Promoted | Red Hat is preparing for the 2020 edition of its annual Europe, Middle East and Africa Regional Forum. Dubbed “the open-source event of the year”, the forum is moving to a region-specific virtual experience.
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Promoted | Open collaboration and innovation are at the heart of Red Hat’s operations. That’s why it has organised Open5GCon, a global virtual conference taking place on 30 September, to shape the future of networking.
Promoted | Technology is progressing exponentially and, with the arrival of local hyperscale availability, the cloud brings significant opportunities to the commercial industry.
In July 2017, IBM executive Arvind Krishna walked into a routine meeting with senior leaders and delivered a surprise pitch that changed the course of the iconic 108-year-old company’s future.
IBM has named Arvind Krishna as chief executive officer, replacing longtime CEO Ginni Rometty. She will be remembered for two main things: shrinking sales and initiating IBM’s third major transformation.
In IBM’s vision of cloud computing, Amazon.com and Microsoft will be allies rather than rivals.
IBM closed its $34-billion purchase of Red Hat, sealing the world’s second largest technology deal ever and setting up the US technology company on a path to try and compete with top software purveyors in the cloud.
When Satya Nadella took over as CEO in 2014, more than a decade of developer defections had left the company in a weak position. All that has changed in dramatic fashion.
IBM just made the cloud computing war far more interesting. It’s not an easy sell, but IBM and Red Hat certainly make a more compelling cloud computing alternative.
IBM’s purchase of Red Hat is a $33-billion bid aimed at catapulting the company into the ranks of the top cloud software competitors.