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To a seasoned virtual machine (VM) administrator, the shift from a familiar environment to Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization can feel daunting. We understand that your primary concern is not just migrating mission-critical workloads, but rapidly gaining the proficiency to manage a new, integrated platform successfullyMigrating off your current hypervisor doesn't have to be a sudden leap. It is a gradual evolution, and Red Hat provides you with guided resources at every stage of the journey. That starts with free trials and learning hubs to support your initial exploration. These tools help you

During the excitement of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 (RHEL) launch at Red Hat Summit, I kept hearing one question from customers and partners: When would an offline version of the RHEL command-line assistant be available? Today I can announce that it's on the way.As part of the RHEL 10.1 update, an offline, locally available command-line assistant is officially in developer preview. For customers with a Red Hat Satellite subscription, it offers AI-powered RHEL guidance based on decades of enterprise Linux experience. Companies and agencies in finance, government, defense, industrial contro

Platform engineering teams know the drill. You need to connect, secure, and route traffic to your applications on OpenShift. Sometimes, it can feel like you’re wrestling with limitations or complexity at scale when managing traditional Ingress.Your platform deserves flexibility without giving up an ounce of control.That’s why we’ve been working closely with F5, and we're happy to share that NGINX Gateway Fabric is now a certified operator for Red Hat OpenShift.For the thousands of teams already running NGINX and Red Hat OpenShift, this is the optimization you've been waiting for. It brin

When we build a new major version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), our engineering teams learn a lot about what modern IT demands and what customers need to thrive. Those lessons shape the new capabilities and features we tout on the Red Hat Summit stage at launch. After the celebration of a launch, of course, comes the work of bringing those new capabilities to more RHEL customers by building them into previous editions. Today, with the launch of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.7, some of the most important security features of RHEL 10 are available to more people who need them.Cryptography for

Many existing and popular workloads are getting infused and enhanced with AI, and there will likely emerge a new wave of AI applications in the future. This has led to the increasing importance of AI accelerators, including graphics processing units (GPU) and custom training and inference engines. From discrete GPUs to AI acceleration integrated on-die with the traditional CPU, it's clear that specialized, accelerated hardware is required to provide the performance needed to develop and deploy tomorrow's workloads.That's why we're announcing a new, simplified AI accelerator driver experience o

Are you excited to try out post-quantum cryptography in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), but you haven't yet upgraded to RHEL 10? Our efforts to ensure that you're ready to make the switch, and to prepare your organization for "Q-Day", now start with RHEL 9.7. By getting started now, you can proactively begin strengthening your security posture and preparing for a seamless transition to RHEL 10.RHEL 9 was released in 2022 and was an important step forward from a security perspective. It was the first version of RHEL that received FIPS 140-3 certification, matching current security requirement

For most large-scale enterprises today, the hybrid cloud isn't a strategy, it’s just the reality. Most organizations are running in both worlds: they have modern, cloud-native applications in containers, and critical, often mission-critical, systems in virtual machines (VMs).The reality is that running two separate virtualization stacks creates silos, complexity, and unnecessary operational cost – what can be called the complexity tax. It slows down your operations and application teams, strains budgets, and ultimately makes it harder to deliver value to the business.We recently spoke with

Red Hat OpenShift 4.20 brings significant expansion of support across Oracle's diverse cloud infrastructure services. This enhancement delivers OpenShift's enterprise-grade container platform to additional Oracle cloud services, providing your organization with greater flexibility and choice in your deployment strategy.OpenShift 4.20 introduces support for five new Oracle cloud infrastructure services:General Availability:EU Sovereign Cloud: Full production support for organizations requiring data sovereignty and regulatory compliance within European bordersTechnology Preview:Oracle US Governm

Red Hat OpenShift 4.20 is now generally available. It's based on Kubernetes 1.33 and CRI-O 1.33 and, together with Red Hat OpenShift Platform Plus, this release underscores our commitment to provide a trusted, comprehensive, and consistent application platform. On OpenShift, AI workloads, containers, and virtualization seamlessly co-exist, enabling enterprises to innovate faster across the hybrid cloud, without compromising on security.Available in self-managed or fully managed cloud service editions, OpenShift offers an application platform with a complete set of integrated tools and services

The age of quantum computing is on the horizon, and with its immense processing power comes a significant threat to the cryptographic foundations of our digital world. In this article, we'll explore the emerging support for post-quantum cryptography (PQC) in Red Hat OpenShift 4.20, focusing on how it enhances the core components of the Kubernetes control plane: the apiserver, kubelet, scheduler, and controller-manager. Missing is etcd, using an older version of Go.The quantum threatToday's widely used public-key cryptosystems, such as RSA and elliptic curve cryptography (ECC), form the foundat

We are excited to share that KServe, the leading standardized AI inference platform on Kubernetes, has been accepted as an incubating project by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF).This milestone validates KServe’s maturity, stability and role as the foundation for scalable, multi-framework model serving in production environments. By moving into the CNCF’s neutral governance, KServe’s development will be driven purely by community needs, accelerating its standardization for serving AI models on Kubernetes.For Red Hat this is a validation of our commitment to delivering open, re

The demand to extend applications to the edge has never been greater. From retail shops to industrial and manufacturing sites, there's a need to create, consume, and store data at the edge. Deploying applications at the edge comes with a set of physical constraints, but also with the need to deliver a truly cost-efficient and resilient architecture. When building applications at the edge, you must consider the needs of the individual site as well as the cost to deploy, manage, and maintain applications across multiple edge locations.The good news is that Red Hat OpenShift is evolving to meet t

The speed of innovation in large language models (LLMs) is astounding, but as enterprises move these models into production, the conversation shifts - it’s no longer just about raw scale; it’s about per-token efficiency and smart, targeted compute use.Simply put, not all prompts require the same level of reasoning. If a user has a simple request, like, "What is the capital of North Carolina?" a multi-step reasoning process required for say, a financial projection, isn’t necessary. If organizations use heavyweight reasoning models for every request, the result is both costly and inefficie

Red Hat's most recent posts about Performance, Scale, Chaos and more.LATEST BLOGSEfficient and reproducible LLM inference: Inside Red Hat’s MLPerf Inference v5.1 submissionsOctober 31, 2025 Naveen Miriyalu, Diane Feddema, Michey Mehta, Keith Valin, Michael Goin, Ashish Kamra, Jean HsiaoAs generative AI (gen AI) workloads become central to enterprise applications, benchmarking their inference performance has never been more critical for understanding the limits of their capabilities. In MLPerf Inference v5.1, Meta’s Llama 3.1-8B was featured for the first time. This post presents Red Hat�

The biggest frustration for modern developers isn't the code; it's the friction. It’s the constant context switching, the endless search for the right internal document, and the risk of building on outdated standards. 50% of developers reported losing 10+ hours a week to non-coding tasks, which can equate to a ~$1.6 million loss per 100 engineers per year. Organizations need to empower developers with a self-service experience that is fast, highly personalized and grounded in the company's unique development standards.That's why we’re excited to announce Red Hat Developer Hub 1.8, the late

In an increasingly complex technology landscape, digital sovereignty has moved from a theoretical concept to an urgent strategic imperative for European organizations and governments. Recent global events—from supply chain disruptions to geopolitical conflicts—have underscored the critical need for greater control over their technology. Digital sovereignty is a strategic effort for organizations to build greater resilience, choice and confidence into IT environments. This isn’t a move towards isolation, with true sovereignty requiring more than just local data centers. Businesses are re-

For the first time, Red Hat Summit is coming to Atlanta, Georgia, and we’re building an agenda of technical and non-technical content for our experienced audience. We're looking for our community of experts—customers, partners, and associates—to share their knowledge and experiences.The call for proposals is open now, from October 1 until November 12. Submit your session proposal today for a chance to present at Red Hat Summit, May 11–14, 2026 at the Georgia World Congress Center.We're looking for more advanced session content this year. We want sessions that go beyond the basics, offe

This series takes a look at the people and planning that went into building and releasing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. From the earliest conceptual stages to the launch at Red Hat Summit 2025, we’ll hear firsthand accounts of how RHEL 10 came into being.Part 1In our first post looking behind the scenes of how Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 10 came to be. We heard about the early stages that started right after Summit 2022 and the release of RHEL 9. This included assembling the team, setting expectations, and working with upstream communities to gather ideas. In part 2, the team behind RHEL

The Association of Support Professionals (ASP) has announced the Red Hat Customer Portal as one of the winners of the Best Support Websites of 2025. This year's winning entry highlighted several key innovations that continue to advance Red Hat’s customer experience, including:Ask Red Hat, a conversational, AI-based generative search experience.Red Hat Offline Knowledge Portal (RHOKP), a new product that provides Red Hat knowledge and support documentation to customers in air-gap or disconnected environments.Product Compliance Experience, a searchable source for all product compliance records

To CIOs and CISOs overseeing critical production systems, AI can seem chaotic: It’s a dynamic, constantly evolving ecosystem, where current certifications and standards may not apply the same way, if at all. But AI can’t be ignored - properly implementing and integrating an AI strategy can be a massive boon to the enterprise, but the key word is “properly.” Red Hat has always been committed to having our platforms conform to the certification and standards requirements of enterprise IT across industries. AI is no different, so we’re pleased to announce that Red Hat OpenShift AI has s