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For Red Hat, diversity, equity and inclusion are core tenets of our culture and the foundation of the company that we strive to be. And as part of that, one area we have been focused on for several years is pay equity. In recognition of Equal Pay Day, taking place in the U.S. today and in the spirit of transparency, I wanted to share the steps and tools that have worked for us — many of them we consider to be essential for businesses wishing to commit to closing the pay gap.

Red Hat Summit 2022 registration is officially open! Red Hat Summit is taking place on May 10 and May 11, and you can sign up today! If you want to take part in all of this year’s virtual Red Hat Summit goodness, you should take a few moments to register now.

Editor’s note: Paul Cormier, Red Hat's president and chief executive officer, shared the following email with Red Hat associates today.

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While you wait for Red Hat Summit 2022, you can still take advantage of the Red Hat Summit 2021 goodies that are available on demand - although only for a limited time. Get the details.

We surveyed nearly 1,300 IT decision makers at medium to large enterprises worldwide about the state of enterprise open source. Learn more about some of the key takeaways.

In mid-2020, stc embarked on an ambitious project to pivot away from being a communications service provider (CSP) to become a comprehensive digital service provider (DSP). Here's a closer look at this project, the challenges they encountered, and how they leveraged Red Hat products and services towards achieving these transformative business objectives.

By pairing Baicells RAN software with Red Hat OpenShift, organizations can access a robust container-based architecture to deploy 5G and RAN solutions on a cloud environment that best meets their needs. Learn more.

Change doesn’t happen overnight. From mobile banking, connected vehicles, private 5G and more, learn how Red Hat's global Telco, Media and Entertainment (TME) organization has been helping service proviers deliver innovation solutions:

We’re delighted to welcome Vony Tjiu to Red Hat as a country manager for Indonesia. In her new role, she will be responsible for Red Hat’s business operations in one of Southeast Asia’s fastest growing emerging markets.

2022 is in full swing and we wanted to take a moment to pause and celebrate some of our recent accolades. Our latest batch of awards includes recognition in categories ranging from Red Hat’s diverse and inclusive workplace culture, our talented individuals who make Red Hat so special, and the depth and experience of our business portfolio. 

Each year around this time people ask, "what’s the big trend?" or "what’s the new technology we should be watching?" But the truth is, immediately adopting the "next big thing" isn’t the best strategy for CIOs, trivializing the longevity and impact, of IT in an organization. Some technology persists for decades if not longer, and the decisions IT leaders make today can affect their organizations’ nimbleness and market response down the road, whether it’s in two years or 20.

We’re delighted to welcome Albert Chai to Red Hat as a general manager for Red Hat’s Rest of Southeast Asia (RoSEA) region. In his new role, Albert will be responsible for Red Hat’s business operations in a dynamic region with accelerated growth.

It’s time to mark your calendar for Red Hat Summit 2022, taking place May 10-11, 2022. Join us as thousands of customers, partners, and technology industry leaders from around the world come together for two days of innovation, education and collaboration—all accessible at no cost. 

In the final part of our three-part blog series on the state of customer experience at Red Hat, we cover enhancements that our marketing teams made in 2021 based on customer feedback.

Data accessibility, management and sharing were critical agenda items for the two customers we’re highlighting in this month’s customer success stories post. See how Red Hat technologies have helped address these challenges for our public health and safety customers:

We made enhancements to several Red Hat products and product documentation based on customer feedback in the past year. In this post, let's take a look at some of the improvements we made to the areas of support delivery and subscription management:

In our previous post we shared the names of the winners of Red Hat EMEA Digital Leaders Awards across three categories: Open Transformation, Cloud Native, and Hybrid Cloud.

When conversations around DEI within the technology industry are brought up, often what you hear is a lack of a strong pipeline or challenges with finding qualified, diverse talent to fill job openings. Having a diverse talent pool is no longer a nice-to-have, it’s a must-have in order to maintain innovation and continue to drive business forward. At Red Hat, we face the same issues and what we have found is that in order to find diverse talent, we need to go to where the talent is.

Later this year, Laurie Krebs, Red Hat’s senior vice president and chief finance officer (CFO), will retire after five years with the company. Carolyn Nash, currently vice president of global finance, transformations and operations, will be promoted to senior vice president and CFO replacing Laurie on April 1st. Until her retirement in July, Laurie will work with Carolyn to ensure a smooth transition.

Throughout 2021, the Red Hat Customer and Partner Experience team analyzed thousands of feedback collected through our net promoter score (NPS) survey, focus groups, and more. Learn how we used these findings to implement a host of new enhancements - and ultimately to improve the customer experience: