Linux  vendor Red Hat has appointed two new members to its sales force, with George De Bono taking up the position of southern region manager and Neil Kennedy starting as territory manager, Australian Federal Government. De Bono was most recently at Sun Microsystems and has held various direct and indirect sales roles in the IT industry. Kennedy has more than 25 years experience in IT sales, including 12 years in Canberra with companies including Computer Associates, Eb2bcom and Platinum Global Services Organisation.