Red Hat Government Users Conference to Spotlight Emerging Trends in Linux and Open Source Solutions

  
    
  
  
    
      Red Hat, Inc. (NASDAQ: RHAT), the world's leading provider of open 
      source solutions to the enterprise, today announced the second annual 
      Red Hat Government Users Conference on Nov. 8, 2006, in Washington, DC. 
      Open source integration, security, service-oriented architectures (SOA) 
      and storage will be the top priorities on the agenda at the 2006 
      conference as users from defense, civilian agencies and other areas of 
      the federal government meet to share new strategies for maximizing the 
      capabilities of Linux and open source technologies.
    
    
      The event, hosted by DLT Solutions, is designed to help government and 
      academic end-users meet their specific needs and find the right 
      solutions as the prevalence of open source solutions in the public 
      sector continues to surge. In a June 2006 report, IDC’s 
      Government Insights unit predicts that the Linux share of the U.S. 
      government’s enterprise server market will 
      rise from 11.6 percent in 2004 to 15.2 percent by 2009.
    
    
      "Government agencies at all levels are applying secure open source 
      platforms to manage complex information systems and more effectively 
      deliver services to citizens," said Paul Smith, vice president of 
      government sales operations, Red Hat. "The Red Hat Government Users 
      Conference is designed to address the particular challenges faced by 
      government as well as academic institutions."
    
    
      At the conference, held at the Reagan Building and International Trade 
      Center, attendees will discover open source advancements across broad 
      topics like virtualization, security and developer tools; gain a deeper 
      understanding on specific technology areas like storage, clustering, SOA 
      and identity integration; and try tools that can help better manage 
      Linux systems in the Test Drive Lab.
    
    
      In afternoon keynote remarks at the conference, Michael Tiemann, open 
      source software pioneer and Red Hat’s vice 
      president of open source affairs, will provide perspectives from his 
      recent paper, "Software Industry vs. Software Society: Who Wins in 
      2020?," discussing the lasting effects of the open source community not 
      only on increased software development capacity and better quality 
      software, but as a sustainable model for revolutionary innovation.
    
    
      The opening keynote will include remarks from Paul Smith, vice president 
      of government sales and operations at Red Hat, and Rick Marcotte, CEO of 
      DLT Solutions, as well as presentations from HP and Intel. IBM will 
      sponsor a secure computing panel during one of six breakout sessions at 
      the conference. Other featured speakers include Pierre Fricke, director 
      of product management for Red Hat's JBoss SOA products, Brian Stein, 
      engineering manager of emerging technologies at Red Hat, and Rob Kenna, 
      senior product manager for Red Hat Cluster Suite, Red Hat Global File 
      System and storage.
    
    
      As a premier government solutions partner, DLT delivers unparalleled 
      customer service with superior expertise in core product areas and a 
      first-hand understanding of the applications and technology needed to 
      make operations more efficient. Since 1991, DLT's focused approach has 
      allowed the delivery of top-notch technical and configuration 
      assistance, and fast, flexible ordering.
    
    
      For more information about the 2006 Red Hat Government Users Conference, 
      please visit: http://www.dlt.com/rhguc/.
    
    
      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 
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      may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in 
      the future, the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. 
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Red Hat, Inc. (NASDAQ: RHAT), the world's leading provider of open
source solutions to the enterprise, today announced the second annual
Red Hat Government Users Conference on Nov. 8, 2006, in Washington,
DC. Open source integration, security, service-oriented architectures
(SOA) and storage will be the top priorities on the agenda at the 2006
conference as users from defense, civilian agencies and other areas of
the federal government meet to share new strategies for maximizing the
capabilities of Linux and open source technologies.

   The event, hosted by DLT Solutions, is designed to help government
and academic end-users meet their specific needs and find the right
solutions as the prevalence of open source solutions in the public
sector continues to surge. In a June 2006 report, IDC's Government
Insights unit predicts that the Linux share of the U.S. government's
enterprise server market will rise from 11.6 percent in 2004 to 15.2
percent by 2009.

   "Government agencies at all levels are applying secure open source
platforms to manage complex information systems and more effectively
deliver services to citizens," said Paul Smith, vice president of
government sales operations, Red Hat. "The Red Hat Government Users
Conference is designed to address the particular challenges faced by
government as well as academic institutions."

   At the conference, held at the Reagan Building and International
Trade Center, attendees will discover open source advancements across
broad topics like virtualization, security and developer tools; gain a
deeper understanding on specific technology areas like storage,
clustering, SOA and identity integration; and try tools that can help
better manage Linux systems in the Test Drive Lab.

   In afternoon keynote remarks at the conference, Michael Tiemann,
open source software pioneer and Red Hat's vice president of open
source affairs, will provide perspectives from his recent paper,
"Software Industry vs. Software Society: Who Wins in 2020?,"
discussing the lasting effects of the open source community not only
on increased software development capacity and better quality
software, but as a sustainable model for revolutionary innovation.

   The opening keynote will include remarks from Paul Smith, vice
president of government sales and operations at Red Hat, and Rick
Marcotte, CEO of DLT Solutions, as well as presentations from HP and
Intel. IBM will sponsor a secure computing panel during one of six
breakout sessions at the conference. Other featured speakers include
Pierre Fricke, director of product management for Red Hat's JBoss SOA
products, Brian Stein, engineering manager of emerging technologies at
Red Hat, and Rob Kenna, senior product manager for Red Hat Cluster
Suite, Red Hat Global File System and storage.

   As a premier government solutions partner, DLT delivers
unparalleled customer service with superior expertise in core product
areas and a first-hand understanding of the applications and
technology needed to make operations more efficient. Since 1991, DLT's
focused approach has allowed the delivery of top-notch technical and
configuration assistance, and fast, flexible ordering.

   For more information about the 2006 Red Hat Government Users
Conference, please visit: http://www.dlt.com/rhguc/.

   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.