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In distributed system management, defining the "ideal state" of a server is rarely black and white. Different operational goals often create tension between performance tuning and security hardening, where optimizing for one can inadvertently break the other. To resolve this friction, Red Hat Lightspeed has introduced a new cross-service validation capability between our advisor and compliance services.Red Hat Lightspeed advisor: Recommendations for misconfigurations and best practices to improve stability, performance, and availability.Compliance: Monitors compliance with security baselines t

Have you noticed the recent surge of post-quantum cryptography (PQC) roadmaps and Q-day countdowns? They’re hard to miss. Organizations across the industry are rushing to set PQC deadlines as research increasingly suggests the risk of a cryptographically-relevant quantum computer (CRQC) appearing before the year 2030 is no longer a fringe theory—it’s a real possibility. While the industry makes bets on the exact date the quantum clock will hit zero, Red Hat has taken a different, pragmatic approach by focusing on adoption, integration, and delivery of the tools and software you need so w

Multicluster management has been a rapidly evolving part of ITOps over the past several years. As organizations deploy hundreds to thousands of clusters across distributed environments, it’s important they assess their options for platforms that can handle critical workloads at scale. Their goals include operational consistency, reduced manual intervention, improved security posture, and a streamlined, automated lifecycle. Red Hat integrates several key technologies to orchestrate a fully automated, security-focused, and efficient workflow for OpenShift environments to manage Day 2 operation

Fierce Network: Red Hat CTO says these are 3 big things it’s working on with telcosVerizon took to the keynote stage at Red Hat Summit to talk up its network modernization work with the vendor. Red Hat CTO Chris Wright said it is also working with operators on OSS/BSS transformation. Sovereign infrastructure is another emerging area of focus. Learn more TelecomTV: Red Hat cements its sovereign credentials with Telenet deal and new productsSovereignty topped the agenda at the recent Red Hat Summit event, where the IBM-owned open-source solutions specialist made a raft of announcements, incl

I recently saw OpenClaw referred to as a harness. I thought, “That’s interesting. OpenClaw isn’t a harness. It’s an agent runtime—it drives the agent loop.” So, what does the word "harness" even mean?The conversation so farThe structural baseline for the concept comes from Birgitta Böckeler's April 2026 article, which elegantly defines an agent as model + harness = agent. She bifurcated the stack into a builder harness (the inner runtime shipped with the tool) and a user harness (the developer's custom context). This definition built on a wave of discussion from February 2026, whi

One of the core principles of Red Hat’s open source culture is open exchange, which is the belief that information should be freely available and accessible to anyone. I recently represented Red Hat at Axe-con 2026, the free accessibility conference organized by Deque Systems. There, I shared one of the methods we use to ensure an inclusive experience on our public websites: Keyboard accessibility testing.My Axe-con presentation outlined the topic and invited viewers to join me in a live demonstration of some keyboard testing practices. After the demo, I performed a quick top-to-bottom test

Consider a medical device running Linux in a hospital. It processes patient data, adjusts dosing, and reports to clinical systems. Or an ATM on a street corner, processing transactions around the clock. Or a gateway device at the edge of a manufacturing network, relaying sensor data from the factory floor. The operating system (OS) on each of these was verified when it was installed. But is every binary and library still exactly what was built? If you would demand that guarantee for a device in an operating room or on a factory floor, why not expect the same from the servers running your busin

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 10.2 and 9.8 are here, evolving the operating system from a foundation to a powerful engine for critical applications, security, and innovation. These updates enhance the core strengths of RHEL to help IT leaders, developers, and administrators accelerate time-to-market, simplify hybrid cloud management, and proactively defend against advanced threats, including quantum computing risks. This integrated strategy enables your organization to innovate, simplify, protect, and trust with the world's leading enterprise Linux platform.Innovate: Accelerating your pace o

AI agents are no longer passive assistants. They write code, call APIs, install packages, and interact with production systems. This shift from passive to active changes not only the usefulness of agents, but also the security question around their activities entirely.When an agent can only generate text, the worst outcome is a bad answer. When an agent can execute code, the worst outcome is a deleted production database. That happened last month. 9 seconds, no rollback,no recovery.The question every enterprise team hits sooner or later: how do you safely allow AI agents to execute code and in

True innovation is never a solo act; it is the result of diverse experts coming together to solve the impossible. While the 2026 Red Hat Ecosystem Innovation Award winners represent the pinnacle of open source success, the sheer volume of transformative work across our global network deserves broader recognition.The following regional honorable mentions represent partners who have acted as force multipliers for our customers. By leveraging the Red Hat portfolio, these organizations have turned complex technical challenges into measurable business value, from securing sovereign AI to automating

In the last few years, large language models (LLMs) have moved from research labs to production systems powering critical business functions. This rapid adoption poses a fundamental challenge for enterprises: How do you deploy AI with confidence when models can behave unpredictably under adversarial conditions? The question keeping IT leaders awake isn't if their AI will fail—it's when, and what will the consequences be?As we've already discovered, traditional software testing approaches fall short when applied to AI. Models don't just have bugs that can be discovered and quickly patched, th

The promise of enterprise AI agents is straightforward: Let the model think, Let the code run, and keep everything under your control.Until now, this promise was hard to deliver. If you wanted Claude to write and execute code for your team, you had 2 options: Run everything on the cloud and accept that your data, your code, and your execution environment live outside your perimeter. Build the entire orchestration stack yourself and lose the intelligence that makes managed agents valuable.Anthropic's self-hosted sandboxes for Claude Managed Agents change that equation. Effectively, this capabil

Recently at Red Hat Summit 2026, Amazon Web Service (AWS) showcased the breadth and depth of its nearly 20-year collaboration with Red Hat, spanning agentic AI development, AI inference optimization, open source infrastructure innovation, and expanded Red Hat software availability on AWS Marketplace. For the engineers, architects, and technology leaders who have been building on Red Hat platforms and AWS infrastructure, the latest milestones in our collaboration have the potential to materially change how they develop, deploy, and operate workloads—and how much it costs to do so.Kiro and Red

It seems there’s a new product or software springing up in the tech world all the time. What’s more, you’re often expected to become your company’s de facto expert and you only have one month to do it. One week. One day. By this afternoon. Whether it be for a personal project, or for a company-wide transformation, learning new tools can take time and bandwidth that you don’t have. Sometimes, simply finding the correct documentation or piece of content that makes sense to you is a challenge by itself. Everyone has different ways to learn and time available to do it, so what’s the so

Open source AI is more exciting than ever, offering a growing number of AI models to choose from. There are reasoning-heavy architecture options like DeepSeek and Kimi K2, more versatile options like the highly-adopted Qwen family, and the specialized, edge-ready Granite 4 from IBM. Having this many options is great news, but it can make users feel paralysis by analysis when trying to decide which model fits their project best.For many organizations, the challenge is no longer finding an open source model, but identifying which will perform best given their specific constraints, whether that i

More than 10 years ago, Red Hat began a collaboration with Microsoft rooted in a simple but powerful recognition: enterprise customers need trusted, interoperable platforms that offer true choice. What started as a shared commitment to openness has grown into a deepening alliance that has guided thousands of organizations as they build, run, and scale workloads across on-premises environments and Microsoft Azure. The goal remains consistent: provide organizations the flexibility to move at their own pace. This includes digital sovereignty, which extends beyond data location to operational cont

Catch up on the news at Red Hat Summit 2026This definitive guide to all of Red Hat's news offers a centralized view of the latest product innovations, strategic collaborations, and visionary milestones. Learn more Watch the Red Hat Summit keynotesHear how Red Hat's unified platform—spanning infrastructure, sovereignty, and intelligence—gives organizations the foundation to move fast with AI without betting on the wrong technology, the wrong vendor, or the wrong moment. The future isn't one cloud or one model. It’s the right platform. Learn more Fierce Network - Red Hat: AI’s foundat

Discover how Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 and Red Hat Connectivity Link deliver Models-as-a-Service (MaaS) to centrally govern and scale enterprise AI model serving.Many enterprises have moved past the AI pilot phase. Models are running in production and teams are consuming them, but now they're hitting the governance wall. Who controls which team can access which model? Who approved that inference endpoint for customer-facing use? What does the organization owe to a compliance team asking for usage reports?The answer depends on your starting point. Many organizations are building their AI inferen

We’re already looking forward to the next milestone in open source collaboration. For 2027, Red Hat Summit is returning to its roots in the heart of the East Coast’s tech corridor—Boston, MA. We invite you to clear your schedule for Red Hat Summit 2027, taking place May 25-27, 2027.Our annual gathering serves as the global focal point for the open source community. We look forward to welcoming thousands of customers, partners, and industry pioneers for a week dedicated to pushing the boundaries of what’s possible through collaboration and shared code.Red Hat Summit 2027 is the premier

As organizations move from AI experimentation toward scalable production, the complexity of manually building high-performing AI models and retrieval systems often creates a significant bottleneck. Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 helps address this with the introduction of AutoML and AutoRAG, now available as technology previews. These tools are designed to automate the labor-intensive aspects of the AI lifecycle, allowing teams to focus on business impact rather than manual configuration.What is AutoML?AutoML in Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 brings enterprise-grade automated machine learning to your fing