Friday Five — March 18, 2022

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:

Red Hat Summit 2022 registration is now open

Red Hat Summit 2022 registration is officially open! If you want to take part in all of this year’s virtual Red Hat Summit on May 10 and May 11, take a few moments to register now, and check out the agenda at a glance if you would like a quick preview of what you can expect.

 

IN THE NEWS:

eWeek - Red Hat CEO Paul Cormier: Open Source Drives the Cloud and Edge

James Maguire hosts Paul Cormier, CEO of Red Hat, on eWeek’s eSpeaks podcast. They discuss how open source’s innovation enables edge computing, trends he thinks will shape tech, and why hybrid cloud is now the operative model going forward.

 

CHECK IT OUT:

VentureBeat - 95% of IT leaders feel open source tools are key to strong infrastructure

A survey by Red Hat finds that cloud computing and always-on services built using the open source development model and code are increasingly crucial to nearly every industry. Companies will continue to bring more products to market based on open source projects because the benefits are broad and strategic and no longer about lower cost of ownership.

ON THE BLOG:

Red Hat’s commitment to equal pay

In recognition of Equal Pay Day and in the spirit of transparency, Jennifer Dudeck, senior vice president and chief people officer of Red Hat, shares the steps and tools that have worked for Red Hat. Many of these are considered to be essential for businesses that are committed to closing the pay gap.

GOOD READ:

What's new in automotive software in 2022?

The shift to the software-defined vehicle brings forward sophisticated use cases that previous proprietary systems cannot easily accommodate. Through collaboration across the automotive, cloud, IoT computing, and safety communities, extending open source practices into the vehicle can create faster scale and simultaneously provide consolidation.