Red Hat and Panasonic Connect collaborate to enhance durability and security capabilities at the edge

Red Hat and Panasonic Connect announced a global collaboration to redefine the capabilities of ruggedised edge computing. By preloading Red Hat Device Edge on Panasonic TOUGHBOOK devices, Panasonic Connect delivers a unified platform for out-of-the-box real-time data processing, supporting industrial automation, smart manufacturing and defense sector capabilities. 

Panasonic TOUGHBOOK, paired with Red Hat Device Edge, are a line of rugged laptops and tablets optimised for specialised edge computing and designed to address rigorous security and compliance requirements, spanning use cases across government, defense sectors and manufacturing. Red Hat Device Edge combines an enterprise-ready and supported distribution of the Red Hat-led open source community project MicroShift, a lightweight Kubernetes distribution derived from the edge capabilities of Red Hat OpenShift, along with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform. 

Using Red Hat Device Edge, Panasonic TOUGHBOOK devices can offer: 

– Faster, simplified deployment – An out-of-the-box, pre-tested solution ...