The Friday Five is a weekly Red Hat® blog post with 5 of the week's top news items and ideas from or about Red Hat and the technology industry. Consider it your weekly digest of things that caught our eye.


IN THE NEWS:
Computer Weekly - Red Hat CEO on AI moves and source code kerfuffle
Matt Hicks talks up Red Hat’s efforts to support generative AI adoption through OpenShift AI and weighs in on the issues surrounding the company’s decision to limit access to RHEL source code.


GOOD READ:
Military Embedded Systems - How automation can optimize zero-trust security at the multidomain, tactical edge
Achieving zero trust at the edge presents multiple challenges. One path to overcoming these barriers is an automation strategy that enables more rapid and reliable configuration of components and helps achieve data-sharing across echelons with greater security.


CHECK IT OUT:
Compiler - In Defense Of Legacy
As the tech industry continues to innovate, more technology gets classified as outdated—often referred to as legacy. But younger IT professionals often start their careers working on legacy hardware and software, and upgrades aren’t always an option. How can they learn and grow, while still working on older tech?


WATCH:
TelecomTV - Automation and zero-touch provisioning for the RAN’
Rob McManus, marketing manager at Red Hat, explains how service providers can use automation to deploy and operate their radio access network (RAN) networks at scale, and how cloud technology can facilitate a distributed RAN, increasing flexibility and reducing costs.


ON THE BLOG:
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