U.S.-based Red Hat, a provider of open source solutions, has established a development center here.

With its 207 employees, the Brno center will become a globally significant branch of the company, said Paul Cormier, executive vice president of engineering for Red Hat. The company is known for its operating systems based on Linux, which at this time is the greatest competitor of the Windows operating system.

“Red Hat is pleased to choose Brno as a center of technological advancement for Red Hat solutions,” Cormier said. “We have chosen Brno because of the rich talent base. We are excited about the great potential for innovation and collaboration as this team integrates with our global engineering organization.”

The center will be located on leased premises in the vicinity of Masaryk University’s Faculty of Informatics. Investment in the technical assessment of the building, purchase of information technologies and other equipment will exceed 1.3 million euros.

“The company anticipates extensive cooperation with universities, especially with Masaryk University in Brno,” said Tomas Hruda, CEO of CzechInvest. “Such cooperation will happen on many levels, from submission of dissertation work, through student internships in the company, to the possible creation of new departments at the faculty in cooperation with, and at the instigation of, Red Hat.”

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