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 - Three insights you might have missed from KubeCon + CloudNativeCon EU
Red Hat’s strategy with StackRox has resulted in a Kubernetes-native security platform that differentiates itself in a crowded security market. Kirsten Newcomer shared her thoughts with theCUBE on the impact of this acquisition at this year’s KubeCon EU event.


ON THE BLOG:
Application modernization with Apache Kafka
Modern application development platforms, like Red Hat OpenShift, were designed to deliver a more consistent experience for building, deploying and running applications across the hybrid cloud. However, there are a few considerations to keep in mind when modernizing applications to facilitate the development process.


GOOD READ:
Phoronix - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Performing Well, Great Benefit To Newer Intel Xeon & AMD EPYC Servers
Last month RHEL 9.0 reached GA as the newest major update to Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Phoronix highlighted some of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 benchmarks comparing the performance to RHEL 8.6.


CHECK IT OUT:
Red Hat brings greater simplicity and flexibility to Kubernetes management with latest version of Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes
Red Hat announced the general availability of Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.5. This latest release enables customers to extend their existing tools and skills to simplify operations, while providing greater visibility into how they can further optimize Kubernetes management.


WATCH THE VIDEO:
In the Clouds (E24) | Cloud security & VMware + Broadcom
As security threats continue to grow, strong security practices are more critical than ever. Host Stu Miniman talks with Dr. Steve Herrod, Managing Director at General Catalyst, on why security and cloud-based software are more critical than ever to help enterprises and customers in this.
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