ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Astro
Fairwinds just open-sourced its Astro project, which provides an API for understanding and managing Datadog monitors. Astro’s GitHub page states that it is an “operator that emits Datadog monitors based on Kubernetes states. The operator responds to changes of resources in your kubernetes cluster and will manage Datadog monitors based on the configured state.” Related … continue reading
OpsRamp raises $37.5 million to grow its AIOps platform
AIOps company OpsRamp has announced that it has closed a $37.5 million funding round. The company explained it will use this new funding to scale its discovery, monitoring, and automation platform. “The business opportunity for OpsRamp is tremendous,” said Varma Kunaparaju, co-founder and CEO of OpsRamp. “Modernizing legacy IT operations management, technology debt, and supporting … continue reading
ITOps news digest: Instana announces vSphere support, IIC opens community forum, and Itential’s Automation Studio
Automatic APM provider Instana has announced it is adding vSphere support to its microservices application and infrastructure monitoring solution. The support will now enable users to discover, map and monitor components running on the VMware’s vSphere suite. “The vSphere announcement continues Instana’s legacy of excellence in monitoring applications and their underlying infrastructure together. Whether organizations … continue reading
SolarWinds’ 2020 cloud confessions reveal lack of APM education
As application performance management (APM) becomes more mainstream, the need to educate companies on the tools and capabilities is crucial. SolarWinds has released Cloud Confessions 2020, which revealed while companies and development teams know the importance of APM, they aren’t moving past troubleshooting. “This isn’t surprising considering APM has typically been siloed across DevOps and … continue reading
Know your risk: Make smart decisions on application security
Security breaches are constantly in the headlines, and in turn, on your board members’ minds. Cybercriminals are no longer fringe. Instead, they are forming an organized, growing industry. High-profile breaches at big-name and respected institutions and organizations are becoming more and more commonplace. The success of a security organization is not predicated on its actions … continue reading
LightStep addresses service health issues with new solution
Observability solution provider LightStep is releasing its Service Health for Deployments solution, designed to spot and fix service health issues that come during and after deployments. According to the company, deployments often result in regressions, which then take up time investigating the root cause. Service Health for Deployments performs root cause analysis to find out … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: NGINX Controller 3.0, ServiceNow acquires Passage AI, and Nuweba announces seed funding
F5 Networks has announced the release of NGINX Controller 3.0. NGINX Controller is a tool used for load balancing, API management, analytics, and service mesh. Version 3.0 is the first major release of the tool since F5 acquired NGINX. “This is our first major product introduction since we joined forces with F5 in May, and … continue reading
IoT Community and IEEE announce partnership to advance IIoT
The IoT Community and IEEE are partnering to accelerate digital transformation of IIoT and speed the development of IoT in general. “Harnessing the power of the Internet of Things is essential for the successful development of digital transformation across enterprise and industrial sectors,” said Heinrich Stüttgen, Chair of the IEEE IoT Initiative. “IEEE looks forward … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project(s) of the Week: Heist, Umbra, and Idem
Last week, SaltStack announced the release of three new open-source modules for use with Salt Plug-in Oriented Programming (POP). The three new modules are called Heist, Umbra, and Idem. Heist is a plugin system that allows for the development and distribution of agents that enable users to open an SSH tunnel, send a portable agent … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: StackRox’s Anthos support, Microsoft and Genesys expand partnership, and Microsoft completes internal investigation into database misconfiguration
StackRox has announced that the latest version of the StackRox Kubernetes Security Platform offers support for Google Anthos, which is a solution for modernizing, building, and running cloud applications. As a result, Anthos users will be able to use StackRox to manage their security and compliance. “Anthos makes it easier for customers to leverage hybrid … continue reading
ServiceNow to acquire AIOps company Loom Systems
ServiceNow announced that it entered into an agreement to acquire Loom Systems to extend its AIOps capabilities and offer deeper insights into digital operations. “By bringing together Loom Systems’ ability to analyze log and metrics data with ServiceNow’s AIOps and workflow automation capabilities, IT departments will be able to proactively pin‑point and resolve operational issues, … continue reading
OneLogin brings AI to identity and access management
OneLogin has announced its new Trusted Experience Platform, a complete identity and access management (IAM) solution designed to manage digital identities for enterprises. According to the company, it leverages artificial intelligence to provide secure, scalable and smart experiences. “The OneLogin Trusted Experience Platform provides unparalleled security and reliability to companies so leaders can focus on … continue reading
Sysdig secures $70 million for cloud-native workloads
Sysdig has announced that it has secured $70 million in Series E funding. The company plans on using this new funding to extend its market presence and leadership in order to enable companies to “confidently run cloud-native workloads in production.” The round was led by Insight Partners, with participation from previous investors Bain Capital Ventures … continue reading
VMware announces intent to acquire network analytics company Nyansa
VMware has announced that it plans to acquire AI-based network analytics company Nyansa. VMware will add Nyansa’s AI and machine learning capabilities to their existing network and security portfolio. “The acquisition of Nyansa will accelerate VMware’s delivery of end-to-end monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities for LAN/WAN deployments within our industry-leading SD-WAN solution,” said Sanjay Uppal, vice … continue reading
