SPIFFE and SPIRE projects graduate from CNCF Incubator
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) announced that SPIFFE and SPIRE are now graduated projects. Secure Production Identity Framework For Everyone (SPIFFE) provides a secure identity to workloads in modern production environments and SPIRE (the SPIFFE Runtime Environment) is the code that implements the SPIFFE specification on a wide variety of platforms. SPIRE exposes the … continue reading
StarlingX 7.0 released with scalability and stability improvements
The open-source edge computing and IoT cloud platform StarlingX released its latest version. StarlingX 7.0 focuses on improving scalability, security, stability, and flexibility. The solution combines Ceph, OpenStack, Kubernetes, and more to create a full-featured cloud software stack. StarlingX 7.0 increases the number of subclouds that the Distributed Cloud can manage to 1,000 All-in-One Simplex … continue reading
Google completes acquisition of Mandiant
Google announced that it completed the acquisition of Mandiant, a provider of dynamic cyber defense, threat intelligence and incident response services. The addition of Mandiant’s threat intelligence to Google’s data processing, novel analytics approaches with AI and machine learning, and a focus on eliminating entire classes of threats aims to help enterprises stay protected at … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Clusterpedia
Clusterpedia is an encyclopedia of Kubernetes clusters that can help users synchronize, search for, and control multi-cluster resources. The inspiration behind its name is Wikipedia, according to the developers behind the project on GitHub. It is a CNCF sandbox project that includes support for complex searches, filters, sorting, paging, and more. Clusterpedia also offers support … continue reading
TidalScale announces upgrade that greatly reduces server failure rates
The TidalScale 4.1 update will dramatically improve overall system reliability, availability, and serviceability to reduce server failure rates. “The cost of server downtime, whether planned or unplanned, has never been higher. Enterprise customers are experiencing server hardware failures at a rate never seen before, often resulting in significant financial losses for their business,” said Gary … continue reading
Report: Nearly half of companies rely on outdated backup and recovery infrastructure
Nearly half of companies are using outdated, legacy backup and recovery infrastructure to manage and protect their data, according to a survey commissioned by data management company Cohesity. The survey of more than 2,000 IT and SecOps professionals in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand was conducted this April and was … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Service Mesh Interface
Service Mesh Interface (SMI) provides a standard interface for service meshes on Kubernetes, a basic feature set for common service mesh use cases, and the flexibility to support new service mesh capabilities over time. The specification defines a common standard that can be implemented by various providers and it follows the CNCF code of conduct. … continue reading
DigitalOcean acquires managed cloud hosting provider Cloudways
The cloud platform DigitalOcean entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Cloudways, a managed cloud hosting and SaaS provider for SMBs. Cloudways offers a wide range of features and services that are designed to make it easy for users to launch and manage their applications in the cloud and it enables users to launch applications … continue reading
ITOps Open-Source Project of the Week: Waltz
Waltz is an open-source project that lets users visualize and define their organization’s technology landscape developed by Deutsche Bank. Deutsche Bank released the project in early 2018 to help users make smarter decisions on technology investment. “A core belief behind Waltz is that technology information should be accessible by everyone within your organisation. Furthermore employees … continue reading
Red Hat announces updates to OpenShift Platform Plus
Red Hat announced a new iteration of OpenShift Platform Plus, which simplifies the Kubernetes stack and includes capabilities that improve storage, management and more. OpenShift Platform Plus includes Red Hat’s latest tools for managing the entire SDLC across Kubernetes clusters, including Red Hat OpenShift 4.11, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.6, and Red … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Antrea
Antrea is a Kubernetes-native project that implements the Container Network Interface (CNI) and Kubernetes NetworkPolicy to provide network connectivity and security for pod workloads. The project enforces the Kubernetes Network Policy API which assigns network traffic filtering rules to pods and extends firewall functionality to the pod edge to enable the nano-segmentation of workloads. It … continue reading
SentinelOne announces partnership with Armis
The autonomous cybersecurity platform SentinelOne announced a new integration with Armis, a unified asset intelligence platform. The collaboration will help protect organizations by providing unified and unparalleled visibility across endpoints, cloud, mobile, IoT, OT devices, and more. “With every piece of new technology, the challenge of IT orchestration grows, particularly from a security perspective,” said … continue reading
