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9 essential questions to ask before a virtual machine migration: Challenges, strategies, and real-world insights

As the virtualization space evolves, many customers need to update their traditional virtualization strategies. Organizations are choosing to adopt a virtualization strategy to avoid the rising costs of managing legacy systems and the inability to scale to meet business demands1. A feature of Red Hat OpenShift, Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization allows users to run and manage virtual machine workloads alongside containers. It supports both hybrid and multicloud environments and provides one unified platform for virtual machines and containers.Migrating to OpenShift Virtualization offers the flex

Is your organization ready for the future? Why skills matter

The drive toward AI-enabled transformation is causing organizations to focus on upskilling, reskilling and reconnecting their IT teams. Recent data from IDC1 shows that 58% of CEOs are concerned about whether their organization’s skill sets can meet the demands of AI initiatives. This IDC report reinforces the need to invest in building an organization with the skills that will support productivity, efficiency and competitiveness.Organizations across all industries and regions are facing a growing shortage of IT skills, whether in security, cloud, IT service management or AI. Fast-changing t

20 essential Linux commands for every user

From new user to power user, here are 20 Linux commands that will make your life easier.Typing commands into a darkened terminal window might seem puzzling, but for many computer users, it's the most efficient, most accessible and clearest way to accomplish nearly any task on a computer. These days, thanks to all the projects that bring open source commands to non-open platforms like macOS and Windows, and with containers running everywhere, terminal commands are relevant to everybody. Try Red Hat Enterprise Linux before you buy, with a free 60-day evaluation.Here are the top 20 commands a mod

Friday Five — January 3, 2025

AI use cases: Not sure how AI can help your organization? Start here.AI is arguably the most significant technological advancement since the internet, but there can be a disconnect between how people and organizations think about AI and ML and their approach. Here are some ideas about what you should do before you launch your first AI app development project. Learn more Channel Futures - Top IT Software Vendor Channel Leaders for 2024Channel Futures highlights the 19 IT and software vendor channel leaders for 2024 who share leadership traits that will help propel the success of their channe

What’s new in OpenShift Virtualization 4.17

Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4.17 is now generally available.OpenShift Virtualization lets you migrate your existing virtual machine (VM)-based workloads to Red Hat OpenShift, helping to streamline operations on a modern platform. You can take advantage of the speed and simplicity of a comprehensive application platform, while preserving your existing virtualization investments. Here's some of what's new in our OpenShift Virtualization 4.17 release.Performance and scaleImproved workload density with safe memory overcommit. Safe memory overcommitment allows virtual machine memory to swap to

Top 10 edge blog posts of 2024

Devices on the network’s edge help organizations process data and transactions quickly on site, and can cut down on redundant network traffic and the latency that comes with it. There are challenges with managing so many devices and all the data they process, though, so edge computing is still changing and improving. Here are the top 10 articles about edge computing published on the Red Hat Blog in 2024.1. 5 concepts edge architects should know to get startedEdge computing is popular today because it solves the need for distributed computing, latency reduction, and processing data closer to

10 Linux blog posts to bookmark now

Good infrastructure provides reliability and flexibility to an IT system, and Linux is a stable and secure foundation for servers, clouds and applications. Modern IT requires consistency combined with versatility, continuous support combined with continuous innovation. Whatever system you’re building, it can only be as robust as its infrastructure. Here are the top 10 articles that the Red Hat Blog published to help you keep up with what’s been going on with Linux and IT infrastructure in 2024.1. Add first boot scripts to golden images with Red Hat Insights image builderCreating a “golde

Friday Five — December 20, 2024

Forbes - Red Hat Details Vision For AI, Casts Foundations In GraniteIn the open source universe driven by Red Hat, the firm has now engineered the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI, Red Hat’s foundation model platform for developing, testing and running generative artificial intelligence models for enterprise applications. Learn more The Next Platform - GenAI Races Ahead, But Enterprises Are Still At The Starting LineBut while AI research and development has pushed forward at breakneck speed, most enterprises are still not much beyond the starting line, according to Joe Fernandes, vic

10 essential cloud articles to read in 2024

Red Hat has been providing solutions for the cloud for a long time, and continued to forge that path throughout 2024. With Red Hat technology, you’re not limited to what public cloud providers offer. You have options. You can build and manage as much or as little of your platform as you need. That flexibility has been reflected in this year’s blog posts, with authors highlighting some drop-in components that provide new functionality, as well as some of the tools you can use to create your own custom solutions.1. Image mode for Red Hat Enterprise Linux: A quick start guideThe cloud is all

10 AI articles to read before the end of 2024

2024 was an exciting year in technology, so Red Hat blog authors have delivered exciting news stories, musings and tutorials on all the latest trends and topics. Using a dump of traffic logs and the awk command, I’ve compiled a list of the top 10 articles we’ve published this year on the topic of artificial intelligence (AI).1. What is RHEL AI? A guide to the open source way for doing AIAI might be an impressive feat of engineering, but what can it actually do for your organization? It seems AI-powered chatbots are a dime a dozen, but it’s rare to find one that can actually provide factu

Top 10 blog posts about the open source community in 2024

Red Hat is a contributor to and sponsor of many open source projects, so many Red Hatters are also part of the wider open source community. We all get something different from the communities we’re involved with, and the Red Hat Blog regularly explores the many ways we’re all influenced by our communities. Here’s the top 10 articles about open source communities from 2024.1. Open source culture: 9 core principles and valuesOpen source software is developed in a decentralized and collaborative way, relying on peer review and community production. Red Hat is the largest open source company

Red Hat Government Symposium 2024: Today’s Decisions, Tomorrow’s Advantage

Innovation in government doesn’t happen in isolation—it thrives through collaboration, open dialogue, and a shared vision for a future where technology works to improve lives and empower communities. This was the focus of the Red Hat Government Symposium 2024, where government and industry leaders gathered to explore how technology and partnerships are shaping the future.With an overarching theme of “Today’s Decisions, Tomorrow’s Advantage,” the one-day event on November 19 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. packed in eight insightful k

10 must-read application development blog posts from this year

Writing software is complex, and as the industry continues to grow in size and scope, there’s plenty of opportunity to streamline the processes of both development and delivery. Using a dump of traffic logs and the awk command, I’ve compiled a list of the top 10 articles we’ve published this year on the topic of application development.1. DevOps and Platform Engineering: What’s the difference?In this article, Gordon Haff explains everything you need to understand DevOps and platform engineering, two popular approaches to software development and IT operations.DevOps, originating from t

Streamline lifecycle management of 5G Core CNFs on Red Hat OpenShift

Upgrades are necessary in any industry that relies upon IT infrastructure to do business. From adopting new features and addressing common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVE) to enhancing security and complying with support requirements, there are many business-critical reasons to upgrade your software infrastructure. This is especially true for service providers operating in rapidly changing market conditions. By offering the fastest network with advanced services and features, upgrades help service providers maintain customer satisfaction, grow revenue, and ensure long-term success. Even so,

Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift: Rethinking storage design in pod-based architectures

With the release of Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift , there is a major change in the design and architecture that changes how OpenStack is deployed and managed. The OpenStack control plane has moved from traditional standalone containers on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) to an advanced pod-based Kubernetes managed architecture.Introducing Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShiftIn this new form factor, the OpenStack control services such as keystone, nova, glance and neutron that were once deployed as standalone containers on top of bare metal or virtual machines (VMs) are now deployed

Automatically acquire and renew certificates using mod_md and Automated Certificate Management Environment (ACME) in Identity Management (IdM)

IntroductionIn a previous article, I demonstrated how to configure the Automatic Certificate Management Environment (ACME) feature included in the Identity Management (IdM) Dogtag Certificate Authority (CA). Specifically, I covered installation of IdM with random serial numbers, and how to enable the ACME service and expired certificate pruning. This article explains the management of ACME (currently a technology preview) with IdM and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) clients.Currently, mod_md is the only ACME client implementation completely supported and provided by Red Hat. For this article,

AI use cases: Preparing for your first AI pilot project

In our previous article we went over six things you should do before you kick off your first artificial intelligence (AI) project, including everything from evaluating your organization's AI readiness to developing a culture of innovation. Here we'll go over some ways to prepare for and launch your first generative AI (gen AI) pilot project.Download the "Open the future" e-bookWhen you think you're ready to embark on your first AI app development project, you'll first have to identify, select and prioritize some AI use cases. To do this effectively, you should:Start with a problem, not an AI s

Infusing AI into IT operations

An automation strategy is the foundation for AI adoption and is critical for success. Let’s explore some examples of this.In my previous blog post, we delved into how uptime and availability are not just technical issues; they are essential to the success of AI-driven business operations. For businesses leveraging AI to improve efficiency, foster innovation, and boost customer satisfaction, ensuring their infrastructure is reliable and always accessible is vital. Automation is essential for AI, as it enables the reliability and efficiency necessary to handle AI workloads.Red Hat Ansible Auto

Embedding agile culture as an engagement lead in Japan

In 2018, Red Hat launched our Open Innovation Labs in Japan. Through this program, our consulting team works directly with clients' development teams, offering hands-on guidance in modern methodologies such as agile development and DevOps.We recently interviewed Yoshikazu Y., agile engagement lead and the head of Open Innovation Labs in Japan. Yoshikazu shared insights on the purpose of Open Innovation Labs, the appeal of working as an engagement lead, the ideal candidates their team is looking for, and current opportunities on the team. Red Hat: Tell us about your career history.Yoshikaz

AI use cases: Not sure how AI can help your organization? Start here.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has moved from speculative fiction to everyday reality seemingly overnight. Anywhere you look, there are companies promoting their latest AI and machine learning (ML) products or features, ranging from text generators to chatbots to automated podcast editors and everything else under the sun. AI is suddenly everywhere, and it is arguably the most significant technological advancement we've seen since the birth of the internet.Download the "Open the future" e-bookBut according to some estimates, over 80 percent of AI projects fail, demonstrating a clear disconnect b

3 key features in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes 4.6

Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes and Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes Cloud Service versions 4.6 are now available. This update lays the foundation for a future based on policy as code and improves the UI to make it easier for users to find what they need.The significant changes in this version can be found here, but the highlights are:Violations Management UX improvementsACS Scanner v4 adopts Red Hat CSAF/VEXNVD CVSS scores for all CVEs (when available)Compliance reportingACSCS PCI DSS 4.0.0 complianceRed Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes GlobalHub

Friday Five — December 13, 2024

Mark your calendar for Red Hat Summit AnsibleFestRed Hat Summit and AnsibleFest is back, bringing IT professionals, enterprise leaders, partners, and open source enthusiasts together May 19-22 in Boston, Massachusetts. Learn more Red Hat Delivers Next Wave of Gen AI Innovation with New Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI CapabilitiesRed Hat Enterprise Linux AI 1.3 is now generally available, bringing support for the latest updates in the Granite large language model (LLM) family and incorporating even more open source advancements. Learn more Deutsche Telekom, Red Hat and IBM collaborate on successfu

Build RHEL 10 Beta with Insights Image Builder

Insights image builder has added Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 10 Public Beta to the list of operating systems that you can build for all of your hybrid-cloud environments. You can learn more about RHEL 10 in the announcement here. This makes it easier than ever to customize and launch a new RHEL 10 Beta instance, as well as installation images for physical systems.Try RHEL 10 Beta todaySimply go to Red Hat Insights for RHEL and click on Inventory->Images in the left navigation pane to access Insights image builder. The guided workflow will walk you through each step. Insights offers a pr

5 ways to maximize your cloud value with Red Hat solutions on AWS Marketplace

Using solutions from the world’s leading open source and hybrid cloud provider on the world's most popular cloud provider is simpler than you think.A new strategic collaboration agreement with AWS will significantly expand availability of Red Hat offerings in AWS Marketplace, accelerating cloud modernization through virtualization and AI.IT leaders face the dual challenge of pushing innovation while managing cost and complexity. With hybrid cloud environments becoming the standard, you must balance on-premise workloads with cloud-native development. With the scale and reach of cloud hosting

Using migration hooks in migration toolkit for virtualization

Virtualization continues to play an increasingly critical role in the enterprise technology landscape. As part of this evolution, Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization offers a pathway for organizations looking to modernize and consolidate workloads. Finding tools to support migration from existing hypervisors to OpenShift Virtualization is an essential step in this journey. I have written in the past on how you can use the migration toolkit for virtualization (MTV) to help migrate virtual machines (VMs) to OpenShift Virtualization, but one important aspect of that toolkit is how to automate certai

User experience and its importance in adoption of democratized AI

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to evolve, its influence spans across industries, transforming operations and enhancing decision-making processes. At this point in time, I believe most of us can envision that in the near future, AI will be as much a part of the day to day life for a software developer as it will be in the life of a farmer. To realize this vision at this scale, it demands democratizing the evolution of AI technologies to create an ecosystem that provides opportunities for open collaborations. It has been attempted before and open source software development is a succe

RHEL AI 1.3 Docling context aware chunking: What you need to know

With the release of RHEL AI 1.3, we’re excited to introduce context aware chunking powered by the Docling project, a significant enhancement that expands the capabilities of taxonomy contributions, pushes the limits of synthetic data generation and offers enhanced document support (pdf and md). Through our collaboration with IBM Research and adoption of Docling, RHEL AI 1.3 now features a new data ingestion pipeline.This update enables seamless integration of PDF documents, marking a shift from the previous Markdown-only support in qna.yaml and a new chunking strategy for documents, context

Jumpstart GitOps with image mode

A year ago, I was introduced to image mode for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). That introduction brought me back together with some folks I’d worked with in Project Atomic, and it proved that you could orchestrate the complete build and automation of an operating system using application pipelines. Finally, sysadmins can take advantage of the same build tools developers have.Image mode for RHEL enables you to use container tools to assemble operating system artifacts. GitHub happens to have all the required tooling: source control, a built-in container registry and pipeline tools in the for

Now available: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Beta

Today, we're excited to invite you to beta-test Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 10, the next major version of the enterprise operating system. With this newest release, we’re delivering a modern Linux experience on a platform that can support enduring operational technologies and emerging workloads alike.This beta strengthens a commitment we made when we released Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 in 2019: to release a new major edition every three years and offer more lifecycle predictability for our customers. RHEL 10, due to reach general availability in mid-2025, will be our third major release

Measuring the success and impact of an automation community of practice

An automation community of practice can be a cornerstone of your organizational strategy to adopt automation at scale. Yet there’s a challenge: how do we know if the community is healthy and driving you towards your strategic goals around automation?The value of a community of practiceAs we’ve established over this blog series, the values of a community of practice are transformative. From upleveling the skills, sharing knowledge and practices, or just establishing a network of other professionals across the organization for support and troubleshooting, the value of community can be a diff

Do software security features matter in the world of vulnerability remediation?

It’s easy to tick the checkboxes on a compliance checklist with the mindset that your system is protected and not exposed to risk. If it is this simple, why do we continue to invest billions of dollars in developing security controls and software development lifecycle (SDL) practices that help harden software and minimize risk? What is the value in configuring services, tuning firewalls, and enforcing access policies only to accept a risk rating for a vulnerability directly mapped to a base score that seemingly ignores all the work done?This contradictory model of focusing on security featur

Top 10 security architecture patterns for LLM applications

The software industry has started developing a vast array of artificial intelligence (AI) applications based on large language models (LLMs). While many security threats to LLMs are similar to those affecting traditional software, LLMs and their applications also face unique security risks due to their specific characteristics. These risks can often be mitigated or reduced by applying specific security architecture patterns. Here are 10 ways to mitigate and reduce security risks in LLM applications.1. Identify, authenticate and authorize all the principalsThis includes humans and agents that p

Using migration hooks in migration toolkit for virtualization

Virtualization continues to play an increasingly critical role in the enterprise technology landscape. As part of this evolution, Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization offers a pathway for organizations looking to modernize and consolidate workloads. Finding tools to support migration from existing hypervisors to OpenShift Virtualization is an essential step in this journey. I have written in the past on how you can use the migration toolkit for virtualization (MTV) to help migrate virtual machines (VMs) to OpenShift Virtualization, but one important aspect of that toolkit is how to automate certai

Open RAN revolution: The power of collaborative ecosystems

The world of telecommunications is fast-paced, and so the need for agile, innovative, and efficient solutions is crucial. Open Radio Access Networks (open RAN) are at the forefront of this transformation, enabling service providers to break free from traditional, monolithic infrastructures. What's the secret ingredient for faster adoption and development of open RAN? A robust, collaborative ecosystem.VIAVI's VALOR Lab: A hub for open RAN innovationTesting, evaluation, and certification are key to the widespread deployment of open RAN. As outlined in a recent announcement, VIAVI's VALOR Lab emb

Virtualization in retail: Options for virtualizing small, medium and large store systems

For many years, software virtualization has allowed retailers to deliver improved store-based applications without the need to add hardware capacity. Customer-facing applications such as stock control and customer loyalty programs, and colleague-facing applications such as replenishment and staff rotas are critical to store success. As the number and complexity of store applications increases, retailers will frequently use hardware and software virtualization techniques to support the increased demands for capacity while avoiding the cost of supplying additional hardware. As retailers increas

EMEA Blog | Deutsche Telekom, Red Hat and IBM collaborate on successful O-Cloud trial for Open RAN

The parties complete initial key phase for independent O-Cloud developmentOn its mission to become the leading digital service provider, Deutsche Telekom has pioneered open RAN since it co-founded the xRAN Forum in 2016, leading to the formation of the O-RAN Alliance in 2018. Deutsche Telekom’s goal is to establish multi-vendor O-RAN as a solution for high-power, large-scale macro network deployment as part of its network modernization activities in Europe.Deutsche Telekom has defined three key pillars in its O-RAN approach to support greater optionality, deployment flexibility and advanced

Friday Five — December 6, 2024

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Established as the Leader in Infrastructure Automation by Industry Research FirmRed Hat Ansible Automation Platform has been named the leader by Forrester Research in The Forrester Wave™: Infrastructure Automation Platforms, Q4 2024. Forrester Research identified the most significant infrastructure automation platform providers and researched, analyzed and scored them to show how each one measures up. Learn more Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Service on AWS Now AvailableAnsible Automation Platform Service on AWS makes it easier for customers to mana

Confidential cluster: Running Red Hat OpenShift clusters on confidential nodes

This is the first of a series of articles in which we will share how confidential computing (a set of hardware and software technologies designed to protect data in use) can be integrated into the Red Hat OpenShift cluster. Our goal is to enhance data security, so all data processed by workloads running on OpenShift can remain confidential at every stage.In this article, we will focus on the public cloud and examine how confidential computing with OpenShift can effectively address the trust issues associated with cloud environments. Confidential computing removes some of the barriers that high

Red Hat Asia Pacific joins SEMI SEA to help lead the charge in Southeast Asia’s semiconductor boom

The Southeast Asian semiconductor industry is emerging as a major global force, poised for exponential growth in the coming years. With countries like Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines and Vietnam playing pivotal roles, the region now accounts for significant portions of the global semiconductor market. Malaysia, for instance, contributes 13% of the global packaging and testing output while Singapore holds a 20% share in semiconductor equipment manufacturing. The Philippines sees over 60% of its total exports coming from the semiconductor and electronics sector.Amid this booming landscape,

A year of telco transformation: reflections on 2024 and looking ahead to 2025

As 2024 winds down, it's a perfect time to reflect on the transformations we’ve witnessed in the telecommunications industry and how they’re shaping what’s to come in 2025. This year has been one of collaboration, innovation and navigating new challenges together—qualities that define telco’s ongoing evolution.At Red Hat, we’re fortunate to be part of an ecosystem that thrives on change. Whether it’s advancing the open telco approach or tackling the complexities of artificial intelligence (AI), our industry has never been more dynamic. Let’s explore some of the pivotal themes t
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