Friday Five — May 22, 2026

Fierce Network: Red Hat CTO says these are 3 big things it’s working on with telcos

Verizon took to the keynote stage at Red Hat Summit to talk up its network modernization work with the vendor. Red Hat CTO Chris Wright said it is also working with operators on OSS/BSS transformation. Sovereign infrastructure is another emerging area of focus. Learn more

TelecomTV: Red Hat cements its sovereign credentials with Telenet deal and new products

Sovereignty topped the agenda at the recent Red Hat Summit event, where the IBM-owned open-source solutions specialist made a raft of announcements, including a deal with Belgium’s Telenet Business to develop sovereign private cloud infrastructure. Learn more

CRN: Red Hat CEO Matt Hicks: Channel is ‘biggest opportunity’ in AI, virtualization

During Red Hat Summit 2026, the vendor revealed a host of new product innovations that better arm solution providers around customer engagements ranging from AI to automation, including the upcoming Red Hat AI 3.4, closer integrations with chipmaker giant Nvidia and the upcoming Ansible Automation Platform 2.7. Learn more

Converge! Network Digest: Red Hat and Voyager Extend Hybrid Cloud Aboard ISS

Red Hat and Voyager Technologies deployed Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.1 and Red Hat Universal Base Image (UBI) aboard the International Space Station, extending enterprise-grade Linux and containerized cloud infrastructure into low Earth orbit. Learn more

The New Stack: Red Hat is betting on AgentOps to close the gap between AI experiments and production

Red Hat promises to deliver what the company describes as “metal-to-agent capabilities” designed to bridge the gap between AI experimentation and production-grade operational control across hybrid cloud infrastructure. Learn more