Technology Magazine Top 100 Companies 2023 | Page 42

TOP 100 COMPANIES

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Thales

Founded in 2000
CEO: Patrice Caine

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Red Hat

Founded in 1993
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Thales is a global technology leader with more than 77,000 employees across five continents. Today, the group is investing in digital and“ deep tech” innovations – Big Data, AI, connectivity, cybersecurity and quantum technology – to build a future based on trust. Trust is essential for societies to flourish, with humans playing a central role in every critical decision.
Thales’ s high-tech solutions, services and products help companies, organisations and governments to achieve their goals and ambitions. And in each of its five vertical markets – digital identity and security, defence and security, aerospace, space, and transport – Thales’ customers play a vital role in society.
IT Services
France
Red Hat is the world’ s leading provider of enterprise open-source solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver high-performing Linux, hybrid cloud, edge, and Kubernetes technologies.
Red Hat delivers hardened, open-source solutions that make it easier for enterprises to work across platforms and environments, from the core datacenter to the network edge.
Founded in 1993, in 2012, Red Hat became the first open source technology company to surpass more than US $ 1bn in revenue In 2019 Red Hat was acquired by IBM in a deal worth around US $ 34bn, the largest software acquisition in history. Today, more than 90 % of Fortune 500 companies trust Red Hat.
Computer Software
United States
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