The Friday Five is a weekly Red Hat® blog post with 5 of the week's top news items and ideas from or about Red Hat and the technology industry. Consider it your weekly digest of things that caught our eye.


LISTEN IN:
Cloud7 Podcast - Sustainable Computing with Kepler feat. Huamin Chen
In the sixth episode of Cloud7's Red Hat podcast series, Huamin Chen, senior principal software engineer, office of the CTO talks about sustainable computing with Kepler.

IN THE NEWS:
Container Journal - Red Hat Survey Surfaces Cloud-Native Cybersecurity Challenges
A global survey of 600 DevOps, engineering and security professionals published by Red Hat finds more than two-thirds (67%) have delayed or slowed down deployment of Kubernetes clusters because of a cybersecurity issue.


ON THE BLOG:
Ford’s Community-first Approach to CI/CD
More than just consuming open source, Ford Motor Company has taken the next step in its open source journey by contributing back to the open source upstream.


GOOD READ:
Announcing Fedora Linux 38
The Fedora Project is pleased to announce the latest version of the Fedora operating system, Fedora Linux 38, is now generally available.


CHECK IT OUT:
Compiler - Re:Role | Tech Support, Deconstructed
To some, working in technical support can seem equal parts stressful and mundane. But through building relationships, sharing knowledge, and practicing empathy for users, one can stretch beyond the help desk to become a trusted partner for customers as they navigate critical issues and business challenges.
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