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Red Hat, Inc. (NASDAQ: RHAT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions to the enterprise, today announced the appointment of Nandu Pradhan as President and Managing Director of Red Hat India Pvt. Ltd. Pradhan succeeds Javed Tapia, who will now serve as a director on the board of Red Hat India. Pradhan will be responsible for Red Hat India's current businesses and will also spearhead the company's future investments in India. As a highly respected professional in the Indian IT industry, Pradhan brings more than 25 years of sales and management experience to Red Hat. He has previously led and managed businesses for Novell, Microsoft and Patni. Prior to joining Red Hat, Pradhan was Vice President (EMEA and APAC) at Symphony Services. "I am extremely pleased that Nandu will take over the reins to propel the growing adoption of open source in India. I firmly believe Nandu�s past experience and acumen will enable even greater growth for the company and further Red Hat�s footprint in the Indian market," said Matthew Szulik, Chairman and CEO, Red Hat. "I welcome Nandu to Red Hat, and we know he will carry the open source movement to even greater heights in India." "Linux as a technology platform is poised for strong growth in India. This is an exciting time for the entire open source movement, and I am thrilled with this opportunity to help drive Red Hat's initiatives in the Subcontinent," said Pradhan. About Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat, the world's leading open source solutions provider, is headquartered in Raleigh, N.C. with satellite offices spanning the globe. CIOs and other senior-level IT executives have ranked Red Hat as the industry's most valued vendor for two consecutive years in the CIO Insight Magazine Vendor Value study. Red Hat is leading Linux and open source solutions into the mainstream by making high-quality, low-cost technology accessible. Red Hat provides an operating system platform, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, along with applications, management, and middleware solutions, including JBoss Enterprise Middleware Suite. Red Hat is accelerating the shift to service-oriented architectures and enabling the next generation of web-enabled applications running on a low-cost, secure open source platform. Red Hat also offers support, training and consulting services to its customers worldwide and through top-tier partnerships. Red Hat's open source strategy offers customers a long term plan for building infrastructures that are based on and leverage open source technologies with a focus on security and ease of management. Learn more: http://www.redhat.com Forward Looking Statements Certain statements contained in this press release may constitute �forward-looking statements� within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements provide current expectations of future events based on certain assumptions and include any statement that does not directly relate to any historical or current fact. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including: risks related to the integration of acquisitions; the ability of the Company to effectively compete; the inability to adequately protect Company intellectual property and potential for infringement or breach of license claims regarding third party intellectual property; risks related to data and information security vulnerabilities; ineffective management of, and control over, the Company's growth and international operations; adverse results in litigation; the dependence on key personnel as well as other factors contained in our most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (copies of which may be accessed through the Securities and Exchange Commission's website at http://www.sec.gov), including those found therein under the captions �Risk Factors� and �Management�s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations�. In addition, the forward-looking statements included in this press release represent the Company's views as of the date of this press release and these views could change. However, while the Company may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing the Company's views as of any date subsequent to the date of the press release. LINUX is a trademark of Linus Torvalds. RED HAT and JBOSS are registered trademarks of Red Hat, Inc. and its subsidiaries in the US and other countries. Red Hat, Inc. (NASDAQ: RHAT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions to the enterprise, today announced the appointment of Nandu Pradhan as President and Managing Director of Red Hat India Pvt. Ltd. Pradhan succeeds Javed Tapia, who will now serve as a director on the board of Red Hat India. Pradhan will be responsible for Red Hat India's current businesses and will also spearhead the company's future investments in India. As a highly respected professional in the Indian IT industry, Pradhan brings more than 25 years of sales and management experience to Red Hat. He has previously led and managed businesses for Novell, Microsoft and Patni. Prior to joining Red Hat, Pradhan was Vice President (EMEA and APAC) at Symphony Services. "I am extremely pleased that Nandu will take over the reins to propel the growing adoption of open source in India. I firmly believe Nandu's past experience and acumen will enable even greater growth for the company and further Red Hat's footprint in the Indian market," said Matthew Szulik, Chairman and CEO, Red Hat. "I welcome Nandu to Red Hat, and we know he will carry the open source movement to even greater heights in India." "Linux as a technology platform is poised for strong growth in India. This is an exciting time for the entire open source movement, and I am thrilled with this opportunity to help drive Red Hat's initiatives in the Subcontinent," said Pradhan. About Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat, the world's leading open source solutions provider, is headquartered in Raleigh, N.C. with satellite offices spanning the globe. CIOs and other senior-level IT executives have ranked Red Hat as the industry's most valued vendor for two consecutive years in the CIO Insight Magazine Vendor Value study. Red Hat is leading Linux and open source solutions into the mainstream by making high-quality, low-cost technology accessible. Red Hat provides an operating system platform, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, along with applications, management, and middleware solutions, including JBoss Enterprise Middleware Suite. Red Hat is accelerating the shift to service-oriented architectures and enabling the next generation of web-enabled applications running on a low-cost, secure open source platform. Red Hat also offers support, training and consulting services to its customers worldwide and through top-tier partnerships. Red Hat's open source strategy offers customers a long term plan for building infrastructures that are based on and leverage open source technologies with a focus on security and ease of management. Learn more: http://www.redhat.com Forward Looking Statements Certain statements contained in this press release may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements provide current expectations of future events based on certain assumptions and include any statement that does not directly relate to any historical or current fact. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including: risks related to the integration of acquisitions; the ability of the Company to effectively compete; the inability to adequately protect Company intellectual property and potential for infringement or breach of license claims regarding third party intellectual property; risks related to data and information security vulnerabilities; ineffective management of, and control over, the Company's growth and international operations; adverse results in litigation; the dependence on key personnel as well as other factors contained in our most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (copies of which may be accessed through the Securities and Exchange Commission's website at http://www.sec.gov), including those found therein under the captions "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations". In addition, the forward-looking statements included in this press release represent the Company's views as of the date of this press release and these views could change. However, while the Company may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing the Company's views as of any date subsequent to the date of the press release. LINUX is a trademark of Linus Torvalds. RED HAT and JBOSS are registered trademarks of Red Hat, Inc. and its subsidiaries in the US and other countries.