Kubernetes v1.27 replaces default image registry
The first Kubernetes release of 2023, Kubernetes v1.27 has been announced and it consists of 60 new enhancements, 18 of which are entering alpha and 13 of which are graduating to Stable. With this release, the image registry, k8sgcr.io, has been replaced with registry.k8s.io, which is fully controlled by the community. The old registry will … continue reading
Linkerd 2.13 introduces dynamic request routing, circuit breaking, and automated health monitoring
Buoyant, creator of the CNCF’s graduated mesh service Linkerd, today announced the release of Linkerd 2.13. With this, users gain dynamic request routing based on the Kubernetes Gateway API, circuit breaking for overloaded services, a FIPS-compatible version for government users, and more. Additionally, Linkerd 2.13 provides users with a set of free security and reliability … continue reading
Honeycomb announces $50 million in Series D funding
Observability company Honeycomb today announced that it has raised $50 million in a Series D funding round led by headline with participation from other existing investors, Insight Partners, and Scale Venture Partners. This brings the total capital raised by Honeycomb to$150 million, including customer angel investments from Dominik Richter, CEO of HelloFresh, and Guillermo Rauch, … continue reading
Rocket Content Automation accelerates IT modernization without introducing added risks
Enterprise software company Rocket Software today launched Rocket Content Automation. This release is geared at enabling important operational connections between systems and data sources without bringing in additional risks. With this release, businesses and IT organizations are enabled to collaborate to create improved experiences using automation capabilities spanning the Rocket Content Services portfolio. “Automation is … continue reading
Mirantis Container Cloud updates make operations easier both on-premise and in the cloud
Open-source cloud computing software and services company Mirantis today announced Mirantis Container Cloud 2.23 (MCC 2.23) with new features to simplify operations, such as the ability to monitor application performance with a Grafana dashboard. The latest release of MCC also offers users the ability to make updates to Kubernetes clusters with a one-click “upgrade” button … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Salt
Salt is an event-driven automation tool and framework built in Python to deploy, configure, and manage complex IT systems. This open-source project can be used to automate common infrastructure administration tasks and be sure that all parts of the users infrastructure are operating correctly. Salt can also be used to manage operating system deployment and … continue reading
Flexera One FinOps helps to improve cost of enterprise collaboration
Flexera, a company that works to help organizations gain business value from their technology investments, today released Flexera One FinOps to strengthen an enterprise’s FinOps and cloud central teams. This release is intended to enhance the combination of IT asset management and FinOps in order to improve the way enterprises visualize and administer cloud usage … continue reading
Splunk releases security and observability platform to help build secure digital enterprises
Cybersecurity and observability company Splunk today announced new innovations to its unified security and observability platform, including improvements to Splunk Mission Control and Splunk Observability Cloud, as well as the general availability of Splunk Edge Professor. These innovations are geared at assisting teams as they work to build safer and more resilient digital enterprises. With … continue reading
Report: 55% of teams agree that built-in monitoring is most important AIOps feature
The digital operations management company OpsRamp today released the findings from its study on the state of AIOps technology adoption and development. It was revealed that Built-in monitoring and native instrumentation is considered the most important feature by over half of respondents (55%). Despite 70% of MSPs and 62% of enterprises having concerns about the … continue reading
Cloudflare shares list of the most impersonated brands and announces new tools to protect employees
The security, performance, and reliability company Cloudflare today published a global report on the Top 50 Brands Used in Phishing Attacks. With this the company has also announced that it is opening beta access to its new brand and anti-phishing tools directly from the Security Center dashboard. The company’s intention with these tools is to … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Open Compute Project
The Open Compute Project (OCP) is a collaborative community that focuses primarily on redesigning hardware technology in order to support the expanding demands on compute infrastructure. The OCP community includes both hyperscale data center operators and industry professionals working with vendors to help them develop and commercialize open innovations that, when embedded in products, can … continue reading
Report: Tool sprawl and data source overload challenges over half of organizations
Grafana Labs has announced the findings from the Grafana Labs Observability Survey 2023, revealing that 52% of companies are currently using six or more observability tools, leading tool sprawl and data source overload to become key challenges. With this, 11% of respondents stated that they are using sixteen or more different observability tools in their … continue reading
