Recorded live at KubeCon 2026, Johan van Amersfoort (Chief Evangelist and AI Lead at ITQ) sits down with Stuart Miniman (Senior Director of Market Insights, Hybrid Platforms at Red Hat) to unpack the reality behind open source, enterprise platforms, and Cloud Native innovation.

What role does Red Hat really play in the open source ecosystem? And how do platforms like Red Hat OpenShift translate community innovation into real business value?

From misconceptions around “free software” to the rise of GitOps and the increasing importance of speed, this episode provides a grounded view on how modern platforms are built, operated, and scaled.

In this episode they discuss:

• Why open source is a development model, not a business model
• Red Hat’s contribution to the Cloud Native ecosystem
• How OpenShift curates and supports open source projects
• The balance between community innovation and enterprise needs
• Why GitOps and Argo are becoming the standard
• The operational reality of maintaining Cloud Native platforms
• How AI builds on top of Cloud Native foundations

👉 Learn more about ITQ Cloud Native: https://itq.eu/cloud-native