In October 5, the open-source software and service provider RedHat (Red Hat) acquired Gluster for $0.136 billion in cash to expand cloud computing services. In the statement, RedHat said that the profit for the third quarter of fiscal year 2012 and the year-round is not expected to change as a result of transactions. The integration of Gluster will reduce the operating profit of RedHat2013 (excluding one-time projects) by 2012 benchmarks compared with FY 150. With Gluster, RedHat can enter the storage market of $4 billion, also called unstructured
In October 5, Red Hat, an open-source software and service provider, acquired Gluster for $0.136 billion in cash to expand its cloud computing services.
Red Hat said in the statement that the profit for the third quarter of fiscal year 2012 and the year-round is not expected to change due to transactions. The integration of Gluster will reduce Red Hat's operating profit for fiscal year 2013 (excluding one-time projects) by 2012 benchmarks from fiscal year 150.
With Gluster, Red Hat can enter the storage market of $4 billion, also known as the non-structural data market, such as email and media content. Red Hat is the largest Linux software vendor. After purchasing Gluster, it can provide customers with more solutions.
Red Hat CEO Charlie Peters said in a statement: "For Red Hat, this is an exciting new growth field and we are preparing to invest heavily ."