LSD Open achieves Red Hat Premier Business Partner Status in the Middle East

LSD Open, a leading provider of managed digital infrastructure and platform services in Africa and the Middle East, today announced its Red Hat Premier Business Partner status now extends to the Middle East region. Red Hat Premier Business Partners have a strategic relationship with Red Hat, Inc., and provide the highest contribution to Red Hat and the Red Hat partner ecosystem.

Becoming a global Red Hat Premier Business Partner supports LSD Open’s strategic objective of following client demand and taking its expertise to new regions to accelerate innovation for clients internationally. The extension of the status also means that LSD Open’s clients in the Middle East can benefit from their deep expertise and other commercial benefits.

“Achieving Red Hat Premier Business Partner status in the Middle East is a defining moment for LSD Open,” said Neil White, CEO of LSD Open. “This milestone reflects our unwavering commitment to delivering cutting-edge Red Hat solutions and exceptional value to our clients around the world. It’s a testament to the incredible talent and dedication of our team, and it opens the door to even greater innovation and collaboration. We’re excited to continue empowering businesses to modernise, scale, and thrive in the ever-evolving digital landscape.”

Making an impact internationally

This achievement underscores the company’s expertise in delivering enterprise open-source solutions internationally, now bolstered by localised expertise in the Middle East.

Viven Bhowani, Managing Director of LSD Open in the Middle East said, “Becoming a Red Hat Premier Business Partner in the Middle East is both a privilege and a promise to our clients. We are here not just to meet expectations, but rather to redefine them, blending global excellence with local relevance. Our team brings decades of proven experience in Red Hat technologies, and we are committed to supporting Middle Eastern businesses in their digital evolution.”

Over the past two years, through its Middle East operations, LSD Open has delivered solutions extensively in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia and parts of Africa, building its reputation across clients in the private and public sectors. The LSD Open team in the Middle East has also expanded its technical delivery capabilities by recruiting local talent in line with growing client demand.

Solving Together

Red Hat technologies are used throughout the LSD Open set of solutions and services, prominently featuring Red Hat OpenShift Container Management and Virtualization Platforms, Ansible Automation Platform and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). More recently at Red Hat Summit Connect in Johannesburg, South Africa, LSD Open and Red Hat helped showcase the incredible work done at Multichoice to modernise its Video-on-Demand (VOD) platforms and published a case study to talk more about the project.

For more on what LSD Open and Red Hat do together, visit the dedicated Red Hat partner page. LSD Open is a member of the Red Hat Partner Practice Accelerator program, a Red Hat Certified Cloud and Services Provider and a Red Hat Premier Business Partner.

Charl Barkhuizen | Marketing Plug-in

LSD Open achieves Red Hat Premier Business Partner Status in the Middle East

Making an impact internationally

Solving Together

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