ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Cloud Operations Sandbox
Google is trying to bring Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) to its customers, and to that end it has released a new open-source project called the Cloud Operations Sandbox. “Customers want to learn how to instrument services for observability and implement SRE best practices using tools Google Cloud has to offer, but without risking production environments,” … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Open Telemetry to use observIQ’s log agent, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications, and Untangle’s new Channel Partner Portal
Open Telemetry will be using observIQ’s log agent Stanza as a key component for log collection. Several members of observIQ’s team will join the Open Telemetry as project maintainers. “We are thrilled to integrate observIQ’s Stanza log agent into the OpenTelemetry Project,” said Morgan McLean, co-founder of OpenTelemetry. “observIQ’s contribution to the logs portion of … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Anuket
LF Networking has announced the launch of a new open-source project called Anuket. Anuket brings together the Cloud Infrastructure Telco Taskforce (CNTT) and Open Platform for NFV (OPNFV) to unify the ecosystem of telecom operators, vendors, and system integrators. The project will help to enable rapid deployment of cloud native and virtual network functions (CNFs … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Platform9 updates, CSA updates IoT Security Controls Framework, and Dynatrace expands Google Cloud partnership
Platform9 has announced new features in its managed Kubernetes solutions. Updates include multi-version Kubernetes support, enhanced cluster deployment options, and upgrades manageability. According to the company, these updates are intended mainly for companies within the technology, retail, telco, media, and entertainment industries. “Focused on offering ease-of-use features and increasing efficiencies, this product release continues to … continue reading
Kintaba Milestones allows significant moments to be documented during outages
Incident management company Kintaba has announced a new feature called Milestones that allows companies to document moments, or milestones, during a major outage or breach. According to Kintaba, having an accurate timeline of events from responders within the organization can help provide a better understanding of what’s happening. It is also helpful during post-mortems as … continue reading
Report: Releasing microservices into production a challenge for many organizations
Despite having become mainstream over the past few years, many organizations still struggle with actually releasing microservices into production. According to the State of Cloud-Native Release Orchestration 2021 report from Vamp, 72% of respondents use Kubernetes and 81% use microservices in production, but nearly 9 in 10 respondents report challenges and issues when releasing microservices … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Commvault expands BaaS portfolio, Quantum launches new hybrid storage arrays, InterVision announces cloud cost savings tool
Commvault has announced an expansion to its backup as a service (BaaS) portfolio. New additions include enhanced SaaS application protection, the addition of Oracle and Active Directory to Metallic Database Backup, and the addition HyperScale X as an edge offering for Metallic. “As we continue our global rollout of Metallic, we’re finding more and more … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Keylime
Keylime is an open-source project that developers and users can leverage to bootstrap trust for remote machines, provision encrypted payloads, and run system integrity monitoring. Key features include remote boot attestation, Linux IMA runtime integrity monitoring, application bootstrapping, secure payload provisioning, revocation framework, and certificate authority integration. The mission of the project is to make … continue reading
OpsRamp rolls out two new solutions for WFH IT management
OpsRamp is aiming to make network management easier for remote companies. It has announced two new products to do so: OpsRamp NetFlow and OpsRamp Unified Communications monitoring. “As work-from-home became the new normal in 2020, use of digital communications and collaboration systems exploded,” said Ciaran Byrne, vice president of product management at OpsRamp. “IT Operations … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Delphix updates, HCP Vault beta, and Platform9 updates
Delphix has announced updates to its ransomware protection solution. New capabilities include maximum coverage for high change rates, data immutability, open box data testing and validation, and air gap data isolation. “You can drive a truck through the holes in legacy ransomware solutions,” said Jedidiah Yueh, CEO of Delphix. “Once-a-day backups are insufficient. Companies can’t … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: IIC RFP Toolkit, Fugue’s new container runtime security capabilities, and Atos and IBM’s partnership
The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) has announced it is releasing its IIC RFP Toolkit, which is a collection of tools and best practices for guiding IIoT project managements through the process of procuring components and resources that are required in an end-to-end IIoT solution. The IIC RFP Toolkit is comprised of six modules: project planning, … continue reading
Report: Container security is shifting left
A recent survey has revealed that container security is shifting left with 74% of organizations scanning container images during the build process. Unfortunately, the report also revealed that the majority of container images are overly permissive. According to Sysdig’s fourth annual Sysdig Container Security and Usage report, 58% of containers analyzed were running as a … continue reading
