ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Keycloak
Keycloak is an open-source identity and access management solution for modern applications and services. The project is sponsored by Red Hat and designed to provide authentication to applications and services with minimum work. The project’s features include: Single-sign on LDAP and active directory Clustering Standard protocols Social login Themes to customize the look and feel … continue reading
VMware releases self-driving operations system vRealize Operations Cloud
VMware has announced its self-driving operations system is now available as a software as a service (SaaS) solution. According to the company, VMware vRealize Operations Cloud is designed to improve operational agility, scale, speed and flexibility. “Enterprises in every stage of their cloud journey are looking for operations solutions that are purpose-built for cloud and … continue reading
Logz.io Infrastructure Monitoring now available
Cloud observability platform Logz.io has announced a new metrics monitoring solution based on the open-source analytics and monitoring solution Grafana. Logz.io Infrastructure Monitoring is designed to help teams manage the costs of data with infrastructure and custom metrics. “The release represents a huge next step in our mission to provide the best open source for … continue reading
Linux Foundation to host seL4 microkernel
The Linux Foundation has announced plans to host the seL4 Foundation, a nonprofit organization designed to provide support for the seL4 microkernel. The seL4 microkernel is an operating system kernel focused on the security, safety and reliability of real-world critical computer systems. The goals of the foundation have been to provide longevity for seL4, grow … continue reading
DataStax Enterprise 6.8 released with bare-metal performance enhancements
DataStax has announced the latest release of DataStax Enterprise. According to the company, version 6.8 is the most powerful version to date. New features include advanced bare-metal performance, support for more workloads and improved experience for working with Kubernetes. “DataStax Enterprise 6.8 has made significant advancements in performance, ops management, and Cassandra workloads, but most … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Cortex
Cortex is a multitenant, horizontally scalable Prometheus as a Service solution. According to the project team, it is a CNCF sandbox project that is featured in several production systems such as Weave Cloud and Grafana Cloud. In addition, it is used mostly as a remote write destination for the monitoring system and time series database … continue reading
Palo Alto Networks to acquire cloud-delivered SD-WAN provider CloudGenix
Global cybersecurity leader Palo Alto Networks has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire CloudGenix for approximately $420 million. CloudGenix’s portfolio includes an autonomous SD-WAN solution, app performance services, cloud and SaaS adoption services, and network and application visibility. “CloudGenix’s vision has been to revolutionize branch offices through cloud-delivered Autonomous WANs. With CloudGenix, enterprises gain … continue reading
SysAid unveils drag-and-drop process builder for IT admins
IT and enterprise service management solution provider SysAid has announced the release of Workflow Designer, a drag-and-drop process builder for building and modifying workflows. According to the company, process managers with no formal training, coding experience or technical expertise will be able to easily create workflows on the fly. This ability can help increase IT admin … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Rancher 2.4, DataStax’s Apache Cassandra Kubernetes operator, and Morpheus Data 4.2
Rancher Labs is releasing the latest version of its Kubernetes management platform. Rancher 2.4 features scalability, management and security capabilities required to help Kubernetes scale to the edge. Key features include: Support for 2,000 clusters and 100,000 nodes Limited connectivity maintenance with K3s Zero downtime maintenance for RKE Enhanced security with CIS benchmark scanning In … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Kubei
Portshift has announced the release of Kubei, an open-source Kubernetes runtime vulnerabilities scanner tool. According to the company, while there are a lot of options already out there, not all scanners are the same and differ by the number of feeds they consume, updates they product and information they provide. ‘All tools, however, require some … continue reading
LogDNA tackles performance issues in latest update
Log management solution provider LogDNA has announced new performance and usability updates designed to help users query, filter and gain insight from log data as well as identify and resolve performance issues. “The complexity of developing, deploying and scaling applications is exponentially more complicated today than even just a few months ago, and the amount … continue reading
Report: Emerging threats are the biggest weakness for enterprise security
Technology advancement is giving organizations and individuals the ability to innovate faster, but it is also enabling hackers to evolve their efforts as well. According to a recent report, 45% of enterprises believe emerging threats are one of the biggest issues when it comes to their security infrastructure, followed by staffing and limited resources. The 6-12 … continue reading
