RED HAT CHALLENGE
"Idea Crossing has been an excellent partner to work with and knows
more about conducting innovation competitions than anyone else in the
world." -Tom Rabon EVP-Corporate Affairs, Red Hat, Inc.
Sponsor: Red Hat changed the way software is created by championing openness, transparency and collaboration in development. Although best known as the world's leading Linux provider, Red Hat is leading a variety of open source solutions into the mainstream by making high quality, low cost technology accessible. As open source grows and the number of companies that operate within the open source model increases, Red Hat retains its position in the vanguard by continuing to innovate.
Competition: In the spirit of open source collaboration, Red Hat’s CEO made the development of new open source business models a community affair through the Red Hat Challenge. The competition awarded $25,000 and a trip to the Red Hat Summit to the most innovative team.
Problem: Even with all that computing power to draw from, Red Hat wanted to streamline the administrative burden of running a contest.
IDEA CROSSING SOLUTION
Idea Crossing provided Red Hat with a turnkey solution. The Red Hat competition attracted over 344 teams of graduate students from 15 countries while simultaneously bringing together over 100 Red Hat employee judges from offices around the world.
| Challenge Accelerator® Software | Process |
| The Challenge Accelerator® software platform was tailored to match the Red Hat brand. | DESIGN (5 days): competition design, question framing consulting, judging process & methodology
PRODUCE(<2 weeks): custom software infrastructure with branding, event settings, content management, add-ons and quality assurance.
PLAY (<8 weeks): technical support, judging assignments, score tabulation and facilitated two-phase online judging process and virtual final round via conference calls.
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BENEFITS TO RED HAT
Turnkey solution: In less than 3 weeks, Idea Crossing was able to design, produce and launch the Red Hat Challenge minimizing the burden and maximizing the experience.
Fresh Perspectives: Red Hat united the next generation of design, engineering and business leaders to the open source community by engaging 977 contestants from 15 countries who represented 144 top business, design and engineering schools in just 3 weeks.
Expert evaluation: Our web-based application enabled Red Hat to efficiently leverage the expertise of their own employees who were distributed across several time zones. At the same time, the judging process strengthened the company community.
