DevOps’ish IBM Red Hat Acquisition Index
A one-stop shop for opinion, analysis, and/or coverage of the IBM acquistion of Red Hat.
Official Statements
- IBM TO ACQUIRE RED HAT, COMPLETELY CHANGING THE CLOUD LANDSCAPE AND BECOMING WORLD’S #1 HYBRID CLOUD PROVIDER (why are we shouting?) Red Hat
- Red Hat + IBM: Creating the leading hybrid cloud provider Red Hat CEO, Jim Whitehurst
- A monumental day for open source and Red Hat Red Hat EVP and President, Products and Technologies, Paul Cormier
- Why IBM’s acquisition of Red Hat is a game-changer for the cloud industry IBM
Press
- IBM to Acquire Linux Distributor Red Hat for $33.4 Billion Bloomberg
- IBM to acquire software company Red Hat for $34 billion Reuters
- IBM to Buy Software Maker Red Hat for About $33 Billion Bloomberg
- Red Hat gave Google and other buyers a chance to bid before IBM’s $34 billion offer, sources say CNBC
- This is fine: IBM acquires Red Hat Ars Technica
- Red Hat’s co-founder was unemployed and working in a closet when he started the company IBM is buying for $34 billion CNBC
- IBM’s board needs to take hard look at CEO Ginni Rometty Yahoo Finance
- Red Hat leaders praise IBM acquisition, but employees are worried ZDNet
- How the cloud wars forced IBM to buy Red Hat for $34 billion ZDNet
- IBM CEO Ginni Rometty insists the 63% premium the tech giant is paying for Red Hat is a ‘fair price’ CNBC
- IBM CEO Ginni Rometty Says $34 Billion Deal for Red Hat Will ‘Reset the Cloud Landscape’ Fortune
- IBM Buying Open Source Specialist Red Hat for $34 Billion Wired
- IBM to acquire cloud computing firm Red Hat for $34 billion CNN
- IBM is making the third-largest tech acquisition ever Recode
- IBM is betting the farm on Red Hat, and it better not mess up TechCrunch
- Forget Watson, the Red Hat acquisition may be the thing that saves IBM TechCrunch
- Turning Blue: IBM to Acquire Red Hat TechCrunch
- Analysts predict IBM’s $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat could be ‘game changing,’ but there are still plenty of reasons to be skeptical CNBC
- IBM sits draped over the bar at The Cloud or Bust saloon. In walks Red Hat The Register
- We spoke with 7 insiders about IBM’s $34 billion Red Hat takeover — here’s how the biggest software deal of all time came together Business Insider
- IBM Began Buying Red Hat 20 Years Ago TechCrunch
Industry
- IBM Acquires Red Hat, Now Who Does Google Buy? CloudBees 🤮
- Statement on the IBM acquisition of Red Hat Ubuntu Blog 🙄
- 2019 is the Year of Consolidation: Why IBM’s Deal with Red Hat is a Harbinger of Things to Come Cloud Foundry
Blogs, Newsletters, Digital Media, etc.
- One Fish, Two Fish, Blue Fish Sporting New Red Hat by Chris Short
- Red Hat and IBM: Elephants Can Dance Chris Aniszczyk
- Open source creators: Red Hat got $34 billion and you got $0. Here’s why. (this is VERY self-serving in my opinion but I understand the sentiment) TideLift
- So You’ve Been Acquired… John Mark
- IBM’s acquisition of Red Hat is a pivot to growth, but many questions remain SiliconAngle
- How IBM’s $34B Bid for Red Hat Will Spur DevOps Adoption DevOps.com
- IBM Acquires Red Hat to Create DevOps Behemoth DevOps.com
- IBM Hybrid Cloud Plan for Red Hat Hinges on Kubernetes Container Journal
- Red Hat takes over IBM I, Cringely
- IBM’s Old Playbook Stratechery
- On being acquired – a personal view Mike Bursell
- Red Hat’s Acquisition - A Triumph of Open Source Tom Tunguz
- Security Implications of IBM-Red Hat Merger Unclear Dark Reading
- IBM to acquire Red Hat in $34 billion deal The Stack
- Red vs Blue, why Red Hat acquisition may revolutionise IBM The ITAM Review
- Red Hat-IBM Acquisition: Clash of Cultures or Best of Both Worlds? The New Stack
- IBM’s acquisition of Red Hat gives it access to crown jewels: OpenShift and Ansible Computer Dealer News
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