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Unpacking the IBM Red Hat Conundrum

Posted by Tim M. Crawfordon October 16, 2019October 16, 2019in Business, CIO, Cloud2 Comments

IBM just closed the massive $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat and is about to announce their first quarter of earnings post-close. Beyond the fact that IBM overpaid for Red Hat, now it must produce to make up the gap.…

The role of Open Source and Foundations in Enterprises

Posted by Tim M. Crawfordon February 23, 2016February 23, 2016in Business, Cloud, Data, EdgeLeave a comment

I had the pleasure of joining a panel discussion that included several instrumental folks including Duncan Johnston-Watt, Sam Ramji & Monty Taylor on the role of the foundation. Without getting too far into the nitty gritty, there were some very…