Amadeus IT Group, headquartered in Madrid, is a leading technology company specializing in software solutions for the travel and tourism industry. Founded in 1987, it provides booking systems, travel management, and IT solutions for airlines, hotels, and other sectors. Amadeus has invested in AI to personalize travel experiences and streamline airport procedures using biometric and virtual technologies.

For computing science students, Amadeus offers exciting opportunities in fields like big data, cloud computing, cybersecurity, and AI-driven optimization. The company processes millions of transactions daily, requiring advanced algorithms and high-performance computing to ensure speed, scalability, and security. With a strong focus on innovation, Amadeus provides a dynamic environment for software engineers, data scientists, and AI specialists to tackle real-world challenges in global travel technology.

Founded in 1993 in the United States, Red Hat. They offer services along with developing, and selling software products to other companies. Some of these are storage, operating system platforms, training, and consulting services.

The company is open source, and is mostly attributed to their modification of Linux for corporate use, Red Hat Enterprise Linux. They are the largest contributors to the Linux Kernel other than Intel. But this isn't all they do, founding, or aiding in the development of, or acquiring at least 55 other software projects.

In 2016  they entered talks with IBM, and in 2019, after the largest software cquisition in history, became a subsidiary of IBM. Today, Red Hat is one of the lartgest open-source companies in the world. They Today Red Hat is one of the largest open-source comapnies in the world. We will visit their Madrid office, which is one of their 40 locations worldwide.