Friday Five — May 23, 2025

Red Hat Summit and AnsibleFest 2025 Newsroom

Earlier this week thousands of open source enthusiasts, customers and partners descended on Boston for Red Hat Summit and AnsibleFest 2025. Catch up on all of the latest Red Hat news, blogs and executive voices from the event, spanning portfolio updates across AI, Linux, Kubernetes and more. Learn more

Forbes - Red Hat CEO Defines Hybrid Today, Hybrid Tomorrow

According to Red Hat CEO Matt Hicks, hybrid technology today encompasses any application, container or cloud abstraction. Looking to tomorrow, hybrid will extend to include any AI model, accelerator and cloud. Learn more

TechTarget - Red Hat amps up open source AI infrastructure pitch

This week, Red Hat unveiled open source AI infrastructure updates, including a vLLM-based AI Inference Server and validated models for Red Hat OpenShift AI, to help propel enterprise AI with improved cost efficiency and performance. Learn more

CRN - Red Hat Launches RHEL 10 with New Capabilities for Hybrid Cloud and AI Systems

At Red Hat Summit and AnsibleFest 2025, Red Hat launched offerings such as RHEL 10, Red Hat AI Inference Server, developer tooling and edge solutions, with a key focus in enabling open source AI across diverse hardware and hybrid cloud environments to help organizations address cost, data privacy and complexity. Learn more

TheCUBE - Ashesh Badani, Chief Product Officer at Red Hat

Red Hat’s mission has long been enabling customers to embrace open innovation across the hybrid cloud, but how has AI changed the trajectory of this mission? Ashesh Badani joins theCUBE at Red Hat Summit and AnsibleFest 2025 to discuss Red Hat's vision for AI. Learn more