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IN THE NEWS:
Silicon Angle - Red Hat details edge computing collaboration with Verizon
Using Red Hat OpenShift on Verizon 5G Edge, enterprises can flexibly deploy low-latency applications on demand anywhere across more than 13 geographies on the public network and expand to a limitless number of locations on their private managed networks.


RECOMMENDED READING:
The State of Enterprise Open Source Report
Red Hat's report tracks changes in IT leaders' usage and attitudes towards enterprise open source over time, by region, and across industries. It illustrates trends in perceptions of trust and security as it relates to enterprise open source software, its vendors, and the open source community. This year's report shows an increased use of enterprise open source, a more sophisticated understanding of how it works and how it benefits the business.


CUSTOMER SUCCESS:
Red Hat Helps Türk Telekom Digitally Transform Across its Business to the Edge
Türk Telekom, Turkey’s first and leading integrated telecommunications operator, has deployed Red Hat OpenShift, the industry’s leading Kubernetes platform, for use across its business to develop and scale cloud-native applications from core to edge for faster innovation.


CHECK IT OUT:
Red Hat Extends Partner Training Offerings to Strengthen Open Hybrid Cloud Expertise
Red Hat announces the availability of Red Hat Training courses at no cost to partners, accelerating skills development for partners across Red Hat's open hybrid cloud portfolio.


ON THE BLOG:
Edge Automation with NetGitOps on Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2
As organizations grow and expand geographically, they start extending their IT infrastructure into the distributed and far edge layers through opening new branch offices. This sample case shows how configuring and managing multiple wireless settings via Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform simplifies the deployments at scale. Step by step, you will learn how to automate wireless network access point settings at scale through a SD-WAN controller.
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