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.


RECOMMENDED READING:

IDC study shows Red Hat training delivers ROI of 365%

A recent IDC whitepaper sponsored by Red Hat, "The Business Value of Red Hat Training," revealed significant benefits for organizations that use Red Hat training courses including an average three-year return on investment of 365%.

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ON THE BLOG:

New year, new features in Red Hat Runtimes

It has been a busy, productive year for Red Hat Runtimes, and we are excited to kick off 2021 with new features. Red Hat Runtimes, part of the Application Services portfolio, is a set of products, tools and components designed to develop and maintain cloud-native applications.

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WATCH THE VIDEO:

TFiR - A Red Hat playbook for new open source companies

Last year Red Hat released its Open Source participation guidelines which is a great resource for companies who are touching open source in one way or the other. TFiR sat down with Ruth Suehle, Director, Community Outreach, Open Source Program Office at Red Hat to learn more about the document and how companies can embrace it.

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IN THE NEWS:

Silicon Angle - Red Hat and Intel expand 5G collaboration as new market opportunities emerge

Red Hat and Intel Corp. announced an “evolution” of their partnership aimed at more closely aligning their product development activities in the 5G market.

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GOOD READ:

Transitioning Red Hat’s global sales and services leadership

Later this year, Arun Oberoi, executive vice president of Global Sales and Services, has decided to retire after nine years with Red Hat. Larry Stack, most recently senior vice president of commercial sales for Red Hat in North America, will transition into the global sales and services leadership role beginning in April. Until his retirement in Q3, Arun will work with Larry to ensure a smooth transition.

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