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“Our customers are already demonstrating innovations in their 5G and Edge labs ”
— Ian Hood Chief Technologist , Global Service Provider , Red Hat
accountability , with requirements for consistent , repeatable processes and best practices . Being secure means maximizing the confidentiality , integrity , and availability of the systems and infrastructure that comprise the 5G , MEC and IoT environment .”
Looking to the future , Red Hat looks to continue towards its vision of an open hybrid cloud enabling customers to deliver any application or service on any infrastructure . “ We are already seeing many deployments of hybrid cloud for enterprise as well as service providers , and with the expansion of the 5G , MEC infrastructure being
deployed , these applications may be deployed across a collection of open edge clouds ,” says Hood . “ We also expect to see applications of AI , ML , blockchain , AR , VR and the advent of serverless computing across healthcare , automotive , agriculture , manufacturing and finance .”
Going forward , Red Hat – while retaining its independence and continuing to build and expand all its partnerships – will look to continue its relationship of over 20 years with IBM , “ working together to solve compelling business challenges for customers .” IBM and Red Hat share a common
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