Friday Five — September 26, 2025

The adaptable enterprise: Why AI-readiness is disruption-readiness

AI is a powerful tool, but your business needs the right foundation—and culture—to sustain it. In this new Red Hat e-book from SVP, Chief Strategy Officer Mike Ferris, you’ll learn how to build an AI-ready enterprise that’s prepared to turn change into innovation. Learn more

Beginner's Guide to AI: Why AI needs its railroad barons

In this episode of Beginner’s Guide to AI, Matt Hicks, CEO of Red Hat, unpacks why the future of business strategy in AI mirrors the age of the railroads. Just as railroads transformed industries, AI is laying down the tracks for the next wave of innovation — and businesses must decide whether to board or be left behind. Learn more

TFIR: The search for the Linux of AI

AI may be the hottest technology story of our time, but its foundations remain unstable. Red Hat's Steve Watt made a case for why open source must define the core of AI—just as Linux did for operating systems and Kubernetes did for cloud-native infrastructure. Learn more

The New Stack: When is MCP actually worth it?

Model Context Protocol (MCP) shines in novel, multitenant agentic environments. But you might not need it for predictable automation. Learn more

FinTech Magazine: How financial services can harness LLMs safely & effectively

Expert insights on balancing innovation with compliance, risk management and regulatory requirements in financial AI deployment. Learn more