Red Hat Names 2014 Red Hat Certified Professional of the Year

Jorge Juarez Acevedo with Banco Azteca to be honored at Red Hat Summit 2014

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RALEIGH, N.C. – MARCH 25, 2014 – Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that Jorge Juarez Acevedo, an IT manager with Banco Azteca, has been named the 2014 Red Hat Certified Professional of the Year. Juarez Acevedo was recognized for leveraging his Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA), Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE), Red Hat Certified Virtualization Administrator (RHCVA), and Red Hat Certified Datacenter Specialist (RHCDS) certification skills to enable the Red Hat solutions in use at Banco Azteca and add business value for the company. Banco Azteca is one of the largest banks in Mexico, and has operations in Panama, Guatemala, Honduras, Peru, El Salvador and Brazil. With more than 6.8 million savings accounts, Banco Azteca offers payroll systems, personal loans, credit cards, as well as car loans.

The Red Hat Certified Professional of the Year Award recognizes a current Red Hat Certified Professional who demonstrates ingenuity, hard work, and expertise. Red Hat received submissions from Red Hat Certified Professionals around the world, sharing innovative and outstanding stories around enhancing IT environments with their Red Hat certified skills. Juarez Acevedo stood out for overseeing several key Red Hat solution projects for Banco Azteca.

Juarez Acevedo was first introduced to Red Hat Enterprise Linux four years ago when Banco Azteca consolidated multiple existing platforms – including Sun Solaris, HP UX and AIX – and standardized on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Upon successful completion of the UNIX to Linux migration, Juarez Acevedo helped Banco Azteca realize tangible benefits for their day to day operations.

Additionally, Juarez Acevedo was responsible for migrating several application server technologies in an effort to move from disparate IBM Websphere, Sun One, Oracle Application Server, and Apache Tomcat deployments, to a standardized Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform deployment. He also successfully oversaw the migration of Banco Azteca's authentication platform to Red Hat Directory Server.

Currently, Juarez Acevedo is testing additional Red Hat products including Red Hat Satellite, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization and Red Hat's cloud offerings. He will be recognized in April at the 2014 Red Hat Summit.

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Randy Russell, director, Certification, Red Hat
"Jorge's depth and breadth of experience, in addition to his incredible technological skill set, represent what we seek every year when choosing a Red Hat Certified Professional of the Year. On behalf of Red Hat and the entire Red Hat Training and Certification team, we congratulate and salute Jorge Juarez Acevedo for being named this year's 2014 Red Hat Certified Professional of the Year."

Jorge Juarez Acevedo, IT manager, Banco Azteca
"It's an honor to be named this year's Red Hat Certified Professional of the Year. I've relied heavily on my Red Hat certifications to deliver real business value to my company. To be recognized in this way really validates those efforts and the value of Red Hat certifications."

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  • About Red Hat
  • Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to reliable and high-performing cloud, Linux, middleware, storage and virtualization technologies. Red Hat also offers award-winning support, training, and consulting services. As the connective hub in a global network of enterprises, partners, and open source communities, Red Hat helps create relevant, innovative technologies that liberate resources for growth and prepare customers for the future of IT. Learn more at http://www.redhat.com.



  • Forward-Looking Statements
  • Certain statements contained in this press release may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements provide current expectations of future events based on certain assumptions and include any statement that does not directly relate to any historical or current fact. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including: risks related to delays or reductions in information technology spending; the effects of industry consolidation; the ability of the Company to compete effectively; the integration of acquisitions and the ability to market successfully acquired technologies and products; uncertainty and adverse results in litigation and related settlements; the inability to adequately protect Company intellectual property and the potential for infringement or breach of license claims of or relating to third party intellectual property; the ability to deliver and stimulate demand for new products and technological innovations on a timely basis; risks related to data and information security vulnerabilities; ineffective management of, and control over, the Company’s growth and international operations; fluctuations in exchange rates; and changes in and a dependence on key personnel, as well as other factors contained in our most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (copies of which may be accessed through the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov), including those found therein under the captions "Risk Factors" and "Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations". In addition to these factors, actual future performance, outcomes, and results may differ materially because of more general factors including (without limitation) general industry and market conditions and growth rates, economic and political conditions, governmental and public policy changes and the impact of natural disasters such as earthquakes and floods. The forward-looking statements included in this press release represent the Company’s views as of the date of this press release and these views could change. However, while the Company may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing the Company’s views as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release.