ITOps Times news digest: Solo.io funding, TrueNAS and Futurex integration, and Kentik funding
Solo.io has announced it raised $135 million in a Series C funding round, bringing the company’s total funding to-date to $171.5 million and its valuation up to $1 billion. According to the company, this is a 10x increase since its last funding round in October of last year. The Series C was led by Altimeter … continue reading
Nirmata releases policy management solution to ensure compliance of Kubernetes workloads
Policy-based security and automation company Nirmata has announced the release of its Cloud Native Policy Management solution, which helps teams ensure security, compliance, and readiness of Kubernetes workloads. According to Nirmata, automating the creation, deployment, and management of policy-based guardrails allows customers to get insights, alerts, and reports. It also allows for better collaboration across … continue reading
Rookout introduces new Kubernetes debugging capabilities
Observability platform Rookout has announced the release of new debugging capabilities for Kubernetes. According to Rookout, debugging complex, cloud-native applications can be difficult even for experienced engineers due to their distributed nature. Rookout has attempted to solve this by creating a new UI that groups cloud resources by namespace, pod, and cluster, and highlighting components … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: LogDNA variable retention, Cloudian announces Red Hat OpenShift support, and Esper raises $60 million in Series C
LogDNA has announced an early access release of its new variable retention feature. Variable retention allows users to save logs in LogDNA’s UI only while they’re relevant, which allows them to ingest new types of data and keep costs down. Users can set rules by defining a LogDNA search syntax that will match logs and … continue reading
Report: IT teams should make more investments in end-user experience
In order to deliver the technology experiences employees need in order to stay productive, IT teams need to invest not just in tools, but in end-user experience. According to a new report from Forrester titled “Build the Foundation of Proactive Technology Support,” many operations teams are transforming the way they service internal customers. They are … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Kasten K10 V4.5, Linkerd 2.11, and NeuVector’s Kubernetes Configuration Assessment Tool
The Kubernetes data management platform Kasten K10 V4.5 is now available. The latest version focused on improving the out-of-the-box capabilities, expanding edge features, and broadening ecosystem support. “Current Kubernetes data management tools often require extensive expertise and set up time when first deployed, and lack process automation for managing, monitoring, and troubleshooting within an environment,” … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Pure Fusion from Pure Storage, Cloudflare’s R2 Storage, and Sysdig and Google Cloud announce partnership
Pure Storage has announced the release of Pure Fusion, which is a self-service, autonomous storage solution. Pure Fusion pools storage arrays into availability zones and automates tasks like workload placement, workload mobility, and fleet rebalancing. Pure Fusion also includes an API framework that operations teams and end users can use to interact with storage in … continue reading
How to keep your cloud bill manageable
Cloud has many advantages, and one motivating factor that caused many to make the migration is the promise of cost savings. But even though cloud can cost less than on-premises data centers, it’s easy for companies to let their cloud bill get away from them. According to Asim Razzaq, CEO of Yotascale, there are a … continue reading
ITOps Open-Source Project of the Week: Notary
Notary is an open-source project that is trying to make the internet more secure. It consists of a server and client that can be used to run and interact with trusted collections. According to the project’s GitHub page, most of the web relies on TLS to secure communications to a web server, but if that … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: CNCF End User Technology Radar on DevSecOps, Cymulate’s new security updates, and Barracuda email protection updates
The CNCF has announced the release of its End User Technology Radar on DevSecOps, which provides recommendations on emerging technologies. It groups technologies into three categories: Assess, Trial, and Adopt. The Assess category includes Cilium, Harness, Sonatype Nexus, HashiCorp Sentinel, GitHub Actions, Linkerd, and Trivy. XRay is in the Trial category. Adopt includes technologies such … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: D2iQ Kubernetes Platform 2.0, ServiceMax Asset 360 for Salesforce updates, and Instaclustr’s managed Apache Cassandra 4.0
D2iQ has announced the latest version of its Kubernetes platform. D2iQ Kubernetes Platform (DKP) 2.0 includes a move to a CNCF CAPI architecture, air-gapped cluster provisioning, autoscaling, and better GitOps support. “DKP 2.0 represents our relentless focus on enabling customers to maximize their digital agility and thrive in fast-changing, highly competitive markets,” said Tobi Knaup, … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Buildpacks
Buildpacks is an Incubation level project at the CNCF that converts source code into images that can be run on any cloud. It provides for equal control between developers and operations teams, ensures that apps meet security and compliance requirements, and allows administrators to perform updates with minimal intervention. The goal of the project is … continue reading
