Friday Five — April 22, 2022

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Techaisle - Red Hat cloud services deliver time to value and enhance developer and operator efficiency

Techaisle's Anurag Agrawal analyzes Red Hat's Cloud Services, focusing on customer challenges we are addressing with cloud services, market differentiation, especially VMware, and why its significant value lies in providing a consistent full-stack development and operational experience.

 

IN THE NEWS:

CRN - Red Hat Exec: Training Investments Reflect ‘Renewed Emphasis On Partners’

Red Hat is investing in improvements to its training and certification offerings for partners, including free access to a range of training courses, discounts on certification exams and a new dynamic skills path experience to help with education goals, job roles and IT challenges. Ken Goetz, Red Hat’s vice president of customer success, tells CRN, "Partners are ‘getting more content, they’re getting content more quickly and they’re going to have continuous access to it. And all of that is going to put them on a path to getting certified."

 

LISTEN TO THE PODCAST:

Command Line Heros - "Menace in the Middle"

All communication leaves the possibility for crossed wires. And as we become more connected, there’s a chance for those with ill intentions to steal our information and meddle in our daily lives—with devastating results. Smriti Bhatt breaks down the complexity behind machine-in-the-middle attacks. Johannes Ullrich tells us why we shouldn’t always trust that free WiFi. And the “father of SSL” Taher Elgamal notes that while cryptography can address the increasingly sophisticated nature of malware, there are no safe bets in security.

GOOD READ:

Forbes - New Mindsets For Digital Transformation

Tom Davenport reports on his participation in a Red Hat online customer event that changed his thinking about how digital transformation takes place, and how digital capabilities can transform customer events.

ON THE BLOG:

Welcome Node.js 18

The Node.js community released a new major release - Node.js 18 - which will be promoted to long-term support (LTS) in October. Red Hat's Michael Dawson, who is chair of the Node.js Technical Steering Committee (TSC), details the latest updates and new features in this release.