Irish dev: Red Hat, the world's leading provider of open source to the enterprise, today announced the growing adoption of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat Network solutions by several leading higher education institutions, including Wake Forest University, the University of Washington and Vanderbilt University. These top-tier universities have made the switch to Red Hat to deliver affordable, high-performing solutions for mission-critical applications with trusted support, manageability and security.

Historically, IT staff within the academic market struggle to do more with less. Growth in enrolment, digital learning, more distributed mission-critical applications and more highly integrated network initiatives have increased the need for operating system reliability, simplicity and quality, while reducing cost pressures. Red Hat Enterprise Linux solutions contribute low-cost, high-performing operating software on commodity hardware, providing numerous Red Hat technical support options and creating a variety of enterprise management solutions.

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