NEWS
Red Hat Helps Enterprises Embrace
DevOps at Scale with Ansible Tower 3.1
Red Hat have announced the general
availability of Ansible Tower 3.1, the
latest version of its enterprise-grade,
agentless automation platform. Ansible
Tower by Red Hat helps enterprises cut
through the complexities of modern IT
environments with powerful automation
capabilities that can improve
productivity and reduce downtime.
New additions to the latest version
of the platform enable enterprises
to better scale DevOps automation
and offer the ability to link multiple
Playbooks into longer, more complex
jobs, enhancing productivity across the
business.
Ansible Tower by Red Hat internally
uses the popular Ansible open source
automation project to help teams
more effectively manage systems and
optimize multi-tier deployments while
adding control, security and delegation
capabilities. Ansible Tower 3.1 includes
several new and enhanced features to
help provide greater value to IT teams.
User interface localized for two new
languages, Japanese and French.
The translated interface provides for
Ansible Tower 3.1 use across the global
enterprise.
Ansible Tower 3.1 by Red Hat is
available now through the Red Hat
Customer Portal.
Smart Dubai Kicks Off First Ever City-
Wide Implementation of Blockchain
The announcement marks an important
step forward in our commitment to
delivering Dubai’s Blockchain Strategy
The Smart Dubai Office (SDO) recently
announced the kick off of the first city-
wide effort to implement blockchain
technology in city services with the
objective of transforming and enhancing
city experiences, in collaboration with
IBM (NYSE: IBM) as its Blockchain Lead
Strategic Partner, and Consensys as
Blockchain City Advisor.
This effort is a key execution of the
Dubai Blockchain Strategy 2020
announced in October 2016 by the
Dubai Future Foundation and the Smart
Dubai Office and is the first of its kind in
the world.
“The announcement marks an important
step forward in our commitment to
delivering Dubai’s Blockchain Strategy
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announced late last year by His Highness
Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Al
Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai. We
are working towards our goal of making
Dubai the first blockchain-powered
government in the world by 2020.
Collaborating with IBM and Consensys
will help expedite this process, attaining
Smart Dubai’s overall vision of making
every-day experiences more safe,
seamless, efficient and impactful for all
residents and visitors of the city,” said
Dr.Aisha Bin BIshr, Director General,
Smart Dubai Office.
The Dubai Blockchain Strategy aims for
Dubai to become the first blockchain-
powered city by 2020. It is based on
three pillars that centre on implementing
The Smart Dubai Team
blockchain technology in government
services, supporting the creation of a
blockchain industry through empowering
start-ups and businesses, and leading
global thinking on blockchain technology.
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