CNN Central News & Network–ITDC India Epress/ITDC News Bhopal: Red Hat, the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced the winners of the Red Hat APAC Innovation Awards 2025 for India. This year, Red Hat is celebrating Indian Bank, Tata Teleservices, Unity Small Finance Bank, and State Bank of India for their forward thinking use of open source to drive innovation, enable transformation and create meaningful impact across their organizations.
Embodying this year’s theme, “Unlock what’s next,” the Red Hat APAC Innovation Awards 2025 celebrates customers turning these trends into tangible results. The awards recognize 30 winners across the region whose inventive use of Red Hat’s open source technologies have sparked innovation, strengthened competitiveness, and delivered lasting value for their industries, customers, and employees. These organizations demonstrate how open source empowers enterprises to reimagine possibilities, navigate complexity, and seize new opportunities in an evolving landscape to define future competitiveness.
The awards comprise five categories: Digital Transformation, Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud-native Development, Automation – and the newly added AI and Emerging Tech.
Category: Cloud Native Development
Winner: Indian Bank Ltd.
With over 140 million customers and a growing suite of digital banking services, Indian Bank Ltd. is one of India’s largest public sector banks. Recognizing the need to modernize its legacy systems to meet the growing demands of scale, agility, and digital innovation, the bank built India’s first private cloud infrastructure by a public sector bank, powered by Red Hat OpenShift Platform Plus.
This enterprise-ready Kubernetes platform now powers mission-critical applications including omnichannel banking, digital lending, financial inclusion, and cash management services. By adopting OpenShift as its standard container platform, Indian Bank has streamlined development, enhanced security and governance, and accelerated the rollout of innovative digital services. This modern, cloud-native foundation creates a resilient, future-ready environment that positions the bank at the forefront of India’s banking modernization.
Category: Digital Transformation and Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure
Winner: Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL)
Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL) is a leading provider of connectivity and communication solutions for businesses across India. With a portfolio spanning connectivity, cloud, security, and collaboration services, TTSL plays a pivotal role in powering digital transformation across industries including e-commerce, fintech, and manufacturing.
To support its vision of transformative connectivity and ensure flexibility across diverse technology ecosystems, TTSL adopted an open hybrid cloud approach powered by Red Hat’s enterprise solutions. This open, interoperable foundation enables seamless scalability, resilience, and agility – free from vendor lock-in. By standardizing on open technologies, TTSL has created a unified platform that simplifies operations, accelerates service delivery, and strengthens its position as a trusted digital partner for businesses nationwide.
Category: Digital Transformation
Winner: Unity Small Finance Bank (Unity Bank)
Unity Small Finance Bank (Unity Bank) is a new-age bank focused on delivering simple, secure, and accessible banking through technology. To expand its sales and marketing reach through digital channels, the bank sought a modern customer relationship management (CRM) platform that could be deployed rapidly, while avoiding vendor lock-in and infrastructure constraints.
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