Red Hat’s Ansible Automation Platform is now available in the Google Cloud Marketplace
Red Hat has made the announcement that the Ansible Automation Platform can now be accessed through Google Cloud Marketplace. According to Red Hat, this new availability provides users with easier access to the platform, which will allow them to get started with automation more quickly and scale it up more efficiently. Users will get access … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: osTicket
OsTicket is an open-source ticketing system for IT teams to track their support requests. It pulls requests from email, phone, and web forms into a simple interface that enables teams to manage, organize, and archive support requests and responses. Users simply have to submit a request through one of the above methods and then IT … continue reading
Venafi has a new tool for securely managing machine identities in Kubernetes environments
The machine identity management company Venafi is working to make it easier for companies to manage their cloud-native machine identities in Kubernetes environments. Today they released TLS Protect for Kubernetes within the Venafi Control Plane. The new tool provides observability features that enable teams to identify security issues and be proactive in fixing those gaps. … continue reading
CES 2023: NVIDIA unveils new GPUs, Lenovo adds new sustainability-focused laptops, Intel introduces next gen mobile processors
The annual Consumer Electronic Show (CES) officially kicks off today and will run through Sunday, January 8th. CES is a major event where the largest technology manufacturers come together to show off their latest innovations. Already a number of companies have been previewing their latest offerings that they will be showcasing at the event. Here … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Wireshark
Wireshark is an open-source network protocol analyzer. It is used to enable companies to go deeper into what’s happening in their networks. Key features include live capture and offline analysis, standard three-pane packet browser, and VoIP analysis. Live data can be read from sources like Ethernet, IEEE 802.11, PPP/HDLC, ATM, Bluetooth, USB, and more. Data … continue reading
Forrester: Public cloud market to reach $1 trillion by 2026
Forrester predicts that by 2026, the global public cloud market will surpass $1 trillion. However, this growth won’t be without its challenges. Potential challenges include intense competition among large cloud providers, regulatory and political tensions fragmenting the market, and edge computing vendors stealing some of the share of IT spending away from cloud. Another finding … continue reading
Report: IT teams need to step up to play their part in sustainability initiatives
A number of companies are making commitments to sustainability, with 78% of respondents to a recent survey saying it is a priority. But in order to meet those goals, IT will play a key role. This is according to the report “Drivers of Change: Pure Storage IT Sustainability Impact Survey 2022.” It surveyed 1,000 sustainability … continue reading
Argo graduates from CNCF Incubator following massive community growth
Just a week after it announced the graduation of the Flux project, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) revealed that another of its incubating projects is graduating: Argo. Argo is a set of Kubernetes-native tools for deploying and running applications using GitOps. It was first created at Applatix, which was later acquired by Intuit. The … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Finch
Finch is an open-source client for building, running, and publishing Linux containers, created by Amazon. Along with the client, Finch also provides a curated set of open-source Components, such as Lima, nerdctl, containerd, and BuildKit. According to Amazon, in its study of the available open source tooling available, it was impressed by Lima, which has … continue reading
Windows Subsystem for Linux now generally available in Microsoft Store
Microsoft has made the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) generally available in the Microsoft Store, removing the preview label from the store listing. WSL enables developers to install a Linux distribution on their Windows machines, With the latest release, WSL is now available in the Microsoft Store on both Windows 10 and Windows 11. This … continue reading
Dell expands data protection suite to give customers greater flexibility
Dell Technologies has announced several new updates to help its customers protect their data no matter where it is stored. According to Dell’s 2022 Global Data Protection Index (GDPI) survey, in the last year cyberattacks have accounted for 48% of all disasters that cause data disruption, and it was the top cause. The survey also … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: RustScan
This week’s highlighted open-source project is a modern take on port scanning. RustScan is a port scanner that is fast and efficient, and utilizes machine learning to improve the more you use it. According to the project’s GitHub page, RustScan is able to scan 65,000 ports in just 3 seconds. It also still offers the … continue reading
