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Why the future of manufacturing will rely on open source

Posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Feb 06, 2024,

updated Feb 12, 2024

Edge computing and AI are driving an inevitable transformation in the industrial sector. Manufacturers are beginning to break down the barriers between IT and OT (the actual machinery of the factory) to make shop floors more efficient and innovative to keep pace in an increasingly competitive global market.

At Red Hat, we’re focused on helping the manufacturing industry with this evolution in a few ways including: providing a consistent edge-enabled platform to simplify the complexity of deployment, maintenance and operations; delivering lower operating costs and accelerated time-to-market with quality, reliable and secure solutions; using an open source approach to innovate and collaborate faster for smarter and efficient operations.

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Linux is moving into efficient and flexible manufacturing

The intent is to make manufacturing plants more efficient and more competitive in the global marketplace. Like Linux’s domination of supercomputing, this focus marks another very significant move forward for Red Hat Linux and maybe, in time, for other Linux distributions as well.