Red Hat continues cloud transformation with new OpenStack and Cloud Platform Suite products
Red Hat made it clear a few years ago that it couldn’t rely on its Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) glory forever. It needed a path to transformation and it saw a way with OpenStack and the hybrid cloud.
Today it continued its steady march toward fulfilling that cloudy vision with the release of OpenStack Platform 8 and the Red Hat Cloud Suite. While RHEL remains a mainstay for the… Read More Continue reading Red Hat continues cloud transformation with new OpenStack and Cloud Platform Suite products
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