Report reveals trends in managed services, IT spending in Q1
A new report from the research firm ISG is shedding light on IT spending in America from Q1 of 2025, revealing that despite economic uncertainty, demand for IT and business services is on the rise. The firm’s Americas ISG Index measures “commercial outsourcing contracts with annual contract value (ACV) of $5 million or more.” According … continue reading
Everything you wanted to know about network bandwidth (but were afraid to ask)
Network bandwidth is a term we hear often, especially in today’s hyper-connected world. But what does it mean, and why does it matter so much? I’ve been there, wrestling with network performance issues and feeling like I’m missing a crucial piece of the puzzle. So, I want to break it down for you, not with … continue reading
Gluware announces integration with NetBox to simplify network automation
The network automation company Gluware has announced a new integration with NetBox, an open source network source of truth. According to Gluware, the integration will provide customers with the best of both worlds when it comes to Gluware’s automation capabilities and NetBox’s network data modeling. NetBox provides a centralized source of truth for network data, … continue reading
NinjaOne adds integration with Zendesk to simplify endpoint management
NinjaOne, a company that provides endpoint management software, has announced a new integration with the customer support solution provider Zendesk. According to NinjaOne, the new partnership will provide customers with a more comprehensive view of their IT environment, getting real-time insights from both their service management and device management solutions in a single platform. The … continue reading
How real-time AI-driven automation is reshaping IoT data strategies
It seems like just yesterday when the Internet of Things (IoT) accelerating digital transformation became the topic of conversation in developer and industrial communities. Now, with AI advancing at breakneck speed, the conversation has shifted to AI-enabled IoT—the Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT). This technological convergence between AI and IoT is the powerful new paradigm … continue reading
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe Day 2: k0s and k0smotron join CNCF Sandbox, New Relic announces eAPM, and Valkey 8.1 released
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe, taking place in London, continues on through its second day, bringing with it a number of new announcements from companies in the cloud-native space. Here are a couple of highlights from day 2 of KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe. k0s and k0smotron join CNCF Sandbox Mirantis announced that its open source projects … continue reading
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe Day 1: Argo CD v3 pre-release, Golden Kubestronaut program, Red Hat Developer Hub 1.5, and more
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe kicked off today in London, bringing together professionals in the Kubernetes space for a week of informative talks and networking opportunities. A number of companies in the Kubernetes space have announced updates at the event, along with the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) itself, the organization that maintains Kubernetes and hosts … continue reading
March 2025: AI updates in ITOps platforms this past month
IT vendors are constantly trying to add more and more AI features to their platforms to help IT operations teams be more efficient and productive. Here are a couple of those updates from the past month. LogicMonitor enhances observability platform to better monitor AI workloads and applications LogicMonitor has announced new capabilities to provide IT … continue reading
Pulumi improves security with new secrets management, RBAC, and policy as code capabilities
Pulumi, an infrastructure as code (IaC) company, has announced several new capabilities that improve its cloud security and automation offerings. The new capabilities include rotated secrets in Pulumi ESC, a new GitHub Action, a new Role-Base Access Control (RBAC) system, and new policy as code capabilities. Secrets rotation Secrets rotation will help companies ensure that … continue reading
Komodor launches new features to address Kubernetes configuration drift
Komodor, a company that simplifies Kubernetes management, has just announced the launch of new capabilities for detecting, investigating, and remediating Kubernetes configuration drift. Configuration drift occurs when Kubernetes clusters gradually change from their intended state, which can eventually impact operations via unexpected failures, inefficient resource utilization, and compliance gaps. According to Komodor, configuration drift can … continue reading
Report: Open source solutions continue to dominate observability strategies
Open source solutions are continuing to dominate the observability space, with 75% of respondents to Grafana Labs’ latest Observability Survey saying they use an open source solution in their observability efforts. Thirty percent of respondents say they only use open source, and 36% use mostly open source. On the other end of the spectrum, 8% … continue reading
5 OpenTofu features you should know about
OpenTofu has been making significant strides in the Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) landscape, now more than a year into its journey. With a rapidly growing user base and increasing adoption, OpenTofu has established itself as the leading open-source alternative to Terraform. The community has played a crucial role in its momentum, driving feature releases and shaping the … continue reading
The networks of agents supercharging ITOps
We are witnessing a major AI evolution that has the potential to take IT operations teams to new heights. First, we had the establishment of machine learning, then the dizzying rise of generative AI. Each of these brought a major leap forward that changed how ITOps teams work. But with the emergence of agentic AI, … continue reading
LogicMonitor enhances observability platform to better monitor AI workloads and applications
LogicMonitor has announced new capabilities to provide IT teams with greater visibility into their organization’s AI workloads and applications. LogicMonitor Envision is the company’s observability platform for all applications in the IT stack, and the latest updates to it include: Expanded support for monitoring Amazon Q Business and Nvidia GPUs Support for EKS and AKS … continue reading
