Author: Jeffrey Schwartz

Jeffrey Schwartz has covered all aspects of IT, from datacenter, networking, storage, cloud and end-user client computing infrastructure, to software development, collaboration and services for nearly three decades. Most recently he was editor-in-chief of Redmond magazine, where he also had roles with sister publications Virtualization Review, Application Development Trends and Visual Studio Magazine, among others. Follow him on Twitter @JeffreySchwartz.

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Google previews new Knative-based managed Kubernetes service
ByJeffrey Schwartz April 12, 2019

Google Cloud is adding a complete managed serverless offering that handles all forms of infrastructure management for DevOps teams, taking low-level programming and deployment tasks off of their hands. The new Google Cloud Run, launched at this week’s Google Cloud Next conference in San Francisco, aims to let developers move any type of code into… … continue reading

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IBM Demos Project Eirini Preview for Kubernetes Deployment on Cloud Foundry
ByJeffrey Schwartz April 8, 2019

IBM has released the technical preview of a new open source tool that will allow deployment of Kubernetes clusters in Cloud Foundry-based application runtime environments. IBM demonstrated the Project Eirini beta at last week’s Cloud Foundry Summit in Philadelphia. Project Eirini aims to overcome a key hurdle in running Kubernetes in Cloud Foundry PaaS environments… … continue reading

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F5-NGINX deal and how it might impact emerging service mesh architectures
ByJeffrey Schwartz March 28, 2019March 27, 2019

While F5 Networks claimed its recent deal to acquire NGINX will “bridge the divide” between DevOps and NetOps, the acquisition also promises to accelerate both companies’ goals to create new service mesh architectures. In agreeing to acquire NGINX for $670 million, F5 is paying a premium for a rival with $26 million in revenues last… … continue reading

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It took longer than expected, but Istio 1.1 is coming with a boost in performance and scalability
ByJeffrey Schwartz March 19, 2019March 21, 2019

The first major upgrade of Istio, the open-source service mesh for orchestrating, securing and monitoring microservices in Kubernetes, has taken longer to arrive than expected, but is finally now available. Istio 1.1 comes eight months after the original 1.0 release last summer and will bring improved scalability, enhanced multi-clustering and a simplified approach to implementing… … continue reading

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“Doomsday” flaw discovered in RunC underscores potential for critical container vulnerabilities
ByJeffrey Schwartz February 15, 2019February 15, 2019

The discovery of a major security flaw in the common open-source runtime engine for Docker, Kubernetes and other container management systems, points to an underlying risk associated with containerized applications. Researchers Adam Iwaniuk and Borys Popławsk discovered the vulnerability, CVE-2019-5736, in RunC, the common runtime engine developed by Docker and now a common Open Container… … continue reading

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Citus brings coveted extensions to Microsoft’s Azure database PostgreSQL service
ByJeffrey Schwartz February 5, 2019February 4, 2019

While Microsoft’s recent acquisition of PostgreSQL database provider Citus Data moves the company deeper into the open source world, it addresses a far greater need to bring more scale to the Azure database-as-a-service portfolio. Microsoft’s focus on open source across the board is no longer in dispute. It’s now safe to say that Microsoft has… … continue reading

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IT Ops cost and digitization is accelerating retail industry move to cloud
ByJeffrey Schwartz January 22, 2019

Traditional retailers’ IT Ops teams are moving a greater percentage of their business-critical workloads from their datacenters to public clouds than their counterparts in other industries. The shift, a prevailing focus at last week’s annual National Retail Federation (NRF) show in New York, is poised to continue over the next few years. Various studies that… … continue reading

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Nokia plots enterprise expansion with focus on blending LTE and 5G with IoT
ByJeffrey Schwartz December 21, 2018December 27, 2018

Nokia is best known as one of the world’s largest suppliers of transmission infrastructure to broadband telecommunications and cellular carriers, but the company believes there’s growing demand among enterprises for its LTE wireless, and high-speed optical networking gear. Seeking to tap that demand, the company is launching a new enterprise business unit on Jan. 1,… … continue reading

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Spending on automating IT Ops is rising, though many aren’t prepared
ByJeffrey Schwartz December 7, 2018December 7, 2018

Many CIOs and enterprise technology professionals aren’t prepared to automate their IT operations to meet business transformation initiatives, but a growing number are moving forward, based on projected spending. Various studies have made that point. A survey of 1,000 IT operations professionals worldwide who spend more than $500 million per year on infrastructure management, found… … continue reading

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Startup YotaScale aims to automate enterprise IT cloud ops
ByJeffrey Schwartz November 9, 2018November 9, 2018

Organizations are moving applications to modern cloud computing infrastructures at a growing pace because they provide business services on-demand, but the transition to a usage-based OpEx cost model can come at a steep price. A Silicon Valley startup company known as YotaScale claims it can automate cloud IT operations management and thereby reduce sticker shock… … continue reading

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premium Windows Server 2019 release gives IT Ops pros plenty to consider
ByJeffrey Schwartz October 16, 2018December 16, 2019

Microsoft’s new Windows Server 2019 promises to bring significant improvements to IT operations professionals and managers seeking to more easily bridge their datacenters with the public cloud. Showcased at the recent Microsoft Ignite conference in Orlando, Florida the Windows Server 2019 became generally available earlier this month. The release of Windows Server 2019 comes as… … continue reading

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premium Defining a new network landscape
ByJeffrey Schwartz October 2, 2018October 16, 2018

The latest advances in software-defined networking (SDN) promise to enable automation of IT operations, particularly among enterprises shifting to DevOps, application modernization initiatives and hybrid and multi-cloud architectures. Network systems providers such as Arista, Big Switch Networks, Cumulus, HPE, Nicira and Juniper were among the earliest to deliver on the concept of SDN at the… … continue reading

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