Red Hat to Acquire FuseSource

Red Hat has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire FuseSource from Progress Software.

FuseSource, a provider of open source integration and messaging and will enable Red Hat to accelerate the delivery of application integration products and services to enterprise customers.

“Application integration software is one of the fastest growing segments of the enterprise software market,” said Craig Muzilla, vice president and general manager of middleware at Red Hat.

With the addition of FuseSource to our middleware portfolio, we will enable customers to experience greater integration capabilities and flexibility. FuseSource’s technologies, expertise, and commitment to open source make them a great fit he added.

Headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts, FuseSource serves many Fortune 500 companies with open source integration and open source messaging products based on Apache ServiceMix, Apache ActiveMQ, Apache CFX, and Apache Camel.