Red Hat celebrates IBM's 10th anniversary as
Premier Sponsor of Red Hat Summit
RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source
solutions, today announced that Deepak Advani, general manager of Cloud
and Smarter Infrastructure at IBM, will be this year's premier sponsor
keynote speaker at Red Hat Summit 2014. 2014 marks the 10th
anniversary of IBM's role as the premier sponsor of Red Hat Summit, the
industry's premier open source technology event, April 14-17, 2014, in
San Francisco.
Currently, Advani oversees the overall vision and direction of IBM's
Cloud and Smarter Infrastructure division, known for the software and
technology which founded and are at the core of IBM's Smarter Planet
Initiative. As the business' leader, Advani focuses on both the
expansion of the business and its technological advancement,
continuously seeking new ways to use innovations in analytics, mobile,
cloud and cognitive computing to build more sustainable and intelligent
buildings, enterprises, cities and organizations. Prior to his current
role, Advani owned the strategy and product development mission for
IBM's business analytics portfolio and had P&L responsibility for the
Business Intelligence and Predictive Analytics segment. Advani also was
the first Vice President of Linux Strategy at IBM.
Red Hat and IBM are longstanding partners, both deeply committed to
enterprise open source. For more than 14 years, Red Hat and IBM have
collaborated to drive innovations that benefit enterprise customers,
including enterprise Linux and Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM), the
leading open source virtualization technology for x86 hardware. Since
Red Hat hosted its first Red Hat Summit in 2004, IBM has served as the
annual conference's premier sponsor.
At Red Hat Summit 2014, Advani will join an
impressive lineup of keynote speakers, including Padmasree Warrior,
chief technology and strategy officer, Cisco; Sam Greenblatt, vice
president and chief technical evangelist, Enterprise Solution Group,
Dell; Steve Bandrowczak, senior vice president, Global Business
Services, HP; and Douglas W. Fisher, corporate vice president and
general manager, Software and Services Group, Intel.
With 18 hands-on labs and nearly 200 sessions, including speaker
participation from more than 30 customers, Red Hat Summit 2014 will
feature three days of content showcasing the latest developments across
infrastructure and systems management, cloud computing, operating
system, virtualization, middleware and storage. Additionally, there will
be a focus on emerging technologies like mobile and big data. Attendees
will also be able to hear how other organizations, including Boeing,
Barclays, PayPal and Scholastic, are solving IT challenges in 10
customer panels and 14 customer sessions.
The full agenda for Red Hat Summit 2014 can be found at www.redhat.com/summit.
Supporting Quotes
Deepak Advani, general manager, Cloud and Smarter Infrastructure, IBM
"As we enter an era which will be defined by how we use big data and
cloud computing, open standards and open source will become even more
critical to fostering ecosystems, accelerating innovation and providing
interoperable solutions across the tech industry. We look forward to
celebrating our 10th year as a premier sponsor of Red Hat
Summit, and sharing our point of view as we continue to promote an open
industry."
Paul Cormier, president, Products and Technologies, Red Hat
"Open source has become a critical player in enterprise technology
thanks, in part, to collaborations along the likes of what Red Hat and
IBM have accomplished together. On behalf of Red Hat, we thank IBM for
their partnership and continued support of Red Hat Summit. We're proud
to have partners like IBM stand along side us as we work to deliver the
defining open source technologies of the future."
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