As long as there has been business, there has been data. Unlike some of the newer technologies that have popped up in the past century, companies have always been gathering data. It may not have been the same type or amount that companies collect now, but it was always there. But with the boom in … continue reading
Unexpected network outages can wreak havoc on a business. Gartner reports the average cost of downtime is $5,600 per minute. A new survey from Netrounds has revealed that over 60 percent of network brownouts are initially discovered by IT’s internal or external customers, not by IT itself. Persistent network brownouts are the third biggest issue … continue reading
MongoDB Atlas is now available on Microsoft Azure Marketplace. MongoDB Atlas is a fully managed global cloud database service, with integrations with Azure services like PowerBI, Azure Databricks, and Sitecore on Azure. Its addition to the Azure Marketplace will make it easier for Azure customers to purchase and use it, the company explained. The cost … continue reading
Changes are happening constantly in the world of IT, and we’re in the midst of the fourth industrial revolution. Industry 4.0 is a world in which factory machines have wireless connectivity and sensors built in, enabling machines to make their own intelligent decisions. The Open Industry 4.0 Alliance was created in order to accelerate this … continue reading
This week’s highlighted open-source project is one that enables you to essentially run your own data center on Debian and Ubuntu servers. According to the project’s website, DebOps is a “set of Free and Open Source tools that let users bootstrap and manage an IT infrastructure based on Debian or Ubuntu operating systems.” DebOps provides … continue reading
It should come as no surprise that Kubernetes has skyrocketed in popularity. Since joining the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), the project has seen widespread adoption and it seems to be all anyone can talk about in the industry. Since it joined the CNCF, the number of companies actively contributing to Kubernetes has grown 2,000 … continue reading
The August release of PagerDuty is now available. This release focuses on improvements to the mobile app, increases security, and analytics improvements. Its mobile app now features the ability to snooze alert for more than 24 hours, configuration warnings, status updates for business services, and iPad layout improvements. It has improved platform security by introducing … continue reading
US Signal has announced a new solution that will help organizations protect against DDoS attacks. Its Website and Application Security Solution is designed to filter unwanted and malicious traffic before it reaches the customer’s network. According to the company’s 2019 State of Web and DDoS Attacks survey, 83 percent of organizations have been affected by … continue reading
Datadog has revealed that it has filed for an IPO of Class A common stock. The number of shares and their pricing have not been announced yet. “Congratulations to DataDog for having built a strong business and for filing for an IPO,” said Suresh Vasudevan, CEO of Sysdig. “The success of Datadog illustrates a few … continue reading
The 2019 IT conference VMworld kicked off in San Francisco this week, and a number of companies are using the event as an opportunity to show off their latest releases. Prior to the event, VMware also announced intentions to acquire both Pivotal and Carbon Black. According to the company, these acquisitions show VMware’s commitment to … continue reading
Companies are struggling to fully understand the cost, complexity, and time it will take to build and maintain an SD-WAN. A new report revealed even when companies are working with an operator to get it set up there are still many challenges. Aryaka’s 2019 State of the WAN report surveyed 795 IT and network practitioners … continue reading
It’s no secret that IT teams are overwhelmed. Sometimes they don’t have the time or resources required to get everything that needs to be done done. And when employees have to wait long periods of time for IT to approve something, sometimes they decide to take IT matters into their own hands. Shadow IT is … continue reading