VMware Explore: VMware Cloud Foundation 9, VMware Tanzu Platform 10, software-defined edge updates, and more
VMware Explore is happening this week in Las Vegas, NV, and this morning during the event, Broadcom (which now owns VMware) made several announcements regarding VMware offerings, from the latest version of VMware Cloud Foundation to updates to its software-defined edge portfolio. Here is a breakdown of what has been announced: VMware Cloud Foundation 9 … continue reading
Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift now generally available
Red Hat has announced the general availability release of Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift (also referred to in the Red Hat portal as OpenStack Platform 18), a new OpenStack architecture that leverages the advantages of Kubernetes. It provides a new podified control plane that can be used to manage both existing OpenStack workloads and … continue reading
Authentik – ITOps Times Open Source Project of the Week
Authentik is an open-source identity provider that supports a number of authentication protocols, including OAuth2, SAML, LDAP, and SCIM. It is designed to provide site administrators, developers, and security engineers with a reliable solution that can be used in almost every environment. Authentik includes an admin console where users and groups, tokens and credentials, application … continue reading
Docker will soon deprecate password logins via CLI when SSO enforcement is on
Starting September 16th, Docker is deprecating the ability to use passwords to sign-in to services via its CLI when users have Single Sign-On (SSO) enforcement turned on. SSO enables users to authenticate once and get access to multiple different services. In this case, that includes Docker Desktop, Docker Hub, Docker Scout, and Docker Build Cloud. … continue reading
Entrust launches KeyControl as a Service to provide companies more seamless management of encryption keys
Entrust has announced a new offering to help companies better manage encryption keys. KeyControl as a Service (KCaaS) provides a cloud-based unified dashboard that provides visibility, traceability, compliance tracking, and an audit trail of keys and secrets. KCaaS also automates key storage, backup, distribution, rotation, and revocation. It features a decentralized vault architecture, which ensures … continue reading
Report: C-suite doesn’t have a ton of confidence in IT teams currently
C-suite executives are losing confidence in the ability of their IT teams to deliver basic services, leading to concerns over how advanced technologies like generative AI can be implemented successfully. According to a new survey of 2,500 C-suite executives, conducted by IBM, only 47% of respondents believe their IT teams are effective at delivering basic … continue reading
Fortanix adds File System Encryption in latest release
The security company Fortanix has announced File System Encryption, a new feature that is part of the Fortanix Data Security Manager. With File System Encryption, data can be encrypted at the file system level, which is useful in scenarios where different user groups need access to different parts of a database. Organizations can set up … continue reading
AMD acquires hyperscaler ZT Systems for $4.9 billion
AMD has announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire ZT Systems, a company that provides hyperscale server solutions. AMD says this purchase is part of its overall AI strategy, as ZT Systems’ offerings will help customers deploy AMD-powered AI infrastructure at scale. Over the last year, AMD has invested over $1 billion to … continue reading
Dapr – ITOps Times Open Source Project of the Week
Dapr is a collection of APIs for building microservices that takes care of security, resiliency, and observability so that developers can focus on other aspects of building their applications. Dapr provides building blocks that are based on best practices for building microservices, and those building blocks can then be incorporated into the application using whatever … continue reading
Report: Companies are overconfident in their cyber resilience abilities
A majority of companies believe they have the necessary technologies and processes in place to deal with security events in a timely manner, but new survey data shows that in practice, this isn’t the case. Cohesity surveyed 3,1000 IT and security decision makers for its Global Cyber Resilience Report 2024, and 78% of the respondents … continue reading
Rafay Systems’ Cost Optimization Suite lowers cloud costs by analyzing resource usage to make changes
Rafay Systems has announced its new Cost Optimization Suite to help users lower their cloud computing and Kubernetes costs. The platform does this by continuously analyzing resource usage and reallocating or cleaning up resources as necessary based on policy-driven controls. For instance, users can set time-to-live limits for short term needs, so that resources are … continue reading
Infisical – ITOps Times Open Source Project of the Week
Infisical is an open source secrets management platform that allows teams to securely store things like API keys, database credentials, and 150+ other secret types. These secrets can then be synced across teams and infrastructure. It has a web interface for managing secrets across different projects, and a custom CLI that can be used to … continue reading
