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IBM Acquires Red Hat for $34 Billion
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IBM Acquires Red Hat for $34 Billion
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IBM Acquires Red Hat for $34 Billion

By Jason Franklin|2019-02-17T22:06:53-06:00October 28th, 2018|Categories: IT, Technology|Tags: Cloud, IBM, Open Source, Red Hat|

IBM has acquired Red Hat for $34 Billion. IBM (NYSE:IBM) and Red Hat (NYSE:RHT), the world’s leading provider of open source cloud software, announced that the companies have reached a definitive agreement according to a Red Hat press release. IBM has acquired Red Hat for $34 Billion. Under the agreement IBM will acquire all of the

Microsoft Acquires GitHub for $7.5 Billion in Stock
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Microsoft Acquires GitHub for $7.5 Billion in Stock
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Microsoft Acquires GitHub for $7.5 Billion in Stock

By Jason Franklin|2019-02-17T23:11:17-06:00June 4th, 2018|Categories: IT, Technology|Tags: Code, Coding, Development, GitHub, Microsoft, Open Source|

Rumors were flying last week that Microsoft had plans to acquire the development platform GitHub. Today details were released proving that rumor true and and detailing just how much the coding site was acquired for. Microsoft released the news this morning on their site. Microsoft will acquire GitHub for $7.5 billion in Microsoft stock, under