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Five pivotal statements from IBM and Red Hat execs on $34bn union

30 October 2018 • 6 min read

Here we break down five of the most interesting quotes made by execs following the world's largest ever software acquisition and what they mean for partners

IBM entered the history books on Sunday after making the largest ever software acquisition through buying open source vendor Red Hat. Valued at $34bn (£26.7bn), IBM's software takeover dwarfs Mi...

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