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IN THE NEWS:
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 Drives Cloud-Native Automation and Helps Developers Become Automators
Red Hat announced Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 as the company’s new standard for hybrid cloud automation.
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ON THE BLOG:
From the Datacenter to the Edge: The Open Hybrid Cloud Vision for Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2
Ansible Automation Platform 2 is built to deliver a more consistent, connected experience, and the feature naming should mirror this. There are several new components that shift where the automation takes place; when the pieces of the platform change, it’s a sensible time to re-evaluate everything else.


CUSTOMER SUCCESS:
Ansible Automation around the World
Red Hat’s open hybrid cloud technologies provide the foundation and capabilities that these companies need for faster delivery of new and innovative applications and services. Check out how customers from around the world, from Asia-Pacific, to Europe, to North America, tapped Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform to meet their own demands.


RECOMMENDED READING:
Extending Automation across the Organization: How We Can Create a New Culture of Automation from Legacy IT Siloes
As the scale and complexity of technology platforms grow more interdependent and application deployments more frequent, enterprises need to drive business agility and transformation while taking the friction out of the system.


GOOD READ:
TechRepublic - 10 Ways to Avoid Work-From-Home Burnout
Working from home full time can have benefits and drawbacks. Learn 10 ways to make the most of the experience and steer clear of the negative effects.
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