The ITAM Executive: A Podcast for IT Asset Management Professionals · Anglepoint

How to Plan a Red Hat Transition: CentOS 7 EOL Migration

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When open source goes end of life, that's when nefarious people dig deep into code looking for every vulnerability.

Rebecca, a Red Hat expert with 10+ years in SAM and licensing, walks ITAM leaders through CentOS 7 end-of-life risks and Red Hat migration strategy. She explains open source as layered—from millions of community projects (Lego analogy) through packaged distributions (CentOS, Fedora) to vendor-hardened enterprise solutions (Red Hat). When open source reaches EOL, threat actors immediately exploit unveiled vulnerabilities. Since open source powers edge, AI, and containers, organizations can't treat this as IT-only; it's a business continuity issue. The value of Red Hat isn't the code (free) but support, hardening, and enterprise readiness.

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