Red Hat’s Openshift Platform Suite now includes persistent storage
Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation is a form of software-defined storage for portable and modular operating environments known as containers. And according to Red Hat Inc., an IBM Corp. company, it is now added to the original Red Hat OpenShift Platform Plus hybrid cloud platform.
Persistent s... Read more
IBM plans to sell its Watson Health division for more than $1 billion
IBM has plans to sell its Watson Health unit. The establishment aims to receive more than one billion from sales.
Last February, IBM initially planned to sell the Watson Health unit. In the previous year, the Watson Health division was rumored to earn more than 1 billion dollars yearly revenue. ... Read more
IBM Power Virtual servers now offer Red Hat’s OpenShift
On Tuesday, IBM unveiled a new series of Power Systems capabilities and open-source-based tools. The goal is to help companies deploy and manage hybrid cloud infrastructures. That is not all the company is releasing, though.
IBM also announced the availability of Red Hat’s OpenShift, on Big Bl... Read more
IBM is cutting 10,000 employees from its European services unit
IBM plans to cut 10,000 jobs from its European services unit to minimize costs before they spin off the division in 2021, according to Bloomberg report released today. The job cuts will affect about 20% of IBM staff in the region, with offices in the U.K. and Germany facing the biggest cuts. Office... Read more
IBM and Red Hat introduce models to do AI more energy efficient
AI hardware accelerators are some of the most potent tools we can use for scientific discovery. However, they are not energy efficient. Now, IBM Research, claims that it has identified a new way of tackling this problem.
During the IEEE CAS/ADS AI Compute Symposium IBM Research unveiled new par... Read more
Red Hat launches rolling release for CentOS
CentOS, Red Hat's Enterprise Linux clone, will get a rolling release version. The new version will be called CentOS Stream and is intended for software developers. In short, CentOS will receive continuous updates, which was only the case with RHEL until now.
All parts, from kernel to application... Read more
Red Hat sees itself as the only open-source hybrid cloud enabler
Red Hat increasingly sees itself as the engine for
the hybrid cloud. This was recently demonstrated during our visit to the annual
Red Hat Summit 2019. The various products of the open-source specialist have
become more or less a standard in the enterprise market. Discussions with
employees and cus... Read more
IBM sales continue to decline, although profit is higher than expected
IBM's turnover continues to decline. IBM states that the purchase of Red Hat will yield substantial growth, but the company's sales have again declined by 4.2 percent last quarter. However, the profit was higher than expected, the profit rose 3.9 percent to 2.5 billion dollars.
IBM has been renewing... Read more
IBM concludes billion-dollar deal with AT&T for cloud computing
A large part of AT&T's internal workload is transferred to the IBM Cloud, reports SiliconAngle. This is a billion-dollar agreement, as has now been confirmed. The deal would be valid for several years, although it is not exactly clear what the exact time span is.
The deal involves AT&T Busi... Read more
IBM takes over 34 billion U.S. dollars Red Hat
IBM has reached an agreement to acquire Red Hat to strengthen its position in the cloud market. Big Blue pays about 34 billion dollars for the software company, which is equivalent to almost 30 billion euros. This makes it the largest IBM acquisition ever.
Ginni Rometty, CEO of IBM, is focusing on t... Read more