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Red Hat Announces Details for EMEA Partner Conference Madrid

Three-day partner conference to discuss agenda for modernizing IT with open innovation

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Madrid – July, 2013 – Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced dates and details for the fifth annual Red Hat Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Partner Conference scheduled to take place in Madrid, from Sept. 29 – Oct. 2, 2013.

The event will open with keynote presentations by Arun Oberoi, Red Hat’s executive vice president of global sales and services and Brian Stevens, Red Hat’s CTO and vice president of worldwide engineering. Petra Heinrich, vice president of partners & alliances for Red Hat EMEA, will provide insight into the partner landscape and strategy. Also featured on stage will be panel discussions examining trends on open hybrid cloud, middleware and platform offerings and product strategies.

The three-day event will feature breakout sessions focused on strategies and best practices for transforming enterprise IT architecture using open source technology and migrating from physical to virtual and cloud solutions.

The Red Hat EMEA Partner Conference is an ideal forum for Red Hat distributors, system integrators, ISVs, OEMs and solution providers to collaborate and innovate with Red Hat and one another. From discussions with Red Hat’s executive team to developing a winning business strategy with Red Hat solutions, the Red Hat EMEA Partner Conference offers a broad spectrum of opportunities for the Red Hat partner ecosystem.

Attendees will discover how Red Hat customers are implementing current solutions to increase productivity while reducing costs. Attendees will also have a chance to meet with platinum sponsor IBM and gold plus sponsor HP, plus network with alliance and ecosystem partners at social events throughout the week.

The Red Hat EMEA Partner Conference will be comprised of three pillars. Pillar one is built on datacentre integration with the key themes of partner enablement and IT modernization. Pillar two is built around middleware and the requirement to migrate legacy applications in an open environment. The third pillar focuses on solving the new workload challenges inherent in open hybrid cloud and big data environments.

Red Hat will host a series of labs, offering hands-on training session that cover key product areas, including platform, virtualization, cloud and middleware. Attendees will have the opportunity to take Red Hat exams free-of-charge.

Petra Heinrich, vice president of partners & alliances for Red Hat EMEA
“The Red Hat EMEA Partner Conference is our flagship partner event in the region and presents Red Hat with an opportunity to connect with its alliance and ecosystem partners to share latest product updates and insights into our future strategy. The event agenda and networking opportunities will provide the insight and content Red Hat partners need to build a comprehensive plan to successfully grow their business with Red Hat products. We are delighted to have IBM as our platinum sponsor and HP as gold plus sponsor."

To find out more about The Red Hat EMEA Partner Conference and to register to attend, please visit: www.redhat.com/partnerconference/emea/.

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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 www.redhat.com.

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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.



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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.