This transition to Maintenance Support 1 follows the timetable of the 10-year lifecycle plan for versions 5, 6, and 7 of the platform. 'With Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7, we show our continued commitment to the 10-year Red Hat Enterprise Linux lifecycle while also introducing key new features, like image builder and Red Hat Insights, to help IT organizations get the most from their existing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 investments.' 'As the hybrid cloud takes hold as a preferred production environment for mission-critical workloads, maintaining stability and consistency across all IT footprints is key,' said Stefanie Chiras, VP and GM of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, in a statement.

Network performance improvements for Red Hat OpenShift and Red Hat OpenStack Platform by offloading virtual switching and network functions virtualization (NFV) to network controller hardware.

Full support for image builder, a RHEL utility that enables IT teams to more readily and easily build cloud images for major public cloud infrastructures, including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.

Red Hat Insights is the company's expertise-as-a-service offering, which helps users proactively detect, analyze and remediate a variety of potential software security and configuration issues before they cause downtime or other problems.

The list of new features in RHEL 7.7 includes enhancements to help operations teams maintain control and consistency of their workloads across environments:

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