Automation expert Centiq named Red Hat Advanced Business Partner

Press Release

8th November 2018, Nottingham
Centiq Ltd has today announced that it has been named as a Red Hat Advanced Business Partner.  Having maintained a five-plus years long relationship with Red Hat, the confirmation of Centiq as an Advanced Business Partner within Datacenter Infrastructure specialisation further enhances the two companies’ collaboration.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

With a focus on driving automation solutions, Centiq has utilised their in-house expertise to maximise the use of the Red Hat technologies, specifically Red Hat Ansible Automation, to bring to market an  Infrastructure as Code (IaC) offering which enables the build, configuration, test and maintenance of Red Hat-based SAP HANA Clusters permitting consistent, reliable results with a  lower ongoing operating costs for the end user.

Furthermore due to Centiq’s integrated testing methods they are able to move customers closer to their ultimate aim of “Compliance as Code”.  Centiq also plans to continue to re sell Red Hat’s portfolio of open source solutions.

Centiq’s capabilities don’t just reside in re-selling Red Hat open source technologies. Offerings like Centiq’s IaC affirm the company’s position as a thought leader and trusted advisor in the SAP HANA space.  As a part of the Advanced Business Partner program, Red Hat will help support Centiq’s pre sales and go to market teams where needed.

“Red Hat Enterprise Linux provides our SAP customers with a highly stable, optimised, integrated platform and framework of services for next-generation SAP HANA cloud services,” said Matt Lovell, CEO, Centiq Ltd.

“Centiq have widely adopted Red Hat Ansible Automation and Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform as our strategic automation and delivery frameworks which help to deliver and realise lower risk and cost with higher performance and simplicity for our customers. We are pleased and excited to be confirmed as a Red Hat Advanced Business Partner and the opportunities we now jointly have with customers to deliver exceptional value and capabilities as customers consider cloud migration options.”

Nick Tinsley, Partner Manager, RED HAT

“Red Hat’s partner ecosystem is a vital component in delivering powerful, flexible and open solutions to global enterprises. We look forward to continuing our collaboration with Centiq as a Red Hat Advanced Business Partner and to delivering open innovation to customers with them.”

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Contact: Rebecca Walmsley – Partner Marketing Manager, Centiq rwalmsley@centiq.co.uk