Make no mistake about it, Red Hat is a Linux power that wants to be a force in the clouds as well. The announcement that Red Hat CloudForms 3.1, its open hybrid cloud management solution, will be available in September 2014 on the opening day of VMworld underlines its cloud intentions.
If you’ve been watching Red Hat closely, this won’t come as any surprise. Back in 2011, Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst predicted that Red Hat’s biggest competitor would be VMware.
So, while VMware is talking up integrating its programs with OpenStack, Red Hat would like us to remember that Red Hat plans on dominating the OpenStack cloud market but is also willing to provide the tools you need to manage a variety of clouds.