ITOps Times news digest: VMware MSC, Device42 acquires ArrayIQ, and Wipro’s edge services suite
VMware has announced it is adding a Cloud Native Master Services Competency (MSC) to its Partner Connect program. According to the company, this is the first competency related to VMware Tanzu. The new MSC will provide the foundation for partners to create Kubernetes-based platforms that are supported by complementary technologies from the cloud native ecosystem. … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Red Hat Integration, Aqua Security’s new platforms, and ManageEngine Conditional Access Policy
Red Hat has announced the latest release of Red Hat Integration. Red Hat Integration is a solution for handling integration and event processing. It allows users to create, extend, and deploy container-based integration services across hybrid and multicloud environments. The latest release introduces several new capabilities designed for Kubernetes-native applications. New features include the ability … continue reading
Twitter attack highlights the need for security awareness training
Yesterday, Twitter suffered a massive attack in which several high profile Twitter accounts were compromised. The account was carried out using social engineering, Twitter has verified. Affected accounts, which included Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and other high profile figures, began tweeting the address of a bitcoin wallet, along with the message … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: IBM and Verizon Business collaboration, Linux Foundation Kubernetes course, and i2Coalition and Domain Name Association merge into new group
IBM and Verizon Business have announced that they will be collaborating on 5G and AI edge solutions. The partnership will leverage Verizon’s 5G and edge capabilities and IBM’s experience in AI, hybrid multicloud, edge computing, asset management, and connected operations. “This collaboration is all about enabling the future of industry in the Fourth Industrial Revolution,” … continue reading
Google Cloud Next: Customer to Community, Confidential VMs, and BigQuery Omni
Google kicked off its reimagined Google Cloud Next even this week. The event is now entirely online, and will be going on for the next nine weeks, until September 8. The event features over 200 sessions and ways to connect with Google engineers, including 1:1 time. “As we’re all navigating through unprecedented times, bringing together … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: McAfee ESM Cloud, xMatters’ incident analytics, and RiskSense updates
McAfee is launching a new security and information event management (SIEM) system called McAfee Enterprise Security Manager (ESM) Cloud. This new solution supports security team activities like detection, incident response, and threat hunting. “Today’s SecOps teams face a multitude of issues, including the need to take on new efforts such as digital transformation, the convergence … continue reading
Operator Framework joins CNCF as incubation-level project
The CNCF has announced that it will be bringing on the Operator Framework as an incubation-level project. The Operator Framework is a toolkit for managing Kubernetes Operators, which are extensions of Kubernetes that make it easier to package, deploy, and manage Kubernetes applications. The Operator Framework, first developed in 2016 by CoreOS which is now … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: LogDNA funding, Oracle’s fully-managed cloud region, and Aryaka and 8×8’s partnership
LogDNA has announced it closed a Series C funding round totaling $25 million, bringing the company’s funding to date to $60 million. The round was led by Emergence Capital with participation from Initialized Capital, Providence Equity, TI Platform Management, Radianx Capital, Top Tier Capital Partners, and Trend Forward Capital. The company also announced that it … continue reading
IBM to acquire RPA company WDG Automation
IBM has announced that it will be acquiring Brazilian robotic process automation (RPA) company WDG Automation. IBM plans to use WDG Automation’s RPA capabilities to bolster its own AI-enabled offerings. According to IBM, COVID-19 has placed a lot of pressure on organizations to drastically transform their operations. RPA can help with that digital transformation by … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: ServiceNow and Zoom, Exabeam and Armis, and Avaya’s subscription program
ServiceNow and Zoom have entered into a partnership to improve work-from-home experiences. Zoom will deploy ServiceNow’s Now Platform, which includes new AIOps capabilities. In addition, Zoom will expand its implementation of ServiceNow’s Customer Service Management (CSM), which it deployed in April. “Zoom has enabled employees across industries around the world to stay connected, and it’s … continue reading
Algorithmia bolsters MLOps platform with security enhancements and improved developer experience
Algorithmia has announced a number of updates to its Enterprise product. Algorithmia is a machine learning (ML) operations and management company. The updates include security enhancements, support for the latest AWS and Azure GPU hardware, local debugging improvements, and integration with PyCharm. According to Algorithmia, machine learning has the potential for the greatest impact on … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: ODL
This week’s Open-Source Project of the Week is OpenDaylight (ODL). ODL is a Linux Foundation project that offers a modular way of customizing and automating networks. According to the project’s website, ODL was inspired by the SDN movement. It was designed with its main focus being on network programmability. Some use cases for the project … continue reading
