Friday Five — April 1, 2022

ON THE BLOG:

Fedora 36 Beta is now available

This week, the Fedora Project announced Fedora Linux 36 Beta. The release continues the Fedora Project's emphasis on delivering leading-edge open source technologies and includes updates to GNOME, Wayland improvements for NVIDIA users, and more. Learn more about this release and find out how you can help with testing.

 

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Red Hat Insights: What's new in early 2022

Red Hat recently introducing several workflow improvements to Red Hat Insights to further address the complexities of managing across the hybrid cloud, enabling teams to manage holistically instead of using disparate, cloud-specific tools. Take a look at some of the highlights and important features coming to Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat OpenShift customers.

 

WATCH THE VIDEO:

Technically Speaking (E12): GitOps with Argo CD

How do necessity, innovation, and Git as the single source of truth connect to our taxes? Maybe they don't, but if you want to get started with GitOps, this video is for you. In this episode, Ed Lee of Intuit talks with Red Hat CTO Chris Wright about adopting GitOps and the Argo CD project.

IN THE NEWS:

The Next Platform - Red Hat Stacks Up Software to Contain AI on NVIDIA Platforms

The past several years have been marked by efforts across the IT industry to expand AI and machine learning technologies beyond the realm of research labs and educational institutions. Red Hat has been working with Nvidia to help open these capabilities to more companies, and recently announced tighter integration between Red Hat OpenShift and Nvidia AI Enterprise 2.0. Red Hat's Tushar Katarki spoke with The Next Platform about the news and what it means for customers.

RECOMMENDED READING:

Channel Futures - Red Hat Handing Over Commercial Business to Partners

In this interview with Channel Futures, Santiago Madruga, vice president of presales and services for EMEA at Red Hat, describes efforts to accelerate plans to transfer its direct commercial business to channel partners. Red Hat is also looking to replace more traditional go-to-market avenues with a focus instead on partner ecosystems, and recently expanded its training and certification for partners in order to advance their skills journey with open hybrid cloud technologies.