Keeping up with the evolving security threats during COVID-19
The business world changed in an instant when the COVID-19 pandemic was declared. In order to stay afloat, businesses had to figure out how to get their employees online and then manage this new remote workforce. On top of everything, security still lurked in the background. In the beginning, the biggest concerns were simply just … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: HSE
Micron Technology has announced its heterogeneous-memory storage engine (HSE) is now available to the open-source community. The project was developed specifically for solid-state drives (SSDs) and storage-class memory (SCM). According to the company, legacy storage engines that were developed for hard disk drives don’t take increased performance and reduced latency needs into account. This software … continue reading
Microsoft announces new IT tools for remote work
Microsoft wants to help IT teams while they are working from home. The company announced the Windows Virtual Desktop, Microsoft Endpoint Manager, Azure Active Directory and the Microsoft Productivity Score. “The challenges of the work-from-home necessitated by COVID-19 will never be forgotten by anyone, especially in our IT community where 100-hour weeks were necessary to … continue reading
Red Hat announces new solutions to optimize, scale and protect IT operations
Red Hat introduced a number of new updates and offerings targeted at IT operations and shifting global dynamics. The company announced OpenShift virtualization, Red Hat OpenShift 4.4, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes as well as updates to Red Hat Insights and its Ansible Automation Platform. “Perhaps more than ever before, the unique needs … continue reading
Red Hat releases new container management solution
Red Hat is unveiling a new container management solution as part of its virtual Red Hat Summit happening this week. The Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management solution for Kubernetes aims to extend and scale Red Hat OpenShift and accelerate digital transformation initiatives. According to the company, many modern application development teams are still using outdated … continue reading
Tern 2.0 comes with Dockerfile lock
The latest version of the VMware-originated open-source container inspection tool Tern is now available. Tern is a project in the Linux Foundation Automated Compliance Tooling (ACT) workgroup. Tern 2.0 introduces an anticipated feature called Dockerfile lock, which is designed to make Docker images more easily reproducible. “Why is this necessary? Dockerfiles are used to automate … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: ForestFlow
The LF AI Foundation has announced ForestFlow is joining as an incubation project. ForestFlow is an open-source, policy-based, cloud-native machine learning model server designed to reduce friction between data science, engineering and operations teams. The project was created to address the challenges organizations have faced when moving machine learning models into production. According to Ahmad … continue reading
Azure Archive Storage now allows priority retrieval of offline data
Microsoft has announced the Azure Archive Storage is being updated with new capabilities based on user usage and feedback. Azure Archive Storage is a solution designed to store rarely accessed data. “Since launching Azure Archive Storage, we’ve seen unprecedented interest and innovative usage from a variety of industries. Archive Storage is built as a scalable … continue reading
GigaSpaces 15.2 comes with new DataOps functionality
The latest release of the in-memory real-time analytics processing platform GigaSpaces is now available. Version 15.2 aims to double performance, introduces the GigaOps Stack, and features improvements to data processing and analytics velocity, reliability and security. According to the company, the release focuses on delivering higher performance for read-intensive workloads, simpler operations to reduce management … continue reading
Circonus introduces Kubernetes monitoring solution in Spring 2020 release
Machine data intelligence platform provider Circonus is releasing a new Kubernetes monitoring solution to give IT teams health-based alert capabilities and ability to auto-scale. The monitoring solution is part of the company’s Spring 2020 release, which also features improvements to cloud monitoring, GCP marketplace availability, performance enhancements, and integration with Terraform. The Kubernetes monitoring solution … continue reading
Report: IT spending still increasing despite COVID-19 pandemic
Enterprise IT organizations are still accelerating or maintaining their digital transformation initiatives during the COVID-19 pandemic. A recent report found 58% of IT leaders expected to significantly or moderately increase annual technology budgets. Additionally, 73% of IT operations and DevOps team leaders are finding value in their digital products and services during this time. The … continue reading
Pulumi aims to go beyond infrastructure as code in latest release
Modern infrastructure as code company Pulumi has announced Pulumi 2.0 with new capabilities and improvements. “Pulumi is a modern infrastructure as code tool that lets you declare infrastructure using real languages, with a SaaS management console for configuring identities, organizations, and related policies. By using real languages, developers and operators are able to work better … continue reading
