ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Rook
Rook provides cloud-native file, block, and object storage for Kubernetes. According to the project’s website, “Rook turns distributed storage systems into self-managing, self-scaling, self-healing storage services.” Rook automates tasks that would normally be handled by a storage administrator, such as deployment, bootstrapping, configuration, provisioning, scaling, upgrading, migration, disaster recovery, monitoring, and resource management. It can … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: ServiceNow and Citrix integration, SUSE Professional Services on AWS, and Syncron and Mize merge
ServiceNow and Citrix have announced a new Virtual Agent integration that allows IT teams to more quickly resolve incidents. The new integration combines the power of ServiceNow ITSM with the Citrix ITSM Connector app, which allows IT to automate desktop session reset actions within Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop services. “Like much of the workforce, … continue reading
Pepperdata adds GPU monitoring capabilities
Data management company Pepperdata has added observability capabilities for GPUs that are running big data applications, such as Spark or Kubernetes. According to the company, workloads that utilize large amounts of data need GPUs, which were initially created to accelerate graphics rendering. GPUs tend to be resource and cost intensive, which means they need to … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Barracuda RMM updates, Quest Software updates disaster recovery capabilities, and Avaya and Microsoft integration
Security company Barracuda has announced updates to its remote monitoring and management (RMM) platform Barracuda RMM. Key updates include integrations with Windows Defender, updates to Microsoft and third-party patch management, tighter integration with Barracuda Intronis Backup, and ServiceNow Service Desk integration. “The continued enhancements we are making to Barracuda RMM are part of our ongoing … continue reading
IBM and Verizon to build 5G testbed in Texas for Industry 4.0 advancement
IBM and Verizon have been working together on advancing 5G and have recently announced a new initiative to reach that goal. The two companies are creating a testbed environment at the IBM Industry Solution Lab in Coppell, TX to develop and test 5G-enabled use cases for Industry 4.0 applications. Customers of the lab will be … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Elastic Limitless XDR, Sumo Logic partners with SYNNEX, and IBM adds new features in CAST Highlight
Elastic has announced the release of Limitless Extended Detection and Response (XDR). Limitless XDR unifies the capabilities of SIEM, analytics, and endpoint security. “Between today’s advanced attack techniques and complicated IT environments, it is more difficult than ever for organizations to stop threats before damage is done,” said Nate Fick, general manager of security at … continue reading
XDR Alliance forms to create open and inclusive framework and architecture
Security provider Exabeam announced at Black Hat USA 2021 the formation of the XDR Alliance. The alliance consists of security and technology companies that are committed to creating an inclusive and collaborative extended detection and response (XDR) framework and architecture. Other founding members of the XDR Alliance include Armis, Expel, ExtraHop, Google Cloud Security, Mimecast, … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: IBM and Black & Veatch partnership, HCL BigFix Mobile, and ManageEngine’s ADSelfService Plus updates
IBM and Black & Veatch have announced a partnership where together they will market Asset Performance Management (APM) solutions. The solutions are designed to support resilient operations for industrial, energy, and utilities assets, IBM explained. IBM Maximo Application Suite’s Assist, Monitor, Health, Predict, and Visual Inspection capabilities will integrate with Black & Veatch’s monitoring and … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: ONAP
The Open Network Automation Platform (ONAP) is a platform for orchestration, management, and automation of network and edge computing services. ONAP enables administrators to rapidly automate new services and support complete life cycle management. “By unifying the resources of open source members, ONAP enables the acceleration of the development of a vibrant ecosystem around a … continue reading
CSA releases Cloud Threat Modeling guide
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) has released a new Cloud Threat Modeling guide to help provide guidance on threat modeling for cloud applications, their services, and related security decisions. The guide was written by the CSA Top Threats Working Group. The group hopes that the Cloud Threat Modeling guide will provide organizations with an up-to-date … continue reading
Report: IT workers experiencing increasingly inconsistent and heavy workloads
IT workers have been experiencing inconsistent and heavy workloads this year ever since the shift to remote work. According to PagerDuty’s 2021 State of Digital Operations report, over a third of PagerDuty’s users worked on average two extra hours per day, which comes out to an extra 12 weeks of work per year. Respondents also … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Sumo Logic updates, Moogsoft updates, and Bitdefender’s GravityZone Security for Containers
Sumo Logic has announced new capabilities in its observability platform. One new addition is the launch of Sumo Logic Span Analytics, which allows customers to search, analyze, and query data such as traces, logs, and metrics. It also released Sumo Logic Real User Monitoring (RUM) to provide customers with a more complete understanding of the … continue reading
