Top executives from Accenture, Cisco, HP, IBM and Intel scheduled to
take the stage in Boston
RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source
solutions, today announced a lineup of keynote speakers featuring
executive thought leaders from Accenture, Cisco, HP, IBM and Intel for
the ninth annual Red Hat Summit, to be held June 11-14, 2013 in Boston.
Red Hat Summit brings together a diverse group of senior business and
technical leaders to learn, network and experience open source and to
discuss the innovative technologies and best practices organizations are
applying to drive innovation and business.
The keynote speakers scheduled for Red Hat Summit 2013 are top
executives from companies at the forefront of the evolving technology
landscape, including:
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Adam Burden, global managing director, Emerging Technology Innovation,
Accenture
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Ram Appalaraju, vice president, Technology, Product Marketing and
Solutions Engineering, Data Center Group, Cisco
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Scott Farrand, vice president, ISS Software, HP Enterprise Group,
Hewlett-Packard
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Arvind Krishna, general manager, Development and Manufacturing,
Systems and Technology Group, IBM
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Imad Sousou, vice president of the Software and Services Group and
general manager of the Open Source Technology Center, Intel
"The IT landscape continues to change at an accelerating pace," said
Paul Cormier, president of Products and Technologies at Red Hat. "These
leaders offer unique perspectives that make sense of these changes and
how we'll need to work together to create future innovations."
IBM will serve as the event's premier sponsor with platinum sponsors
including Accenture, Cisco, HP and Intel. These strategic partners will
strengthen discussions around how IT organizations can meet the demands
of tomorrow, and how they are working with Red Hat and the broader open
source community to drive innovation.
Red Hat Summit 2013 will feature four days of content focused on many of
the technology industry's hottest topics, including open hybrid cloud,
big data, OpenStack, application development, and application and
platform infrastructure. Sessions will also showcase the latest open
source developments in cloud computing, platform, virtualization,
middleware, storage, and systems management technologies.
Keynotes are scheduled to be live streamed as well as on demand
immediately after. Registration will be available starting June 4 at www.redhat.com/summit.
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