Sessions and speakers will discuss the role of open source technology
in responding to mission-critical demands
RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE:RHT), the world's leading provider of open source
solutions, today announced that officials from the Department of
Homeland Security, National Security Agency, Department of Veterans
Affairs, and NASA, as well as senior leaders from Autonomic Resources
and Lockheed Martin, are scheduled to speak at the annual Red Hat
Government Symposium. The event will be held Nov. 6, 2013, at the
Newseum in Washington, D.C.
This annual event will bring together more than 350 government IT and
business professionals to discuss how open source technology is driving
innovation and assisting federal agencies in meeting the demands placed
on them by the Office of Management and Budget. Attendees will be
welcomed to the 2013 Symposium by Red Hat's executive vice president of
Global Sales and Services, Arun Oberoi.
Keynote speakers scheduled for the Red Hat Government Symposium include:
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Major General Nick Justice, Retired Commanding General, U.S. Army
Research, Development and Engineering Command and Aberdeen Proving
Ground, Md.
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Ben Balter, government evangelist, GitHub
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Bryan Sivak, CTO, Department of Health and Human Services
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Robert F. Brese, CIO, Department of Energy
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Curt Dukes, deputy director, Information Assurance Directorate,
National Security Agency
In addition to the keynote addresses, the Symposium will feature panel
discussions on topics ranging from managing OpenStack and
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) clouds; to changing application
delivery with OpenShift by Red Hat, Red Hat's Platform-as-a-Service
(PaaS) offering; considerations and best practices in consuming
government cloud services; middleware platforms for integration and BPM;
big data as a service; and security. Hands-on, technical labs will cover
OpenShift by Red Hat, Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform, and
Red Hat JBoss BRMS.
"Technology innovation is occurring at a rapid pace and government
agencies are in a fight to stay in control of their own technology
futures and avoid lock-in," said Paul Smith, vice president and general
manager, U.S. Public Sector, Red Hat. "Open source software is a driving
force behind public and private clouds. It enables government agencies
to address these challenges and is also driving many of the government's
most significant technology initiatives, involving compute, networking,
storage and big data. The Red Hat Government Symposium gives our
customers and partners an opportunity to discuss these initiatives,
network and share best practices for driving technology innovation in
their agencies."
Platinum sponsors of the Red Hat Government Symposium include Carahsoft,
DLT Solutions, Hortonworks, and IBM.
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