Red Hat Enterprise Linux continues to distinguish itself as a trusted business operating system, delivering enterprise-ready infrastructure tailored for mission-critical workloads. Now, RHEL 10 is emerging as the next-generation foundation for innovation and reliability in modern IT environments. 

RHEL 10 introduces comprehensive enhancements in security, artificial intelligence integration, containerization and hybrid cloud support, positioning it as a robust and future-ready platform for today’s dynamic enterprise needs, according to Chris Wells (pictured), senior director of product marketing for Red Hat Enterprise Linux at Red Hat Inc.

Red Hat’s Chris Wells talks with theCUBE about the paradigm shift that will be brought by RHEL 10.

“From RHEL 10 overall, we really have five key themes around it,” he said. “We’ve got the skills gap piece of it with Lightspeed, the image mode piece. We talked about the security piece. Of course, probably the hottest thing that everyone’s talking about is all about AI. You want to make it extremely efficient, and guess what takes care of all that? You’re back at the operating system again. We spent a lot of time inside of RHEL, making sure that we can allow customers to optimize the efficiency of that underlying hardware.”

Wells spoke with theCUBE’s Rebecca Knight and Rob Strechay at Red Hat Summit, during an exclusive broadcast on theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio. They discussed what’s in store for RHEL 10 as a robust and enterprise-ready platform. (* Disclosure below.)

Addressing quantum computing’s security challenges with RHEL 10

Given that quantum computers are expected to eventually provide significant advantages in training complex models and uncovering hidden patterns in massive data sets — capabilities that may surpass those of classical computing — RHEL 10 aims to proactively address emerging security concerns by incorporating quantum-resistant algorithms. This strategy marks a crucial step toward embracing a new paradigm in computing, according to Wells.

“One of the core principles of Red Hat Enterprise Linux is having that solid, stable foundation, but security is a real key tenet of making that work,” he said. “We’re trying to help customers to look to the future, and we know that quantum computing is just around the corner. The way that we’re helping customers get ahead of that is in RHEL 10 shipping today, we now have [Federal Information Processing Standards]-compliant modules that have these different quantum-resistant algorithms in there. We’re working with all the various standards boards and stuff to create those algorithms, so people can incorporate them today.”

As a generative AI-powered assistant, RHEL Lightspeed helps IT administrators, developers and operators to manage, troubleshoot and operate systems more efficiently using natural language commands and contextual guidance. This capability simplifies deployment for enterprises facing skills gaps, according to Wells.

“I find Lightspeed [is] really an interesting technology, because one of the biggest challenges I see when I talk to customers is that they want to deploy more on Linux. They don’t have enough people; they don’t have enough skillset to do it. What Lightspeed allows us to do is really take all of the knowledge and expertise that we have inside of Red Hat and really productize that and provide it to customers right at their fingertips. It’s using AI behind the scenes to give me the answers.”

Here’s the complete video interview, part of SiliconANGLE’s and theCUBE’s coverage of Red Hat Summit:

(* Disclosure: Red Hat Inc. sponsored this segment of theCUBE. Neither Red Hat nor other sponsors have editorial control over content on theCUBE or SiliconANGLE.)

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