ITOps Times news digest: Portshift Kubernetes API Server Protection, Nutanix automations, and DataKinetics and IBM expand partnership
Portshift has announced the release of Kubernetes API Server Protection. The solution is designed to analyze RBAC permissions in Kubernetes clusters and then categorize them by risk level. Kubernetes API Server Protection also makes existing pod permissions more strict and removes unused performissions. In addition, the company announced that it received Red Hat Container Certification, … continue reading
Coronavirus and IT operations
Businesses can plan for changes that might occur because of a natural disaster, an election that brings a change of government, and other environmental and technological developments. However, the global pandemic from the spread of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), known as COVID-19, has forced every business to consider how to respond … continue reading
Confluent announces Elastic Scaling for Apache Kafka and Project Metamorphosis update
Confluent announced Elastic Scaling for Apache Kafka in Confluent Cloud to power real-time applications at scale, as well as new innovations that accelerate how companies can harness the full power of event streaming at any scale as part of Project Metamorphosis. Under Project Metamorphosis, elastic scaling is the first and foundational step in establishing the … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Bitwarden
To celebrate yesterday’s World Password Day, ITOps Times is featuring Bitwarden this week as the “Open-Source Project of the Week.” Bitwarden is an open-source password management solution designed for individuals, teams and business organizations. “Password theft is a serious problem. The websites and apps that you use are under attack every day. Security breaches occur … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Micro Focus File Analysis Suite, Zoom acquires Keybase, and Qualys’ container security solutions
Micro Focus introduced File Analysis Suite, which provides complete lifecycle management for data. It allows IT administrators to identify, manage, and secure sensitive information. Micro Focus hopes that this solution will make it easier for companies to comply with global data regulations. Features of File Analysis Suite include governance and compliance, data analytics, risk mitigation, … continue reading
Open RAN Policy Coalition aims to further development of interoperable RAN solutions
The Open RAN Policy Coalition has officially launched. First envisioned earlier this year, the group’s main goal is to “advocate for government policies supporting the development and adoption of open and interoperable solutions in the Radio Access Network.” “We are in the midst of technological revolution, where personal and professional activities that could previously only … continue reading
IBM and Red Hat tackle 5G edge computing
IBM and Red Hat have announced new solutions designed to prepare companies for the 5G era. The new services and solutions are focused on transitioning edge computing to 5G, and leveraging 5G for crucial use cases such as emergency response, robotic surgery, and connected-vehicle safety features. “In today’s uncertain environment, our clients are looking to … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: BetterCloud + OneLogin, Open Systems + Microsoft Azure Sentinel, and GigaSpaces funding
SaaSOps provider BetterCloud has announced a new partnership with identity and access management company OneLogin. Together the two companies will work to automate end-to-end User Lifecycle Management (ULM). Specifically, the companies will help with onboarding and offboarding, mid-lifecycle management, and security and data protection. Open Systems announces Microsoft Azure Sentinel integration Microsoft Azure Sentinel will … continue reading
Keeping up with the evolving security threats during COVID-19
The business world changed in an instant when the COVID-19 pandemic was declared. In order to stay afloat, businesses had to figure out how to get their employees online and then manage this new remote workforce. On top of everything, security still lurked in the background. In the beginning, the biggest concerns were simply just … continue reading
Nvidia plans to acquire Cumulus Networks
Nvidia announced its plans to acquire Cumulus Networks to further its networking software capabilities and to accelerate software-defined data centers. “Cloud data centers are evolving to an architecture that is accelerated, disaggregated and software-defined to meet the exponential growth in AI and high performance computing,” Amit Katz, vice president of Ethernet Switch at Nvidia wrote … continue reading
SiteLock announces new security awareness training program for SMBs
Phishing has always been a concern for organizations, but recent research from Barracuda has highlighted the increased need for security awareness as coronavirus-related phishing scams continue to rise. The research found that such scams have been steadily increasing since January and increased by 667% from the end of February to the end of March. Training … continue reading
Managing Day 2 Kubernetes
Kubernetes has matured to the point where users need to not only consider how to get Kubernetes clusters spun up and deployed, but how to maintain and scale them for the long term. Kubernetes was the first project to graduate from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), and according to its Project Journey Report, which … continue reading
Gartner’s top 10 technologies driving the future of I&O
Gartner has released predictions on 10 technologies it believes will drive the future of infrastructure and operations (I&O) in the next few years. “To succeed in the digital business era, innovation leaders need to drive ‘creative destruction,’ often willing to fundamentally rethink the technology architecture, deployment environment and operating models. We have analyzed many transformative … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: HSE
Micron Technology has announced its heterogeneous-memory storage engine (HSE) is now available to the open-source community. The project was developed specifically for solid-state drives (SSDs) and storage-class memory (SCM). According to the company, legacy storage engines that were developed for hard disk drives don’t take increased performance and reduced latency needs into account. This software … continue reading
