Red Hat Drives Customer Value Beyond Linux

  
    
  
  
    
      Red Hat (NASDAQ: RHAT), the world’s leading 
      provider of open source solutions, today delivered more on the vision of 
      Open Source Architecture by announcing plans to combine a virtualized 
      operating system and a full set of building blocks for building 
      service-oriented (SOA) solutions to provide a flexible, low-cost 
      foundation for enterprise computing. Red Hat believes that 
      virtualization and SOA are technology strategies that companies should 
      adopt to realize long-term cost savings while increasing productivity 
      and performance.
    
    
      Red Hat launched its 'Open Source Architecture for the Enterprise' 
      strategy in 2002. Starting with the core Linux platform, Red Hat worked 
      to build an ecosystem that included a robust hardware and software 
      partner ecosystem, storage, management and security. With the 
      acquisition of JBoss in June, Red Hat is now driving value into the 
      middleware layer. This will enable customers to take advantage of SOA 
      and rich internet applications.
    
    
      Today, during JBoss World Berlin, the Company announced advancements in 
      the JBoss Enterprise Middleware Suite that improves SOA integration and 
      interoperability. JBoss ESB (see “JBoss 
      Expands Open Source Platform for SOA with Enterprise Service Bus”) 
      is a key component in an SOA by intermediating interactions between 
      enterprise applications, business services, business components and 
      middleware to integrate and automate business processes. In addition, 
      the Company is previewing new JBoss Application Server 5.0 features that 
      enhance performance, scalability and interoperability (see “JBoss 
      Delivers Core Technologies for Next-Generation Java EE 5.0 Application 
      Server”). JEMS is fully integrated with Red 
      Hat Enterprise Linux so that customers can extend the value of open 
      source further into their organizations.
    
    
      “Red Hat's core technology focus in 2006 was 
      virtualization. Mid-way through the year we began working to integrate 
      the efficiency of virtualization with the flexibility of SOA. Red Hat's 
      goal is to eliminate the dependency on pricey, monolithic platforms that 
      guarantee lock-in and products that must be cobbled together,” 
      said Paul Cormier, Executive Vice President of Engineering at Red Hat. “JBoss 
      continues to lead in innovation with their middleware suite. The merging 
      and integration of these technologies with the core platform will 
      present more opportunities for value through the power of open source 
      for our customers.”
    
    
      A Pluggable Architecture for Partners
    
    
      Designed to be an enablement platform that will accelerate customers 
      down the path to SOA, Red Hat's Open Source Architecture offers all the 
      benefits of an optimized stack but is flexible and open enough to allow 
      complementary and competitive technologies to plug into the platform. 
      Customers can use as much or as little of the platform to jumpstart 
      their SOA initiatives, with room to grow as their business expands. 
      Moreover, partners and third-party vendors extend the choices with 
      compatible solutions for building Open Source Architectures.
    
    
      2007 Technologies Direction
    
    
      The Red Hat SOA platform offers a modular architecture that allows 
      enterprises to leverage what they need, when they need it. Enterprises 
      can start with the Red Hat Application Stack and add portal, business 
      process management and other capabilities as needed. Over time, JBoss 
      plans to extend JBoss ESB with additional JEMS products such as the 
      JBoss jBPM business process management and workflow engine. As part of 
      its effort to enable customers and accelerate their path to SOA, Red Hat 
      and JBoss will be looking to partners to extend solution capabilities 
      with connectors, B2B gateways, SOA governance and business services.
    
    
      To learn more about Red Hat and JBoss solutions, visit http://www.redhat.com
    
    
      About Red Hat, Inc.
    
    
      Red Hat, the world’s leading open source 
      solutions provider, is headquartered in Raleigh, NC with satellite 
      offices spanning the globe. CIOs and other senior-level IT executives 
      have ranked Red Hat as the industry’s most 
      valued vendor for two consecutive years in the CIO Insight Magazine 
      Vendor Value study. Red Hat is leading Linux and open source solutions 
      into the mainstream by making high-quality, low-cost technology 
      accessible. Red Hat provides an operating system platform, Red Hat 
      Enterprise Linux, along with applications, management, and middleware 
      solutions, including JBoss Enterprise Middleware Suite. Red Hat is 
      accelerating the shift to service-oriented architectures and enabling 
      the next generation of web-enabled applications running on a low-cost, 
      secure open source platform. Red Hat also offers support, training and 
      consulting services to its customers worldwide and through top-tier 
      partnerships. Red Hat's open source strategy offers customers a long 
      term plan for building infrastructures that are based on and leverage 
      open source technologies with a focus on security and ease of 
      management. Learn more: http://www.redhat.com.
    
    
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      "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 the integration 
      of acquisitions; the ability of the Company to effectively compete; 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; risks related to data and information 
      security vulnerabilities; ineffective management of, and control over, 
      the Company's growth and international operations; adverse results in 
      litigation; the 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, 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 
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      trademarks of Red Hat, Inc. and its subsidiaries in the US and other 
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Red Hat (NASDAQ: RHAT), the world's leading provider of open
source solutions, today delivered more on the vision of Open Source
Architecture by announcing plans to combine a virtualized operating
system and a full set of building blocks for building service-oriented
(SOA) solutions to provide a flexible, low-cost foundation for
enterprise computing. Red Hat believes that virtualization and SOA are
technology strategies that companies should adopt to realize long-term
cost savings while increasing productivity and performance.

   Red Hat launched its 'Open Source Architecture for the Enterprise'
strategy in 2002. Starting with the core Linux platform, Red Hat
worked to build an ecosystem that included a robust hardware and
software partner ecosystem, storage, management and security. With the
acquisition of JBoss in June, Red Hat is now driving value into the
middleware layer. This will enable customers to take advantage of SOA
and rich internet applications.

   Today, during JBoss World Berlin, the Company announced
advancements in the JBoss Enterprise Middleware Suite that improves
SOA integration and interoperability. JBoss ESB (see "JBoss Expands
Open Source Platform for SOA with Enterprise Service Bus") is a key
component in an SOA by intermediating interactions between enterprise
applications, business services, business components and middleware to
integrate and automate business processes. In addition, the Company is
previewing new JBoss Application Server 5.0 features that enhance
performance, scalability and interoperability (see "JBoss Delivers
Core Technologies for Next-Generation Java EE 5.0 Application
Server"). JEMS is fully integrated with Red Hat Enterprise Linux so
that customers can extend the value of open source further into their
organizations.

   "Red Hat's core technology focus in 2006 was virtualization.
Mid-way through the year we began working to integrate the efficiency
of virtualization with the flexibility of SOA. Red Hat's goal is to
eliminate the dependency on pricey, monolithic platforms that
guarantee lock-in and products that must be cobbled together," said
Paul Cormier, Executive Vice President of Engineering at Red Hat.
"JBoss continues to lead in innovation with their middleware suite.
The merging and integration of these technologies with the core
platform will present more opportunities for value through the power
of open source for our customers."

   A Pluggable Architecture for Partners

   Designed to be an enablement platform that will accelerate
customers down the path to SOA, Red Hat's Open Source Architecture
offers all the benefits of an optimized stack but is flexible and open
enough to allow complementary and competitive technologies to plug
into the platform. Customers can use as much or as little of the
platform to jumpstart their SOA initiatives, with room to grow as
their business expands. Moreover, partners and third-party vendors
extend the choices with compatible solutions for building Open Source
Architectures.

   2007 Technologies Direction

   The Red Hat SOA platform offers a modular architecture that allows
enterprises to leverage what they need, when they need it. Enterprises
can start with the Red Hat Application Stack and add portal, business
process management and other capabilities as needed. Over time, JBoss
plans to extend JBoss ESB with additional JEMS products such as the
JBoss jBPM business process management and workflow engine. As part of
its effort to enable customers and accelerate their path to SOA, Red
Hat and JBoss will be looking to partners to extend solution
capabilities with connectors, B2B gateways, SOA governance and
business services.

   To learn more about Red Hat and JBoss solutions, visit
http://www.redhat.com

   About Red Hat, Inc.

   Red Hat, the world's leading open source solutions provider, is
headquartered in Raleigh, NC with satellite offices spanning the
globe. CIOs and other senior-level IT executives have ranked Red Hat
as the industry's most valued vendor for two consecutive years in the
CIO Insight Magazine Vendor Value study. Red Hat is leading Linux and
open source solutions into the mainstream by making high-quality,
low-cost technology accessible. Red Hat provides an operating system
platform, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, along with applications,
management, and middleware solutions, including JBoss Enterprise
Middleware Suite. Red Hat is accelerating the shift to
service-oriented architectures and enabling the next generation of
web-enabled applications running on a low-cost, secure open source
platform. Red Hat also offers support, training and consulting
services to its customers worldwide and through top-tier partnerships.
Red Hat's open source strategy offers customers a long term plan for
building infrastructures that are based on and leverage open source
technologies with a focus on security and ease of management. Learn
more: 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 the integration
of acquisitions; the ability of the Company to effectively compete;
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; risks related to data
and information security vulnerabilities; ineffective management of,
and control over, the Company's growth and international operations;
adverse results in litigation; the 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, 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 the press release.

   LINUX is a trademark of Linus Torvalds. RED HAT and JBOSS are
registered trademarks of Red Hat, Inc. and its subsidiaries in the US
and other countries.