Friday Five — July 31, 2026

How leading companies are turning AI vision into business value

Enterprises are focused on moving beyond theoretical AI pilots to operationalizing it at scale, optimizing costs, and governing its actions. Chris Wright shares a few highlights from our customers about the future of AI at their organizations. Learn more

Strengthening the open source defense layer: Red Hat joins NVIDIA in the Open Secure AI Alliance

As AI capabilities advance, they transform the security landscape in real time. To address these challenges at scale, no single company can act in isolation. Red Hat is proud to participate as an inaugural member of the Open Secure AI Alliance with NVIDIA. Learn more

The Register - High hardware costs see Red Hat offer a two-server edge rig, no mini-PC required

While two-node OpenShift with arbiter offers a path that uses a small arbiter device to maintain quorum, it technically remains a three-node architecture. For cost-sensitive customers who require a strict, localized two-node footprint, Red Hat now offers two-node OpenShift with fencing. Learn more

Network World - IPv4 address exhaustion drives NetworkManager 1.58 release

NetworkManager 1.58 was released this week, following more than five months of development and 407 commits since version 1.56. The release covers three areas: expanded support for IPv6-only networks, a set of Wi-Fi management updates, and a round of security hardening. Learn more

Sovereign by design: Lessons from Red Hat Summit

Digital sovereignty used to sit somewhere between a compliance checkbox and a future roadmap item. That’s changing fast. At Red Hat Summit, Hans Roth hosted a roundtable on how two different markets are building sovereign clouds and why the conversation now shows up in nearly every customer meeting -- here's what he learned. Learn more