As the complexity of modern infrastructure, applications, security, and hybrid cloud environments escalates, IT organizations need an IT automation strategy. Red Hat® Ansible® Automation Platform is built to meet complex needs and accelerate business outcomes for nearly every enterprise automation use case. In this webinar series, we’ll cover:
- The benefits of enterprise-grade automation for your organization.
- How Event-Driven Ansible supports critical applications and workloads.
- How automation can simplify and standardize your hybrid infrastructure.
- A firsthand look at the Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed with IBM watsonx Code Assistant experience.
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Webinar 1
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform: The security-focused way to automate
Two key concerns for most IT leaders are security and risk management. When considering the best automation solution for your team, thinking through the most high-impact and efficient ways to ensure security is key to having a successful automation strategy. This is where Red Hat® Ansible® Certified Content Collections, available only with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, come in.
Ansible experts Emily Bock and Jamie Beck will walk you through how Red Hat platforms are tested and hardened for security, along with the benefits of a Red Hat subscription.
In this webinar, we’ll cover:
- The differences between community-supported tools and a Red Hat subscription. While community-supported tools are great for experimentation and trying out new things, Ansible Automation Platform is ready for deployment in the enterprise.
- The steps Red Hat takes to prioritize platform security. While all Red Hat solutions are driven by open source, Red Hat’s platforms, such as Ansible Automation Platform, go through a rigorous process to ensure product security.
- An example of how Red Hat Ansible Certified Content Collections give you what you need to automate on Day 1. Many security vendors work with Red Hat ones to develop and certify content to automate their products with Ansible Automation Platform. We’ll show you an example of 1 such collection and its benefits.
Live Event Date: Wednesday, October 25, 2023 | 11 AM ET
Speakers: Jamie Beck and Emily Bock
Webinar 2
Using automation to simplify and standardize your hybrid infrastructure
There are compelling business drivers behind migrating and managing workloads in the cloud, such as cost savings and scalability. But what happens when issues such as compliance, security, or just complexity mean you need to maintain other systems or applications in your datacenter?
Using a hybrid environment offers maximum flexibility but comes with its own set of challenges, including drift or lack of visibility across these different environments. With automation, these challenges and more can be solved. Join Ansible® experts Tricia McConnell and Nuno Martins as they share the key use cases and considerations for running workloads in a modern hybrid environment.
In this webinar we’ll cover:
- How to get started automating common workloads like Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®, Windows, and more in your datacenter or cloud.
- Key use cases for automation in cloud environments.
- Updating dynamic inventories without user intervention.
- Which Ansible tools and capabilities can help you get started.
- The emerging role of event-driven automation.
- Working with existing cloud provisioning tools like Terraform.
Live Event Date: Wednesday, October 31, 2023 | 11 AM ET
Speakers: Nuno Martins and Tricia McConnell
Webinar 3
Red Hat and Cisco: Extending network automation to the edge
Extending network automation to the edge is critical to addressing challenges that arise when managing remote locations. Security and compliance, infrastructure complexity, and management at scale are all aspects that must be accounted for.
Red Hat and Cisco work together to deliver the platforms and integrations needed for efficient, automated NetOps. Join experts Dafne Mendoza and Oren Brigg to learn how Red Hat® Ansible® Automation Platform can automate your Cisco Meraki configurations effortlessly as they share use case examples, including those involving event-driven automation.
In this webinar we’ll cover:
- The challenges that emerge when extending network automation to the edge.
- The value of Ansible Automation Platform and Cisco Meraki at the edge.
- Key use cases for network automation at the edge.
- The emerging role of event-driven automation.
Live Event Date: Tuesday, November 7, 2023 | 11 AM ET
Speakers: Dafne Mendoza and Oren Brigg
Webinar 4
Generative AI, the Ansible way
The generative AI revolution didn’t catch the Red Hat® Ansible® Automation Platform team by surprise. Far from it. We’ve been preparing for this moment since 2021, partnering with IBM Research to develop a generative AI solution that enhances the Ansible Automation Platform experience: Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed with IBM watsonx Code Assistant . And we’ve done it the Ansible way, with a tight focus on automation and a commitment to delivering a solution that the Ansible community can trust.
In this session, we’ll provide an overview of Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed with IBM watsonx Code Assistant. We’ll walk through how it was developed, the questions it addresses, key features, and how it’s poised to reshape the Ansible creation experience.
In this webinar, we’ll cover:
- How Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed was developed in partnership with IBM and Red Hat’s uniquely devised approach to the biggest questions surrounding generative AI.
- How Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed will transform automation creation and outcomes that customers can expect from the service.
- A firsthand look at the Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed with IBM watsonx Code Assistant experience, with a guided tour of key features and capabilities, how the service fits into existing Ansible workflows, and how to get started.
Live Event Date: Tuesday, November 14, 2023 | 11 AM ET
Speakers: Craig Brandt and Justin Braun
Webinar 5
3 reasons to start building your automation community of practice (CoP)
Organizations are prioritizing automation over other technology initiatives, in part due to the fast time to value. But getting the most out of an automation technology isn’t a given. Isolated structures, tribal knowledge, and resistance to change are real barriers to organizations looking to automation to get the most out of their automation investment and help them increase efficiency.
Overcoming these challenges is critical, but where do you start? Join this session to learn why culture affects automation efforts and how you can best prepare your teams to make the most of your automation investments.
In this webinar, you’ll discover:
- How to build your automation community of practice (CoP) and the importance of doing so.
- How to take maximum advantage of your CoP to optimize and grow for security-focused, transformative automation.
- How to use the CoP to help bolster your personal career and development progress.
Event Date: Tuesday, November 28, 2023 | 11 am ET
Speakers: Jeffrey Kellam
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