Advancing NetOps-as-Code: Strategic Momentum, Enhanced Security, and Multimode Automation
Red Hat, Wednesday, October 14th, 2026
Red Hat recaps Q3 2026 network automation updates, including the GA automation orchestrator for Ansible.
Red Hat says Q3 2026 showed network automation has become critical for AI workloads, edge computing and hybrid cloud.
It highlights the general availability of automation orchestrator, an add-on for Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 that combines job templates and automation libraries with logic nodes, event-driven triggers and AI agent recommendations.
The post also covers updates to Ansible Content Collections aimed at making network automation more secure and predictable.