cloud.
• I led architecture for teams up to 700+ and over $100M in annual budget and held various positions at American Express, Swisscom and other enterprises and SMEs in Europe and in the United States.
• In 2019 i joined the Red Hat Sales Team in Germany as Senior Solution Architect | Financial Services.
• I am passionate about Hybrid Cloud, DevOps, CI/CD, IoT, Machine Learning, Analytics and Software-Defined Anything.