The computing giant acquires all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Red Hat for $190 per share in cash.

Another hurdle in one of the world’s largest tech mergers in history is removed as the European Union unconditionally approves the deal.

The company says quantum computing promises to solve physics simulation and pattern discovery problems relevant to the SKA.

The computing company is collaborating with the University of the Witwatersrand to explore quantum computing use cases.

The company’s retrenchment of 2 000 employees is a continuation of a process IBM began a decade ago, says an analyst.

Uber, Facebook, Google and IBM are among the early sign-ups to the new Urban Computing Foundation.

Businesses should focus on building full-cycle capabilities around people, processes and technologies for each security function.

The future of technology will be hybrid, multi-cloud, says Red Hat, as its acquisition by IBM moves closer to finalisation.

A Red Hat-sponsored survey found open source software is moving strongly into areas previously dominated by proprietary solutions.

The company has moved its access management and authentication processes from an on-premises device to the cloud-based Kubernetes container orchestration system.

The newly-independent open source company is looking forward to pursuing its own strategy under a new owner, it says.

The computing company enters collaborations to advance the science of artificial intelligence and its application to major public health issues.