iTWire Author's Opinion The views in this column are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of iTWire. Have your say and comment below. Wednesday, 28 April 2021 01:03 Red Hat Linux 8.4 announced and powering the next wave of edge computing Shares Red Hat has announced the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4, forming the foundation of the company’s new Red Hat Edge Initiative to power the next wave of edge computing. Red Hat announced the latest release of its enterprise Linux platform, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.4, during this week’s virtual Red Hat Summit. RHEL 8.4 furthers the operating system as a foundation for the open hybrid cloud from the data centre to the edge, adding new Linux container, deployment and management capabilities scaled for the needs of edge computing.