CA Service Management 17.1 is now generally available
CA Technologies has announced the general availability of CA Service Management 17.1. The release includes a new set of capabilities designed to provide IT analysts with a more targeted user experience. CA Service Management’s Insights will allow decision-makers to understand key analytics metrics and historical trends in one place. The update includes enhancements to the … continue reading
Compliance Manager Summit: A roadmap for the future of IT Asset Management
Gartner predicted that by 2022, 30 percent of digital initiatives are going to fail because of inadequate ITAM capabilities. The number is so high because ITAM is such a foundational competency. Ron Brill, the CEO of Anglepoint and newly appointed board member of the the IT Asset Management (ITAM) committee at the International Standards Organization … continue reading
Corero: The Memcached vulnerability is worse than originally thought
Corero Network Security has disclosed that the Memcached vulnerability that was responsible for last week’s GitHub DDoS attack is more extensive than originally reported. It is now known that the vulnerability can be used to steal or modify data from the Memcached servers. Memcached is an open-source system that stores data in memory to speed … continue reading
Zededa emerges from stealth with real-time edge computing vision
Zededa has emerged from stealth after closing $3.06 million in seed-stage funding. Zededa is a startup focused on powering real-time applications at the edge. The company plans to use the funding for continued research and product development, as well as investing in community open-source projects for edge computing. It will also invest more in sales … continue reading
Syncsort reveals five mainframe trends for business and operational initiatives
Syncsort has found five main trends that it says reflects the role mainframe data plays in today’s business and operational intelligence initiatives. The findings come from the company’s State of the Mainframe report, which indicated an increased focus on traditional infrastructure optimization as a way to control costs and help fund strategic organizational projects. The … continue reading
HyperGrid announces new software-defined cloud strategy
HyperGrid has announced a new software-defined cloud strategy for its HyperCloud software platform. HyperCloud is designed to help users achieve digital transformation on their journey to the cloud. It provides tools to manage and control public cloud environments and as well as to achieve simplicity, automation, and intelligence. “Multi-cloud use cases are increasing every year, … continue reading
Kublr launches self-service control plane for Kubernetes deployments
Kublr has announced the latest version of its Kubernetes platform. Kublr 1.8 now features a self-service control plane for enabling Kubernetes deployment and management. It allows organizations to deploy Kubernetes at scale right out-of-the-box without needing extensive Kubernetes expertise on hand. “There has been an increasing demand for faster application deployment and delivery leading to … continue reading
Linux Foundation announces new project for high-availability cloud services on edge computing systems
The Linux Foundation has announced a new open source project called Akraino. The goal of Akraino is to build a software stack that supports high-availability cloud services that are optimized for edge computing systems. The Akraino community plans to release the project source code in the second quarter of 2018. As part of the announcement, … continue reading
CNCF deepens its role in the serverless computing world
The idea of serverless has been around for more than ten years, but it still is a relatively new concept to a majority of the industry. A recent survey conducted by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation revealed 41 percent of respondents are using serverless technology, 31 percent aren’t, and 28 percent plan to within the … continue reading
PagerDuty releases analytics service that measures the health and well-being of employees
PagerDuty is trying to help organizations prioritize the health of their employees with its new Operations Health Management Service (OHMS) analytics service. OHMS allows organizations to evaluate the work-life balance of employees who work on developing, maintaining, and supporting digital services. “As an inherently data-driven company, we are constantly evaluating the health of our core … continue reading
Data virtualization allows businesses to reap the benefits of the cloud, survey says
Organizations are eager to adopt cloud-based architectures. According to a cloud usage survey conducted by Denodo, 76 percent of respondents are using the cloud and 45 percent of them leverage a hybrid cloud model. More than half of the participants are planning a cloud initiative this year. The survey was based off of responses from … continue reading
Object Management Group issues RFP for SysML v2
The Object Management Group (OMG) has issued an RFP for SysML v2. Version 2 will offer improvements on precision, expressiveness, and usability. “Systems engineers around the world use SysML and need to be aware of the updates. SysML is used in critical systems, from engineering chemical plants to architecting submarine systems,” said OMG vice president … continue reading
