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.


IN THE NEWS:
SiliconANGLE - The power of GitOps: a comprehensive framework for modern IT operations
Red Hatters Christian Hernandez and Harriet Lawrence spoke with theCUBE guest analysts Rob Strechay and Joep Piscaer at the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe event, during an exclusive broadcast on theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio. Read on to learn how GitOps is taking shape as an ideal operational framework


GOOD READ:
State Tech Magazine - Local Agencies Can Improve Citizen Services with Edge Computing
Red Hat's Kevin Tunks shares how data processing at the edge can support government branch offices, resulting in an improved customer experience.


CHECK IT OUT:
The future of Red Hat security data
Red Hat security data is a central source of truth for Red Hat products regarding published, known vulnerabilities. The availability of accurate information in security data can help provide the correct risk assessment process in customers' vulnerability management programs, which further helps with vulnerability patching prioritization. Read on to learn more about future updates to Red Hat security data.


LISTEN IN:
Compiler - Re:Role |The Developer Advocate And The Exchange
There are a lot of ways to get the word out about your product. But the tech industry needs something more. Building a community where users and developers can talk to you, ask questions, and provide suggestions—that doesn't happen on its own. Developer advocates do the hard work of nurturing communities, doing a lot of showing and telling. And when that community starts talking to each other, and brings new people in on their own? That’s the dream.


ON THE BLOG:
Red Hat's OpenShift Certification Pathways evolve to meet the growing demand for cloud-native skills
Cloud-native technologies have taken the IT industry by storm and Red Hat OpenShift has emerged as a popular application and container orchestration platform for enterprise IT teams. As more companies adopt containerization and cloud-native technologies to modernize and develop new applications, professionals continue to seek ways to upskill in these areas. Red Hat recognizes this growing demand and continually updates its training curriculum and certification pathways to keep up with the industry's evolving needs.
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