7 Surprises At Red Hat Partner Conference 2014

Red Hat Partner Conference 2014, one of The VAR Guy’s Top 100 Technology Events, will include hybrid cloud, distribution, and guest speaker surprises from such companies as Google and Amazon. Look above-right to scan photos and captions.

Overall, Red Hat had a strong 2013, but the company needs to further accelerate its momentum beyond Linux. Yes, Red Hat Storage, OpenStack, KVM (kernel-based virtual machine) and other technologies are off to promising starts. But big-time competition — from Microsoft Cloud OS Network, VMware Software Defined Data Centers and even Oracle Linux — looms around every corner.

So what new surprises does Red Hat have in store? Some answers emerge in this slide show…