NEC and Red Hat CEOs highlight their expanded global collaboration

Summary

NEC Corporation, under CEO Takaaki Morita, announces a strategic alliance expansion with Red Hat, adopting Red Hat OpenShift as the preferred container platform for mission-critical applications. This collaboration aims to enhance technical cooperation, establish a center of excellence, and develop joint technology solutions for NEC's business areas like healthcare, 5G, digital finance, and smart government. Red Hat CEO Matt Hicks emphasizes the importance of OpenShift in enterprise computing and looks forward to enabling digital transformation across industries with NEC's expertise.

Takeaways

• 🌟 NEC and Red Hat are expanding their strategic alliance to enhance technical cooperation.
• 🔐 NEC recognizes Red Hat OpenShift as its preferred container platform for mission-critical applications.
• 🤝 The collaboration includes forming a center of excellence and joint technology development.
• 🚀 The alliance aims to provide global solutions across NEC's business areas like healthcare, 5G, digital finance, and smart government.
• 💼 NEC will implement best practices in system design, utilizing Red Hat OpenShift's technical support and evaluation environments.
• 🔧 This partnership will improve the quality and reliability of IT system infrastructure and applications for customers.
• 🌐 The alliance will drive digital transformation for NEC's customers and contribute to solving societal challenges.
• 📈 Matt Hicks, CEO of Red Hat, highlights the importance of Red Hat OpenShift in the future of enterprise computing.
• 🌐 Red Hat's solutions, paired with NEC's industry expertise, aim to innovate across various IT footprints, including traditional data centers, public clouds, and edge environments.
• 🔄 The partnership is expected to expand digital transformation at a massive scale, while limiting complexity for applications across industries.

Q & A

Who is the speaker at the beginning of the transcript?

The speaker at the beginning of the transcript is Takaaki Morita, the President and CEO of NEC Corporation.

What is NEC's key theme mentioned in the transcript?

NEC's key theme mentioned is 'true reopen truly trusted', focusing on creating social value while achieving their own transmission.

What is the significance of the strategic alliance expansion with Red Hat?

The strategic alliance expansion with Red Hat is significant as it strengthens the technical cooperation between NEC and Red Hat, particularly in the area of container platforms for mission-critical applications.

Which platform does NEC recognize as its preferred container platform for mission-critical applications?

NEC recognizes Red Hat OpenShift, the industry's leading Enterprise Kubernetes platform, as its preferred container platform for mission-critical applications.

What is the purpose of the center of excellence and joint technology development mentioned in the transcript?

The center of excellence and joint technology development are formed to provide solutions globally for NEC's business areas of focus, such as healthcare, 5G, digital finance, and smart government.

How will the alliance with Red Hat improve NEC's IT system infrastructure and applications for customers?

The alliance will improve the quality and reliability of NEC's IT system infrastructure and applications by implementing best practices in system design, utilizing Red Hat OpenShift technical support, and evaluation environments.

What role does Red Hat OpenShift play in Red Hat's product strategy according to Matt Hicks?

According to Matt Hicks, Red Hat OpenShift, which started as an internal platform as a service project, is now the industry's leading Enterprise Kubernetes platform and forms the backbone of hybrid cloud computing across industries and the globe.

How does Red Hat's solution paired with NEC's industry expertise contribute to digital transformation?

Red Hat's solutions paired with NEC's industry expertise contribute to digital transformation by providing technologies that help innovate using the same skills and tools, regardless of where systems live, be it in traditional data centers, multiple public clouds, or at the edge of the Enterprise Network.

What is the vision of Red Hat's future of Enterprise Computing as expressed by Matt Hicks?

Matt Hicks expresses Red Hat's vision of the future of Enterprise Computing as one where consistency is key but not at the expense of innovation, with Red Hat solutions leading the way in hybrid cloud environments.

What does Matt Hicks look forward to in the expanded global relationship with NEC?

Matt Hicks looks forward to the expanded global relationship with NEC leading to massive scale digital transformation across industries while still limiting complexity for any application, anywhere, at any time.

Outlines

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🤝 Expansion of NEC and Red Hat Strategic Alliance

Takaaki Morita, President and CEO of NEC, announces the expansion of NEC's strategic alliance with Red Hat. NEC recognizes Red Hat OpenShift as the preferred container platform for mission-critical applications. This alliance will strengthen technical cooperation, including the formation of a center of excellence and joint technology development to provide global solutions in NEC's business areas such as 5G, digital finance, and government. NEC and Red Hat will implement best practices in system design, improving IT infrastructure and applications for customers and driving digital transformation. Matt Hicks, CEO of Red Hat, highlights the importance of Red Hat OpenShift as the industry's leading enterprise Kubernetes platform and looks forward to expanding digital transformation across industries.

Keywords

💡NEC Corporation

NEC Corporation is a Japanese multinational information technology and electronics company. In the context of the video, it is highlighted as a company undergoing transformation and working to create social value. The video script announces NEC's strategic alliance with Red Hat, indicating a focus on digital transformation and innovation in technology.

💡Red Hat

Red Hat is an American software company that provides open-source software products to the enterprise community. It is mentioned as a partner in the strategic alliance with NEC, emphasizing the importance of their collaboration in the field of digital transformation and the adoption of next-generation technologies.

💡OpenShift

Red Hat OpenShift is a container application platform that allows developers to build, deploy, and manage applications in a cloud environment. The script highlights OpenShift as the preferred container platform for mission-critical applications, suggesting NEC's commitment to leveraging industry-leading solutions for their IT infrastructure.

💡Enterprise Kubernetes

Kubernetes is an open-source platform designed to automate deploying, scaling, and operating application containers. The term 'Enterprise Kubernetes' refers to the use of Kubernetes in a business context, which is significant in the video as NEC recognizes Red Hat OpenShift as the industry's leading platform for this purpose.

💡Digital Transformation

Digital transformation refers to the process of using digital technologies to create new or modify existing business processes, culture, and customer experiences. The video script discusses NEC's and Red Hat's efforts to drive digital transformation for their customers, indicating a focus on innovation and the use of technology to improve business operations.

💡Strategic Alliance

A strategic alliance is a cooperative agreement between two businesses to achieve common business goals. In the video, the expansion of the strategic alliance between NEC and Red Hat is announced, signifying a deepening of their partnership to provide advanced technological solutions.

💡Center of Excellence

A Center of Excellence is a team or a designated group within an organization that develops and shares best practices and innovations in a particular area. The script mentions the formation of a Center of Excellence as part of the alliance, indicating a commitment to excellence in technology development and collaboration.

💡5G

5G refers to the fifth generation of mobile networks, which promises faster data rates, reduced latency, and more reliability than previous generations. The video script includes 5G as one of NEC's business areas of focus, highlighting the company's involvement in the development and deployment of next-generation communication technologies.

💡Digital Finance

Digital finance encompasses the use of digital technologies to improve financial services and processes. It is mentioned in the script as a business area of focus for NEC, suggesting that the company is looking to innovate in the financial sector through digital solutions.

💡Hybrid Cloud

Hybrid cloud computing is a cloud computing environment that uses a mix of on-premises, private cloud, and third-party, public cloud services. The script emphasizes Red Hat's role in hybrid cloud computing, indicating that the company's solutions are designed to work across different cloud environments, providing flexibility and innovation.

💡System Design Best Practices

System design best practices refer to the application of established methods and techniques to create efficient, reliable, and maintainable systems. The video script mentions the implementation of best practices in system design as part of the alliance's efforts to improve IT system infrastructure and applications for customers.

Highlights

NEC and Red Hat announce a strategic alliance expansion.

NEC recognizes Red Hat OpenShift as the preferred container platform for mission-critical applications.

The alliance will strengthen technical cooperation between NEC and Red Hat.

Formation of a center of excellence and joint technology development is planned.

Solutions will be provided globally for NEC's business areas such as healthcare, 5G, digital finance, and smart government.

Implementation of best practices in system design is a key focus.

NEC and Red Hat will utilize Red Hat OpenShift technical support and evaluation environments.

The partnership aims to improve the quality and reliability of IT system infrastructure and applications for customers.

The alliance will drive digital transformation for customers.

NEC and Red Hat will co-create social value aligned with their corporate philosophies.

The alliance will contribute to solving important challenges for customers and society.

Matt Hicks, CEO of Red Hat, discusses his involvement in Red Hat's drive to lead the open hybrid cloud.

Red Hat OpenShift is highlighted as the industry's leading Enterprise Kubernetes platform.

Red Hat's product strategy emphasizes the importance of Red Hat OpenShift to the future of Enterprise Computing.

Global business has experienced a forced evolution, embracing next-generation technologies at an accelerated pace.

Consistency and innovation are key in the face of constant change.

Red Hat Solutions paired with NEC's industry expertise will shine in providing innovative technologies.

The partnership will help customers innovate using the same skills and tools across different environments.

The hybrid cloud is where Red Hat, along with partners like NEC, leads the way.

The expanded global relationship with NEC is expected to expand digital transformation at a massive scale across industries.

The alliance aims to limit complexity for any application, anywhere, at any time.

Transcripts

hello this is takaiki Morita president

and CEO of NEC cooperation

as Society continues to undergo major

changes we at NAC have announced a key

theme of true reopen truly trusted and

are working to create social value while

achieving our own transmission

today I am pleased to announce the

expansion of a strategic alliance with

red hat

energy now recognizes red hat openshift

that industry's leading Enterprise

kubernetes platform as its preferred

container platform for Mission critical

applications

and this expansion will strengthen the

technical cooperation between the two

companies in this area

including the formation of a center of

excellence and Joint technology

development

to provide Solutions globally for each

of nac's business areas of focus

such as cardiacs 5G

digital finance and this government

the two companies will Implement best

practices in system design

utilizing red hat openshift technical

support and evaluation environments

these will improve the quality and

reliability of I.T system

infrastructure and applications for

customers

and drive their digital transformation

together

we will co-create social value that is

aligned with our corporate philosophies

and contribute to solving important

challenges for our customers and Society

I'm excited to be expanding this

Alliance and I'm happy to introduce the

CEO of Red Hat Matt Hicks

thank you

thank you Marita sen and hello everyone

I'm Matt Hicks president and chief

executive officer of red hat

for the past 16 years I have been deeply

involved in red Hat's drive to lead the

open hybrid Cloud first as a software

engineer and then as Executive Vice

President of products and Technologies

where I helped to execute red Hat's

vision of an open Innovative future

through our product strategy

the Common Thread across nearly all of

my roles at Red Hat was and remains red

hat openshift

what was once little more than a

internal platform as a service project

is now the industry's leading Enterprise

kubernetes platform and forms the

backbone of hybrid cloud computing

across Industries and the globe

given how important we view openshift to

the future of Enterprise Computing I am

very excited to see NEC select our

Flagship hybrid Cloud offering as its

preferred container platform

Global business has experienced a forced

Evolution over the past two years

transforming into digital first entities

and embracing Next Generation

Technologies far faster than anyone

could have predicted

in the face of constant change

consistency is key but not at the

expense of innovation

this is where Red Hat Solutions paired

with the industry expertise of NEC shine

we provide technologies that help you

innovate using the same skills and same

tools no matter where your systems live

whether in a traditional data center in

multiple public clouds or at the

farthest edge of the Enterprise Network

these varied I.T Footprints are the

hybrid cloud and this is where Red Hat

along with our partners like NEC leads

the way

I look forward to seeing how this

expanded Global relationship with NEC

expands digital transformation at a

massive scale across Industries while

still limiting complexity for any

application anywhere at any time thank

you very much