Report: Blockchain to become an enterprise-wide priority in 2020
Enterprises are becoming more heavily focused on blockchain for their strategic initiatives. A recent report found 75% of executive respondents are looking how they can use blockchain to their advantage. Only 1% reported blockchain was not relevant to them. The report, ‘Ignore blockchain at your peril, but don’t drive blindly,’ was released by Wipro Limited … continue reading
Is tracing for you? Probably not
Tracing is one of the hottest topics in observability and monitoring. There are myriad open-source projects, new startups, and entire conferences dedicated to it. But here’s the truth: While everyone building and maintaining software has heard of tracing, only a select few engineers are using it. In most cases, engineering effort and business resources would … continue reading
Report: Cloud-native projects now the norm in production
Cloud-native deployments are now the norm. According to CNCF’s community survey, cloud-native projects are increasingly being deployed in production. The CNCF community survey was conducted in September and October 2019, and the company received 1,337 responses. The goal of the community survey is to understand where and how cloud native technologies are being adopted, the … continue reading
Retrospect Backup and Virtual 2020 launched to streamline onboarding and increase protection with ProactiveAI
StorCentric announced the general availability release of Retrospect Backup 17 and Retrospect Virtual 2020, as well as updates to its Retrospect Management Console. The company’s suite of products now provides hosted management service for automatic onboarding of physical and virtual backup instances, enabling fast deployment and increased protection leveraging ProactiveAI across an entire organization, according … continue reading
TriggerMesh joins Cloud Native Computing Foundation
TriggerMesh has joined the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) and announced that it is formally showing support for Kubernetes and the CNCF Serverless Working Group driving the CloudEvents specification. “CNCF is the home of Kubernetes, one of the most important cloud technologies today,” said Mark Hinkle, the Co-Founder of TriggerMesh. “Joining CNCF plays an important … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: SentryOne updates, Mission Cloud Foundation, and AirDroid Business updates
SentryOne has announced new editions of SQL Sentry that provide monitoring support for SQL Server or related systems on physical, hybrid, or cloud environments. There are three new editions being released: SQL Sentry Premium, SQL Sentry Standard, and SQL Sentry Essentials. They will all be available on April 1, 2020. “Our customers are managing complex … continue reading
Kublr 1.16 released with rolling upgrade support
The latest release of the Kubernetes multi-cloud, multi-cloud platform is now available. Kublr 1.16 comes with support for rolling upgrades with zero downtime across clouds and on-premise infrastructures. “You probably don’t need to be sold on rolling updates, the benefits are obvious. Whether you want to ensure your infrastructure, applications, or production component are upgraded … continue reading
ITOps Times Open Source Project of the Week: Bat
This week’s highlighted open-source project is bat. Bat is a tool that IT practitioners can use to test, debug, and interact with HTTP servers. It is a Go implementation of a CLI, and was inspired by the project Httpie. According to the project’s GitHub page, its key highlights include its expressive and intuitive syntax, built-in … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Mirantis acquires Kontena, Humio Bucket Storage, and 1E Tachyon 5.0
Following their acquisition of Docker last year, Mirantis has now acquired Kontena. Kontena is a tool that allows teams to deploy, run, monitor, and operate Kubernetes cluster and workloads. It is an open-source tool that is currently in use by a number of companies. According to Mirantis, this acquisition should accelerate its roadmap in multi-cluster … continue reading
Report: IT security is becoming too complex to manage
Enterprises are struggling to maintain and manage the security of their hybrid environments. A recent report found that complexity of internal environments is one of the most significant obstacles for organizational IT security. “When it comes to security complexity, the fact that the attack surface has continued to grow (with cloud, on-prem, and more SaaS … continue reading
Red Hat expands partner offerings to foster hybrid cloud innovation
Red Hat is hoping to drive innovation of open-source solutions for hybrid cloud by expanding its partner offerings. Red Hat’s Partner Connect provides opportunities such as certifications, tools, and alignment opportunities to “automate, accelerate, and streamline modern application development.” The company will expand both its certification and support services. It believes this will make companies … continue reading
IEEE releases International Network Generations Roadmap
In order to prepare for the next generation of networks the IEEE along with the Future Networks Initiative has announced the IEEE International Network Generations Roadmap (INGR), First Edition. The INGR is designed to identify trends and reduce technical and engineering risks associated with developing and deploying next generation networks through 2030. “The International Network … continue reading
OpsRamp announces AI-driven suggestions in Winter 2020 release
AIOps company OpsRamp has announced its Winter 2020 Release with new capabilities to make AIOps easier for the everyday operator. The release includes AI-driven suggestions, cloud monitoring integrations, and hybrid discovery and synthetic monitoring. “While machine learning models for IT operations have generated considerable excitement among technology decision-makers, customers would like to understand how a … continue reading
Boomi releases Integration Center of Excellence service
Boomi wants to help businesses build and manage their integrations with a new Integration Center of Excellence (ICoE) service. The new ICoE will provide best practices, company and industry guidelines and a repository of reusable frameworks. In addition, the ICoE will access an organization’s integration maturity, identify goals and gaps, and provide a roadmap for … continue reading
