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All the containers and pods you're spinning up need wrangling. An orchestrator is going to help you manage them: starting up new ones when the demand calls for it, and shutting them down when they're no longer needed. But those are only the most basic functions an orchestrator provides.

Paolo Santos, Assistant Vice President of Architecture and Quality Engineering at Globe Telecom, shares how they set up their orchestration platform—and how it's helped them take full advantage of cloud-native infrastructure.

As it turns out, breaking up your application into a bunch of tiny pieces can be way more efficient than running it as a monolith. Thanks to containers, organizations can fine-tune their IT resources to match demand. But setting up and managing a containerized infrastructure is no small task.

Cedric Clyburn, Red Hat Open Source Engineer and Developer Advocate, talks us through why containers now dominate cloud computing—and shares some advice on how to keep track of them all.

At home, connecting your devices to the internet is a pretty simple process. But setting up and running an enterprise network is an exercise in extreme organization and constant vigilance.

Elle Universal, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Red Hat, outlines all the considerations that come with large-scale networks that keep thousands of devices online—but also keep them protected from intrusion.

Edge computing has existed far longer than many realize. However, the proliferation of 5G networks and the mass adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) devices have made it a cornerstone of modern infrastructure.

John Harris, who manages technology strategy at Panasonic Connect, explains how edge computing devices are quietly running the world around us, from retail stores to space exploration.

The operating system is the foundation of IT infrastructure. It affects everything built on top of it. Take good care of it, and you're on your way to a smooth platform for your application. Neglect to maintain it? Well, you might run into some problems.

Scott McBrien, Technical Product Marketing Manager at Red Hat, recalls his experiences managing the operating system over the years. He covers the consequences of forgetting to keep the OS up to date, why standardization across your hardware is key, why upgrades go wrong—and how to deal with all of the above.