--- title: LSD Open earns Red Hat automation specialisation | daily.dev description: LSD Open, a South African cloud-native and AI systems integrator, has been awarded Red Hat Specialized Partner status for Mission Critical Automation, a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/lsd-open-earns-red-hat-automation-specialisation-pa2xpabe7 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: LSD Open earns Red Hat automation specialisation | daily.dev og:description: LSD Open, a South African cloud-native and AI systems integrator, has been awarded Red Hat Specialized Partner status for Mission Critical Automation, a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/lsd-open-earns-red-hat-automation-specialisation-pa2xpabe7 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Pa2xPAbE7.png og:image:alt: LSD Open earns Red Hat automation specialisation og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # LSD Open earns Red Hat automation specialisation **[TechCentral](https://daily.dev/sources/techcentral)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary LSD Open, a South African cloud-native and AI systems integrator, has been awarded Red Hat Specialized Partner status for Mission Critical Automation, a designation held by a small group of Red Hat partners globally. The status confirms the company's ability to architect and deploy automated workflows using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform. The piece cites IDC research (commissioned by Red Hat) showing organisations standardising on Ansible Automation Platform saw 61% less unplanned downtime and 68% faster compute deployment. LSD Open already holds Red Hat specializations in Container Management and Virtualization and has been named Red Hat's sub-Saharan Africa partner of the year for three consecutive years. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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