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.


IN THE NEWS:
Red Hat and Nutanix Announce Strategic Partnership to Deliver Open Hybrid Multicloud Solutions
Red Hat and Nutanix announce a strategic partnership to deliver hybrid, multicloud solutions for joint customers. The collaboration brings together industry-leading technologies, enabling installation, interoperability and management of Red Hat OpenShift and Red Hat Enterprise Linux with Nutanix Cloud Platform, including Nutanix AOS and AHV.


CHECK IT OUT:
We see Kubernetes differently
As contributors since the beginning, we at Red Hat have seen and shaped the development of Kubernetes. What started as a powerful tool for orchestrating containers has become a foundational technology in the open hybrid cloud strategy that modern IT demands. In the latest installment of our thought leadership initiative, we’re laying out a bold vision for present and future of Kubernetes.


GOOD READ:
How Red Hat is evolving to keep the world connected
While communication service providers (CSPs) have always been tasked with driving connectivity, current global dynamics have magnified this opportunity. Darrell Jordan-Smith explains how Red Hat is helping CSPs innovate, scale and accelerate 5G deployments for the enterprise.


WATCH NOW:
TechStrong TV - Java to Kubernetes: Rich Sharples, Red Hat
Rich Sharples, Senior Director of Application Services for Red Hat, explains how Quarkus is bringing Java to Kubernetes.


RECOMMENDED READ:
Red Hat boosts Apache Kafka connectivity for Kubernetes environments with Red Hat Integration
The latest version of Red Hat Integration extends Apache Kafka connectivity to help customers create event-driven applications that integrate into every aspect of their business.
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