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.


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IN THE NEWS:
SiliconAngle - Controlling software supply chain security will require new tools, automation and vigilance
When it comes to software supply chain security, the problem confronting the tech industry today can be summed up in one five-letter word: chain.


ON THE BLOG:
Understanding digital twin environments and their challenges
Red Hat has worked with a number of customers to implement digital twin solutions, which has helped us compile a high-level outline of some of the architectural approaches we have used and lessons learned. In this post, we share some highlights to help you better understand DTEs and how they might work for your needs.


CHECK IT OUT:
Integration Developer News - API management vs. service mesh: The choice doesn’t have to be yours
In 2022, enterprises are racing to embrace a flexible and resilient integration method to support hybrid or cloud apps. Red Hat’s Mark Cheshire reviews the benefits of two top choices – API management and service mesh. He also shares insights for designing a new-gen ‘connectivity’ architecture.


WATCH THE VIDEO:
Technically Speaking (E11): You need Ops to AIOps
Does Artificial Intelligence + Machine Learning + Data Science = AIOps? In this episode, Red Hat CTO Chris Wright chats with Marcel Hild about how AIOps maybe isn't entirely what we think it is.
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