November 4, 2025 RED HAT UNVEILS PROGRAMME TO ACCELERATE ADOPTION OF OPEN SOURCE Market Leader in Open Source Solutions to Offer Support of Leading Open Source Software Applications Red Hat, the leading developer and provider of open source software solutions, today announced an expansion of its services programme that will provide the consulting and support enterprise organisations need for nearly all of the popular, powerful, open source software applications used by enterprises worldwide. As the first step in the programme, Red Hat Inc.'s worldwide services group will immediately offer expanded service programmes for popular open source software solutions, including top Internet software like the Apache Web Server, Sendmail and Postfix. Apache is the number one Web server and runs more than 55 percent of the Internet's Web sites. Sendmail is a messaging solution that powers 80 percent of Internet Service Providers (ISPs). This service will be extended to Red Hat Europe in early 2000. The sweeping initiative will expand in the coming months, embracing more open source solutions. This broad support programme delivers enterprise users a single, trusted source for their open source computing needs. "Some of the world's largest organisations leverage Red Hat's superior Linux support, training and consulting programmes to deliver open source solutions for Internet, point-of-sale and high-availability applications, including Burlington Coat Factory, Compaq and IBM," said Bob Young, Chairman and CEO of Red Hat, Inc. "The move to deliver Red Hat's trusted expertise to support virtually all things open source helps accelerate the adoption of powerful open source technology throughout the enterprise." This expansion of open source support continues Red Hat's long-standing support of the open source community and open source development. With the release of Red Hat Linux 6.1, the company began offering configuration support for the Apache Web Server. Most recently, Red Hat announced the formation of a new, non-profit organisation, the Red Hat Center for Open Source, that will fund a wide range of projects and initiatives intended to advance the social principles of open source for the greater good of society. Led by an impressive group of influential leaders from technology, law, business and research, the organisation will foster projects that advance the philosophy of open source. Pricing and Availability A variety of support packs are available, ranging from installation and per-call, per-incident packages to full 24x7 enterprise support and onsite consulting and training programmes. For a complete overview of the available support programmes, visit Red Hat's Web site at www.redhat.com/products/support_solutions.html. Open Source Momentum International Data Corp. (IDC) research states that Linux was the fastest-growing server operating environment in 1998, growing more than 190 percent in that year alone and capturing more than 15.8 percent of the 4.4 million revenue shipment server operating systems market segment. Additionally, IDC states that Red Hat Linux is by far the most popular distribution, preferred by 68.7 percent of U.S. Linux users. Red Hat's numerous alliances with industry leaders and the demand for Linux-based applications has created open source support from many of the industry's leading software and hardware manufacturers, including Compaq®, Computer Associates, Corel, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, Netscape, Novell, Oracle and SAP. About Red Hat, Inc. Founded in 1994, Red Hat is a leader in the development of Linux-based operating system software (OS) and services. Based in Durham, N.C., Red Hat builds the most accessible and advanced server OS available anywhere with technical innovations such as RPM and the disk druid installation tool. Red Hat Linux is available for Intel, Compaq Alpha and Sun SPARC platforms. Red Hat Linux available directly from the company and through Red Hat's partner, distributor and reseller programs, which include top PC and server manufacturers like Dell, IBM and Hewlett-Packard. Red Hat Linux was named InfoWorld's Product of the Year for three years in a row, was given a productivity accolade in Software Development's Jolt Awards, was named an environment/desktop finalist in the Ziff-Davis European Excellence Awards, won the editor's choice awards from the Linux Journal and Australian Personal Computing magazines, and won the 'Just Plain Cool' award from Australian Personal Computing magazine. At March's LinuxWorld Expo, more than 8,000 members of the Linux community voted Red Hat a 'LinuxWorld Favorite'. 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