SWOT ANALYSIS ON Red Hat, Inc

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<H2>SWOT ANALYSIS ON Red Hat, Inc</h2>

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Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT) is an S&P 500 company in the free and open source software sector, and a major Linux distribution vendor. Founded in 1993, Red Hat has its corporate headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina with satellite offices worldwide.

Red Hat has become associated to a large extent with its enterprise operating system Red Hat Enterprise Linux and with the acquisition of open-source enterprise middleware vendor JBoss. Red Hat provides operating-system platforms along with middleware, applications, and management products, as well as support, training, and consulting services.

Red Hat creates, maintains, and contributes to many free software projects and has also acquired several proprietary software packages and released their source code. As of February 2009, Red Hat was the largest corporate contributor to the Linux kernel

Strengths

* Cost advantage
* Asset leverage
* Effective communication
* Online growth
* Loyal customers
* Strong management team
* Strong brand equity

Weaknesses

* Bad communication
* Low market share
* No online presence
* Not innovative
* Not diversified

Opportunities

* Acquisitions
* Emerging markets and expansion abroad
* Product and services expansion

Threats

* Competition
* Cheaper technology
* Economic slowdown
* External changes (government, politics, taxes, etc)
* Lower cost competitors or imports

 

[jiten005]

<H2>SWOT ANALYSIS ON Red Hat, Inc</h2>

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Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT) is an S&P 500 company in the free and open source software sector, and a major Linux distribution vendor. Founded in 1993, Red Hat has its corporate headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina with satellite offices worldwide.

Red Hat has become associated to a large extent with its enterprise operating system Red Hat Enterprise Linux and with the acquisition of open-source enterprise middleware vendor JBoss. Red Hat provides operating-system platforms along with middleware, applications, and management products, as well as support, training, and consulting services.

Red Hat creates, maintains, and contributes to many free software projects and has also acquired several proprietary software packages and released their source code. As of February 2009, Red Hat was the largest corporate contributor to the Linux kernel

Strengths

* Cost advantage
* Asset leverage
* Effective communication
* Online growth
* Loyal customers
* Strong management team
* Strong brand equity

Weaknesses

* Bad communication
* Low market share
* No online presence
* Not innovative
* Not diversified

Opportunities

* Acquisitions
* Emerging markets and expansion abroad
* Product and services expansion

Threats

* Competition
* Cheaper technology
* Economic slowdown
* External changes (government, politics, taxes, etc)
* Lower cost competitors or imports

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