IBM acquires Red Hat - A bold move for hybrid Cloud and PaaS
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Holger Mueller provides a one slide update on the acquisition of IBM by Red Hat, announced October 28th 2018. Key Takeaways, 3 pros and cons and a MyPOV.
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IBM acquires Red Hat - A bold move for hybrid Cloud and PaaS
- 1. © 2010-2018 HMCC & Constellation Research, Inc. All rights reserved. 1@holgermu - #IBM #RedHat Market Move – IBM acquires Red Hat • Largest software acquisition ever with US$ 34B • IBM becomes #2 enterprise Linux provider, prominent OS position • Hybrid Computing is alive and well, even more push by IBM now MyPOV: Bold move for IBM, needs special attention by CxOs and has delicate partner ecosystem dynamics, expect plenty of IBM pitches into Red Hat customer base. Top 3 Positives: • More choice for IBM customers + massive upsell for IBM • High Identicality for workload porta- bility can be reached by IBM • Plenty of service potential Top 3 Concerns: • Roadmap commitments for Red Hat • Market and Messaging Confusion + OpenSource (OS) stewardship • On premise keeps shrinking, what the growth engines for IBM •