Update: Beta release of Ubuntu 24.04 finally hits after more than a week’s delay
Update 15/04/2024 – The new beta version of Ubuntu, version 24.04 nicknamed 'Noble Numbat,' has been released after over a week's delay. This delay was due to the backdoor found in the compression tool xz. The release was supposed to take place on Thursday, April 11, but it took just a day longer... Read more
Dangerous backdoor discovered in XZ packages for Linux
A serious security flaw in the XZ compression tool for Linux, known as CVE-2024-3094, has added malicious code to versions 5.6.0 and 5.6.1 of the XZ Utils library. It ended up in widely used Linux distributions, including Red Hat and Debian.
In the tarballs (compressed archive files used for Lin... Read more
Red Hat pegs out wider rack of cloud-native tools
Red Hat had much to say at the recent KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2024 conference, held in Paris this March. The company did its best to explain that it’s no longer just a software company, no longer just a container company, an application platform company, an edge company and, increasingly, not ev... Read more
Legacy IT is stumbling block to corporate innovation
Organizations need to continually reinvent themselves to stay competitive. However, this is easier said than done, as research by Red Hat shows. Existing infrastructure cannot be easily replaced and expertise that already fits new developments is rare, respondents say.
For the annual Global Tech... Read more
NTT and Red Hat build technology for data analytics at the edge
At Mobile World Congress, Red Hat and NTT unveiled an initiative that enables real-time analytics at the edge based on large data sets. This is particularly useful in telecom.
The initiative uses technologies developed by the IOWN Global Forum, an organization focused on frameworks for telecom n... Read more
Red Hat Developer Hub now generally available
The Red Hat Developer Hub should provide developers with the tools to quickly bring software to production.
The new platform features a self-service portal containing the necessary information for developers. For example, through the Red Hat Developer Hub, they can access different consoles and ... Read more
Samsung and Red Hat test CXL memory technology for data centres
Samsung and Red Hat recently successfully tested the Compute Express Link (CXL) memory technology. This technology is designed to increase memory bandwidth in data centres.
The rise of (generative) AI, self-driving cars, and in-memory databases increases data centre demand for throughput and mem... Read more
‘Lack of AI knowledge a major challenge for companies’
The lack of sufficient knowledge about AI among employees is a major future challenge for businesses. These are the findings from a recent Red Hat survey in the United Kingdom.
Red Hat's survey found that nearly three-quarters of UK IT managers surveyed see a lack of good AI skills among employe... Read more
Event-Driven Ansible will unleash a new wave of automation
Red Hat aims to unleash a new wave of automation with Event-Driven Ansible. Infrastructure as Code (IaC) provides the foundation, while Operations as Code provides the completion. This is with an eye toward end-to-end automation.
Earlier this year, Red Hat announced Event-Driven Ansible, and pre... Read more
Red Hat OpenShift 4.14 simplifies application development
Red Hat OpenShift 4.14 is generally available. New features focus on simplifying application development and infrastructure.
The new version of Red Hat OpenShift was unveiled at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America. The platform relies on Kubernetes 1.27, which has been available since April.
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