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Denise Cunningham
Anthony Pratt
Ericka Pratt
Alex Sage
MBA 570: 262 Information System Decisions in Management
23 September 2008
Red Hat, Inc.
I. Linux Commercial: “Mac vs. PC vs. Linux Commercial #2”
II. Timeline
a. 1991: Linus Torvalds releases Linux kernel
b. 1993: Catalog Business with Linux/UNIX software accessories
c. 1994: Mark Ewing creates Red Hat Linux
d. 1995: Bob Young buys Red Hat
e. 1999: IBM & Red Hat announce alliance & RH expands
f. 2001: Microsoft & RH conflict arises & Amazon.com becomes a
major user
g. 2002: Dreamworks becomes a key customer
h. 2006: RH becomes a publicly traded company
III. Profile
a. Raleigh, NC based office
b. Satellite offices worldwide
c. Leading Linux and open-source into the mainstream
d. Over 2,500 employees worldwide
e. A few other key customers
i. NY Stock Exchange
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ii. Merrill Lynch
iii. AOL
iv. VeriSign
IV. Company Officers
a. Matthew Szulik, Chairman
b. James M. Whitehurst, Director, President and CEO
c. General H. Hugh Shelton, Lead Director
d. W.Steve Albrecht, Director
e. Marye Anne Fox, Director
f. Narendra K. Gupta, Director
g. William S. Kaiser, Director
V. Mission Statement: To be the defining technology company of the 21st century.
a. Red Hat is realizing this mission statement with the products,
services, and enterprise solutions
VI. Products
a. Red Hat Enterprise Linux
b. JBoss Enterprise Middleware
c. Red Hat Enterprise MRG
d. System Management
e. Security Management
f. Infrastructure Products
VII. Services
a. Consulting
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b. Training & Certification
c. Custom Engineering Services
d. Support Offerings
VIII. Enterprise Solutions
a. Appliance Operating System
b. Cloud Computing
c. Datacenter
d. Database Availability
e. High Performance Computing
IX. Market Tracking
a. The downward trend appears to be due to the economy.
b. Start: August 11 at 23.11
c. End: September 17 at 17.26
X. Business Impact
a. Risk
i. Lack of IT support
ii. Misconceptions
iii. Lack of documentation
b. Benefit
i. Cost
ii. Flexibility
iii. Ability to Customize
iv. Key Customers
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XI. Works Cited
a. Hochmuth, Phil. "Linux, open source software pay off for PayPal."
Network World 24.12 (26 Mar. 2007): 36-36.
b. “Mac vs. PC vs. Linux Commercial #2” YouTube. 20 Aug 2008.
YouTube. 18 Aug 2008
c. Messmer, Ellen. "Wall Street warming to Linux." Network World
25.24 (16 June 2008): 16-16.
d. "Redhat.com | The World's Open Source Leader." Redhat. 22 Sep
2008. Redhat, Inc. 22 Sep 2008 .
e. "Red Hat (RHT) Stock Research - Stock Quotes, Charts, News and
Analysis.” InvestorGuide.com. 22 Sep 2008. InvestorGuide.com. 22
Sep 2008 .