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.


CHECK IT OUT:
Red Hat Lowers Barriers to Artificial Intelligence Projects with Red Hat OpenShift
While AI is transforming how enterprises do business, operationalizing an AI infrastructure can be complex and time- and resource-intensive. Red Hat OpenShift 4.10 is now generally available to help organizations deploy, manage and scale AI workloads with confidence. In addition, Red Hat OpenShift is now certified and supported with the NVIDIA AI Enterprise 2.0 software suite.


LISTEN TO THE PODCAST:
Command Line Heroes: Lurking Logic Bombs
Logic bombs rarely have warning sounds. The victims mostly don’t know to expect one. And even when a logic bomb is discovered before it’s triggered, there isn’t always enough time to defuse it. But there are ways to stop them in time. Listen to the latest episode of Command Line Heroes.


ON THE BLOG:
Boston University sees success with new educational tools built with Red Hat OpenShift Data Science
Introducing students to modern computing systems can be complicated and challenging. See how Boston University is using Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS and Red Hat OpenShift Data Science to build new educational tools and simplify critical concepts of computing systems for students.


GOOD READ:
Edge computing and 5G: What's next for enterprise IT?
2022 could be a turning point for pairing edge computing and 5G in the enterprise. Learn more about trends to watch according to Red Hat leaders, partners and industry experts.


IN THE NEWS:
VentureBeat - The risk of undermanaged open source software
There are a lot of myths surrounding open source software, but one that continues to permeate conversations is that open source is not as secure as proprietary offerings. Red Hat's Kirsten Newcomer and Vincent Danen explore the curated vs. comunity approach to securing software supply chains.
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