Back to All Partners Red hat INVITE Networks is a Red Hat partner, delivering enterprise Linux, container platform, and automation solutions for enterprise and mid-market organizations in Salt Lake City, Phoenix, and the greater Mountain West. INVITE handles Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) deployment and subscription management, Red Hat OpenShift cluster architecture, and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform configuration — so organizations get the operational reliability of Red Hat’s open-source stack without the internal expertise burden of managing it themselves. TL;DR: INVITE Networks deploys and manages Red Hat enterprise infrastructure — including RHEL server environments, OpenShift container platforms, and Ansible automation frameworks — for organizations that need production-grade open-source infrastructure with commercial support and managed operations. INVITE handles licensing, architecture, deployment, and ongoing platform management. This page is for IT directors and VPs of Infrastructure evaluating a Red Hat partner who can own the deployment and day-2 operations, not just provide the subscription. What does INVITE Networks deliver as a Red Hat partner? Red Hat is the world’s leading enterprise open-source software company — providing the Linux operating system, container orchestration, and IT automation platforms that power some of the largest enterprise environments globally. INVITE Networks delivers Red Hat as part of its managed services portfolio, covering the full lifecycle from subscription procurement and architecture through deployment, configuration, and ongoing platform operations. INVITE’s Red Hat practice is built for organizations that want the stability and security of Red Hat’s enterprise stack without building deep internal Linux and container expertise. INVITE’s engineers hold Red Hat certifications across the core platform portfolio and bring hands-on experience with RHEL in both bare-metal and virtualized environments, OpenShift on-premises and in hybrid cloud configurations, and Ansible playbook development for enterprise automation use cases. INVITE operates as the Red Hat technical layer — freeing internal IT teams to focus on business-facing workloads rather than platform management. Why do Salt Lake City, Phoenix, and Mountain West organizations choose INVITE for Red Hat infrastructure? Red Hat’s platform delivers enterprise-grade reliability, but it requires certified expertise to deploy and maintain correctly — particularly for organizations moving workloads to containers or implementing infrastructure-as-code with Ansible. Organizations in Salt Lake City, Phoenix, and the greater Mountain West choose INVITE because INVITE provides the Red Hat expertise on-demand, without the cost and complexity of hiring and retaining certified Linux and OpenShift engineers internally. CentOS end-of-life migrations are the most common Red Hat engagement INVITE runs: moving application servers to Red Hat Enterprise Linux in phased cutover windows designed to avoid production downtime. INVITE implements Red Hat Insights for proactive system health monitoring and establishes a standardized RHEL image build process, leaving behind a fully supported, audit-ready Linux environment. How does INVITE deploy Red Hat as part of its managed services? INVITE’s Red Hat managed service covers the complete operational lifecycle. For RHEL environments, INVITE handles subscription management, system registration, patch cadence configuration, and integration with existing monitoring and backup platforms. For OpenShift, INVITE architects cluster topology — including control plane sizing, worker node configuration, storage class setup, and network policy design — and then manages cluster upgrades, certificate rotation, and operator lifecycle management as an ongoing service. For organizations adopting Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, INVITE’s automation engineers develop and maintain the playbook library, configure Automation Controller with role-based access controls and execution environments, and integrate Ansible workflows with INVITE’s broader managed services stack including patch management, compliance reporting, and incident response automation. The result is infrastructure that maintains itself to a defined baseline — reducing manual toil and configuration drift across the environment. What Red Hat products does INVITE deploy and manage? INVITE’s Red Hat practice covers the core enterprise portfolio that IT organizations depend on for infrastructure reliability and operational consistency. Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is the foundation — INVITE deploys, configures, and maintains RHEL across physical servers, VMware virtual machines, and public cloud instances on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, providing a consistent, subscription-supported operating system layer regardless of where workloads run. Red Hat OpenShift is the enterprise Kubernetes platform INVITE architects for organizations containerizing applications or building internal developer platforms. INVITE designs OpenShift cluster architecture for on-premises, cloud, and hybrid deployments and manages the platform post-deployment — handling upgrades, storage integration, ingress configuration, and integration with enterprise identity providers. Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is the automation layer INVITE implements for organizations eliminating manual configuration tasks across their infrastructure — covering server provisioning, network device configuration, compliance enforcement, and application deployment workflows. INVITE also works with Red Hat Insights for proactive vulnerability and configuration risk identification across RHEL fleets, and integrates findings with INVITE’s cybersecurity services for unified risk management. Looking for a Red Hat partner who manages the platform and not just the subscription? Contact INVITE to discuss a Red Hat engagement for your organization. Frequently Asked Questions: Red Hat Enterprise Linux and OpenShift Is INVITE Networks an authorized Red Hat partner? Yes. INVITE Networks is an authorized Red Hat partner with certified engineers across the Red Hat portfolio including RHEL, OpenShift, and Ansible Automation Platform. INVITE participates in the Red Hat partner ecosystem and can provide Red Hat subscriptions alongside managed services, giving customers a single point of accountability for both the software and its operation. Can INVITE manage our Red Hat environment if we don’t have Linux engineers internally? Yes — this is a common engagement model for INVITE’s Red Hat customers. INVITE provides the certified Linux and OpenShift engineering function, handling day-to-day platform operations, patch management, system health monitoring, and incident response. Organizations with limited or no internal Linux expertise gain enterprise-grade platform management without the cost of dedicated infrastructure engineers. How does INVITE handle Red Hat security patching? INVITE implements a defined patch cadence for all RHEL systems under management — typically monthly patch cycles with emergency patching procedures for critical CVEs. Patches are staged through non-production environments before production deployment, with rollback procedures defined for each system tier. INVITE uses Red Hat Insights to identify and prioritize security advisories based on actual system exposure, reducing the noise of managing raw CVE feeds. How long does a Red Hat RHEL migration or OpenShift deployment take with INVITE? RHEL migrations from end-of-life Linux distributions typically complete in 6–12 weeks depending on environment size and application complexity, with phased cutover windows to minimize production risk. New OpenShift cluster deployments — from architecture design through production readiness — typically require 8–12 weeks for on-premises environments and 4–6 weeks for cloud-hosted configurations. Ansible Automation Platform implementation timelines depend on playbook scope and integration requirements, and are scoped during the initial engagement assessment.
