Value of cloud computing

Red Hat's New Zealand Road Tour 2010 unlocks the value of cloud computing

Auckland, New Zealand – 13 August 2010 - Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, will host briefing sessions in New Zealand based on cutting through market hype to reveal the true value of cloud computing for businesses.

The free, half day business seminars are sponsored by IBM and will address why cloud computing is one of the most significant shifts in information technology to occur in decades, as well as why it offers local organisations a very real opportunity to thrive in the current economic climate. The sessions will also unveil how open source tools and services can unlock the potential for cloud computing, as well as covering:

- How businesses can evolve to the cloud at their own pace while leveraging the investments they've already made
- Practical best practices for establishing a solid foundation for virtualisation and private clouds
- Knowledge from experts and peers on infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service
- Developing applications that seamlessly integrate with existing environments and deploy to a cloud infrastructure
- How to build a cloud with open source and open standards and avoiding vendor lock-in

Jim Whitehurst, Chairman and CEO of Red Hat, will deliver the keynote speech via video link-up, examining the challenges of today's CIO and the role of cloud computing in reducing IT costs and complexity. The Road Tour will also feature presentations on portals, getting higher utilisation and better management from virtualisation and the unique Red Hat Cloud Foundations approach for implementing effective cloud computing. A number of Red Hat Advanced Business Partners (ABPs) will be participating in the Road Tour events.

For further information, or to register to attend any of the sessions, visit http://www.redhatroadtour.com/nz

Dates and venues:
Tuesday, 21 October 201o – Auckland (Hilton Hotel)
Thursday, 23 October 2010 – Wellington (Intercontinental)

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