News release:

Technology Industry Visionaries to Keynote Red Hat Summit and JBoss World 2012

Raleigh

NC, Global, May 29, 2012

Top Execs from IBM, Accenture, HP, Intel and SAP to Take the Stage in Boston

Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced a lineup of keynote speakers featuring executive thought leaders from IBM, Accenture, HP, Intel and SAP AG, for the eighth annual Red Hat Summit and JBoss World to be held June 26-29, 2012 in Boston. Red Hat Summit and JBoss World bring together a diverse group of senior business and technical leaders to learn, network and experience open source and to discuss how innovative technologies and best practices can be applied to drive business transformation.

The keynote speakers for Red Hat Summit and JBoss World 2012 are top executives from companies at the forefront of the evolving technology landscape, including:

• Accenture's Adam Burden, executive director, Cloud Application & Platform Services;
• HP’s Steven Dietch, vice president of worldwide cloud, HP Enterprise Group;
• IBM’s Robert LeBlanc, senior vice president, Software Group;
• Intel’s Pauline Nist, general manager of Enterprise Software Strategy; and
• SAP Sybase’s Irfan Khan, senior vice president and chief technology officer

“The IT landscape is shifting and transforming at a rapid pace,” said Paul Cormier, executive vice president and president, Products and Technologies at Red Hat. “These leaders offer unique perspectives about technology innovation and we look forward to these perspectives being shared at an event that is so deeply rooted in collaboration.”

In addition to the keynote speakers, the agenda for Red Hat Summit and JBoss World 2012 present IT and business decision-makers a holistic view of a range of topics from cost savings to interoperability, mobile, big data and, and cloud computing, to Linux, virtualization, storage and middleware.

IBM is the event's premier sponsor for the eighth consecutive year and platinum sponsors include Accenture, HP, Intel and SAP. These strategic partners will strengthen discussions around how IT organizations can transform in order to meet the demands of tomorrow. This year’s agenda and events will allow attendees to make a plan for this transformation, and will feature customer panels, product roadmaps, demonstrations and hands-on labs across a range of technical difficulty levels, as well as speaker representation from a range of professions and industries.

Additional Resources

• Background on Red Hat Summit and JBoss World speakers
• Red Hat Summit and JBoss World registration
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About Red Hat, Inc.
Red Hat, the world's leading provider of open source solutions and an S&P 500 company, is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, with more than 70 offices spanning the globe. Red Hat provides high-quality, affordable technology with its operating system platform, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, together with cloud, virtualization, management, storage and service-oriented architecture (SOA) solutions, including Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization and JBoss Enterprise Middleware. Red Hat also offers support, training and consulting services to its customers worldwide. Learn more: www.redhat.com.

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U.S. Chamber Announces Partnership with Best Buy For Business for 2012 Small Business Summit

U.S. Chamber Announces Partnership with Best Buy For Business for 2012 Small Business Summit

WASHINGTON, D.C.-The U.S. Chamber of Commerce today announced the addition of Best Buy For Business as a Gold level sponsor for the 2012 America's Small Business Summit, set to take place May 21-23 in Washington, D.C.  Best Buy For Business has long championed the cause of small businesses by helping them use technology to succeed, and will continue in this tradition with sponsorship of the Tuesday Evening Reception at this year's Summit. "The U.S. Chamber is proud to partner with Best Buy For Business for this summit to support America's job creators," said Tom Collamore, senior vice president of communications and strategy and counselor to the president at the U.S. Chamber.  "Small businesses are critical to our nation's economic recovery, and the Chamber will continue to fight for the pro-growth policies that will help them succeed. We are pleased to have Best Buy For Business join us in this effort to equip small business owners with tools to help their businesses thrive." The 2012 America's Small Business Summit will bring together more than 700 small business owners, managers, and entrepreneurs from across the country to network, learn, and advocate for policies that support small business growth. "Best Buy For Business is proud to support America's small businesses," said Brian Hutto, vice president of Best Buy Services.  "We join the U.S. Chamber today in honoring small businesses across the country for putting Americans back to work." To learn more about America's Small Business Summit, visit www.uschambersummit.com. Best Buy For Business is a Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) services unit that provides business professionals with customized technology product and service solutions, personal assistance from account managers who are trained to address the needs of all types of businesses, and specialized technology set-up and installation services for mobile, computing and home theater products.  More information can be found at www.bestbuybusiness.com. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the world's largest business federation representing the interests of more than 3 million businesses of all sizes, sectors, and regions, as well as state and local chambers and industry associations.

EMC Greenplum to Host Second Annual Data Science Summit

EMC Press Release

EMC Greenplum to Host Second Annual Data Science Summit

Leading Data Experts Gather to Discuss the Powerful, Human Impact of Big Data

HOPKINTON, MA. - May 11, 2012

News Summary

• Greenplum, a division of EMC, will present the second annual Data Science Summit at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas on May 22-23, 2012.
• The event brings together thought leaders from academia, the social enterprise, Silicon Valley start-ups, and the public sector to help attendees explore and define their path forward in the new, data-driven world.
• This year's keynote will be delivered by statistician Nate Silver, who rose to prominence in 2008 when he harnessed data to analyze political polls and accurately predict the presidential election on his FiveThirtyEight.com blog, now part of The New York Times.
• Applications and registration can be found at http://www.datasciencesummit.com.

Full Story:

Greenplum®, a division of EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC), will present the second annual Data Science Summit at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas on May 22-23. The event will bring together thought leaders from academia, the social enterprise, Silicon Valley start-ups, and the public sector to help attendees explore and define their path forward in the new, data-driven world.

This year's Data Science Summit (DSS) comes at a turning point in the rapidly emerging field of data science. Data science today is not only a competitive necessity, but also a defining force shaping the evolution of every industry and sector. And as the promise of data science skyrockets, so does the need for clarity on how to concretely put data science at the center of corporate strategy. Where are the real-world applications of big data analytics that are transforming entire sectors, and what can we learn from these examples? What does a "data dream team" look like, and how do you become a key member? What are the latest data innovations that facilitate the transformation to a predictive enterprise?

Data Science Summit 2012 will answer these and other questions by helping attendees see how organizations are using data science to shift the balance of power in their markets, stay abreast of key trends emerging from academia, and explore how to optimize teams and strategies to realize the full potential of data science. Suited to both practicing and aspiring data scientists as well as forward-thinking executives, students and others, the summit will also offer plenty of opportunities to engage with the best and brightest in the field in an intimate setting. Details about the summit, including the full agenda, can be found at http://www.datasciencesummit.com.

"Even though the data science field is still in its infancy, it has already had a massive impact that has fundamentally changed our future," said Scott Yara, senior vice president of products, Greenplum, a division of EMC. "The dialogue today is no longer focused on the emerging data scientist career path and 'rock star' individuals, but rather on the rapidly expanding ecosystem of individuals that are coming together to solve some of the world's most pressing issues with data. The Data Science Summit will be an invaluable tool to help people find their place in this ecosystem."

This year's keynote will be delivered by statistician Nate Silver, who rose to prominence in 2008 when he harnessed data to analyze political polls and accurately predict the presidential election on hisFiveThirtyEight.com blog, now part of The New York Times. Silver, named one of the world's 100 Most Influential People by TIME magazine, will discuss "what we can predict about prediction" in his opening keynote. Other speakers at the Data Science Summit 2012 include:

• Adam Bly, CEO of Seed
• John Brownstein, Co-Founder, HealthMap and Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
• Michael Chui, Senior Fellow, McKinsey Global Institute
• Jeffrey Davitz, Founder and CEO, Solariat
• Nora Denzel, Senior Vice President, Big Data, Marketing and Social at Intuit
• Michael Driscoll, Co-Founder & CEO, Metamarkets
• Oren Etzioni, Professor, University of Washington and Co-founder Decide.com
• Bob Flores, Founder and President Applicology; Former CTO, U.S. Intelligence
• Jim Frederick, International Editor and Executive Editor, TIME
• Jonathan Harris, Programmer, Artist and Storyteller
• Joe Hellerstein, Professor, UC Berkeley
• Steven Hillion, Chief Product Officer, Alpine Data Labs
• Jeremy Howard, President and Chief Scientist, Kaggle
• Piyanka Jain, President and CEO, Aryng.com
• Tarek Kamil, Executive Director, InfoMotion Sports Technologies
• Roger Magoulas, Director of Market Research, O'Reilly Media
• Richard Snee, Advisor, Data Science Central
• Hadley Wickham, Assistant Professor, Rice University
• Chris Wiggins, Associate Professor, Columbia
• Nathan Wolfe, CEO and Founder, Global Viral Forecasting, Inc. and Visiting Professor, Stanford University

The event will kick off Tuesday, May 22 with an evening welcome reception and discussion on the topic of "the data dream team," followed by the full one-day conference on Wednesday, May 23. The conference will address the following topics in depth:

• Big Data and Business Transformation – how Big Data is shifting entire industries
• Tapping into the Data Science Movement – how to become a part of this influential movement
• The Spread of Big Data Across Industries – Big Data's power across media, business, healthcare, sports, government, politics, academia and more
• Data Visualization at the Point of Influence – how to ensure visualization not just reveals an insight, but stimulates new understanding

About Greenplum

Greenplum, a division of EMC, is driving the future of Big Data analytics with breakthrough products including Greenplum Data Computing Appliance, Greenplum Database, Greenplum Community Edition, Greenplum HD, and Greenplum Chorus—the industry's first Enterprise Data Cloud platform. The division's products embody the power of open systems, cloud computing, virtualization and social collaboration—enabling global organizations to gain greater insight and value from their data than ever before possible. To learn more visit www.greenplum.com.

About EMC

EMC Corporation is a global leader in enabling businesses and service providers to transform their operations and deliver IT as a service. Fundamental to this transformation is cloud computing. Through innovative products and services, EMC accelerates the journey to cloud computing, helping IT departments to store, manage, protect and analyze their most valuable asset—information—in a more agile, trusted and cost-efficient way. Additional information about EMC can be found at www.EMC.com.