Red Hat Summit: Connect 2023 Inspires Businesses to Propel Innovation and Foster Growth with Open Hybrid Cloud

Red Hat, Inc., the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today kicked off Red Hat Summit: Connect 2023, one of the premier open source technology event series in Asia Pacific. The series gathers industry experts and key business decision-makers to provide a platform to learn about how organizations can meet business objectives with open source, share insights on how to address unique business challenges, and network directly with Red Hat and its ecosystem of technology partners. The event series will open in Sydney and Kuala Lumpur before traveling to seven major APAC cities. 

This year’s event theme of “Explore what’s next” celebrates organizations’ ability to adapt to rapidly changing business environments, transform their business models, and deliver better experiences to customers with open source as they continue to embrace innovation in today’s business landscape.

Red Hat Summit: Connect series hopes to empower participants with the knowledge of how to better align IT and business operations, unlock the world’s potential, and help their organizations in harnessing emerging technologies at scale. The business message will focus on the theme of, “Re-imagining your digital future” and will talk about how organizations can leverage open source and cutting edge technologies like AI successfully and achieve business transformation and cope with the increasing pressure on budgets. 

Several global and regional Red Hat leaders will be attending and delivering sessions in various APAC cities, including: Matt Hicks, president and CEO; Ashesh Badani, senior vice president, head of products; Stefanie Chiras, senior vice president, partner ecosystem success; Mike Barrett, vice president of product management, hybrid platforms; Marjet Andriesse, senior vice president and general manager, APJ and Vajira Weerasekera, vice president, APAC Office of Technology. 

The Red Hat APAC Innovation Awards 2023 will also be held during Red Hat Summit: Connect, with the Innovation Awards recognizing customers who have harnessed the power of open source creatively to transform and innovate. Last year, NTT DOCOMO, OCBC Bank, and CIMB Thai were among the organizations that snagged the top spots for their outstanding and creative use of Red Hat open source solutions.

Other event highlights:

• Breakout sessions on key trends and best practices by Red Hat experts, partners and enthusiasts, including:  
  • Security from the edge to the cloud
  • Modernizing data analytics and application platform with OpenShift AI
  • Take the leap towards innovation and cloud with Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Improving operational efficiency and innovation focus with Red Hat Cloud Services
  • Accelerate hybrid cloud automation with Red Hat
  • Develop, deploy and monitor cloud native applications with Trusted Software Supply Chain
  • Accelerate hybrid cloud automation with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
• Interactive demos that allow attendees to explore Red Hat’s DevOps, automation, infra/edge, and security solutions. 
• Showcase of Red Hat Innovation Awards APAC 2023 winners

Red Hat Summit Connect APAC 2023 events schedule:

• Sydney, Australia: 5 Sep 2023
• Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: 5 Sep 2023
• Singapore: 4 Oct 2023
• Tokyo, Japan: 11 Oct 2023
• Seoul, Korea: 12 Oct 2023
• Mumbai, India: 18 Oct 2023
• Beijing, China: 26 Oct 2023
• Taipei, Taiwan: 9 Nov 2023
• Hong Kong: 16 Nov 2023

Supporting quote:

Marjet Andriesse, senior vice president and general manager, APJ, Red Hat
“We are seeing more Asia Pacific organizations mature in their use of cloud, data, and new technologies. Red Hat Summit: Connect series brings experts, industry thought leaders, and business decision-makers together to share and collaborate on exploring innovative ways of using these technologies. As a leader in open source, Red Hat also recognizes the achievements of open source trailblazers in this year’s Innovation Awards and we hope to see more organizations push the boundaries with their use of technology to achieve a positive impact on their businesses.”