<div>
  <p>
  </p>
  <ul>
    <li>
      <p>
        Red Hat, a leading provider of open-source hybrid and cloud solutions, has partnered with Veeam, a provider of data protection.
      </p>
    </li>
    <li>
      <p>
        The partnership between Veeam (through Kasten) and Red Hat aims to provide the necessary tools and support for organizations transitioning to OpenShift virtualization, which involves integrating virtual machines and containers.
      </p>
    </li>
    <li>
      <p>
        <b>Analyst QuickTake: </b>
        This marks the latest in a series of announcements at the Red Hat Summit 2024. Earlier, Red Hat announced partnerships with 
        <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/29309">
          Intel
        </a>
        , 
        <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/29195">
          NVIDIA
        </a>
        , and 
        <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/29311">
          Cloudera
        </a>
         and introduced the Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (
        <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/29181">
          RHEL AI)
        </a>
         platform.
      </p>
    </li>
  </ul>
  <p>
  </p>
</div>


<div>
  <p>
    <a href="https://siliconangle.com/2024/05/10/veeam-red-hat-virtualization-resilience-rhsummit/">
      SiliconAngle
    </a>
  </p>
</div>


Cloud-native Tech

ANALYST_QUICK_TAKE

INCUMBENTS_PRESENT

PROMINENT_CATEGORY

<div>
 
 <p>Red Hat, well-known for its open-source hybrid and cloud solutions, has forged a partnership with data protection provider Veeam.</p>
 <p>This partnership, facilitated through Kasten, intends to offer essential tools and support to companies shifting to OpenShift virtualization. This process incorporates the integration of virtual machines and containers.</p>
 
</div> <p><b>Analyst QuickTake:<br>
 </b> This marks the latest in a series of announcements at the Red Hat Summit 2024. Earlier, Red Hat announced partnerships with <a href="https:<br>
//sp-edge.com/updates/29309"> Intel </a> , <a href="https:<br>
//sp-edge.com/updates/29195"> NVIDIA </a> , and <a href="https:<br>
//sp-edge.com/updates/29311"> Cloudera </a> and introduced the Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI ( <a href="https:<br>
//sp-edge.com/updates/29181"> RHEL AI) </a> platform.</p>

Red Hat partners with Veeam to provide data protection solutions

<div>
 
 <p>Open-source hybrid and cloud solutions provider, Red Hat, has entered into a partnership with Cloudera, a data infrastructure and analytics company. The aim of the partnership is to meet the growing need for AI workloads while also strengthening cloud infrastructure security and robustness.</p>
 
<p>With this partnership, Cloudera now has developed operators for its Data in Motion services that will enable simplified deployment of Apache NiFi data flows on OpenShift, making it easy for businesses to implement. </p>
 
<p>Cloudera is also moving its public cloud infrastructure over to Red Hat Linux Enterprise AI (RHEL AI), <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/29181">unveiled</a> recently, from its previous operating system. This move allows Cloudera to start testing beta versions of Red Hat products, ensuring their reliability when they are released. </p>

</div>

Cloudera and Red Hat partner to strengthen cloud infrastructure for AI workloads

<div>
 
 <p>Red Hat, an open-source hybrid and cloud solutions provider, has teamed up with Intel to improve enterprise AI applications with the Red Hat OpenShift AI product, utilizing a range of Intel processor technologies.</p>
 <p>This collaboration targets to provide GenAI solutions across various cloud infrastructures to improve interoperability. It will present cloud-based versions of Intel's Gaudi AI accelerators, Ultra and Core central processing units, Xeon, and the Arc GPU.</p>
 
</div> <p><b>Analyst QuickTake:<br>
 </b> As we emphasized in our <a href="https:<br>
//sp-edge.com/insights/28869"> Cloud Tech (Q1 2024) </a> report, cloud-native technology is pivotal in driving the GenAI revolution by providing and optimizing the critical infrastructure needed to scale AI workloads. This partnership is another milestone in this journey, accelerating GenAI innovation and adoption by making Intel's advanced AI processors, such as Gaudi, available through Red Hat's cloud offerings.</p>

Red Hat and Intel partner to power enterprise AI solutions on OpenShift platform

<div>
 
 <p>Red Hat, in partnership with NVIDIA, has introduced NVIDIA's NIM microservices into its platform, Red Hat OpenShift AI. This move aims to improve AI inferencing for a variety of models over an open-source hybrid cloud platform.</p>
 <p>The collaboration further builds on the pre-existing optimization between NVIDIA AI Enterprise and Red Hat technologies such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux and OpenShift. The integration is reported to hasten the implementation of GenAI applications in numerous business functions. These functions include customer service virtual assistance and IT ticket summarization.</p>
 <p>The potential advantages of this partnership extend beyond the aforementioned. They include a streamlined integration process, scalable and monitorable hybrid cloud environments, and robust security and support suitable for enterprise-grade needs.</p>
 
</div>

Red Hat partners with NVIDIA to support NIM microservices on OpenShift AI

<div>

<p>Red Hat, an open-source solutions provider, has launched the Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) platform. This platform supports the development, testing, and deployment of GenAI models.</p>
<p>The RHEL AI includes IBM Research's Granite LLM and tools from the InstructLab model alignment based on the LAB methodology. Key features also comprise of an accessible open-source community, a bootable RHEL image for server deployments across hybrid clouds, and integration into Red Hat's OpenShift AI for scalable execution across distributed cluster environments.</p>

</div> <p><b>Analyst QuickTake:<br>
</b> Red Hat is positioning itself as a key player in the evolving AI ecosystem by focusing on open-source development, providing an end-to-end AI platform, embracing a hybrid cloud approach, and building partnerships to democratize AI innovation. This new product aims to lower barriers for developers to build and contribute to open-source AI models, aligning with their belief that the future of AI will depend on community-driven, open-source software.&nbsp;</p>

Red Hat launches Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI platform

<div>
 <p>Riverbed, an observability and analysis company, has released a new AI-powered observability platform. The platform is designed to tackle challenges in various IT setups such as public cloud, remote work, zero-trust architectures and SD-WAN architectures.</p>
 <p>The platform encompasses data across the IT structure of the customer from networks, IT infrastructure, applications, user experience to the cloud. It makes use of AI for processing and analyzing information from this data and third-party tools to pinpoint root causes and initiate automatic corrections.</p>

</div>

Riverbed introduces AI-powered observability platform

<div>
 
 <p>Investment company EQT has acquired WSO2, a firm known for its API management and identity and access management services. The deal, which valued WSO2 at over USD 600 million, sees EQT obtaining a majority stake and is set to conclude in the second half of 2024.</p>
 <p>WSO2's product offerings include an open-source API manager that aids in the construction and integration of digital services, whether cloud-based or on-site. Additionally, it provides API management for Kubernetes and a prominent Identity Server utilized by businesses for managing identity and access functionalities in their applications.</p>
 <p>EQT aims to take advantage of WSO2's global customer base and strong security infrastructure, underpinned by cloud computing and AI, after the acquisition. EQT maintains that WSO2 is in a prime position to benefit from enduring trends like digital transformation and the increase in GenAI adoption.</p>
 
</div>

EQT acquires API and identity management software company WSO2

<div>
 <p>International Business Machines (IBM), a multinational IT and consulting firm, is reportedly close to procuring HashiCorp, a top multi-cloud infrastructure automation software provider, for a deal worth USD 6.4 billion. IBM's goal with this acquisition is to strengthen its cloud services portfolio.</p>
 <p>HashiCorp is recognized for producing Terraform, a highly in-demand infrastructure automation software. The firm excels in creating solutions that solve practical IT issues in multi-cloud environments, covering infrastructure provisioning, security, networking, and application launch.</p>
 
</div> <p><b>Analyst QuickTake:<br>
 </b> IBM’s <a href="https:<br>
//sp-edge.com/companies/2981#strategy"> strategy </a> includes strengthening and promoting hybrid cloud solutions and AI adoption and pursuing M&amp;A opportunities to serve clients better. Its series of acquisitions focusing on AI and hybrid and multi-cloud solutions include <a href="https:<br>
//newsroom.ibm.com/IBM-acquires-Manta-Software-Inc-to-complement-data-and-AI-governance-capabilities"> Manta </a> , <a href="https:<br>
//newsroom.ibm.com/2023-06-26-IBM-to-Acquire-Apptio-Inc-,-Providing-Actionable-Financial-and-Operational-Insights-Across-Enterprise-IT"> Apptio </a> , <a href="https:<br>
//techcrunch.com/2022/07/06/ibm-acquires-databand-to-bolster-its-data-observability-stack/"> Databand </a> , and notably <a href="https:<br>
//www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/ibm-closes-landmark-acquisition-red-hat-34-billion-defines-open-hybrid-cloud-future#:<br>
~:<br>
text=IBM%20(NYSE%3AIBM)%20and,the%20cloud%20market%20for%20business."> RedHat </a> . This move could strengthen IBM's competitive position in the cloud market. HashiCorp is renowned for its tools that automate the provisioning, securing, and running of cloud infrastructure, which would complement and enhance IBM's existing cloud offerings.</p>

IBM gears up to acquire HashiCorp for USD 6.4 billion

<div>
 <p>The Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) for Kubernetes has announced its 1.30 update which offers numerous feature updates and enhancements. The improvements aim to enhance resource usage and scalability, strengthen security, and provide superior development support.</p>
 <p>Significant features of the 1.30 update comprise the Recursive Read-Only (RRO) Mounts feature that boosts cybersecurity by circumventing accidental alterations, a spec.trafficDistribution field allowing teams to set routing preferences for traffic to endpoints, performance enhancements in recursive SELinux labels, structured parameters for resource allocation, and Common Expression Language for admission control, and more.</p>
</div>

Kubernetes updated with enhanced security and performance features

<div>
 <p>Cloud orchestration and management firm, Tetrate, is collaborating with the United States Air Force (USAF) Platform One team to launch AuthService. AuthService is an open-source project aimed at easing deployment and management of the current authorization service for the Istio service mesh.</p>
 <p>The AuthService, developed using the Go programming language, integrates Istio mesh sidecars and Kubernetes secrets, enabling IT teams to dynamically manage application authentication without any extra code. More so, the AuthService has single sign-on (SSO) features and can be accessed through a software factory run by the Department of Defense (DoD).</p>
 
</div>

All Updates

Red Hat partners with Veeam to provide data protection solutions

Cloudera and Red Hat partner to strengthen cloud infrastructure for AI workloads

Red Hat and Intel partner to power enterprise AI solutions on OpenShift platform

Red Hat partners with NVIDIA to support NIM microservices on OpenShift AI

Red Hat launches Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI platform

Riverbed introduces AI-powered observability platform

EQT acquires API and identity management software company WSO2

IBM gears up to acquire HashiCorp for USD 6.4 billion

Kubernetes updated with enhanced security and performance features

Tetrate collaborates with USAF to launch open-source AuthService project for Istio service mesh

Cloud-native Tech

Red Hat partners with Veeam to provide data protection solutions

Contact us