Announce ODH 1.9 release

src/content/blog/2023-08-12-odh-release-1.9.0-blog.md

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+---
+type: release
+author: VaishnaviHire
+title:  Open Data Hub 1.8.0 Release Guide
+preview: Open Data Hub 1.8.0 was just released
+date: 2023-07-24
+categories: features, roadmap, release
+---
+
+What is new?
+------
+Changes included in the Open Data Hub v1.8.0 release:
+* ODH Operator
+  * **rolling channel** (default): [v1.8.0](https://github.com/opendatahub-io/opendatahub-operator/releases/tag/v1.8.0)
+  * **fast channel**(alpha): [v2.0.0](https://github.com/opendatahub-io/opendatahub-operator/releases/tag/v2.0.0)
+* ODH Dashboard [v2.12](https://github.com/opendatahub-io/odh-dashboard/releases/tag/v2.12.0) 
+* Data Science Pipelines Operator [v1.1.0](https://github.com/opendatahub-io/data-science-pipelines-operator/releases/tag/v1.1.0)
+* ODH Notebook Controller [v1.7.0-1](https://github.com/opendatahub-io/kubeflow/releases/tag/v1.7.0-1)
+* Integration of KServe manifests with new operator. [v0.10.2](https://github.com/opendatahub-io/odh-manifests/tree/master/kserve)
+
+Notable Changes
+------
+
+* Introducing new version of [ODH Operator(alpha release)](https://opendatahub.io/blog/2023-07-24-odh-operator-v2.0-blog/)
+* ODH Notebook controller updated to version 1.7 to be in sync with KF 1.7
+* ODH Dashboard updated to v2.12.0
+* Data Science Pipelines updated to v1.1.0
+* KServe manifests v0.10.2 available with new operator.
+
+The following is a list of components that are available in [v1.8.0](https://github.com/opendatahub-io/odh-manifests/releases/tag/v1.8.0) release of odh-manifests:
+
+| Technology                                                                         | Version | Category           |
+| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ------------------ |  |
+| [Open Data Hub Dashboard](https://github.com/opendatahub-io/odh-dashboard) | v2.12 |
+| [Open Data Hub Notebook Images](https://github.com/opendatahub-io/notebooks) |  |
+| [Model Mesh Serving](https://github.com/opendatahub-io/modelmesh-serving) | v0.11.0 |
+| [Data Science Pipelines Operator](https://github.com/opendatahub-io/data-science-pipelines-operator) | v1.1.0 |
+| [Distributed Workloads](https://github.com/opendatahub-io/distributed-workloads) <br /> * CodeFlare Operator v0.0.4 <br /> * Multi-Cluster App Dispatcher v1.31.0 <br /> * CodeFlare-SDK v0.4.4 <br /> * InstaScale v0.0.4 <br /> * KubeRay	v0.5.0 | v0.0.4 |