Belated Analysis of IBM's Acquisition of Red Hat
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IBM's $34bn acquisition of Red Hat: Our take
We take the long view on the tech giant's colossal acquisition of open-source software company Red Hat.
Given its love of technology and innovation, the Leaders League news team was most intrigued by IBM’s announcement in late October that it was purchasing open-source software company Red Hat. Having had some time to think about it, we’ve written a recap that also points to the future.
IBM’s move signifies a strong commitment (in the shape of a $34bn cash purchase) to keeping up at the cloud game, and there’s little doubt that this is where the future lies: even in the face of the GDPR, lawyers and industry bods alike are sanguine about the Internet of Things and the deep, broad possibilities of cloud storage. According to research and advisory firm Gartner, the hybrid cloud market will be worth $240bn by 2019.
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Making sense of IBM-Red Hat in the multi-cloud era
Big Blue wants Red Hat because it is “the world’s leading provider of open-source cloud solutions, and the emerging leader in the platforms for hybrid cloud and multi-cloud,” IBM CEO Ginni Rometty said in a conference call Monday.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux is known for its CloudForms hybrid cloud management tool, based on the ManageIQ open source project.
“This is about resetting the cloud landscape, and we will be the undisputed No. 1 leader in hybrid cloud,” Rometty said.
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Why IBM is taking a 'leap of faith' with Red Hat acquisition
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