This IDC study discusses the Red Hat Summit 2025. The conference highlighted Red Hat's expanded AI offerings, including its AI Inference Server and validated open model collection. Virtualization updates focused on OpenShift Virtualization's expanded ecosystem and cloud availability. OpenShift innovations centered on AI, security, and application development, while RHEL, Ansible, and edge computing solutions demonstrated deeper integration of AI and a commitment to distributed operations."There was a bevy of new announcements coming out of Red Hat Summit 2025, demonstrating the company's commitment to open source innovation and AI development and providing customers with the ability to choose," said Jim Mercer, program VP, Software Development, DevOps, and DevSecOps at IDC.
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