Your OpenShift Accounts
Have Untapped ARR.
How Stakater converts installed accounts into expanding platforms.
8 Years Inside the Red Hat Ecosystem
From reseller to specialized lifecycle partner
Red Hat Solution Provider
Commercial alignment with subscription model. First accounts, first delivery.
Red Hat CCSP
Certified Cloud & Service Provider. Lifecycle management and hosted OpenShift.
Container Management Specialization
Recognized technical depth in OpenShift platforms and lifecycle delivery.
Our trajectory tracks Red Hat's platform strategy.
Red Hat Wins the Sale.
Accounts Stop Growing After Year One.
Year 0
Subscription sold.
Implementation delivered.
Cluster live.
Year 1
Engagement ends.
Adoption slows.
Nodes flat.
Year 2+
Renewal at risk.
No portfolio adoption.
No expansion conversation.
Installed ≠ Adopted ≠ Expanding
The Lifecycle Gap Is Where ARR Lives
Between subscription sold and strategic adoption, there is a gap nobody owns.
What Red Hat Delivers
World-class software platform.
Proven subscription model.
Implementation support.
What Drives Expansion
Continuous operational coaching.
Governance and Dev & Ops alignment.
Workload onboarding acceleration.
Portfolio introduction at the right moment.
Multi-cluster standardization strategy.
Stakater owns the lifecycle gap so your ARR grows.
Three Levers That Grow Your Number
Workload Acceleration
More production workloads on OpenShift.
More nodes consumed.
ARR grows organically.
Portfolio Pull-Through
Platform maturity creates the conditions for ACM, ACS, ODF, and AMQ adoption. More products, more ARR.
Enterprise Standardization
From one cluster to org-wide OpenShift standard.
Multi-cluster means multi-year ARR.
Growth becomes engineered — not accidental.
What Account Expansion Looks Like
Start: OpenShift installed, adoption gap.
Outcome: 7 years of sustained node growth. Platform became org-wide standard.
Start: Post-implementation gap. Nodes flat.
Outcome: Node growth + ODF adoption. Expanded Red Hat portfolio footprint.
Start: Single cluster, no expansion path.
Outcome: Multi-cluster. New products. Org-wide OpenShift standard.
When to Bring Stakater In
New Account
Architect for expansion from day one. Don't wait for the plateau.
6–12 Months Post-Implementation
Nodes flat. Adoption slowing. Break the plateau before renewal.
Before Renewal
Strengthen the platform story. Introduce ODF, ACM, or ACS at the right moment.
Expansion Conversation
Multi-cluster, multi-product, multi-team. We co-design the platform growth strategy.