While not necessarily the strangest or oddest job, one worth mentioning would be becoming "Acting T…

It's not surprising that Red Hat meetings can be rough and tumble. The world of Linux is a particul…

It's not surprising that Red Hat meetings can be rough and tumble. The world of Linux is a particul…

The new space is an office with a door. He isn't sitting a cubicle a la HP CEO Meg Whitman, or at a…

Plus, it's not above acquiring its way to growth, either. It typically buys a couple companies a ye…

"We built our culture to match open source's [culture]," Whitehurst says. "The chaotic nature, the …

Whitehurst's possible ascent to the IBM's top post has come up in media reports in the past. The la…

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IBM, which licenses microprocessor technology to the world's leading chip makers, says it will be "…

Paul Cormier, Red Hat's executive VP of engineering, is in second place, with stock holdings valued…

Red Hat has its own cloud offering, but its version of Linux is also available on all of the big cl…

Amid all of this, industry insiders have started to wonder out loud about who might one day replace…

Whitehurst offered a personal example: the time when he acquired a company and marketed their produ…

Amid all of this, industry insiders have started to wonder out loud about who might one day replace…

"Instead of deciding to show more emotion, I would rather encourage people to think about how they …

"The benefits of open, constructive dialogue are innumerable," says Whitehurst. "As a leader, you c…

After Labor Day, the tech giant moved swiftly, signing up Goldman Sachs, which would work closely w…

"This is very important in a world where competition from Google, Dell, Amazon, Lenovo and others a…

Containers allow programmers to set up management features, like security and network settings, tha…

The former chief operating officer of Delta and the author of "The Open Organization" oversees more…