From:	 Scott MacKenzie <scottm@schwartz-pr.com>
To:	 <lwn@lwn.net>
Subject: Red Hat Launches Open Source Consulting Practice
Date:	 Tue, 26 Jun 2001 11:22:10 -0400

For Immediate Release

For more information:
Lorien Golaski			Scott MacKenzie/Ben Conrad
Red Hat, Inc.			Schwartz Communications for Red Hat
(919) 547-0012			(781) 684-0770
lgolaski@redhat.com		redhat@schwartz-pr.com


RED HAT LAUNCHES OPEN SOURCE CONSULTING PRACTICE

Red Hat’s Technology Leadership Helps Organizations Benefit
from Open Source Solutions

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--June 26, 2001--Red Hat, Inc.
(Nasdaq:RHAT), the leader in developing, deploying and managing open source
solutions, today announced a new suite of consulting services designed to
help companies plan and rapidly migrate key elements of their computing
infrastructure to Linux and other open source solutions.

Open Source Consulting and Implementation Offerings

The new open source consulting services target areas where open source
technologies can greatly improve the strategic use of IT infrastructure
through more effective delivery of business requirements.  Services
include: 

--Linux migration and integration services that help customers plan and
migrate proprietary Unix-based infrastructure and applications to Linux.

--Open source Web infrastructure services that provide comprehensive
planning and deployment of solutions based on open source secure Web
servers, firewalls, content management applications, e-commerce and other
open source technologies.

--Open source strategic opportunities services that enable IT executives to
review and evaluate the benefits of open source technologies, and to explore
opportunities to pilot open source solutions within their organization.

"Increasingly, global enterprises are migrating expensive, proprietary Unix
systems to open source--reducing IT overhead and the total cost of
ownership," said Brett Pinegar, vice president/general manager of Open
Source Consulting.  "Seven years of experience deploying open source
solutions places us in a unique position to impact our customers’ bottom
line." 

Supported by Additional Implementation, Training and Support Offerings

As part of Red Hat’s strategy to provide end-to-end, open source
solutions, Red Hat also offers implementation, training and support
offerings centered on core Red Hat products, including operating systems,
tools, network services, mail and directory solutions and the recently
announced Red Hat Database. 

For more information, please visit
http://www.redhat.com/products/consulting/opensource/.

About Red Hat, Inc.
Red Hat is the leader in developing, deploying and managing solutions built
on the benefits of an open source platform. These solutions include an open
source product platform that provides the only common, globally available
and award-winning Linux operating system from mainframes to embedded
devices, in addition to an e-Commerce platform, Database, Secure Web
Server, High Availability Server, embedded Linux, eCos and GNU-based
developer toolkit for embedded devices. Red Hat backs up their open source
offerings with end-to-end Red Hat Professional Services that include
Professional Consulting, Engineering services, Enterprise Support services
and Learning services. This is all brought together with Red Hat Network as
the Internet-based backbone for deployment and management of products and
services for Linux-based infrastructures.

Red Hat is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, N.C. and has offices
worldwide. Please visit Red Hat on the Web at www.redhat.com. For investor
inquiries, contact Gabriel Szulik at Red Hat, (919) 547-0012.

Come meet famous open source developers and luminaries at Red Hat
TechWorld, the world’s foremost open source conference. Visit
http://www.redhat-techworld.com for information on how to plan
your trip to this year’s conference in Brussels. 

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