Friday Five — June 20, 2025

Develop, Test and Run Granite Family LLMs with Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI

Interested in ramping up your generative AI skills? The new Develop, Test, and Run Granite Family LLMs with Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI course will introduce you to fine-tuning, serving, and using generative AI models with RHEL AI. Learn more

The New Stack - Introduction to vLLM: A High-Performance LLM Serving Engine

vLLM is open source and community-driven, representing a milestone in inference technology. It addresses critical challenges like memory management and throughput optimization through innovative approaches. This makes vLLM a leading, production-ready solution for organizations aiming to deploy large language models efficiently and at scale. Learn more

AI at scale, without the price tag: Why enterprises are turning to Models-as-a-Service

As AI solutions accelerate across enterprises, it becomes increasingly expensive to use public models, which have the added risk of enterprise data being exposed to third parties. The Models-as-a-Service (MaaS) approach enables enterprises to offer open source models that can be used as a shared resource by the entire company. Learn more

Telecom Review - Open Source, Clear Signal: Red Hat on the Future of Telco

In an exclusive interview with Telecom Review Europe, Red Hat's Ian Hood shares insights on how open-source technologies are accelerating digital transformation in telecom, enabling providers to innovate faster and build more agile, cloud-native networks for the 5G and IoT eras. Learn more

What's new in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6?

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 delivers a flexible foundation equipped with intelligent features, expert support and advanced tools. It streamlines application management from development through deployment, regardless of your infrastructure size. Combined with a strong ecosystem, RHEL 9.6 accelerates deployment, simplifies configuration and enables a secure future. Learn more