IBM is the Premier Sponsor of the Red Hat Summit 2009, to be held September 1-4 in Chicago. Bob Sutor, vice president of open source and Linux at IBM, will be a featured keynote speaker.

The entire IBM Systems product line is enabled for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, making it easy for any business to take advantage of the power of open standards.

Visit the IBM booth and breakout sessions to learn first-hand about solutions and technology from IBM Software Group, IBM System x, IBM Power Systems, IBM System z and IBM BladeCenter, and to see how IBM and Red Hat provide solutions for a Smarter Planet. Providing the advantages of Linux, comprehensive services, technology leadership and global reach, the IBM and Red Hat partnership enables users to deploy a resilient infrastructure throughout the enterprise.

Registration is open for the Red Hat Summit 2009 with "Advance" pricing still available.