Red Hat and Derivatives

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 21, 2022

• Using Red Hat Enterprise Linux to overcome the challenges of managing multiple databases

  PeerSpot members, like most IT professionals, find themselves juggling more than one relational database management system (RDBMS). This means having to stay on top of multiple system configurations, updating processes and patch management. Without the right tools, it can be very demanding work.

• Customer success stories: How Red Hat is helping organizations save money, enhance customer experience and improve uptime

  In this month’s customer success highlights, learn how three companies are making use of Red Hat OpenShift, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and Red Hat Satellite to save money, enhance customer experience and improve both uptime and security posture.

• Boost OpenShift Data Science with the Intel AI Analytics Toolkit | Red Hat Developer

  Intel has been partnering with Red Hat to offer a solution for Red Hat OpenShift Data Science that includes Intel AI tools. With the help of these tools, OpenShift Data Science can perform faster and more efficiently.

  The partnership between Intel and Red Hat came in response to the needs of their customers for an enterprise-grade solution for data science. The need for a more efficient and faster solution stems from the rise in demand for data scientists, which is happening at an exponential rate.

  The new tools include support for popular frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, and MXNet, as well as optimized workflows for deploying AI models on Kubernetes clusters. OpenShift Data Science also provides tight integration with key components of the Intel Xeon Scalable processors family, including Intel Deep Learning Boost (DLBoost), which delivers performance that's up to three times better than previous generations for deep learning workloads.

• Bind services created with AWS Controllers for Kubernetes | Red Hat Developer

  Application developers can define Amazon Web Services (AWS) resources directly from Kubernetes using AWS Controllers for Kubernetes (ACK). You can use the Service Binding Operator to easily connect applications to any AWS service provisioned through ACK.

  This article explores the connection with an RDS database and demonstrates configuring ACK to create a service instance for the AWS Relational Database Service (RDS). You can also learn how to use Service Binding Operator annotations to bind a PostgreSQL service created using RDS and a REST API.

• 6 tactics to boost creativity on your IT team

  For IT teams, creativity is not just about looking toward the future; it also involves examining the present. Creativity is necessary for productivity.

  In IT, there are many Information Technology Infrastructure Library- (ITIL) and Capability Maturity Model (CMM)-based processes that provide a framework for carrying out certain tasks. At times, employees fall back on these processes to boost productivity. But in the end, it’s the creative companies – the ones that are developing leaner, more efficient, and more flexible processes within those frameworks – that come out on top.

• Digital transformation: 6 tips to stay on track

  Digital transformations are constant and ongoing – chances are, you’re undergoing some phase of one as you read this. Pre-pandemic, many transformations were progressing at a steady, maybe even relaxed, pace. Then COVID put them on the fast track.

  If your digital transformation progress feels slower than anticipated, it could be because you’ve lost sight of one of the most important components: the human element. People need to adopt and use the new systems. Digital transformation changes roles, skills, capabilities, ways of working, and even the culture across large swaths of the organization.

• Community Owned CentOS Replacement, AlmaLinux, Elects Board

  Since the organization was formed last year, it’s been operating with an appointed board of directors, so this will be the first fully elected board in the organization’s brief history. The election returns four board members to their seats, and elects three new members.

• EuroLinux Desktop Is Now Available For Download | Itsubuntu.com

  EuroLinux Desktop based on Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 9 is now available for download. EuroLinux Desktop, a new player in the Linux universe is developed by the Polish Open Source solutions manufacturer company called EuroLinux.