Wednesday, 28 May 2008

Red Hat Named #1 IT Vendor in Japan

Red Hat has been recognized as the number one IT vendor in Japan according to a study done by Nikkei Market Access.

This is the second year running that the open source provider has been acknowledged with this title.

“Red Hat is committed to delivering authentic value to our global customers,” said Jim Whitehurst, President and CEO at Red Hat.

“To be consistently recognized for the quality of the products and services that we offer, now for the second time in Japan and for the fourth time in North America by CIO Insight, is proof that our customers are valued first.”

Nikkei Market Access’ 2008 study surveyed nearly 3,000 IT workers on their views of service vendors and system integrators.

In total, 68 vendors nominated by respondents were assessed. Red Hat Japan ranked first, with 32.6 % of responses, followed by Japan Oracle with 30.7%, e-mobile with 29.8%, VMWare with 28.8 %and KDDI with 27.8%.