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Red Hat Summit: Connect 2025 Riyadh

11 de noviembre de 2025Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaJW Marriott Hotel Riyadh
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Agenda

09:00

Registration and Networking

10:00

Welcome Keynote & Regional Perspective

Feras Al Al Shaikh,

Regional Director, Red Hat

Hans Roth,

VP & GM EMEA, Red Hat

10:10

Keynote: The Cloud Era

Chris Wright,

CTO and Sr. VP, Global Engineering, Red Hat

10:20

Hybrid Cloud Customer Story

Zeid Mazahreh,

Regional General Manager, Modern Infrastructure Business Unit, ZainTech

10:35

Keynote: The AI Era

Chris Wright,

CTO and Sr. VP, Global Engineering, Red Hat

10:55

Keynote: Red Hat and the customer modernization Journey

Ed Hoppit,

EMEA Director, Business Value Practice, Red Hat

11:10

AI-Driven Automation at Scale

Belkacem Moussouni,

Business Development Lead, EMEA - Automation

11:25

Break and Networking

12:00

Panel Discussion

Shaping the Next Era: Digital Sovereignty, Transformation, and AI

12:45

Red Hat Partner's Eco-System

Burak Borhan,

EcoSystem Director MEA, Red Hat

13:00

Make your company an AI company with Red Hat and Intel Open Technologies

Kareem Sherif,

Director ME - AI & DC, Intel

Ahmed Hussain,

Senior Regional Manager Solution Architecture, Red Hat

13:15

Break and Networking

13:35

From Concept to Scale: Real-World OpenShift Virtualization Lessons

Salah El Etreby,

Cloud Native Architect, Pure Storage

13:50

Scaling Innovation with Cisco and Red Hat: Open, Secure, Automated

Ayman Akhdar,

Solution Engineer, Cisco

14:05

Data Security in the Age of AI: Cohesity and Red Hat

Gregg Peterson,

Sr. Regional Director for Middle East, Cohesity

14:20

Linux-Plus & Redhat: Driving Value Through Strategic Alliance

Hani Abdel-Aziz,

GM Linux-Plus Saudi Arabia

14:35

Beyond Adoption: Building Intelligent Enterprises in the Age of AI

Tarek Khattab,

Solutions & Services Country Manager, SBM

14:50

Accelerating Innovation: Dell and Red Hat Powering Open Hybrid Cloud

Abdelrahman El Nakeeb,

Regional Sales Manager, Dell

15:10

Future-Ready Skills: Building Open Source Leaders with Red Hat Academy

Abdelrahman Obaid,

Business Development Manager, Red Hat

15:20

Lunch

Sponsors

Lead sponsor

Intel logo

Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) is an industry leader, creating world-changing technology that enables global progress and enriches lives. Inspired by Moore’s Law, we continuously work to advance the design and manufacturing of semiconductors to help address our customers’ greatest challenges. By embedding intelligence in the cloud, network, edge and every kind of computing device, we unleash the potential of data to transform business and society for the better. 

Gold

Pure Storage

Portworx by Pure Storage is the leading container data management platform, trusted by enterprises to address complexity and resiliency challenges in the data infrastructure of mission-critical modern applications. Portworx provides a fully integrated solution to automate, protect, and unify container data management across hybrid and multi-cloud environments to accelerate time to market, ensure data resiliency, and enable data agility at enterprise scale. Hundreds of Global 2000 enterprises rely on Portworx to unlock the value of Kubernetes data, ensuring robust and scalable operations for modern applications.

Dell Technologies

Dell Technologies is a global IT powerhouse headquartered in Round Rock, Texas. Formed in 2016 through the merger of Dell Inc. and EMC Corporation, the company’s mission is to drive human progress through technology.

Cohesity

Cohesity, Inc. is a private American IT company founded in 2013 by Mohit Aron, co-founder of Nutanix. It’s headquartered in San Jose (Santa Clara), California, with global operations including offices in India and Ireland.

AWS
AWS
LinuxPlus

Linux-Plus.com is an open-source solutions provider that’s been operating since 2002. The company offers professional services and educational services—including courses and certifications—in the Linux/Unix domain and broader open-source technologies.

Silver

Cloudera

Cloudera, Inc., founded in June 2008, is an American software company based in Santa Clara, California. It was created by technology veterans from Google, Yahoo, Facebook, and Oracle to commercialize Hadoop and big data technologies.

Ingram Micro

Ingram Micro is a major U.S.-based distributor specializing in IT products, cloud solutions, lifecycle services, and supply chain support. They cater to resellers, service providers, and enterprise clients worldwide.

Redington

Redington Group is a global leader in technology distribution and supply chain solutions, featuring prominently across IT, mobility, and related ecosystems. The Group's journey started in 1993 and has evolved into a multibillion-dollar enterprise serving over 290 international brands across 38 emerging markets.

Ejada

Ejada Systems has been a trusted, mission-critical technology partner to government agencies and blue-chip enterprises across the MENA region for nearly two decades.

Al-Nahil Computers

Established in 1984 as a privately held company operating from a single office in Riyadh, Al-Nahil Computers (NCC) has since grown into a trusted, kingdom-wide technology partner. Their mission is to be the preferred provider of modular, turnkey business IT solutions—focused on delivering outstanding service and total cost of ownership (TCO).

QDS

Founded in 1983, QDS (Qatar Datamation Systems) is a prominent IT services provider headquartered in Doha, Qatar. It serves as a subsidiary of the Emirates Technology Company (QDS-1976) and is part of the Darweesh United & Bukhatir Group.

HPE
HPE

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Date: November 11, 2025

Time: 09:00 - 15:00

Adresse: JW Marriott Hotel Riyadh, King Fahd Rd, Sahafah District, Riyadh 11564, Saudi Arabia

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