Ireland and the United Kingdom enterprise technology-change research

PT-2026-169 · dossier edition · 2 August 2026

PlatformTrace

Enterprise platform change across Ireland and the United Kingdom.

developer platforms · contracted

UK Ministry of Defence signs an enterprise agreement for centralised Red Hat platform access

UK Ministry of Defence enterprise agreement, onboarding and standardisation programme—not proof that all MOD workloads have migrated: a new enterprise agreement provides centralised, scalable access for MOD teams and approved third-party providers to Red Hat Enterprise Linux, OpenShift Platform Plus, Ansible Automation Platform, Red Hat AI and OpenShift Virtualization.

Organisation
UK Ministry of Defence
Predecessor
No named predecessor platform is stated in the official evidence
Destination
a new enterprise agreement provides centralised, scalable access for MOD teams and approved third-party providers to Red Hat Enterprise Linux, OpenShift Platform Plus, Ansible Automation Platform, Red Hat AI and OpenShift Virtualization
Workload
a new enterprise agreement provides centralised, scalable access for MOD teams and approved third-party providers to Red Hat Enterprise Linux, OpenShift Platform Plus, Ansible Auto
Stage
contracted
Evidence boundary: expected benefits and migration opportunities remain forward-looking unless a later source proves specific workload cutovers.

Verified platform change

UK Ministry of Defence enterprise agreement, onboarding and standardisation programme—not proof that all MOD workloads have migrated: a new enterprise agreement provides centralised, scalable access for MOD teams and approved third-party providers to Red Hat Enterprise Linux, OpenShift Platform Plus, Ansible Automation Platform, Red Hat AI and OpenShift Virtualization.

Transition

From: No named predecessor platform is stated in the official evidence

To: a new enterprise agreement provides centralised, scalable access for MOD teams and approved third-party providers to Red Hat Enterprise Linux, OpenShift Platform Plus, Ansible Automation Platform, Red Hat AI and OpenShift Virtualization

Known unknowns

expected benefits and migration opportunities remain forward-looking unless a later source proves specific workload cutovers.

Official sources

  1. UK Ministry of Defence signs an enterprise agreement for centralised Red Hat platform access — 2026-02-11