IBM: IBM and Red Hat Expand Lightwell with New Offerings

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IBM: IBM and Red Hat Expand Lightwell with New Offerings

EQUITY RESEARCH QUICK TAKE

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

Matthew Swanson (Analyst)

Matthew Hedberg (Head of Global TIMT

Research)

Dan Bergstrom (Analyst)

Simran Biswal (AVP)

Michael Richards (AVP)

July 8, 2026

IBM

IBM and Red Hat Expand Lightwell with New Offerings

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What's changed: IBM and Red Hat expand Lightwell with new offerings, a platform delivering automated vulnerability remediation

for enterprise open source software. The launch introduces two offerings: Lightwell Network, which is generally available now and

provides access to a catalog of 6,500+ remediated, digitally signed, and certified application-layer dependencies across Java and

Python ecosystems, and Lightwell Clearinghouse Premier, which has entered a limited-availability commercial onboarding phase

initially restricted to the financial services industry, with planned expansion to government, healthcare, and telecommunications in

future phases. The launch builds on a $5 billion commitment to open source security announced by IBM and Red Hat in May 2026,

supported by more than 20,000 engineers. The platform uses a generative AI-powered remediation engine to backport fixes to

specific production software versions without requiring disruptive upgrades. A broad partner ecosystem supports the launch, with

technology collaborators including AWS, AMD, GitLab, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Palo Alto Networks, and ServiceNow, and deployment

and strategy partners including Accenture, Deloitte, EY, Infosys, Kyndryl, and Tata Consultancy Services, among others. IBM and

Red Hat expect Lightwell's catalog to scale from thousands to millions of remediated packages over time.