Software supplier Red Hat is racking up growth figures that much of techdom might envy. Sales rose 32%, to $157 million, in the quarter ended May 31, and profits climbed a respectable 7%. So why is Wall Street so bearish on the stock? A day after Red Hat (RHT) reported results, Oppenheimer & Co.

The North Carolina Technology Association (NCTA), the primary voice of the technology industry in North Carolina, announced today the keynote speakers for this year's A CEO Conversation, to be held Thursday, April 24 from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Sheraton Imperial in Durham.

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Red Hat Inc. CEO Jim Whitehurst said Friday -- his fourth day on the job -- that he's angling for a showdown with two tech titans in what he describes as a struggle to protect information sharing in software development.

Red Hat's new chief executive plans to thwart advances from larger rivals by waging war on business and political fronts.

By Corey Dade ATLANTA -- In the months before his retirement as Delta Air Lines' chief executive, Gerald Grinstein made clear in public who he wanted to succeed him.