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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Welcoming KubeVirt v1.0
KubeVirt v1.0 was released recently, building on new features, maturity, trust, and adopters over the past years, this version 1.0 is a reflection of the status of the project with its mature codebase and healthy community. Read the announcement to learn more.


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Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS GovCloud is prioritized for FedRAMP® High JAB Authorization
To help agencies minimize risk while also empowering them to scale cloud-native innovation, we are pleased to announce that Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS GovCloud is prioritized for Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP®) JAB Authorization. Read the blog for more information about Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS GovCloud.


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Swiss Federal Railways Drives Cloud Migration with Red Hat
Red Hat announced a collaboration with Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) to help complete an extensive IT migration project. Using Red Hat AMQ Streams, Red Hat Consulting helped move Apache Kafka services to SBB’s new cloud environment with minimal effects on uptime.


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Evolution Exchange UK - Empowered Engineering Teams: Overcoming Challenges, Embracing Continuous Learning
Host Rose Byrne speaks with industry leaders who are revolutionizing the engineering landscape for insightful discussion about the keys to empowering engineering teams. In this episode Chris Baynham-Hughes, head of Open Innovation Labs (EMEA) at Red Hat, explains how continuous learning is essential for engineering success.


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TechRepublic - What is DevOps Automation?
As software development becomes more demanding and competitive, teams strive to deliver high-quality applications as quickly and efficiently as possible. DevOps automation makes this goal achievable by promoting collaboration between development and operations teams, minimizing manual tasks, and streamlining processes. This guide dives into what DevOps automation is, its benefits, best practices, the software that can be used to implement it, and more.
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