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Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes for management.
 Hot-add CPU provides users the ability to add additional vCPU resources to a running
VM in a declarative manner for improved memory density with safe memory overcommit,
and enables users to more easily scale up VMs with CPU hotplug.
 Multi-cluster virtualization monitoring with Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management
enables users to view all VMs across multiple Red Hat OpenShift clusters as well as
collect and more quickly build reports for the VMs.

Improving the customer experience at the edge
Minimizing service downtime is paramount to delivering a quality experience for customers and
is particularly important for those applications at the edge. To enhance service quality at the
edge, Red Hat OpenShift 4.16, introduces a “shift left” approach with image-based updates
(IBU) for single node OpenShift. Single node OpenShift users can now shift a large portion of
the update process to a pre-production environment, which reduces the time spent updating at
the production site. Additionally, if an update fails or the application doesn’t return to a
functioning state, it can be rolled back to the pre-update state. This helps to restore service as
quickly as possible, regardless of whether the update is successful or not.

Additionally, the OpenShift-based Appliance Builder is now available as a technology preview to
Red Hat partners seeking to build turnkey, customized appliances with self-contained Red Hat
OpenShift instances. The OpenShift-based Appliance Builder is a container-based utility that
builds a disk image that includes the Agent-based Installer, which is used to install multiple Red
Hat OpenShift clusters. This makes it easier to install Red Hat OpenShift at remote edge sites at
scale, as it can be done with limited or no connectivity and without the need for an external
registry.

Scaling workload security across the hybrid cloud
According to Red Hat’s 2024 State of Kubernetes Security Report, security issues continue to
impact business outcomes, with 67% of respondents indicating that their companies delayed or
slowed application development as a result of rising concerns. Additionally, the complexity of
container-based Kubernetes environments is also a factor that some organizations still struggle
with.

Helping organizations take a security-forward approach to building, deploying and maintaining
cloud-native applications at scale, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security Cloud Service is now
generally available. Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security Cloud Service is a fully managed
Kubernetes-native security cloud service that supports both Red Hat OpenShift as well as non-
Red Hat Kubernetes platforms, including Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), Google
Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). With Red Hat
Advanced Cluster Security Cloud Service, organizations can start securing workloads within
minutes while scaling more easily across clouds and geographies without the additional
overhead or complexities.