Kusan shekaru uku bayan hadewar Red Hat cikin IBM, Jim Whitehurst a kwanan baya ya ba da sanarwar cewa ya yanke shawarar sauka daga shugabancin IBMKoyaya, zai ci gaba da aiki a matsayin babban mai ba da shawara ga Manajan Darakta Arvind Krishna da sauran ƙungiyar gudanarwa.
IBM ya sanar da cewa Jim Whitehurst, wanda ya zo karkashin yarjejeniyar Red Hat, zai sauka daga shugabancin kamfanin watanni 14 kacal da hawan sa mulki. IBM bai yi karin bayani kan dalilan da suka sa ya tashi ba, amma ya fahimci muhimmiyar rawar da yake takawa wajen tafiyar da aikin Red Hat 2018, wanda ya kai dala biliyan 34, da kuma hada kan kamfanonin biyu bayan an kammala cinikin.
Kamfanin ya ce "Jim ya taka rawar gani wajen tsara dabarun IBM, amma kuma ya tabbatar da cewa IBM da Red Hat sun yi aiki tare tare kuma da cewa dandamali da kere-kerenmu da kere-kere sun samar da karin amfani ga kwastomominmu.
Jim ya nuna yardarsa don ci gaba da kasancewa cikin ci gaban kasuwancin IBM a matsayin babban mai ba da shawara ga Krishna, amma tuni ya zama mai ba da shawara ga tafiyar da IBM. Ya kamata a lura cewa bayan sanarwar tashin Jim Whitehurst, hannun jarin IBM ya faɗi cikin farashi da kashi 4,6%:
“A cikin kusan shekaru uku da aka sanar da saye-sayen, Jim ya taka rawa wajen bayyana dabarun IBM, amma kuma ya tsara dabarun IBM. Ta hanyar tabbatar da cewa IBM da Red Hat sun yi aiki tare tare kuma cewa fasaharmu, dandamali da kirkire-kirkire sun isar da karin darajar ga abokan cinikinmu, ”in ji Krishna.
Daga 2008 zuwa 2019, Whitehurst yayi aiki a matsayin Shugaba (Shugaba) by Tsakar Gida kuma bayan kammala hadewar Red Hat da IBM a 2019, ya zama mataimakin shugaban kamfanin IBM kuma shugaban bangaren da Red Hat din ya koma. A watan Janairun 2020, kwamitin gudanarwa ya nada Whitehurst a matsayin shugaban kamfanin IBM. A karkashin jagorancin Whitehurst, kudaden shiga na Red Hat ya ninka har sau takwas kuma cinikin kasuwar ya karu sau goma.
Lokacin da IBM ya sayi Red Hat a cikin 2018 don dala biliyan 34, ya haifar da jerin canje-canje a cikin kamfanonin biyu, kamar farko, Ginni Rometty ya yi murabus a matsayin Shugaba na IBM kuma Arvind Krishna ya karɓa y al lokaci guda, Jim Whitehurst, tsohon shugaban kamfanin Red Hat, se ya koma IBM a matsayin shugaban kasa kuma Paul Cormier wanda ya daɗe yana aiki ya karɓi aikin.
A lokaci guda, kamfanin ya kuma sanar da wasu sauye-sauye, ciki har da wanda babban jami’in kamfanin na IBM Bridget van Kralingen ya sanar cewa ita ma za ta sauka daga mukamin ta a matsayin babbar mataimakiyar shugaban kasuwannin duniya. Rob Thomas, wanda ya kasance babban mataimakin shugaban kamfanin IBM Cloud da Data Platform, zai maye gurbin Van Kraligen.
Ko ta yaya, wannan tashi ya bar babban gurbi a cikin jagorancin jagorancin Krishna yayin da suke ƙoƙari su canza kamfanin zuwa mafi yawan samfuran da ke samar da girgije. Ba tare da wata shakka ba, Whitehurst ya sami damar taimakawa wannan canji tare da masaniyar masana'antar sa da yarda da shi tare da mabudin buɗe tushen tun yana Red Hat.
Tare da waɗannan canje-canjen, Ina da tabbacin cewa IBM zai kasance cikin ƙarfi don taimaka wa abokan cinikinmu da kasuwancinmu ci gaba. Ina fatan ci gaba da muhimmin aikin da muke yi na kasuwanci da zamantakewarmu a duniya tare da wannan rukunin jagoranci na musamman, ”in ji Krishna.
Amma mutum yana mamakin me yasa yake barin mukamin nasa bayan irin wannan kankanin lokaci da kuma abin da yake shirin yi nan gaba. Sau da yawa bayan an gama ma'amala da wannan girman, akwai yarjejeniya akan umarnin manyan masu zartarwa. Yana iya zama cewa wannan lokacin ya ƙare kuma Whitehurst yana so ya ci gaba, amma wasu sun ɗauke shi a matsayin magajin Krishna kuma tafiyarsa ta zo da mamaki yayin da aka yi la'akari da wannan yanayin.
A ƙarshe Yana da kyau a faɗi cewa har yanzu IBM bai sanar da wanda zai maye gurbinsa ba. Idan kana son karin bayani game da shi, zaka iya tuntuba cikakkun bayanai a cikin mahaɗin mai zuwa.