Red Hat Doubles Down on Containers with $250M CoreOS Acquisition
sdxcentral.com | January 30, 2018
Red Hat bolstered its position in the container space, announcing today a deal to acquire CoreOS for $250 million. Red Hat will gain CoreOS’ container platform expertise, with a specific focus on its Kubernetes-based Tectonic platform. Red Hat has itself been an active member of the container ecosystem, having thrown considerable support behind the space as it has evolved away from bare metal. Red Hat’s current container efforts center on its OpenShift platform.