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:
Red Hat Extends Comprehensive Kubernetes Platform with Consistent and Persistent Storage
Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation is now included in Red Hat OpenShift Platform Plus, bringing data services, including software-defined storage, to the industry’s leading enterprise Kubernetes platform in a single holistic solution.


RECOMMENDED READING:
Transitioning Red Hat’s finance leadership
Carolyn Nash will transition to senior vice president and CFO for Red Hat, following the retirement of Laurie Krebs, later this year.
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CHECK IT OUT:
The State of Customer Experience at Red Hat: Technical support and subscription management enhancements
In the second post of this three-part series, see how Red Hat's support delivery and subscription management teams used customer feedback to drive critical enhancements last year.


GOOD READ:
The Enterprisers Project - Maintaining momentum on digital transformation
New research from Harvard Business Review Analytic Services identifies four focus areas for CIOs and IT leaders as they work toward enabling greater flexibility, resilience and momentum for digital transformation. Check out what leading CIOs say they’re prioritizing in the year ahead.


ON THE BLOG:
Growing the open source talent pipeline with HBCUs
Learn how Red Hat is supporting Historically Black Colleges and Universities, including a strategic relationship with Shaw University to support its growing Computer Science program and the "All In" program to create a more inclusive open source community.
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