OpenShift Is the Cloud OS.
But It Is Not a Cloud Business.

The Missing Layer Above OpenShift.

VMware Exit.
Sovereign Cloud.
XaaS Explosion.

MSPs, Telcos, and National CSPs want to sell cloud services.

OpenShift gives them the runtime.
It does not give them the operating model.

That gap is strategic.

Introducing SCO

The Hyperscaler Engine for Service Providers

OpenShift Provides

Kubernetes runtime
Virtualization
Storage
AI enablement
Container platform

SCO Provides

Multi-tenant orchestration
Governance enforcement
API-first automation
FinOps foundation
White-label cloud control plane

Installed OpenShift
≠ Cloud Platform

Without orchestration above the cluster:

– Every tenant is manual
– Governance is fragmented
– Billing is external
– Self-service is improvised
– Expansion is slow

Clusters don’t scale businesses.

SCO Makes OpenShift
Sellable as a Cloud

What SCO Enables:

✔ Customer onboarding in minutes
✔ White-label self-service cloud portal
✔ Built-in governance & compliance by design
✔ API-first cloud control plane
✔ Service catalog extensions (DBaaS, AIaaS, VPNaaS)
✔ Monetizable service catalog

Why This Matters to Red Hat

VMware Exit

OpenShift Virt + SCO = full operating model.

Sovereign Initiatives

National clouds need orchestration above clusters.

MSP Expansion

Standardized multi-tenant OpenShift at scale.

SCO multiplies OpenShift footprint.

Category Creation

CMPs Manage Infrastructure.
SCO Engineers Cloud Businesses.

We are not building a dashboard.
We are defining a new layer:

The Generic Hyperscaler Engine for XaaS Platform Builders.

Strategic Opportunity

Joint VMware exit campaigns.
Joint sovereign positioning.
Reference MSP architectures.
Larger OpenShift deployments.

OpenShift gives the technology.
SCO gives the business model.

Let’s Define
The Next OpenShift Growth Vector.

OpenShift Is the Cloud OS. But It Is Not a Cloud Business.