Cishe eminyakeni emithathu ngemuva kokuhlanganiswa kweRed Hat kwi-IBM, UJim Whitehurst usanda kumemezela ukuthi uthathe isinqumo sokushiya esikhundleni sokuba ngumengameli we-IBMKodwa-ke, uzoqhubeka nokusebenza njengomeluleki omkhulu kuMqondisi Ophethe u-Arvind Krishna nalo lonke iqembu labaphathi.
I-IBM imemezele ukuthi uJim Whitehurst, ongene ngaphansi kwesivumelwano seRed Hat, uzoshiya isikhundla sokuba ngumengameli wenkampani izinyanga nje eziyi-14 ngemuva kokuthatha lesi sikhundla. I-IBM ayizange ichaze kabanzi ngezizathu zokuhamba kwayo, kodwa yabona iqhaza layo elibalulekile ekuqhubeni umsebenzi weRed Hat 2018, obiza u- $ 34 billion, kanye nokuhlanganisa lezi zinkampani zombili ngemuva kokuphela kokuthengiselana.
“UJim ubambe elikhulu iqhaza ekwakheni isu le-IBM, kodwa futhi nasekuqinisekiseni ukuthi i-IBM neRed Hat zisebenza kahle ngokubambisana nokuthi izinkundla zethu zobuchwepheshe kanye nezinto ezintsha zisiza kakhulu kumakhasimende ethu,” kusho le nkampani.
UJim uzwakalise ukuzimisela kwakhe ukuqhubeka nokubamba iqhaza ekuthuthukiseni ibhizinisi le-IBM njengomeluleki omkhulu kuKrishna, kepha sengivele ngibe ngumeluleki wabaphathi be-IBM. Kumele kuqashelwe ukuthi ngemuva kokumenyezelwa kokuhamba kukaJim Whitehurst, amasheya e-IBM ehle ngentengo ngo-4,6%:
“Eminyakeni ecishe ibe mithathu selokhu kwamenyezelwa ukutholakala kwempahla, uJim ubambe elikhulu iqhaza ekuchazeni isu le-IBM, kepha futhi ekubumbeni isu le-IBM. Ngokuqinisekisa ukuthi i-IBM neRed Hat zisebenza kahle ngokubambisana nokuthi ubuchwepheshe bethu, amapulatifomu kanye nezinto ezintsha ezisetshenziswayo ziletha ukubaluleka kakhulu kumakhasimende ethu, ”kubhala uKrishna.
Kusukela ngo-2008 kuya ku-2019, uWhitehurst wakhonza njenge-CEO (CEO) nguRed Hat futhi ngemuva kokuphothula ukuhlanganiswa kweRed Hat ne-IBM ngo-2019, waba yiphini likamongameli we-IBM nenhloko yesigaba uRed Hat afudukela kuso. NgoJanuwari 2020, uWhitehurst waqokwa yibhodi labaqondisi njengomongameli we-IBM. Ngaphansi kobuholi bukaWhitehurst, imali engenayo yeRed Hat inyuke ngokuphindwe kasishiyagalombili kanti imali yezimakethe inyuke kayishumi.
Ngenkathi i-IBM ithenga iRed Hat ngonyaka ka-2018 ngamadola ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-34, kwaqubula ushintsho lwezinkampani zombili, okokuqala, uG.u-inni Rometty wesula esikhundleni sokuba yi-CEO ye-IBM no-Arvind Krishna y al ngasikhathi sinye, uJim Whitehurst, phambilini owayeyi-CEO yeRed Hat, swathuthela e-IBM njengomongameli futhi owasebenza isikhathi eside uPaul Cormier wathatha izintambo.
Ngasikhathi sinye, inkampani iphinde yamemezela ezinye izinguquko, kuhlanganisa naleso uBuffget van Kralingen osenesikhathi eside ememezela ukuthi naye uzokwehla esikhundleni sokuba yiphini likamongameli omkhulu ezimakethe zomhlaba. URob Thomas, owayeyiphini likamengameli omkhulu we-IBM Cloud neDatha Platform, uzongena esikhundleni sikaVan Kraligen.
Kunoma ikuphi, lokhu kuhamba kushiya isikhala esikhulu eqenjini lobuholi bakaKrishna njengoba bezama ukuguqula inkampani ibe ibhizinisi elisebenza kakhulu ngamafu. Ngaphandle kokungabaza, uWhitehurst ukwazile ukusiza ukuhambisa lolu shintsho ngolwazi olunzulu lomkhakha kanye nokwethembeka nomphakathi ovulekile kusukela ebeseRed Hat.
Ngalezi zinguquko, ngiyaqiniseka ukuthi i-IBM izoba sesimweni esinamandla sokusiza amaklayenti ethu nebhizinisi lethu lichume. Ngibheke phambili ekuqhubekeni nomsebenzi obucayi esiwenzela amabhizinisi nomphakathi emhlabeni wonke ngaleli thimba labaholi elihlukile, ”kubhala uKrishna.
Kepha umuntu uyazibuza ukuthi kungani eshiya isikhundla sakhe ngemuva kwesikhathi esifushane kangaka nokuthi uhlela ukwenzani ngokulandelayo. Imvamisa ngemuva kokuthi ukuthengiselana kwalesi sibalo kuphothulwe, kuba nesivumelwano ngegunya labaphathi abakhulu. Kungenzeka ukuthi lesi sikhathi sesiphelile futhi uWhitehurst ufuna ukuqhubekela phambili, kepha abanye babemthatha njengendlalifa ebonakalayo kuKrishna futhi ukuhamba kwakhe kuyamangaza lapho kubhekwa kulo mongo.
Ekugcineni Kubalulekile ukusho ukuthi kuze kube manje i-IBM ayikamemezeli ozongena esikhundleni sayo. Uma ufuna ukwazi kabanzi ngakho, ungaxhumana imininingwane ekulesi sixhumanisi esilandelayo.