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  • Red Hat Automates More Operating System Tasks

    Red Hat Automates More Operating System Tasks

    Red Hat today announced an update to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) that automates a wide range of manual tasks.

    Scott McBrien, a principal product manager for Red Hat, said RHEL 8.3, available in a few weeks, expands the Red Hat System Roles capability that provides a prescriptive and automated means of managing operating system configurations. Red Hat System Role now addresses kernel and log settings, identity management, certificate management and Network-Bound Disk Encryption (NBDE), as well as deployments of SAP HANA databases and SAP NetWeaver middleware. Red Hat has also updated Tuned, a set of pre-configured performance profiles it makes available.

    In addition, RHEL 8.3 provides an update to Application Streams, a set of developer frameworks, databases, container tools and other resources that now adds support for Node.js 14, Ruby 2.7 and other current versions of tools and languages. Red Hat is now committed to streaming support for updates to the frameworks include in Application Streams versus only making updates available each time the entire platform is updated, said McBrien. That approach is intended to make it possible for developers to embrace new capabilities faster while maintaining support for previous versions of frameworks, said McBrien.

    Red Hat is also furthering its effort to encourage organizations that have standardized on RHEL to embrace its tools for building and managing container applications. Updated container images for Buildah, a tool for building container images and Skopeo, a tool for moving container images across storage platform, have been added along with version 2.0 of Podman, a tool for managing containers and images that adds a REST application programming interface (API) that is compatible with Docker Container Engine.

    Red Hat is making the cases for a more modular approach to deploying tools for building and maintaining containers as an alternative to a more monolithic approach pursued by Docker Inc., said McBrien.

    Finally, Red Hat has added Secure Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) profiles for the Center for Internet Security (CIS) Benchmark and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

    RHEL and the Red Hat OpenShift application development and deployment platform are at the core of the hybrid cloud computing strategy being advanced by Red Hat and its parent company, IBM. According to a Red Hat Enterprise Open Source Report, 63% of organizations surveyed have a hybrid cloud architecture today, with more than half of those who do not have one in place planning to implement one in the next two years.

    Beyond bundling developer tools with RHEL to reduce the number of IT vendors, an organization needs to engage, McBrien said Red Hat is committed to automating as many low-level IT tasks as possible. IT teams should be able to deploy operating systems in the cloud just as easily as they might in an on-premises IT environment, he noted.

    It may be a little while yet before every manual IT task becomes automated, but with each new update to the operating system the number of those rote tasks that IT administrators need to devote time to continues to diminish.

  • Red Hat Announces Certification for Containerized Applications, Extends Customer Confidence and Trust to the Cloud

    Red Hat Container Certification delivers secure, consistent and simplified platform for ISVs to take advantage of containers in Docker format

    RALEIGH, N.C., Mar 11, 2014 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Red Hat, Inc. RHT -0.84% , the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced the extension of its application certification program to include containerized applications. The Red Hat Container Certification ensures that application containers built using Red Hat Enterprise Linux will operate seamlessly across certified container hosts. Designed with the needs of independent software vendors (ISVs), service providers and their enterprise customers in mind, the certification extends the confidence customers have with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, which currently supports thousands of certified applications, to certified containers running on certified container hosts. The pending release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and Red Hat’s OpenShift Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offering will both be certified container hosts, with Docker as a primary supported container format.

    Linux Containers

    Linux Containers have emerged as a key open source application packaging and delivery technology, combining lightweight application isolation with the flexibility of image-based deployment methods. Developers have rapidly embraced Linux Containers because they simplify and accelerate application deployment, while many PaaS platforms are built around Linux container technology, including OpenShift by Red Hat. Red Hat Enterprise Linux implements Linux Containers using core technologies such as Control Groups (cGroups), Resource Management, SELinux, and network namespaces, enabling secure multi-tenancy and reducing the potential for security exploits.

    Building on the capabilities of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, application containers are deployed as software packages that include the application and all of its required runtime components. Benefits include:

    • Instant portability , deploy the certified application container across any certified container host
    • Minimal footprint , avoid the overhead of virtual machine images which include a complete operating system
    • Simplified maintenance , reduce the effort and risk by patching applications along with all of their dependencies
    • Lowered development costs , develop, test and certify applications against a single runtime environment

    Red Hat Container Certification

    The Red Hat Container Certification is the latest addition to Red Hat’s industry-leading certification portfolio that includes Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform. The certification is also part of a larger set of Red Hat technology initiatives which in turn support thousands of third party technology partners within Red Hat’s global ecosystem

    To support this newly announced container certification, Red Hat is also announcing the container certification Partner Early Access Program (PEAP). The PEAP will run through late spring and provide the ability for ecosystem partners to participate in early testing, integration and feedback of the tools and resources required for containerization prior to the official launch of the certification and partner program, currently planned for mid-2014. Beginning today, companies interested in being part of the PEAP can learn more by visiting https://engage.redhat.com/content/enterprise-early-access-se-201402101640.

    Supporting Quotes

    Paul Cormier, president, Products and Technologies, Red Hat

    “Twelve years ago, Red Hat shook up the enterprise status quo with the introduction of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, a safe, consistent Linux platform for the ISV ecosystem. Today, the trust that ISVs place in Red Hat Enterprise Linux can extend to containerized applications with the Red Hat Container Certification, ensuring that containers built on Red Hat Enterprise Linux will work as intended across certified hosts, delivering expanded application flexibility, lowered costs and simplified maintenance, all backed by the support and expertise expected from Red Hat.”

    Ben Golub, CEO, Docker

    “As the de facto standard in open source container technology, we are pleased to see Red Hat embracing the container movement as a means of application efficiency and consistency across computing footprints. By offering a container certification on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Docker, Red Hat is providing the industry’s only standardized, stable platform for commercial container workloads, providing a safe, reliable way to deliver the enterprise applications of the future.”

    Matt Asay, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development, MongoDB

    “Consistent with its mission of high value and affordability, Red Hat continues this trend through a supported platform that enables consistent enterprise-grade application deployment. We’re excited to work with Red Hat to provide customers a seamless database environment that is consistent from development to deployment, regardless of where it resides within the open hybrid cloud.”

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    About Red Hat, Inc.

    Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to reliable and high-performing cloud, Linux, middleware, storage and virtualization technologies. Red Hat also offers award-winning support, training, and consulting services. As the connective hub in a global network of enterprises, partners, and open source communities, Red Hat helps create relevant, innovative technologies that liberate resources for growth and prepare customers for the future of IT. Learn more at http://www.redhat.com .

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    Red Hat, Inc.John Terrill, 571-421-8132 jterrill@redhat.com

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