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.


ON THE BLOG:

How Red Hat Open Innovation Labs has pivoted to virtual residencies

Whether you’re focusing on business continuity and resilience, looking to increase developer productivity, or innovate faster, Red Hat Open Innovation Labs virtual residency is one way we continue to help organisations come together.

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GOOD READ:

CIO - 6 ways to optimize your innovation spend

“Innovation happens at the intersection of functions; it organically comes from people closest to a problem,” says Red Hat CIO Mike Kelly. That’s one reason why he co-locates some of his technology staff with the business units they support.

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IN THE NEWS:

InfoWorld - Java programming language celebrates 25 years

The Java programming language celebrates its silver anniversary this week, with May 23, 2020, marking 25 years from the day Sun Microsystems first introduced Java to the world.

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LISTEN TO THE PODCAST:

Open Practice Podcast - How to Use OPL w/ Awesome People

How can the Open Practice Library guide teams and organizations to enhance delivery value, and how can open practices be used to build communities that drive organization innovation and transformation? Tune in to the Open Practice Podcast to hear answers to these questions and more.

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RECOMMENDED READING:

FOSSBYTES - Interview With Paul Cormier, Red Hat CEO: "Never rest on your success."

After spending over 20 years at the world’s leading open-source software solution provider, Paul Cormier is now taking charge at the helm of Red Hat. Paul shares his thoughts about the company’s success, the current pandemic situation, how he has overcome obstacles, and about the future strategy of Red Hat under IBM.

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