Red Hat expands Lightspeed to deliver enterprise AI solutions

Red Hat has announced the expansion of Red Hat Lightspeed across its platforms. This upgrade is intended to incorporate enterprise-level AI within the Red Hat hybrid cloud portfolio. Red Hat intends to augment the productivity and efficiency of teams using their platforms by utilising generative AI (GenAI) to facilitate complex computing tasks, creating a more user-friendly experience for both beginners and experienced professionals.

Red Hat Lightspeed's AI infusion will fundamentally transform the way teams use Red Hat's industry-leading Linux and hybrid cloud application platforms. Red Hat OpenShift Lightspeed and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Lightspeed aim to provide intelligent, natural language processing capabilities. Through the integration of GenAI, this feature can enhance user experience in terms of efficiency and ease of use.

Automation tools such as Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform play a crucial role in the creation, deployment and maintenance of advanced telecommunications networks across the hybrid cloud ecosystem. The introduction of generative AI within IT platforms thereby extends existing capabilities. This exciting liaison between GenAI and IT platforms looks set to amplify our ability to innovate within the automation facet of our environments.

Red Hat Lightspeed was initially introduced to tackle the industry-wide skills gaps, and to reduce complexity in enterprise IT alongside the growth of hybrid cloud adoption. By infusing Red Hat Lightspeed across its core platforms, Red Hat endeavours to help users apply the vast knowledge they possess through their specific usage of open-source technologies in mission-critical environments. This would amplify the value of a Red Hat subscription through increased accuracy and efficiency within IT teams.

With Lightspeed applied to OpenShift, GenAI can simplify application lifecycle management and resource scaling to meet demands, thereby assisting both novices and experts in building and developing their skills more swiftly. Senior Vice President and Chief Product Officer of Red Hat, Ashesh Badani, said, "Red Hat Lightspeed puts AI to work, instantly, enabling the rapid acquisition of new skills while scaling existing expertise."

Red Hat Lightspeed's capabilities extend to supporting actions such as enabling autoscaling at full capacity, assessing usage patterns to enable downscaling, and making additional recommendations based on these assessments. This feature plays an integral role in enhancing operational efficiency within Linux environments as they scale.

Red Hat's continued commitment to innovation within open-source communities is also reflected in its attempts to bring GenAI to projects like Konveyor.

Anticipated for late 2024, OpenShift Lightspeed aims to capitalise on Red Hat's decades of enterprise Linux expertise to create tailored solutions. Red Hat Enterprise Linux Lightspeed, still in the planning phase, hopes to provide similar functionality through more intuitive ways of tackling common queries and solving newly emerged problems.

Sunny Singh, Fellow - Cloud, Verizon, expressed his optimism about the new products and technologies, stating, "The synergy of generative AI with IT platforms extends existing capabilities and enhances our ability to innovate in automation within our environments. We eagerly anticipate the evolution of these capabilities, not just in automation, but across the entire spectrum of enterprise computing."