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Beyond Cost and Compliance: How Red Hat Is Shaping AI, Sovereignty, and Modernization

Publisher IDC
Published Nov 26, 2025
Length 11 Pages
SKU # IDC20611056

Description

This IDC Market Perspective examines Red Hat’s evolving strategy in response to three dominant market trends: accelerating enterprise AI adoption, widespread migration from legacy virtualization platforms, and the growing imperative for digital sovereignty. Following Red Hat Analyst Day 2025, Red Hat is positioning itself as a leader in delivering open, flexible, and consistent hybrid cloud platforms that prioritize customer choice, operational control, and mitigation of vendor lock-in. “In a market chasing speed, Red Hat’s open approach reframes the conversation from lock-in avoidance to long-term resilience, where sovereignty and AI governance become strategic imperatives. Red Hat’s strength lies in bridging modernization and sovereignty while operationalizing AI at scale,” said Jennifer Thomson, AVP European Research.

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11 Pages

Executive Snapshot

New Market Developments and Dynamics

The AI Imperative: From Experimentation to Production

The Virtualization Crossroads: From Cost Savings to Strategic Modernization

Automation as the Next Horizon

The Sovereignty Mandate: Enabling Digital Autonomy

Other Initiatives Strengthening Red Hat’s Market Position in Europe

Regulatory Landscape and Compliance

Sustainability in AI and Computing

Upskilling the Open Source Community

Ecosystem and Partnerships

Advice for the Technology Supplier

Clarify the Virtualization Strategy

Build Governance Blueprints for Scalable AI

Codify Governance for AI Scaling

Develop Regional Sovereignty Blueprints

Tell an End-to-End AI Sovereignty Story

Enable Developers and Modernize Playbooks

Define KPIs for AI Inferencing Performance

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