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TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 15, 2019 — David Egts, chief technologist for Red Hat‘s (NYSE: RHT) North American public sector business, has said government agencies can collaborate with vendors to determine if their existing technology delivers the agency’s needed security capabilities, ExecutiveBiz reported Feb. 6. Egts wrote in a guest …

A Wells Fargo Securities report says IBM (NYSE: IBM) is scheduled to release on Tuesday its fourth-quarter results for 2018 and initial guidance for 2019. According to the report released Friday, shareholders of Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) approved a deal for IBM to acquire the Raleigh, N.C.-based software company for approximately …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 8, 2018 — David Egts, chief technologist for the North American public sector business at Red Hat (NYSE: RHT), has identified open source training as an approach that the federal government can take to advance the cybersecurity and information technology skills of its workforce, ExecutiveBiz reported …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 18, 2018 — David Egts, chief technologist for Red Hat‘s (NYSE: RHT) public sector business in North America, has cautioned federal agencies to check for potential cyber vulnerabilities in open source code before they move to adopt such software, ExecutiveBiz reported Dec. 4. Egts wrote in …

Shareholders in Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) will vote Jan. 16 on whether to approve IBM‘s (NYSE: IBM) proposed $34B acquisition of the Raleigh, N.C.-based open source technology provider. A Dec. 11 record date has been established for Red Hat’s special meeting of stockholders, the company said Monday. IBM first announced Oct. 28 it would acquire Red …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 5, 2018 — Red Hat‘s (NYSE: RHT) Enterprise Linux 7.5 operating system has achieved recertification from the National Institute of Standards and Technology in line with the Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2, ExecutiveBiz reported Nov. 9. The company said Nov. 8 the FIPS 140-2 security certification renewal …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 20, 2018 — Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) has unveiled a cloud-based virtual laboratory environment that it designed to help accelerate federal agencies’ efforts to develop software applications, ExecutiveBiz reported Oct. 23. The company said Oct. 23 the SAIC Innovation Factory will utilize its own technology and Red …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 6, 2018 — Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) has outlined the way an “open organization” approach can help the government and military develop their cyber workforce by building on both mission outcome and performance, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said in a Federal News Network article posted …

IBM (NYSE: IBM) has agreed to acquire Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) for approximately $34B in a move both companies expect to create a global hybrid cloud provider. IBM said Sunday it will pay $190 in cash for each share of Red Hat under the deal that is expected to conclude in …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 13, 2018 — Hortonworks (Nasdaq: HDP), IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) have entered into a partnership in an effort to help customers utilize hybrid cloud environments to field and run big data workloads, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Red Hat said Monday the collaborative Open Hybrid Architecture …