Event to focus on DevOps, mobility, cloud, containers, and more
RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source
solutions, today announced that officials from 13 government agencies
are scheduled to speak at the 2015 Red Hat Government Symposium,
including the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Department of Homeland
Security (DHS), U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, General Services
Administration (GSA), Pennsylvania State University, and Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). They will join dozens of speakers
with subject matter expertise and more than 650 government and IT
business professionals to discuss open source software's role in
addressing key government IT challenges at the event on Nov. 10, 2015,
in Arlington, Va.
The Red Hat Government Symposium is designed to address complex
challenges facing today's federal IT professionals, including balancing
the need for greater flexibility, agility, and collaboration with secure
and cost-effective solutions. Key topics will include DevOps, mobility,
cloud, virtualization, containers, and more, with a focus on how
government agencies at all levels are deploying open source solutions
and strategies to advance innovation. The event will feature breakout
sessions and technical labs with specialized tracks for architects and
developers, operations, and management.
This year, Damon Edwards, principal at DTO Solutions, will deliver the
keynote address and discuss success with DevOps in government IT.
Co-founder of DTO Solutions, which provides DevOps and automation
solutions for large-scale and mission critical IT operations, Edwards is
an innovator of technology who has spent more than 12 years working on
both the technology and business ends of web operations. He also
provides consulting support to help agencies realize the business impact
DevOps can have, and how this methodology can improve agility by
increasing collaboration.
Sponsors of the 2015 Red Hat Government Symposium include: August
Schell; Brocade; Carahsoft; Cisco; CSC; Dell; DLT Solutions; Emergent;
Fierce Software; Hortonworks; immixGroup; Intel; ShadowSoft; and World
Wide Technology, Inc.
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Paul Smith, vice president and general manger, U.S. Public Sector,
Red Hat
"The way government IT operates is evolving rapidly, and agencies are
consistently balancing the need to meet current industry standards with
the desire to use the latest and best technology. This technology is
changing the way teams work and the way projects are executed, resulting
in increased efficiency and innovation across agencies. We are proud to
host the 2015 Red Hat Government Symposium, and offer this inspiring
community of developers and leaders an opportunity to come together and
collaborate on the challenges they face and solutions they've found."
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