Red Hat Ranked as #1 Software Vendor for Fifth Time in CIO Insight Study

Trusted Open Source Leader Receives the Highest Rank among Software Vendors for
Reliability and Value
RALEIGH, N.C.--(Business Wire)--
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source
solutions, today announced that it has received the highest rank among software
vendors in Ziff Davis' 2009 "CIO Insight Vendor Value" study, which polls IT
executives on the value of their vendors' product and service offerings. This is
the fifth time the company has received the top rank among software vendors. In
addition, Red Hat received the highest rank among software companies on the
overall list of IT vendors across software, networking, hardware and security.

"In light of the current economic climate, Red Hat is well-positioned to address
our customers' needs with high-quality solutions that deliver performance,
reliability and scalability -- all offered at a price that helps the bottom
line," said Jim Whitehurst, president and CEO, Red Hat. "As the trusted leading
provider of open source solutions we aim to respond to customer demand with our
proven value proposition."

Now in its seventh year, the "CIO Insight Vendor Value" study polled more than
650 IT executives on their general perception of the value of vendors' products
and services along with their overall satisfaction with the support provided by
those vendors. Red Hat received the highest rank across software vendors on
reliability and value. In addition, the company also earned the top overall spot
across all vendors for meeting expectations for increasing revenues and for its
flexibility and responsiveness.

In the category of 'Value', Red Hat also scored in the top seven vendors for
meeting expectations for lowering costs, solving the business problem paid to
solve and meeting return on investment expectations. Under the 'Reliability'
category, the company ranked in the top three for meeting commitments on time
and on budget and meeting quality expectations.

To view the full "CIO Insight Vendor Value" study please visit
http://www.cioinsight-digital.com/cio/200910/.

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About Red Hat, Inc.

Red Hat, the world's leading open source solutions provider, is headquartered in
Raleigh, NC with over 65 offices spanning the globe. CIOs ranked Red Hat as one
of the top vendors delivering value in Enterprise Software for six consecutive
years in the CIO Insight Magazine Vendor Value survey. Red Hat provides
high-quality, affordable technology with its operating system platform, Red Hat
Enterprise Linux, together with applications, management and Services Oriented
Architecture (SOA) solutions, including JBoss Enterprise Middleware. Red Hat
also offers support, training and consulting services to its customers
worldwide. Learn more: http://www.redhat.com.

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on key personnel, as well as other factors contained in our most recent
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Red Hat, Inc.
Kara Schiltz, 919-301-3002, kschiltz@redhat.com

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