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Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62.0 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
13 March 2012
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2012
Foreseen end date
Description
Red Hat, a US-headquartered software company, is to expand its Brno site and to create 200 new jobs in September 2012. The Czech site has been operating since 2006 and has, with currently 400 staff, one of the largest red hat sites globally.
Red Hat is a leading open source and Linux provider.
The company has expanded its business in Brno continuously since its opening in 2006 (see Fact sheets 18220, 15684 and 8695).
Sources
13 March 2012: Lidové Noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Red Hat, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 73241, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73241.
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