Armis raises $65 million for IoT endpoint security
IoT security company Armis has raised $65 million in Series C funding, which brings the company’s funding to-date to $112 million. According to Armis, IoT devices present an expanded attack surface, and there have been recent reports of global companies being affected by ransomware attacks carried out through insecure IoT devices. IoT devices typically don’t … continue reading
Versa Titan provides end-to-end security and management for SD-WAN
Versa Networks is helping organizations simplify the complexity of WAN transformation with the release of a new cloud-managed SD-WAN solution. Versa Titan allows MSPs to provide secure SD-WAN and allows organizations to design, deploy, and operate WAN infrastructure. According to Versa Networks, the solution is easy to use and enhances visibility into vulnerabilities, application behavior, … continue reading
Google Cloud Next: XMatter’s new incident response tool, Cohesity’s backup-as-a-service, and Harness’ availability in GCP marketplace
Google Cloud’s annual conference for IT professionals, Google Cloud Next, is taking place this week in San Francisco, and a number of companies are using the event as an opportunity to showcase new solutions and updates to existing ones. Here are some of the highlights: XMatters launches a new tool for incident response XMatters has … continue reading
Juniper Networks extends SD-WAN solution to the cloud
Juniper Networks is giving IT professionals a new way of managing and securing WAN infrastructures. The latest version of Contrail Service Orchestration offers a cloud-delivered version of its existing SD-WAN solution. The new solution not only provides management and security features for the WAN infrastructure, but also LAN and Wi-Fi networks deployed with it. Benefits … continue reading
CRI-O now an incubating project at the CNCF
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) has accepted a new project to its incubator. CRI-O is a lightweight implementation of the Kubernetes Container Runtime Interface (CRI). It was designed to enable the use of the Open Container Initiative (OCI) runtimes and images, the CNCF explained. “CNCF hosts a variety of container runtimes and we’re excited … continue reading
Google expands its Compute Engine offerings with new VMs
Google Cloud is expanding its Compute Engine offerings with new Compute-Optimized VMs and Memory-Optimized VMs, both of which are based on second-generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors. “Whether you’re running compute-bound applications for HPC or large, in-memory database applications like SAP HANA, you need the right mix of compute resources for the job, while also keeping … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Xen Project Hypervisor
With their newest release, the team behind Xen Project Hypervisor 4.12 says that it is focusing on security and reducing code size in the open-source virtual machine monitoring platform. In a blog post, the team outlined the plans and their additional focus on renewed x86 architecture support, features for embedded and automotive, and more. “This … continue reading
Progress Software acquires Ipswitch for data transfer and network management capabilities
Progress Software has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Ipswitch, a provider of secure data file transfer and network management software. Ipswitch’s products enable small and medium-sized businesses to securely share data and ensure high availability. More specifically, its MOVEit solution allows customers to securely transfer data; its WhatsUp Gold solution … continue reading
Report: Over half of IT professionals feel their job is having a negative effect on their well-being
IT operations has a real people problem. A majority of the people working in IT roles are unhappy, in part due to their jobs, according to a survey from ITSM solutions provider SysAid. The survey, “The Future of ITSM 2019,” was based on responses from 339 IT professionals. The survey found that there was a … continue reading
Latest release of ActiveBatch focuses on security for IT automation
In an effort to help organizations more effectively secure their systems, Advanced Systems Concepts (ASCI) has added new security enhancements to its IT automation tool ActiveBatch. “Growing numbers of cyberthreats have driven organizations to take novel approaches to adopting security solutions,” says Ben Rosenberg, president of Advanced Systems Concepts, in a statement. “The latest release … continue reading
Rancher Labs simplifies Kubernetes provisioning in latest release
Rancher Labs is introducing new features for simplifying Kubernetes provisioning in its latest release, Rancher 2.2. According to Rancher Labs, this release gives IT operators and developers more control over their applications. “As Kubernetes adoption grows exponentially, IT operators have been asking for an easy, reliable and repeatable way to provision, manage and support enterprise-grade … continue reading
Unravel is offering new ways to optimize all steps of the cloud migration process
Unravel has announced new capabilities to help organizations with their cloud migration journeys. It provides capabilities for all steps of the migration process, making it useful for organizations no matter where they are in their cloud journeys. The new solution uses machine learning and AI to determine baselines for on-premises data deployments, then uses that … continue reading
