July 9, 2019, IBM in the history of the biggest takeover was finally settled, IBM US $ 190.0 per share in cash to complete the acquisition of Red Hat all issued and outstanding ordinary shares outstanding, the total equity value of approximately 34 billion dollar. So far, Red Hat is the world's largest open source company finally Whispering Big Blue centuries IBM, and it has some achievements of the legendary open-source industry ......
From sewing room into a giant open-source
In 1993, the prototype of the birth of its Red Hat founder Bob Young wife's sewing room in 1995, Bob Young of Red Hat to buy later became another founder of the shares of Ewing, and merger and ACC, while the new The company named Red Hat software. In the same year, the father of Linux Linus Torvalds based on open-source Linux, Red Hat released RedHat Linux 2.0, and officially launched the new package management system called RPM, the Red Hat Linux open from hanging open life in the open field.
In December 1997, RedHat Linux 5.0 release, which supports Intel, alpha and Sparc platforms and most of the applications. RPM is extremely easy to use modular installation, configuration and uninstallation tool, the installer can be completed within 15 minutes. Software upgrade is also very convenient, this is a great boon for users who are just getting started with Linux, so sudden, RedHat Linux fame.
Only four years after the establishment of the company in 1999, Red Hat listed, then it became a public financing in Wall Street history on the first day of the eighth company. In 2000, Matthew Szulik become the company's new CEO. That time, Red Hat to 52.4% of shipments for two consecutive years Linux market leadership.
In April 2003, Red Hat Linux 9.0 release. Focus on improving the application of the desktop, including improved installation process, better font browsing, better printing services. That year, Red Hat Linux has been far ahead in the market, the market share of up to 86%. April 30, 2004, Red Hat officially stopped support for Red Hat 9.0 version, formally marking the end of Red Hat Linux. Red Hat no longer develop desktop version of Linux distributions, but all concentrate on the server version of the development, that is, Red Hat Enterprise Linux version. In October 2005, RHEL4 released.
2012, Red Hat revenue of $ 1 billion for the first time, then, out of control. Four years later, Red Hat's revenue doubled to $ 2.0 billion. 2018, IBM announced the acquisition on the eve of the Red Hat, Red Hat's revenue has been close to 30 billion dollars. And until now, Red Hat has 69 consecutive quarters of profit, and this is definitely the open source phenomenon unique in the industry.
Red Hat open secret of success
Of course, the success of Red Hat's subscription is inseparable from its unique business model, but more importantly, Red Hat has always been firmly committed to open source, we believe that the open source development model is the best model to promote more rapid innovation, Red Hat aware of the project and the difference between the products, is committed to providing enterprise customers with stable, reliable, scalable solutions, so that they can run critical business. Meanwhile, Red Hat's community leadership, as well as improve the appeal of an open ecosystem Red Hat is the key to success.
Like many executives repeatedly described as Red Hat, Red Hat itself is a 100% open source enterprise, with open-source culture. Red Hat is best at, but also very happy to provide the most advanced open source technology for the user. Red Hat's official website it was shocked to read Red Hat's mission is: to become the catalyst of our customers, partners and contributors to the community, as an open source technology to create better products. In fact, 20 years ago had joined Red Hat in the open source community. From the 1990s to the Linux Apache, then Kubernetes and native cloud computing infrastructure, Red Hat joined the hundreds of groups, including the open source community and trade, including OpenStack. For decades, the Red Hat developers are also actively involved in hundreds of projects across the complete IT stack of open source, open source advocates and recruit, develop strong links with the open source community, open source and therefore has accumulated a wealth of experience. This expertise supports Red Hat's open development model: innovative, iterative, promote security and stability.
In fact, Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst already summed up the secret of success of Red Hat, he said, precisely because of the success of Red Hat's open source, draws strength from the community, promote innovation, and capitalize on change, enter new areas for their own, and in the change has grown. This is Red Hat's largest and most "open" secret.
IBM Cloud and write a new chapter in mixed marriage
Although Red Hat to a record $ 34 billion price "married" wealthy, but not surprised with Red Hat open source come to an end, on the contrary, IBM is committed to maintaining independence and neutrality of the Red Hat open source heritage. Red Hat will continue to be led by its current management team Jim Whitehurst. Meanwhile, Whitehurst joined IBM's senior management team, the IBM chairman, president and CEO Luo Rui Lan report. IBM Red Hat will retain headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina, and its facilities, operations and brand remain unchanged. IBM Red Hat will serve as a separate business unit to operate and incorporate the financial statements of IBM cloud computing and cognition software business. Red Hat's mission and strong commitment to the open source community will not change, and will continue to provide a rich choice and flexibility of open source with mixed IT environments. Red Hat will continue to build and expand its partnerships, including AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google and other major cloud Ali cloud and cloud providers.
At the same time, based on Red Hat includes Linux, Kubernetes, Ansible, Java, Ceph and other open source technology, IBM will work together to help various industries and enterprises to expand and accelerate the application of open source and Red Hat technology and hybrid cloud.
In the recently held "open hybrid cloud 5+ Red Hat Summit", Red Hat show on May Red Hat Global Summit stunning debut of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and Red Hat to the crowd OpenShift 4, demonstrates Red Hat open hybrid cloud aspects of the powerful strength.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8-- hybrid cloud smartphone operating system
As the operating system for the hybrid cloud era redesigned, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 set a consistent experience, simple to use, fast and efficient, friendly and containers, and other new features for eco-prosperous one. Specifically, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Enterprise Linux can provide a consistent experience for all workloads running in any environment to meet the unique needs of business-to-evolving technology. At the same time, it also minimizes the complexity of the IT team management across hybrid cloud deployment of Red Hat Enterprise Linux to manage, repair, configuration, providing controllability, self-confidence and freedom to IT organizations. In addition, the system built-in operating system intelligent analysis and management software, whether it is initialized to deploy, or everyday use are fast and efficient. Finally, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 also developed a number of tools that can better support the application and enforcement of the container tools, and can support a wide range of applications, allowing users to use more peace of mind.
The latest version of Red Hat OpenShift 4-- enterprise-ready platform K8s
As a new generation of enterprise Kubernetes trusted platform, redesigned OpenShift 4 can solve complex problems to achieve container choreography in the production system. Red Hat OpenShift 4 can be automatically updated to Kubernetes deployed anywhere, providing cloud-like computing experience in a hybrid cloud, bring more flexibility for developers, while providing Kubernetes Operators (operator) support for modern and emerging cloud native workloads to create a more secure and consistent basis. With hybrid cloud, multi-cluster management, Operator and Operator center frame and certified ISV function, OpenShift 4 can bring ubiquitous cloud experience for the user. In addition, it brings together a variety of new container platform capabilities to optimize developer productivity, helping them to achieve innovation.
Will be in the end open source
And with the latest version of Red Hat released a new smartphone operating system RHEL8 hybrid cloud and enterprise-ready platform K8s OpenShift 4, Red Hat will provide customers with next-generation hybrid cloudy platform based on open source technology, which complements IBM's open source aspects of hybrid cloud insufficient. And IBM said it was a landmark acquisition, will define an open hybrid cloud future.
IBM chairman, president and CEO Luo Rui Lan said, "business is opening the next chapter of digital remodeling, build modern infrastructure, mission-critical workloads transferred to the private cloud and provided by multiple vendors on cloudy platform. they need an open, flexible technology to manage these mixed cloudy environments, they need to manage and protect a trusted partner with Red Hat .IBM these systems will meet the needs of these Fuji election as a leading supplier of hybrid cloud, we will help customers lay the technical foundation for the next few decades of business services. "
"From the outside, the rise of public cloud, container and Kubernetes dominate the market, open source has become mainstream, IBM to acquire Red Hat will completely change the cloud market, the world's number one provider of hybrid cloud appears. Internally, Red Hat and hybrid cloud cloudy in areas have unique advantages, we expect to win the battle of next-generation platform, which not only need to know our customers, but also to deepen ties with partners, common progress and growth. "in addition, Red Hat's success without the support of open source culture. "As a leader in business Red Hat open source movement, with its unique open source technology and open source community culture, enterprise customers can achieve organizational support, architecture, culture and technology of comprehensive digital transformation." Cao Heng Kang said.
Adhering to the open source Red Hat gene, marriage Big Blue has a comprehensive and integrated management capabilities cloudy and precipitation rich business experience and broad product line, and how much can be set off waves in the hybrid cloud market, we may need to wait and see, but we believe, Red Hat will adhere to open-source, will be in the end open source philosophy will remain the same!
