A Look at the Options
In July 2019, IBM announced its largest acquisition ever: the $34 billion deal for Red Hat. A key reason for this was to ramp up the efforts in the cloud market, which has been dominated by Amazon.com, Microsoft, and Google.
But the deal for Red Hat was also a major validation of the open source model.
According to the company’s CEO, Jim Whitehurst: “When we talk to customers, their challenges are clear: They need to move faster and differentiate through technology. They want to build more collaborative cultures, and they need solutions that give them the flexibility ...
