Red Hat attacks COVID-19 on 2 fronts: Partnering with WHO, artificial intelligence firm

RALEIGH – Red Hat is not known necessarily as a life science firm, but the open source technology giant is going after COVID-19 as part of two new efforts to combat the global scourge. "Working with Red Hat Open Innovation Labs provided a more flexible and responsive approach for creating solutions using open source technologies. We were able to build a DevOps platform that can not only deliver relevant, timely COVID-related information and knowledge to health workers globally, but one that can also scale and adapt to their future needs." A WHO team spent an eight-week virtual residency with Red Hat Open Innovation Labs "to help organizations integrate people, practices and technology to increase agility in the development of software and products, catalyze innovation and solve internal challenges in an accelerated time frame," Red Hat explained. On the AI front, Red Hat is partnering with DarwinAI, the University of Waterloo and Boston Children's, a pediatric hospital, to advance a project called COVID-Net.