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KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025
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Red Hat OpenShift 4.20 Enhances Security of the Modern Application Platform to Unite Enterprise IT, from Virtual Machines to AI
Red Hat OpenShift 4.20 includes new features focused on accelerating AI workloads, enhancing core platform security and expanding virtualization support. The release provides a unified and trusted foundation for customers to modernize their applications and scale their IT operations from the datacenter to the edge.
Red Hat Developer Hub 1.8 is now generally available, delivering context-aware AI and enterprise governance to modernize the developer experience
Red Hat Developer Hub 1.8 is now generally available, the latest version of our enterprise-grade developer portal based on the Backstage project. New features in this release give users: AI tools to boost productivity and integrate AI into applications; Lifecycle tools to scale governance, get support more easily, and extend functionality faster; and a more personalized experience for faster self-service and onboarding.
The strategic shift: How Ford and Emirates NBD stopped paying the complexity tax for virtualization
Sandeep Kulkarni from Ford Motor Co. and Ali Rey from Emirates NBD shared their journey of unifying VMs and containers on one cohesive platform - Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization. Their story offers a clear, straightforward playbook for any IT leader facing a similar challenge.
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Red Hat OpenShift 4.20 Enhances Security of the Modern Application Platform to Unite Enterprise IT, from Virtual Machines to AI
Red Hat OpenShift 4.20 includes new features focused on accelerating AI workloads, enhancing core platform security and expanding virtualization support. The release provides a unified and trusted foundation for customers to modernize their applications and scale their IT operations from the datacenter to the edge.
The strategic shift: How Ford and Emirates NBD stopped paying the complexity tax for virtualization
Sandeep Kulkarni from Ford Motor Co. and Ali Rey from Emirates NBD shared their journey of unifying VMs and containers on one cohesive platform - Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization. Their story offers a clear, straightforward playbook for any IT leader facing a similar challenge.
Red Hat Developer Hub 1.8 is now generally available, delivering context-aware AI and enterprise governance to modernize the developer experience
Red Hat Developer Hub 1.8 is now generally available, the latest version of our enterprise-grade developer portal based on the Backstage project. New features in this release give users: AI tools to boost productivity and integrate AI into applications; Lifecycle tools to scale governance, get support more easily, and extend functionality faster; and a more personalized experience for faster self-service and onboarding.
Red Hat Launches Red Hat Developer Lightspeed for AI-Powered Developer Productivity
Red Hat Developer Lightspeed is a new portfolio of generative AI (gen AI) solutions designed to speed up developer workflows with intelligent, context-aware assistance. These new virtual assistants integrate directly into Red Hat's developer tools to meet developers where they work, helping to increase productivity and reduce context switching.
Red Hat Delivers Evolving Foundation for Modern IT with Latest Version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Building on the innovations of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.1 and 9.7 offer a more intelligent and future-ready computing foundation, bridging IT skills gaps with AI-powered, offline Linux management, quantum threat mitigation and greater control over operational consistency. In addition, Red Hat Satellite 6.18 enables more control over critical data and system components through a centralized management platform for Red Hat Enterprise Linux workloads.
Red Hat Delivers Enhanced Experience for AI Accelerators on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
With the launch of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.1 and 9.7, Red Hat is delivering a streamlined experience for customers to more easily access and install leading AI accelerators from AMD, Intel and NVIDIA. By enabling easier access to the latest drivers and userspace components, Red Hat Enterprise Linux enables organizations to get their AI models and applications into production faster.
Bringing intelligent, efficient routing to open source AI with vLLM Semantic Router
The vLLM Semantic Router is an open-source system that acts as an intelligent, cost-aware request routing layer for the highly efficient vLLM inference engine. Think of it as the decision-maker for your LLM inference pipeline - it addresses efficiency challenges through dynamic, semantic-aware routing. This project was developed at Red Hat by emerging tech's Huamin Chen.
KServe joins CNCF as an incubating project
KServe, the leading standardized AI inference platform on Kubernetes, has been accepted as an incubating project by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). KServe is the critical model serving component that powers the OpenShift AI platform, ensuring our customers can transition from model development to production inference seamlessly and at scale.
The adaptable enterprise: Why AI readiness is disruption readiness
In the AI era of technological disruption, Red Hat open source AI solutions offer a resilient foundation for innovation. Discover how Red Hat® OpenShift® and Red Hat Enterprise Linux® help organizations adapt and thrive using innovative AI solutions in this e-book written by Red Hat COO and CSO, Michael Ferris. Download this e-book for more details about how Red Hat’s dedication to open source helps create new efficiencies, insights, and better experiences for customers.
