Friday Five — February 6, 2026

Friday Five — February 6, 2026 Don't forget to register for Red Hat Summit Achieve more with Red Hat OpenShift 4.21 InfoWorld - AI agents and IT ops: Cowboy chaos rides again HealthTech - How health systems can optimize their virtualization strategy Cracking the inference code: 3 proven strategies for high-performance AI About the author Red Hat Corporate Communications More like this AI insights with actionable automation accelerate the journey to autonomous networks IT automation with agentic AI: Introducing the MCP server for Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Data Security And AI | Compiler Data Security 101 | Compiler Keep exploring Browse by channel Automation Artificial intelligence Open hybrid cloud Security Edge computing Infrastructure Applications Virtualization Share Registration is now open for Red Hat Summit 2026 in Atlanta! Register by February 23 for the lowest rates, or save further with group discounts for three or more attendees from your organization. Secure your spot now for the best value. Learn more Red Hat OpenShift 4.21 is now generally available. This release enables enterprises to run AI training, microservices, and virtualized apps on a single, secure hybrid cloud platform. Learn more Traditional cowboy IT chaos—unrepeatable, manual changes—has been replaced by structured automation. However, agentic AI threatens a return to unpredictability. Because LLMs are non-deterministic, they may solve the same problem differently every time, risking enterprise stability and undermining a decade of progress in configuration management and security. Learn more Integrating AI with virtualization allows health systems like Mary Washington Healthcare to automate operations and secure patient data. Using Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization and AI assistants, providers reduce learning curves and improve patient experiences. Learn more Enterprise AI’s core challenge is operational: solving the efficiency equation. This post explores three practical inference strategies for IT leaders and architects to optimize performance and cost-effectively scale their applications. 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.