Michael Byrd, a 28-year federal information technology market veteran, has joined Rancher Government Solutions as vice president of ecosystems and partner management. His appointment comes as Reston, Virginia-based RGS looks to accelerate its federal market growth initiatives, the open source software provider said Thursday. Paul Smith, RGS CEO and three-time Wash100 winner, noted Byrd is

Andrew Brown, a software industry veteran with almost three decades of experience, was appointed senior vice president and chief revenue officer of Red Hat, where he will take over Larry Stack starting Oct. 1. The Raleigh, North Carolina-based software company said Thursday Brown will develop global go-to-market strategy for the company and have oversight of

Chris Mays, staff specialist solutions architect at Red Hat, said government agencies seeking to strengthen and streamline the process of developing and delivering secure software should adopt open source technology. Mays wrote in an article published on Carahsoft.com how open source fosters innovation in the software development process.. “It is also easy for people to