Richard seibt, novells president for the europe, middle east and africa region, confirmed that novell plans to release suses yast yet another setup tool program for installing and managing. Richard hopkins president, ibm academy of technology ibm. It is the primary sponsor of the communitysupported opensuse project, whi. Openxchange ag, evidanza ag, simple fact ag, pe international ag.
Server studio je had 6 major releases since september 2000. Rao ibm watson research center, pankaj rohatgi ibm watson research center, stephane tinguely epfl, lausanne, helmut scherzer ibm germany 10. And, we have great products and a great team, who will work closely withandreas to help deliver growth and. He brought in his rich contact network and an intimate knowledge of both the business and technology.
In june, ibm thinkpads a31 and t40 and ibm netvista desktop. Ibm us bluepages portlet health care number one application on portal dramatically increases adoption rate ibm france vacation planning tool. Information management software database servers and tools, text analytics, and content management. Suse linux desktop is unique in the industry, combining the costefficiency, ease of deployment and innovation of linux with a fiveyear maintenance program, said richard seibt, ceo of suse linux. At ibm, connon was vice president, worldwide for ibm s health and human services industry solutions in the ibm software group. A userconsumer is someone who uses the software either as an enduser or a developer, who builds on the software.
Richard thomas offering management executive ibm cloud. Strategy driven executive searcher, businessman and strategy consultant. To get to that goal, weve teamed with novell with its twenty years of experience. Anchor tenets miamidade my neighborhood map interface to backend databases tax, police, county databases crime, floods, housing costs, etc. Suse is bidding for the linux contract together with. Richard siemer ibm center for the business of government. Ibm software group infobahn 2005 8 client business challenges 65 56 46 61 56 46 46 41 41 48 45 45 40 41 67 54 38 56 56 41 39 36 51 47 41 40 38 44 grow revenue profitably better understand and meet customer expectations. Bergmans boss richard seibt, the vice president for software sales and marketing in north america. May 05, 2005 richard seibt pictured, president of its emea business unit, gave an update on novells linux story when he visited dublin recently.
Seibt, who is german, and was previously the country manager for germany, spent almost an hour answering my questions and describing ibm. Itspecialist, client executive, business development, president of ident. Andreas brings a wealth of experience in the technology industry both ingermany and internationally and is the ideal person to take openxchange forward. Richard seibt pictured, president of its emea business unit, gave an update on novells linux story when he visited dublin recently. Andreas gauger announced as new openxchange ceo total. Red hat chief executive matthew szulik explains how the linux distributor plans to go it alone, and. Munich government chooses linux over microsoft cio. Nov 04, 2003 ibm ibm get report contrary to typical pressure faced by an acquiring company, shares of novell soared 21. Ibms academy of technology is an elected, volunteer community of roughly 800 of ibms thought leading technologists from around the globe. This is a breakthrough product that we expect will quickly become the preferred platform of many customers, said richard seibt, chief executive officer, suse linux. In his capacity as deputy commissioner and cio for hras management information systems, mr. In a move that has been rumored for months, novell tuesday announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire suse linux ag, a leading supplier of the open source linux operating system to. Given the current high cost structures and harsh market conditions, customers demand an adaptable solution that offers costefficiency, standardization and reusability. View richard dvoraks profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community.
Anonymous reader writes former susenovell exec seibt joins collax board, calls leading linux solution for smbs. Ibm declined to comment on the moves, but a source inside the company confirmed the memos authenticity. As managing director at ibm germany, he handled sales and marketing in germany, austria, switzerland and eastern europe. The battle for corporate customers is heating up among linux distributors, with suse linux ag announcing this week that its linux enterprise server 8. Richard seibt, ceo of suse linux, also complained about the vagueness of scos allegations against linux. The open source software developer career and its benefits. Suse linux announces first linux desktop for enterprises. Suse linux chief executive officer richard seibt his company fully supports this action by red hat. Christoph did manage the press relations for our newly established ibm software group business in germany, austria and switzerland as his first job after university from 1995 to 1997. At present, the organization has coaches, a few of whom are former executives of suse linux, including former chief technology officer jurgen geck and board member richard seibt. Novell offers liability shield for suse linux internetnews. Jan 12, 2010 the software goup realignment was outlined in memo sent out this morning by senior vice president and group executive steve mills. We collaborate internally and with ibms clients and universities to explore topics like ai, ecosystems and quantum computing.
Novell adds groupwise to its linux lineup infoworld. The group is targeting young companies interested in developing new linuxbased or open sourcebased software applications. View richard seibt s profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Mar 05, 2003 red hat sees no threat in unitedlinux. Ibm software group swg was one of the major divisions of ibm. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover richard s. He was coo of united internet and ceo of suse linux and is now an active investor and mentor. We believe this is the product that will bring linux to enterprise desktops across the whole world. If you are not an authorized user, follow the steps listed below to. The franconia region around nuremberg, germany, hopes to establish europes first linux valley with the launch of a new business campus focused on opensource innovation. It is the primary sponsor of the communitysupported opensuse project, which develops the opensuse linux distribution in july 2018, micro focus international. Richard seibt chairman of the supervisory board as managing director at ibm germany, he handled sales and marketing in germany, austria, switzerland and eastern europe. Red hat chief executive matthew szulik explains how the linux distributor plans to go it alone, and why there is no point in joining the unitedlinux effort.
A copy of the memo was obtained by intelligent enterprise. In 2015, connon left ibm to become president and chief executive officer of sitehawk inc. View richard seibts profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. A 2001 book by edwin black, entitled ibm and the holocaust, reached the conclusion that ibm s commercial activities in germany during world war ii make it morally complicit in the holocaust. The 20year ibm veteran was ceo of big blues software sales in germany, general manager of its software group.
Ibm software group db2 information management software page 3 partnership. View richard thomas profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Frederic essam was a finalist for the 2012 ibm volunteer excellence award which recognizes ibm employees or teams who best exemplify the ibm values of dedication, innovation and trust through their volunteer efforts. Ibm software groupibm software group websphere software service oriented architecture is key the flexibility to treat elements of business processes and the underlying it infrastructure as secure, standardized components services that can be reused and combined to address changing business priorities. Suse also announced the first hardware certifications for suse linux desktop. Suse makes linux desktop migration easier for corporate users. Working with the ibm team in the us to ensure single global coverage lead from the uk. Ibm software group db2 information management software 6 ibm is the main commercial contributor of linux and donated 500 software patents open operating system linux ibm contributed significantly to the j2ee specification. Linux brings choice to business, says novell enterprise. Richard seibt has over 35 years experience in the it business and became openxchange chairman in 2006. Frankoboy writes crn has an interview with suse ceo richard seibt in which he claims such things as linux means two companies. Preliminary program for the 2002 ieee symposium on. Wasce is free though not open application server j2ee wasce ibm led or coled the creation of soap, wsdl.
As an it industry veteran and former head of ibm in germany. Linux users and suppliers back red hats sco challenge. Founded in 1992, it was the first company to market linux for the enterprise. Linuxtag wants to prevent sco from harming its competitors with unsubstantiated claims, intimidating customers and damaging linuxs reputation, the group said. The franconia region around nuremberg, germany, hopes to establish europes first linux valley with the launch of a new business campus focused on open source innovation. Richard seibt independent entrepreneur seibt beratung. You can compare this to the fall of the berlin wall, said richard seibt, chief executive officer of linux software provider suse inc. It is the developer of suse linux enterprise and the primary sponsor of the communitysupported opensuse project, which develops the opensuse linux distribution. For almost a year, lindon, utahbased sco group has threatened to sue companies using linux.
Suse ceo richard seibt operates a company that dominates europes linux market. The 20year ibm veteran was ceo of big blues software sales in germany, general manager of its software group in north. Novell hits back at sco on unix claims network world. But he has big ambitions for expanding his companys foothold in the united states. Novell jumps 21% on news of suse linux deal thestreet.
Richard siemer has consistently proven his dedication to the public sector throughout his 27year career. Stefan grotehans senior director sales engineering dach. Ibm ships server studio je with all informix dynamic servers. Siemers ability to lead collaborative operational teams and program staff has contributed to the successful implementation of hras model office. Suse knows what is in its code and has had processes in place to avoid violating. Under the transaction, suse linux becomes a product business unit within novell, with its sales and marketing handled by novells existing geographic business units. The 20year ibm veteran was ceo of big blues software sales in germany, general manager of its software group in. Sep, 2006 anonymous reader writes former susenovell exec seibt joins collax board, calls leading linux solution for smbs. Novell to acquire suse linux in cash deal network world. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover richards. Richard seibt worked for over 20 years in different leading positions at ibm germany. Fred eric essam business development executive channel. Passport advantage online pao for customers offers authorized users access a secure web experience to manage their passport advantage accounts online.
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