10 breakthrough stories to help you turn 2026 ambitions into reality

10 breakthrough stories to help you turn 2026 ambitions into reality Getting Started with Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Introducing the Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed intelligent assistant Red Hat to acquire Chatterbox Labs: Frequently Asked Questions The end of static secrets: Ford’s OpenShift strategy Demystifying llm-d and vLLM: The race to production Accelerating open source development with AI Don’t just automate, validate: How to measure and grow your return on investment AI ambitions meet automation reality: The case for a unified automation platform Slash VM provisioning time on Red Hat Openshift Virtualization using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Solving tool overload, one automation step at a time What’s next? The adaptable enterprise: Why AI readiness is disruption readiness About the author Isabel Lee More like this Introducing OpenShift Service Mesh 3.2 with Istio’s ambient mode Context as architecture: A practical look at retrieval-augmented generation Data Security 101 | Compiler Technically Speaking | Build a production-ready AI toolbox Keep exploring Browse by channel Automation Artificial intelligence Open hybrid cloud Security Edge computing Infrastructure Applications Virtualization Share Welcome to 2026. As we look back at the final weeks of 2025, it is clear that our industry has shifted from “what if” to “how to. ” Last year was defined by the move from AI experimentation to production-grade reality, the hardening of cloud-native security, and the rise of unified automation platforms. Whether our community was focused on scaling hundreds of clusters or slashing VM provisioning times from months to minutes, the goal remained consistent: building a foundation that is security-focused, scalable, and resilient. Getting Started with Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Whether you are looking to migrate away from a legacy virtualization platform or simply want a unified control plane for both virtual machines (VMs) and containers, Red Hat OpenShift provides a centralized solution. This guide walks you through the foundational steps of using OpenShift Virtualization—from installing the necessary operators on bare metal to deploying your first VM. You’ll also learn how the migration toolkit for virtualization (MTV) can help you bring existing workloads from VMware or Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift into a modern, Kubernetes-native environment. By integrating VMs into your standard container workflows, you can manage all your services under a single, automated platform. Introducing the Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed intelligent assistant As IT industries grow in complexity, the pressure to automate is higher than ever—but you shouldn’t have to be a veteran "Ansible-whisperer" to get the job done. This post introduces the Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed intelligent assistant, a gen AI service embedded directly within Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform. Discover how this tool acts as a subject matter expert (SME) at your keyboard, using a retrieval augmented generation (RAG) pipeline to pull from official Red Hat documentation. Whether you are troubleshooting an error code or configuring Event-Driven Ansible, learn how Ansible Lightspeed reduces "swivel-chair" operations and helps your team build, deploy, and manage automation faster than ever.