RALEIGH, NC – Raleigh-based Red Hat Inc. (NYSE: RHT), a provider of open source solutions,  has acquired Makara, a developer of deployment and management solutions for applications in the cloud.  Makara’s technologies will accelerate the development of Red Hat’s comprehensive Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solution as part of its Cloud Foundations portfolio. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

Based in Redwood City, CA, Makara provides solutions to enable organizations to deploy, manage, monitor and scale their applications on both private or public clouds.  Customers facing issues in moving applications to the cloud and managing them efficiently can benefit from Makara’s solutions for scaling, rightsizing, rollback and monitoring.

By integrating the JBoss Enterprise Middleware infrastructure with Makara’s Cloud Application Platform, Red Hat can offer a more comprehensive PaaS solution that allows organizations to quickly transition their applications to both public and private clouds with minimal modifications.

“PaaS is becoming another market for software vendors looking to deliver compelling enterprise solutions in the cloud,” said Rachel Chalmers, research director at the 451 Group. “By acquiring the cloud technologies developed by Makara, Red Hat is now in a position to address this market by creating solutions for enterprises looking for deployment, management and auto-scaling capabilities to be baked into the core platform.”