red hat storage strategy and technology update

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RED HAT STORAGE

STRATEGY AND TECHNOLOGY UPDATE LIBERATE YOUR INFORMATION

Sarangan Rangachari General Manager and Vice President,Storage Business UnitNovember 14, 2012

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Various remarks that we may make during this presentation about the company’s future expectations, plans, and prospects including the statements containing the words believe, anticipate, plan, project, estimate, expect, intend, or will constitute forward-looking statements for the purposes of the Safe Harbors provisions under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors including those discussed in the company’s most recent quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC.

In addition, any forward-looking statements represent our estimates or views only as of today, November 14, 2012, and these estimates or views may change. While the company may elect to update forward-looking statements at some point in the future we specifically disclaim any obligation to do so even if our estimates or views do change and therefore you should not rely on these forward-looking statements as representing our estimates or views as of any date subsequent to today.

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TODAY’S AGENDA

● RED HAT STORAGE – 1-YEAR POST-GLUSTER ACQUISITION● RED HAT STORAGE & OPEN HYBRID CLOUD● RED HAT STORAGE CUSTOMER SUCCESS STORY – INTELITEK● RED HAT STORAGE & RED HAT ENTERPRISE VIRTUALIZATION INTEGRATION● Q&A

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SEISMIC SHIFT IN ENTERPRISE DATA

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WHAT WE ANNOUNCED JUNE 27, 2012

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KEY FOCUS AREAS

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RED HAT STORAGE PROOF OF CONCEPTS100+ proof of concepts around the world

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CHANNEL ENABLEMENT

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COMMUNITY-DRIVEN INNOVATION

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INNOVATION IN ACTION AROUND THE GLOBE

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COMMUNITY-DRIVEN INNOVATION – MARS CURIOSITY PROJECT

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COST EFFECTIVE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS THROUGH HYBRID STORAGE

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RED HAT STORAGE DELIVERS COST-EFFECTIVE STORAGE AT SCALE FOR UNSTRUCTURED, DATA-INTENSE ENVIRONMENTS

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COST EFFECTIVE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS THROUGH HYBRID STORAGE

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SETTING THE FOUNDATION FOR RED HAT OPEN HYBRID CLOUD

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RED HAT STORAGE SERVER FOR PUBLIC CLOUD

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USE CASE: INTELITEK

GLOBAL LEARNINGMANAGEMENT SYSTEM

● Easy to Deploy AWS and Red Hat Scale-out NAS

● Easy to Maintain

● Avoided Costs of Data Center Build-out

● Globally available 24x7xForever

AREAS OF STRATEGIC FOCUS

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RED HAT STORAGE AND RED HAT ENTERPRISE VIRTUALIZATION INTEGRATION

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RED HAT STORAGE AND RED HAT ENTERPRISE VIRTUALIZATION INTEGRATION ROADMAP

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LOOKING AHEAD

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