Red Hat announces acquisition of CoreOS Linux

Red Hat announced that it will acquire CoreOS, a leader in Kubernetes, for $250 million. The deal is expected to close soon.
By combining the complementary capabilities of the CoreOS distribution with Kubernetes and Red Hat’s container portfolio, such as Red Hat OpenShift, Red Hat aims to further enhance its position in the hybrid cloud and containerhouse.
CoreOS technologies, such as Tectonic, the Kubernetes distribution, and Container Linux, make it a lightweight, container-friendly Linux that will be integrated with Red Hat’s Kubernetes product portfolio.
In a blog post, CoreOS CEO Alex Polvi says:
“Red Hat and CoreOS’ relationship began many years ago as an open source collaboration, developing some of the key innovations in containers and distributed systems, making automated operations a reality.
Both companies have become leaders in the communities that drive these innovations, including Kubernetes, the Open Container Initiative (OCI), and the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF).”
Since its inception less than five years ago, CoreOS has become a dominant player in containers and the leader of the Kubernetes cloud container.
Looking ahead, Red Hat believes that the combination of CoreOS’ technologies and people will give it all the tools it needs to become the leading open source container management company. This, in turn, will help Red Hat become an even greater force in the Cloud.
Paul Cormier, president of products and technologies at Red Hat, said:
“The next era of technology is driven by container-based applications spanning multi- and hybrid cloud environments, including physical, virtual, private cloud, and public cloud platforms, Kubernetes, & containers. Linux is at the heart of this transformation. Like Red Hat, CoreOS has been a leader in both the growing open source communities that fuel these innovations and in their work on the Kubernetes project.
We believe this acquisition will solidify Red Hat as a cornerstone of hybrid cloud and modern application deployments.”

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