Jim Whitehurst, Red Hat CEO, is a big fan of an open-source process. \u201cWe believe you get better at innovation if you have a lot of people working together to solve a problem,\u201d he says. Pic by Red Hat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nTesla\u2019s Elon Musk has the right idea, says Jim Whitehurst, CEO of Raleigh-based Red Hat.<\/p>\n
Whitehurst, chatting hours after Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) announced a 17 percent revenue jump in the first quarter, says the Tesla CEO was on point when he decided to make his cars\u2019 patents open-source.<\/p>\n
And he saw it coming \u2013 well, maybe not Musk\u2019s announcement specifically.<\/p>\n
But throughout our conversations over the past two years, Whitehurst has been bullish about his belief that open-source technology drives innovation.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverybody loves to talk about cars,\u201d he laughs. \u201cSo it does just bring more public attention to the dynamic.\u201d<\/p>\n
Specifically, it brings attention to a growing debate among innovators \u2013 open source or a closed model? You know Whitehurst\u2019s take.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe believe you get better at innovation if you have a lot of people working together to solve a problem,\u201d he says. \u201cYou can\u2019t do that if you have people trying to protect their own property anad keep it locked up.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s working for Red Hat, which, along with analyst-exciting earnings, has been making technology headlines all year, from the launch of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 to the acquisitions of InkTank and eNovance.<\/p>\n
RHEL7, Whitehurst reminds, is the firm\u2019s \u201cbiggest release, in terms of numbers of new features.\u201d<\/p>\n
The platform aims to work with reality, he says \u2013 the reality that most IT departments will be using multiple technologies. This latest Linux release is built to work with competing technologies such as Microsoft.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve really made it easy to consume,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
And, while he maintains that Red Hat was \u201calready ahead\u201d when it came to OpenStack, an open-source software cloud computing platform, the recent buys solidify that lead.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur observation is that the interest and demand for OpenStack far exceeds our capability to deliver it,\u201d he says. \u201cRecently, we had a group of sales people together and we asked \u2018how many of you could sell more OpenStack consulting if we had the capability?\u2019 and almost everybody raised their hand.\u201d<\/p>\n
That\u2019s what the acquisitions are about, he says, meeting that need.<\/p>\n
While Red Hat continues to actively hire, the eNovance buy instantly adds more than 100 capable team members, he says. And Ceph, a product of InkTank, owns the storage market regarding OpenStack. Put them together, and you accelerate your OpenStack offerings, Whitehurst says.<\/p>\n
I ask him if any additional acquisitions are planned.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat would be the fun in ruining a surprise like that?\u201d he laughs. \u201cWe continue to look at how we fill gaps in the portfolio. We\u2019re in the middle of a real significant shift in computing and we plan to play in it and be a winner in it.\u201d<\/p>\n
And his firm is making a financial commitment to make Raleigh a winner too \u2013 specifically its entrepreneurship community. Red Hat, along with other players such as Cisco and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, joined with local venture capital firm Bull City Venture Partners in a recent $26 million fundraise. The cash is intended for investment in early stage entrepreneurs. While Whitehurst doesn\u2019t rule out the fact that portfolio startups could one day become acquisition targets \u2013 he says the initial goal is to make the technology community in North Carolina more robust.<\/p>\n
\u201cShowing that there\u2019s a vibrant ecosystem, an entrepreneurial community here, really is important… That makes this area more attractive,\u201d he says. \u201cAnd it makes us a more attractive employer.\u201d<\/p>\n
By Lauren K. Ohnesorge
\nSource: Upstart Bizjournals<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tesla\u2019s Elon Musk has the right idea, says Jim Whitehurst, CEO of Raleigh-based Red Hat. Whitehurst, chatting hours after Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) announced a 17 percent revenue jump in the first quarter, says the Tesla CEO was on point when he decided to make his cars\u2019 patents open-source. And he saw it coming \u2013 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-251","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"\n
Tesla's Elon Musk can count Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst as a fan - WORLD RESONANCE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/teslas-elon-musk-can-count-red-hat-ceo-jim-whitehurst-fan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"it_IT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tesla's Elon Musk can count Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst as a fan - WORLD RESONANCE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tesla\u2019s Elon Musk has the right idea, says Jim Whitehurst, CEO of Raleigh-based Red Hat. Whitehurst, chatting hours after Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) announced a 17 percent revenue jump in the first quarter, says the Tesla CEO was on point when he decided to make his cars\u2019 patents open-source. And he saw it coming \u2013 […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/teslas-elon-musk-can-count-red-hat-ceo-jim-whitehurst-fan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"WORLD RESONANCE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-06-21T15:35:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-03-06T10:01:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/16-cover.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"506\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"World Resonance\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Scritto da\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"World Resonance\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Tempo di lettura stimato\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minuti\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/teslas-elon-musk-can-count-red-hat-ceo-jim-whitehurst-fan\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/teslas-elon-musk-can-count-red-hat-ceo-jim-whitehurst-fan\/\",\"name\":\"Tesla's Elon Musk can count Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst as a fan - WORLD RESONANCE\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/teslas-elon-musk-can-count-red-hat-ceo-jim-whitehurst-fan\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/teslas-elon-musk-can-count-red-hat-ceo-jim-whitehurst-fan\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/16-cover.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-06-21T15:35:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-03-06T10:01:11+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/#\/schema\/person\/8552be9ea7a55a7960234be1fdee17dc\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/teslas-elon-musk-can-count-red-hat-ceo-jim-whitehurst-fan\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"it-IT\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/teslas-elon-musk-can-count-red-hat-ceo-jim-whitehurst-fan\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"it-IT\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/teslas-elon-musk-can-count-red-hat-ceo-jim-whitehurst-fan\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/16-cover.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/16-cover.jpg\",\"width\":900,\"height\":506},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/teslas-elon-musk-can-count-red-hat-ceo-jim-whitehurst-fan\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Tesla’s Elon Musk can count Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst as a fan\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/\",\"name\":\"WORLD RESONANCE\",\"description\":\"Amplification of the range of any source of news\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"it-IT\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/#\/schema\/person\/8552be9ea7a55a7960234be1fdee17dc\",\"name\":\"World Resonance\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"it-IT\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6ecd178b36bb44e6ee886ed0677ef91d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6ecd178b36bb44e6ee886ed0677ef91d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"World Resonance\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/author\/adminworldresonance-com\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Tesla's Elon Musk can count Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst as a fan - WORLD RESONANCE","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/teslas-elon-musk-can-count-red-hat-ceo-jim-whitehurst-fan\/","og_locale":"it_IT","og_type":"article","og_title":"Tesla's Elon Musk can count Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst as a fan - WORLD RESONANCE","og_description":"Tesla\u2019s Elon Musk has the right idea, says Jim Whitehurst, CEO of Raleigh-based Red Hat. Whitehurst, chatting hours after Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) announced a 17 percent revenue jump in the first quarter, says the Tesla CEO was on point when he decided to make his cars\u2019 patents open-source. And he saw it coming \u2013 […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/teslas-elon-musk-can-count-red-hat-ceo-jim-whitehurst-fan\/","og_site_name":"WORLD RESONANCE","article_published_time":"2014-06-21T15:35:17+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-03-06T10:01:11+00:00","og_image":[{"width":900,"height":506,"url":"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/16-cover.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"World Resonance","twitter_misc":{"Scritto da":"World Resonance","Tempo di lettura stimato":"3 minuti"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/teslas-elon-musk-can-count-red-hat-ceo-jim-whitehurst-fan\/","url":"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/teslas-elon-musk-can-count-red-hat-ceo-jim-whitehurst-fan\/","name":"Tesla's Elon Musk can count Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst as a fan - WORLD RESONANCE","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/teslas-elon-musk-can-count-red-hat-ceo-jim-whitehurst-fan\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/teslas-elon-musk-can-count-red-hat-ceo-jim-whitehurst-fan\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/16-cover.jpg","datePublished":"2014-06-21T15:35:17+00:00","dateModified":"2015-03-06T10:01:11+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/#\/schema\/person\/8552be9ea7a55a7960234be1fdee17dc"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/teslas-elon-musk-can-count-red-hat-ceo-jim-whitehurst-fan\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"it-IT","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/teslas-elon-musk-can-count-red-hat-ceo-jim-whitehurst-fan\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"it-IT","@id":"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/teslas-elon-musk-can-count-red-hat-ceo-jim-whitehurst-fan\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/16-cover.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/16-cover.jpg","width":900,"height":506},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/teslas-elon-musk-can-count-red-hat-ceo-jim-whitehurst-fan\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tesla’s Elon Musk can count Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst as a fan"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/","name":"WORLD RESONANCE","description":"Amplification of the range of any source of news","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"it-IT"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/#\/schema\/person\/8552be9ea7a55a7960234be1fdee17dc","name":"World Resonance","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"it-IT","@id":"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6ecd178b36bb44e6ee886ed0677ef91d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6ecd178b36bb44e6ee886ed0677ef91d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"World Resonance"},"url":"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/author\/adminworldresonance-com\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":307,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251\/revisions\/307"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![\"Jim](\"http:\/\/www.worldresonance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/16-Jim-Whitehurst-300x169.jpg\")