Red Hat Incorporated, founded in 1993 and based in Raleigh, North Carolina, provides organizations worldwide with Linux operating systems, middleware, and applications. The firm's Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS is designed for mission-critical systems. Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES is designed for small and mid-range servers. Red Hat Enterprise WS operates on technical and design workstations. Red Hat Desktop is a secure, managed client system. The Red Hat Network is a systems provisioning, update, and management platform. The company's Red Hat Directory Server streamlines identity management processes. Red Hat Certificate System supports authentication operations. Red Hat Global File System supports the organization of data across multiple systems. Red Hat Cluster Suite ensures the availability of clustered system applications and services. Red Hat also provides clients with the JBoss Enterprise Middleware Suite, JBoss Application Server, Hibernate, and JBoss Subscription middleware products. The company also provides clients with technical support and training services. Red Hat offers its products and services to retail, telecommunications, oil and gas, health care, financial services, academic, government, and other organizations on a subscription basis. Partners include IBM (R), Hewlett-Packard (R), Intel (R), Oracle (R), and other hardware and software vendors. The company maintains offices in 50 countries across the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Red Hat went public in 1999. It is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the RHT symbol. Red Hat has won recognition from 'CIO Insight Magazine.'