Alert: How IBM's Red Hat acquisition shakes up open source, cloud market

Application Development Alert Breaking news for application development professionals | October 31, 2018 IBM-Red Hat deal could be a boon for users by Chris Kanaracus, Senior News Writer Red Hat customers should expect the company to remain autonomous after IBM completes its landmark $34 billion deal, analysts said, but also keep a close eye on the companies' roadmaps. (SearchCloudComputing.com) MORE NEWS   How IBM will -- or won't -- embrace open source IBM tends to have a commercial- and patent-first mindset, which has caused some Red Hat employees to seek new employment opportunities and could signal trouble for the open source community. (SearchSoftwareQuality.com)   Deal triggers alarms among container users In IBM's multi-cloud strategy, many open source container management and Cloud Foundry users wonder what will become of Red Hat's "forward-looking spirit." (SearchITOperations.com)   IBM-Red Hat juggernaut seeks hybrid cloud domination As the two companies aim to use each other's strengths to establish a beachhead in the hybrid cloud market, they must sort out overlaps in offerings and partnerships. (SearchCloudComputing.com)   Red Hat users react to IBM's move "Everything is moving out of the physical space out into container platforms. I see why they would merge," said one OpenShift and JBoss customer. But adherents worry about a brain drain under IBM. (SearchCloudComputing.com) About This E-Newsletter This e-newsletter is published by the TechTarget network. To unsubscribe from Application Development Digest, click here. Please note, this will not affect any other subscriptions you have signed up for. TechTarget Application Development Media Group, 275 Grove Street, Newton, MA 02466. Contact: webmaster@techtarget.com Copyright 2017 TechTarget. All rights reserved.