Red Hat Expands Commitment to Asia with New RHCE Certification Program in Hong Kong

Red Hat, Inc., a leading developer and provider of open source solutions, has introduced the official Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) qualification for technical professionals in Hong Kong. The RHCE rapid track certification is a fast-track program for experienced Unix and Linux technical professionals wishing to obtain Red Hat Certified Engineer status. This announcement adds Hong Kong to the list of countries in the Asia-Pacific region where Red Hat has introduced the RHCE course. Red Hat Certified Engineer courses will be held in Hong Kong from May 15th, 2000.

Further information and course registration details are available on the web at http://www.redhat.com/training. About Red Hat, Inc., founded in 1994, is a leader in the development of Linux-based operating system software (OS) and services. Red Hat Asia-Pacific was established in January 2000, with its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Brisbane, Australia and offices and channel partners throughout Asia. Red Hat Linux is sold and supported through a number of major distribution and industry partners throughout the Asia-Pacific region, including ACA Pacific in Hong Kong. Red Hat Linux was named InfoWorld's Product of the Year for four 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. LINUX is a trademark of Linus Torvalds. RED HAT is a registered trademark of Red Hat, Inc. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group. All other names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners.