Australian Evolution Systems Builds Cloud Service on Red Hat Solutions

Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization provide technology foundation for Australian IT leader’s cloud service offering

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Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that Evolution Systems, a Sydney, Australia-based full service IT support business, has built its cloud service offering, The Evolution Cloud, on a combination of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization.

Evolution Systems launched its cloud services offering in January 2011 with the goal of establishing an environment that could be quickly virtualized at a low cost so that the company could sell virtualized servers and storage at a competitive price.  In order to meet its objectives, Evolution Systems searched for a technology foundation that could provide fast deployment at an affordable price, while offering scalability for future expansion.  Determining that a virtualization solution would be central to its solution, Evolution Systems evaluated virtualization options, including solutions from Red Hat and VMware.

The Evolution Cloud service is built using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 and Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 2.2 on IBM Blade Center technology and storage.

“The beauty of working with Red Hat technology is that it makes our offering a more attractive cloud option for customers because of our ability to provide scalability and flexibility,” said Geoff Boreland, managing director at Evolution Systems.  “Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization enable us to offer a stable and secure environment for customer data and provide us with cost savings that we can pass directly on to our customers.”

Evolution Systems’ Evolution Cloud offering has already enabled many customers to achieve new levels of scalability, performance and flexibility.  One of Evolution’s customers, for example, was able to utilize The Evolution Cloud to scale with growth without a dedicated IT department.  The customer is able to add and remove resources in the cloud as needed, which provides it with the ability to grow its IT infrastructure with its business demands.

“We’re confident in Red Hat and its technology solutions, and we’re effectively betting our cloud business on these technologies because they’re the foundation of what we offer.  We know that at the end of the day, our customers want their data stored, and they want it stored safely and securely. With Red Hat as the basis of our cloud service, we have the tools to help us deliver that,” said Boreland.

For further information about Evolution Systems, visit www.evolutionsystems.com.au.

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  • 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.