Certified Cloud and Service Providers
For partners hosting and reselling certified Red Hat offerings through multitenant, dedicated, and managed models
Deliver hosted or managed services
Red Hat Certified Cloud and Service Providers are cloud, hosting, system integrator, and managed service providers that host and resell certified Red Hat products. 欧博体育平台se partners have the capacity and knowledge to provide first-line customer support for Red Hat products running in their clouds鈥攚hich in turn run on Red Hat鈥揷ertified hypervisors or hardware. By becoming a Certified Cloud and Service Provider, you can officially market, sell, and support Red Hat software鈥攁nd provide customers with highly flexible, adaptable open source software options.
What makes a successful Certified Cloud and Service Provider
Product expertise
Take training courses, earn credentials, and get certified to provide expert Red Hat support directly to customers.
Compliant infrastructure
Provide clouds, hosted software, and services built on compliant technology stacks that host multiple Red Hat product options.
Joint marketing coordination
Collaborate with Red Hat account managers on joint go-to-market activities, applying any earned market development funds towards sales targets.
欧博体育平台 only compliant way to offer cloud-based Red Hat products
List our products on your marketplace and customers will trust you as a collaborative, dependable member of the enterprise open source community. To help you and your customers succeed, certified partners receive 24x7 technical support, joint issue resolution, unlimited free access to the Red Hat Partner Training Portal, and more.
Tools and resources
Partner dashboard
Existing Red Hat partners can log into their Red Hat Partner Connect dashboard to manage accounts and access the latest information, exclusive content, tailored recommendations, and more.
Subscription inventory
Companies with Red Hat product subscriptions can access the Red Hat Hybrid Cloud Console to track use, manage renewals, and maintain compliance.
Customer portal
Access support, knowledgebase article, documentation, downloads, and community resources for all of our products and services.
Choose the best activities for your business model
Certified Cloud and Service Providers are required to certify their images鈥攖ypically done through our partner program鈥檚 Build module. This allows partners to integrate Red Hat subscriptions into their managed service offerings. If your business model doesn鈥檛 involve hosting managed services, the Resell module allows you to purchase Red Hat subscriptions from an authorized distributor to resell directly to end customers (typically alongside professional servicers and/or your own software).
Build
This module rewards partners who certify or validate their products on Red Hat technologies, co-create solutions, and facilitate onboarding and go-to-market activities. Earn exclusive benefits, support, and additional opportunities.
Resell
This module allows Red Hat partners to purchase our products and services through an authorized distributor network and sell them to end customers鈥� with access to marketing materials, sales and technical training, certifications, and more.
FAQs
What types of companies become Certified Cloud and Service Providers?
欧博体育平台 typical partner that becomes a Certified Cloud and Service Provider is a managed service provider, cloud provider, hosting provider, outsourcer, or system integrator that focuses on service delivery, or an independent software vendor providing Software-as-a-Service. Most companies that build, host, or deliver services for end customers involving Red Hat software鈥攔ather than just reselling the software for the customer to manage鈥攃ould find success as a Certified Cloud and Service Provider.
How do I get started?
- Become a Red Hat Partner: or contact your organization administrator to join an existing company鈥檚 account.
- Certify your technology: Verify your infrastructure, systems, and operational practices meet our standards for security, reliability, and support.
- Train your support staff: Investing in technical support personnel is an important part of providing first-line support for hosted Red Hat products and solutions鈥攁nd the certification requirements vary by the desired activity level of your organization as part of the Red Hat Partner Program. For example:
- Ready-level partners are required to maintain 2 sales and 2 technical certifications.
- Advanced-level partners are required to maintain 4 sales and 4 technical certifications.
- Premier-level partners are required to maintain 6 sales and 6 technical certifications.
What are the benefits?
While becoming a Certified Cloud and Service Provider is the only official way to offer managed Red Hat products and solutions on your infrastructure, there are other benefits of a partnership. 欧博体育平台se include:
- Red Hat enablement subscriptions
- Co-branding opportunities
- Invitations to partner events
- Training and certification discounts
- Rebates, incentives, and marketing plan assistance
- Market development funding
- Red Hat account management, marketing management, and solutions architecture support
- Participation in the Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog
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