Upbound launches Spaces to help companies manage their control planes
Upbound, the company known for the Crossplane open-source project, has introduced “Spaces,” a new feature allowing platform teams to deploy managed control planes in self-managed environments. Upbound’s managed control planes offer improved scalability, declarative APIs, and Git integration, catering to a range of self-managed needs, including air-gapped and private cloud environments. These control planes help … continue reading
D2iQ platform adds AI assistant to address Kubernetes skill gap
D2iQ Kubernetes Platform (DKP) version 2.6 introduces DKP AI Navigator, an AI assistant designed to help enterprise organizations address the skills gap associated with adopting cloud-native technology. The new update integrates AI and automation to streamline Kubernetes management and provides robust support for AI workloads, fostering innovation for customers, according to the company in a … continue reading
Akash updates its “Supercloud for AI” with easier access to GPUs
Overclock Labs, creators of the open-source distributed network Akash, aims to tackle the difficulty that comes with looking for on-demand compute with new updates to its Supercloud, essentially a “cloud of clouds” that enables users to access compute resources, including GPUs, from a wide array of providers, spanning from independent to hyperscale, according to Akash. … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Artifact Hub
Artifact Hub is a web application designed for locating, installing, and sharing packages and configurations related to CNCF projects. It addresses the challenge of discovering compatible artifacts for CNCF projects. It’s an open-source project licensed under the Apache License 2.0. Instead of each project creating its own artifact hub, which results in duplication and confusion … continue reading
Broadcom: 81% of companies are using more than one cloud automation solution
Eight-one percent of organizations today employ more than one cloud automation solution, according to a recent Broadcom survey. This practice leads to increased costs, complicates troubleshooting, and causes delivery delays. The survey asked IT, cloud, and deployment professionals at companies of all sizes representing all seniority levels were invited to participate in a survey on … continue reading
Dell NativeEdge created to deploy and manage solutions for smarter edge environments
Dell’s new NativeEdge streamlines the deployment, management, and security of edge infrastructure and applications. The company is also expanding its network of partners and OEM customers to enable organizations to utilize Dell NativeEdge for simplifying the coordination and growth of their edge computing environments. “Dell NativeEdge brings to life our expertise in creating solutions that … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Rustdesk
RustDesk is a full-featured open-source remote control alternative for self-hosting and security with minimal configuration. It functions as a full-featured remote desktop app that works on works on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Web. It also supports VP8 / VP9 / AV1 software codecs, and H264 / H265 hardware codecs. “You have full control of … continue reading
Linkerd 2.14 launched with improved support for multi-cluster deployments on shared flat networks and full Gateway API conformance
Linkerd 2.14 introduces enhanced multi-cluster support for networks where clusters share a flat architecture. This enables pods from different clusters to directly establish TCP connections. This update introduces a “gateway-less” mode for cross-cluster communication, improving performance by reducing latency, enhancing security by maintaining workload identity in mTLS calls between clusters, and lowering cloud costs by … continue reading
New Relic adds AI-recommended alerts
New Relic has upgraded its AIOps capabilities by introducing recommended alerts. This feature utilizes AI to identify unusual patterns, detect areas in the technology stack that lack monitoring, and suggest new alerts to engineers. This enhancement enables swift detection of issues and simplifies the resolution of alert coverage gaps. “In an increasingly dynamic landscape, it’s … continue reading
Biden administration announces more new funding for rural broadband infrastructure
The Biden administration is working towards ensuring widespread internet access by 2030. They have just announced approximately $667 million in grants and loans aimed at expanding broadband infrastructure in rural areas of the United States. “With this investment, we’re getting funding to communities in every corner of the country because we believe that no kid … continue reading
White House seeking public and private sector input to strengthen the open-source ecosystem
The White House recently issued a request for information (RFI) that seeks public and private sector input as federal leadership develops its strategy and action plan to strengthen the open-source software ecosystem. The RFI builds on the administration’s strategy “to invest in the development of secure software, including memory-safe languages and software development techniques, frameworks, … continue reading
Report: Phishing is most dominant cyber attack
Phishing remains the most dominant and fastest-growing Internet crime, largely due to the ubiquity of email and the ceaseless issue of human error that is preyed upon by today’s threat actors, according to Cloudflare’s inaugural 2023 Phishing Threat Report. The impact of phishing is not limited to large corporations; it affects small businesses, local entities, … continue reading
