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:
Top new features in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 and 9.2 Beta
RHEL 8.8 and 9.2 Beta are now available, bringing new features and enhancements that deliver greater consistency and a stronger security posture to the open hybrid cloud’s foundation, with the ability to deliver workloads, applications and services faster with less effort across various environments.

IN THE NEWS:
InfoWorld - How ChatGPT will enable the 100x programmer
ChatGPT gives programmers (and doctors, teachers, researchers, etc.) superpowers to develop, communicate, and iterate on their ideas. Those who focus on testing its possibilities rather than its limits will have the early advantage.

CHECK IT OUT:
Fortune - Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For
Thanks to our associates, Red Hat has been named to the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For list for the fifth year in a row!

RECOMMENDED READING:
Fastest road from CentOS Linux to Red Hat Enterprise Linux
June 30th, 2024 will mark the end of life of CentOS Linux and the end of maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. However, the RHEL team has tools and support ready to help you with your transition.

GOOD READ:
VentureBeat - How microservices have transformed enterprise security
When discussing microservices, we often hear their advantages framed in terms of agility and flexibility in delivering innovations to customers. But one angle that’s not spoken about as much are enterprise security concerns. Read on to learn how because of microservices, teams can respond to security threats far faster and more effectively than ever before.
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