Cloud Fridays with Red Hat OpenShift Cloud Services
Tame your cloud sprawl: Consolidate VMs, Containers and AI on managed OpenShift
Virtual | December 5th, 2025 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm (GMT)
About Event
Join us to see how to:
Grab your coffee and join Red Hat for the next Cloud Friday, a technical meetup for the builders, architects, and platform leaders.
Your organization is all-in on hybrid cloud, but is your platform? Your teams are likely juggling separate environments: one for new cloud-native apps, one for legacy VMs, and another silo for that "priority" AI project. This sprawl is complex, costly, and slows everyone down.
What if you could run it all on a consistent, managed platform, natively in the cloud?
In this technical overview, we'll explore how Red Hat OpenShift cloud services, like Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO), Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) and OpenShift Dedicated on Google Cloud provide a unified foundation for your entire application portfolio. This isn't a high-level sales pitch; it's a "look-under-the-hood" kind of event.
Join us to see how to:
- Establish the foundation: Move beyond DIY Kubernetes and reduce operational toil.
- Consolidate the legacy: Use Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization to run and manage your existing VMs right alongside containers.
- Accelerate the future: Deploy a complete MLOps lifecycle with OpenShift AI, all on the same managed platform.
This session is ideal for Platform Engineers, Cloud and Enterprise Architects, and IT Ops and Infrastructure Managers who want to simplify operations and scale.
Red Hat
Senior Black Belt, Managed OpenShift
Rhys Powell is a Senior Black Belt in Managed Cloud Solutions at Red Hat, following years of experience in both consultancy and client-side positions, across DevOps and Cloud. In his current role he works with businesses to help them understand ways of working with platforms in the cloud and across hybrid environments, showing business benefits and value at all levels of the organisation and helping strengthen technical ability and release technical blockers from teams.
Red Hat
Senior Black Belt, Managed OpenShift
Aneesh serves as one of the EMEA Black Belts at Red Hat, where he focuses on cloud services. Over the past two decades, he has built a career that bridges software development, security, and cloud-native innovation, supporting enterprise customers on their journey to open cloud adoption. Beyond work, Aneesh is passionate about nature - he enjoys watching wildlife documentaries and exploring the outdoors whenever he gets the chance.
Red Hat
Senior Black Belt, Managed OpenShift
Aneesh serves as one of the EMEA Black Belts at Red Hat, where he focuses on cloud services. Over the past two decades, he has built a career that bridges software development, security, and cloud-native innovation, supporting enterprise customers on their journey to open cloud adoption. Beyond work, Aneesh is passionate about nature - he enjoys watching wildlife documentaries and exploring the outdoors whenever he gets the chance.
Techstrong Group
Founder, CEO & Editor-in-Chief
As founder, CEO, and editor-in-chief of Techstrong Group, Alan manages a broad array of businesses and brands including Techstrong Media, Techstrong Live, Techstrong Research, Devops.com, Security Boulevard, Techstrong TV, and Techstrong Learning. To do so and succeed, Alan has to be attuned to the world of technology, particularly DevOps, cybersecurity, cloud-native and digital transformation.
With almost 30 years of entrepreneurial experience, Alan has been instrumental in the success of several organizations.
Shimel is an often-cited personality in the security and technology community and is a sought-after speaker at conferences and events. In addition to his writing, his DevOps Chat podcast, TechStrong TV and Digital Anarchist audio and video appearances are widely followed.
Alan attributes his success to the combination of a strong business background and a deep knowledge of technology. His legal background, long experience in the field and New York street smarts combine to form a unique personality.
Mr. Shimel is a graduate of St. John's University with a Bachelor of Arts in Government and Politics, and holds a JD degree from NY Law School.
Red Hat
Senior Black Belt, Managed OpenShift
Rhys Powell is a Senior Black Belt in Managed Cloud Solutions at Red Hat, following years of experience in both consultancy and client-side positions, across DevOps and Cloud. In his current role he works with businesses to help them understand ways of working with platforms in the cloud and across hybrid environments, showing business benefits and value at all levels of the organisation and helping strengthen technical ability and release technical blockers from teams.
Red Hat
Senior Black Belt, Managed OpenShift
Aneesh serves as one of the EMEA Black Belts at Red Hat, where he focuses on cloud services. Over the past two decades, he has built a career that bridges software development, security, and cloud-native innovation, supporting enterprise customers on their journey to open cloud adoption. Beyond work, Aneesh is passionate about nature - he enjoys watching wildlife documentaries and exploring the outdoors whenever he gets the chance.
Red Hat
Senior Black Belt, Managed OpenShift
Aneesh serves as one of the EMEA Black Belts at Red Hat, where he focuses on cloud services. Over the past two decades, he has built a career that bridges software development, security, and cloud-native innovation, supporting enterprise customers on their journey to open cloud adoption. Beyond work, Aneesh is passionate about nature - he enjoys watching wildlife documentaries and exploring the outdoors whenever he gets the chance.
Techstrong Group
Founder, CEO & Editor-in-Chief
As founder, CEO, and editor-in-chief of Techstrong Group, Alan manages a broad array of businesses and brands including Techstrong Media, Techstrong Live, Techstrong Research, Devops.com, Security Boulevard, Techstrong TV, and Techstrong Learning. To do so and succeed, Alan has to be attuned to the world of technology, particularly DevOps, cybersecurity, cloud-native and digital transformation.
With almost 30 years of entrepreneurial experience, Alan has been instrumental in the success of several organizations.
Shimel is an often-cited personality in the security and technology community and is a sought-after speaker at conferences and events. In addition to his writing, his DevOps Chat podcast, TechStrong TV and Digital Anarchist audio and video appearances are widely followed.
Alan attributes his success to the combination of a strong business background and a deep knowledge of technology. His legal background, long experience in the field and New York street smarts combine to form a unique personality.
Mr. Shimel is a graduate of St. John's University with a Bachelor of Arts in Government and Politics, and holds a JD degree from NY Law School.
Red Hat
Senior Black Belt, Managed OpenShift
Rhys Powell is a Senior Black Belt in Managed Cloud Solutions at Red Hat, following years of experience in both consultancy and client-side positions, across DevOps and Cloud. In his current role he works with businesses to help them understand ways of working with platforms in the cloud and across hybrid environments, showing business benefits and value at all levels of the organisation and helping strengthen technical ability and release technical blockers from teams.
Red Hat
Senior Black Belt, Managed OpenShift
Aneesh serves as one of the EMEA Black Belts at Red Hat, where he focuses on cloud services. Over the past two decades, he has built a career that bridges software development, security, and cloud-native innovation, supporting enterprise customers on their journey to open cloud adoption. Beyond work, Aneesh is passionate about nature - he enjoys watching wildlife documentaries and exploring the outdoors whenever he gets the chance.
Red Hat
Senior Black Belt, Managed OpenShift
Aneesh serves as one of the EMEA Black Belts at Red Hat, where he focuses on cloud services. Over the past two decades, he has built a career that bridges software development, security, and cloud-native innovation, supporting enterprise customers on their journey to open cloud adoption. Beyond work, Aneesh is passionate about nature - he enjoys watching wildlife documentaries and exploring the outdoors whenever he gets the chance.
Techstrong Group
Founder, CEO & Editor-in-Chief
As founder, CEO, and editor-in-chief of Techstrong Group, Alan manages a broad array of businesses and brands including Techstrong Media, Techstrong Live, Techstrong Research, Devops.com, Security Boulevard, Techstrong TV, and Techstrong Learning. To do so and succeed, Alan has to be attuned to the world of technology, particularly DevOps, cybersecurity, cloud-native and digital transformation.
With almost 30 years of entrepreneurial experience, Alan has been instrumental in the success of several organizations.
Shimel is an often-cited personality in the security and technology community and is a sought-after speaker at conferences and events. In addition to his writing, his DevOps Chat podcast, TechStrong TV and Digital Anarchist audio and video appearances are widely followed.
Alan attributes his success to the combination of a strong business background and a deep knowledge of technology. His legal background, long experience in the field and New York street smarts combine to form a unique personality.
Mr. Shimel is a graduate of St. John's University with a Bachelor of Arts in Government and Politics, and holds a JD degree from NY Law School.
