Red Hat Drives Open Source Adoption Through Events Designed for Knowledge Exchange and Open Dialog

  
    
  
  
    
      Red Hat (NASDAQ: RHAT), the world's leading provider of open source 
      solutions, today announced its flagship events for 2007, including the 
      Red Hat Summit 2007, JBoss World 2007 and FUDCON 2007. Red Hat is 
      designing these events to encourage content-driven agendas for the 
      company's various constituencies and customers and to add further value 
      to the deployment and development of open source solutions. Each venue 
      will engage audiences and help attendees to gain insight into the latest 
      open source technologies, trends and issues.
    
    
      "Red Hat Summit, JBoss World and FUDCON are three events where lead 
      users and lead developers can discuss their respective agendas for open 
      source development, deployment and innovation. Customers can learn new 
      ways to drive costs out of infrastructure from some of the best and most 
      innovative practitioners in the world. Developers and contributors can 
      gain a better perspective on what technologies will make the biggest 
      impact in their work and lives," said Michael Tiemann, Vice President of 
      Open Source Advocacy at Red Hat. "Active participation is key for 
      attendees to realize full value of attending events. Feedback from past 
      events confirms that engaging with peers, partners and industry experts 
      helps attendees complete their open source experience and gives them the 
      tools for even greater success with open source technologies."
    
    
      JBOSS WORLD 2006 AND JBOSS WORLD 2007
    
    
      Red Hat Forum at JBoss World Berlin 2006 is a "conference within a 
      conference" that will feature sessions on Red Hat core technology, 
      including Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Fedora, Red Hat Application Stack, 
      virtualization, Red Hat Network and customer case studies. Red Hat 
      customers with an interest in core technology beyond the middleware 
      layer will benefit from this wide range of educational content, 
      regardless of their experience level.
    
    
      Registration is still open for JBoss World Berlin 2006, which runs 
      November 20 – 22, 2006 at the Hotel Maritim 
      proArte in Berlin, Germany. JBoss World Berlin will enable attendees to 
      maximize the understanding of the various JBoss solutions' capabilities 
      and architecture through a comprehensive agenda filled with educational 
      sessions, interactive discussions, customer case studies, product 
      demonstrations, partner displays and networking opportunities.
    
    
      At JBoss World 2007, the open source middleware community, developers, 
      technology implementers and decision-makers will come together to learn 
      about JBoss and Red Hat solutions designed to add agility and 
      flexibility to a wide variety of environments. Tracks will cover JBoss 
      Enterprise Middleware Suite (JEMS) technologies such as Hibernate, JBoss 
      Seam and JBoss ESB; best practices for developing Enterprise Java, 
      service-oriented architecture (SOA) and Web 2.0 applications; and 
      real-world case studies. Taking place in the fall of 2007, the date and 
      location for JBoss World 2007 will be announced this spring.
    
    
      For more information on JBoss World 2006, please visit http://www.jbossworld.com/index.htm.
    
    
      RED HAT SUMMIT 2007
    
    
      The third annual Red Hat Summit 2007 will take place May 9 – 
      11, 2007 at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina in San Diego, 
      California. Especially designed for IT decision makers, enterprise 
      architects, current and future Red Hat customers, engineering managers, 
      open source enthusiasts and partners from around the world, the Red Hat 
      Summit 2007 is the industry's premiere open source knowledge exchange. 
      Attendees will learn how to add real value to infrastructures with 
      solutions based on open source. Session tracks at the Red Hat Summit 
      will include virtualization, service-oriented architecture (SOA), the 
      Linux desktop and the open source stack. In-depth discussions will also 
      be held on issues such as IP, open source proliferation in industry 
      verticals, global markets and emerging technologies.
    
    
      For more information about the Red Hat Summit 2007 in San Diego or to 
      register, please visit http://www.redhat.com/
    
    
      FUDCON 2007
    
    
      The open source community, Fedora contributors and open source 
      enthusiasts will join forces for FUD Con in the spring of 2007. FUD 
      Conis the conference that focuses on the Fedora Project and 
      enables community leaders and contributors to discuss matters such as 
      key projects and the overall direction of Fedora Core. This event also 
      addresses infrastructure issues, both technological and 
      governmental/intermutual, development and community issues and a "state 
      of the project address."
    
    
      Dates and location for FUDCON 2007 will be announced this winter. For 
      more information on Fedora, please visit http://www.fedoraproject.org.
    
    
      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.
    
  
Red Hat (NASDAQ: RHAT), the world's leading provider of open
source solutions, today announced its flagship events for 2007,
including the Red Hat Summit 2007, JBoss World 2007 and FUDCON 2007.
Red Hat is designing these events to encourage content-driven agendas
for the company's various constituencies and customers and to add
further value to the deployment and development of open source
solutions. Each venue will engage audiences and help attendees to gain
insight into the latest open source technologies, trends and issues.

   "Red Hat Summit, JBoss World and FUDCON are three events where
lead users and lead developers can discuss their respective agendas
for open source development, deployment and innovation. Customers can
learn new ways to drive costs out of infrastructure from some of the
best and most innovative practitioners in the world. Developers and
contributors can gain a better perspective on what technologies will
make the biggest impact in their work and lives," said Michael
Tiemann, Vice President of Open Source Advocacy at Red Hat. "Active
participation is key for attendees to realize full value of attending
events. Feedback from past events confirms that engaging with peers,
partners and industry experts helps attendees complete their open
source experience and gives them the tools for even greater success
with open source technologies."

   JBOSS WORLD 2006 AND JBOSS WORLD 2007

   Red Hat Forum at JBoss World Berlin 2006 is a "conference within a
conference" that will feature sessions on Red Hat core technology,
including Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Fedora, Red Hat Application Stack,
virtualization, Red Hat Network and customer case studies. Red Hat
customers with an interest in core technology beyond the middleware
layer will benefit from this wide range of educational content,
regardless of their experience level.

   Registration is still open for JBoss World Berlin 2006, which runs
November 20 - 22, 2006 at the Hotel Maritim proArte in Berlin,
Germany. JBoss World Berlin will enable attendees to maximize the
understanding of the various JBoss solutions' capabilities and
architecture through a comprehensive agenda filled with educational
sessions, interactive discussions, customer case studies, product
demonstrations, partner displays and networking opportunities.

   At JBoss World 2007, the open source middleware community,
developers, technology implementers and decision-makers will come
together to learn about JBoss and Red Hat solutions designed to add
agility and flexibility to a wide variety of environments. Tracks will
cover JBoss Enterprise Middleware Suite (JEMS) technologies such as
Hibernate, JBoss Seam and JBoss ESB; best practices for developing
Enterprise Java, service-oriented architecture (SOA) and Web 2.0
applications; and real-world case studies. Taking place in the fall of
2007, the date and location for JBoss World 2007 will be announced
this spring.

   For more information on JBoss World 2006, please visit
http://www.jbossworld.com/index.htm.

   RED HAT SUMMIT 2007

   The third annual Red Hat Summit 2007 will take place May 9 - 11,
2007 at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina in San Diego,
California. Especially designed for IT decision makers, enterprise
architects, current and future Red Hat customers, engineering
managers, open source enthusiasts and partners from around the world,
the Red Hat Summit 2007 is the industry's premiere open source
knowledge exchange. Attendees will learn how to add real value to
infrastructures with solutions based on open source. Session tracks at
the Red Hat Summit will include virtualization, service-oriented
architecture (SOA), the Linux desktop and the open source stack.
In-depth discussions will also be held on issues such as IP, open
source proliferation in industry verticals, global markets and
emerging technologies.

   For more information about the Red Hat Summit 2007 in San Diego or
to register, please visit http://www.redhat.com/

   FUDCON 2007

   The open source community, Fedora contributors and open source
enthusiasts will join forces for FUD Con in the spring of 2007. FUD
Conis the conference that focuses on the Fedora Project and enables
community leaders and contributors to discuss matters such as key
projects and the overall direction of Fedora Core. This event also
addresses infrastructure issues, both technological and
governmental/intermutual, development and community issues and a
"state of the project address."

   Dates and location for FUDCON 2007 will be announced this winter.
For more information on Fedora, please visit
http://www.fedoraproject.org.

   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.