Microsoft to end support for Windows 7 this month
Microsoft has announced it will no longer provide free security updates, patches or technical support for Windows 7 after January 14th. Additionally, Microsoft will be retiring free support for Office 365 ProPlus on Windows 7, and the next Adobe Creative Cloud update will not support older versions of Windows. More than 38% of users and … continue reading
ITOps news digest: Nintex University, TDK releases SmartSense, and Insight Partners acquire Veeam
Nintex has announced a new program for training and certifying IT Ops professionals. The Nintex University will cover both business and technical roles, and help implement the Nintex Process Platform and speed up enterprise-wide digital transformation. Participants will get training and earn certifications through a variety of formats such as on-demand courses, real-time programs and … continue reading
Cloudflare focuses on making the Internet faster and safer for enterprises
Cloudflare wants to help build a better Internet with the announcement of Cloudflare for Teams. The new solution is a set of services designed to secure enterprises and employees without sacrificing performance. “With the rise of SaaS, cloud, and an increasingly mobile workforce, existing security solutions don’t work for modern-day employees or their employers,” said … continue reading
Compuware aims to modernize the mainframe with new features and partnerships
Mainframe DevOps provider Compuware announced a new partnership with CloudBees as well as updates to its Topaz tool. According to the company, the new announcements will help users modernize their existing mainframe resources with low risk and low cost. The CloudBees Technical Alliance Partner Program (TAPP) Premier Partnership is a unified program for independent software … continue reading
Wi-Fi Alliance plans ahead for 6 GHz band
The Wi-Fi Alliance is preparing for the release of 6 GHz band. The alliance has announced the terminology Wi-Fi 6E will be used to distinguish Wi-Fi 6 devices capable of 6 GHz operation. Wi-Fi 6E will include devices that offer features and capabilities of Wi-Fi 6 and extend into the 6 GHz band. The alliance … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Cumulus Networks partners with HPE, Insight acquires Armis, and XebiaLabs DevOps Platform 9.5
Cumulus Networks has announced a new partnership with HPE to bring highly automated and scalable storage networking solution to data centers. HPE’s StoreFabric M-Series Ethernet Switches will now run Cumulus Linux and NetQ. According to Cumulus Networks, this partnership will provide customers with a predictable, scalable, and reliable networking fabric. “Many modern data centers feature … continue reading
Industrial Internet Consortium joins forces with the Trusted IoT Alliance
The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) announced that it is partnering with the Trusted IoT Alliance (TIoTA) to drive industry collaboration and research for trusted IoT systems such as blockchain and related distributed ledger technologies (DLT). “This consolidation will strengthen the ability of the IIC to provide guidance and advance best practices on the uses of … continue reading
Optimizing your cloud spend in 2020
The cloud has reached new heights, and organizations are looking to maximize the benefits without emptying their wallets. The research firm Gartner predicts that IT spending will grow 3.7% in 2020, and the growth will be driven by the cloud. Additionally, the firm sees public cloud revenue growing by 17% in the next year. “At … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: gVisor
Google has developed a sandbox for container runtimes called gVisor that is focused on security, efficiency, and ease of use. “Containers are not a sandbox. While containers have revolutionized how we develop, package, and deploy applications, running untrusted or potentially malicious code without additional isolation is not a good idea. The efficiency and performance gains … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Dell’s new portfolio, InsightFinder funding, and TensorIoT’s new competency achievement
Dell has launched a new line of products and software in its Latitude, XPS, and display portfolios. These new devices will leverage AI, 5G, and innovative design to make it easier for users to innovate, collaborate, and accomplish more, Dell explained. In addition to new hardware products like the Latitude 9000 series, Dell is introducing … continue reading
Stateless: Microservice network functions are the next step for encryption everywhere
Encryption everywhere requires an increase in multi-tenancy and scalability, and according to software defined interconnect provider Stateless, the move forward is to split that complexity into microservices. “One of the main challenges with security is its complexity. The more complex the system, the more it’s prone to security issues, because it’s prone to errors and … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: VMware completes acquisition of Pivotal, Venafi’s security survey, and Azure IoT EdgeHub Dev Tool installation
VMware has officially acquired Pivotal for approximately $2.7 billion. The company first announced plans to acquire the cloud-native platform provider Pivotal in August. According to VMware, Pivotal will become a core part of its Tanzu portfolio, which is designed to help users build, run and manage important apps. “The combination of Pivotal’s developer-centric offerings with … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Nebula
Last month, Slack open-sourced its network overlay tool, Nebula. Nebula allows you to connect computers anywhere in the world in a performant, simple, and secure way. According to Slack, Nebula incorporates several existing concepts, such as encryption, security groups, certificates, and tunneling. The company believes that what sets the solution apart from other solutions is … continue reading
Google explains cloud-native security model
To address security issues as early in the development and deployment lifecycle as possible, Google implemented a new approach to cloud-native security called BeyondProd. Google released a whitepaper to show how other companies can benefit from BeyondProd as well. Cloud-native security steers away from the traditional perimeter-based security model in which all users or services … continue reading
