Friday Five — September 19, 2025

Friday Five — September 19, 2025 Why upgrade to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 or 10 now ITPro Podcast - Is all-photonics the future of networking? The virtualization game has changed: A new playbook for IT leaders State of the Model Serving Communities - September 2025 Red Hat Customer Portal recognized by the Association of Support Professionals as one the Best Support Websites of 2025 About the author Red Hat Corporate Communications More like this Blog post Blog post Original podcast Original podcast Keep exploring Browse by channel Automation Artificial intelligence Open hybrid cloud Security Edge computing Infrastructure Applications Virtualization Share Why should you seriously consider upgrading to RHEL 9.6 or 10? That's easy: To immediately leverage new features, such as image mode and RHEL Lightspeed. Learn more How close are we to achieving all-photonics networks and what are the business benefits? Chris Wright, Senior Vice President of Global Engineering and CTO at Red Hat, discusses the potential benefits of photonics based networks and how they could upend current network architecture. Learn more Virtualization is here to stay, but platform needs are evolving. Andrew Brown, Senior Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer at Red Hat, shares his unique perspective on how forward-thinking organizations are harnessing a unified platform for virtualization and containers to become more agile and flexible. Learn more The Red Hat Customer Portal was announced as one of the winners of The Association of Support Professionals' Best Support Websites of 2025, validating our commitment to innovation and to meeting our customers wherever they are. Learn more Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver reliable and high-performing Linux, hybrid cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. Red Hat helps customers integrate new and existing IT applications, develop cloud-native applications, standardize on our industry-leading operating system, and automate, secure, and manage complex environments. Award-winning support, training, and consulting services make Red Hat a trusted adviser to the Fortune 500. As a strategic partner to cloud providers, system integrators, application vendors, customers, and open source communities, Red Hat can help organizations prepare for the digital future.