Q&A: Bad bots and their impact across the internet
Bots are becoming more and more of a challenge for companies to deal with. To learn more about how bots impact different industries, we spoke with Nick Rieniets, field CTO of Kasada, on the most recent episode of our podcast Get With IT. They had recently released a report on this topic, so we invited … continue reading
AWS adds ability to group Amazon WorkSpaces virtual desktops into pools of similar users
AWS has just announced that customers can now create pools, or groups, of non-persistent virtual desktops through Amazon WorkSpaces. These pools can then be shared across a group of users, and each user in a pool gets the same applications and experience. According to AWS, users can access the virtual desktops via a browser, desktop … continue reading
Chrome will no longer trust certificates from Entrust starting in November
In a move to strengthen user privacy and security in Chrome, Google has announced that new certificates from the certificate authority (CA) company, Entrust, will no longer be trusted, starting in November. Google cited a “pattern of compliance failures, unmet improvement commitments, and the absence of tangible, measurable progress in response to publicly disclosed incident … continue reading
Working toward AIOps maturity? It’s never too early (or late) for platform engineering
Until about two years ago, many enterprises were experimenting with isolated proofs of concept or managing limited AI projects, with results that often had little impact on the company’s overall financial or operational performance. Few companies were making big bets on AI, and even fewer executive leaders lost their jobs when AI initiatives didn’t pan … continue reading
Snipe-IT – ITOps Times Open Source Project of the Week
Snipe-IT is an open-source IT asset and license management tool that can help IT teams get more visibility into what they own, who has an asset, and where it is. The platform has an admin dashboard that shows recent asset activity, such as items that have been checked in/out or were recently updated or deleted. … continue reading
Empowering SMBs to compete with big brands using AI and SaaS technology
Business is moving fast. In today’s evolving landscape, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are facing unprecedented challenges. However, they also have more opportunities to get creative and leverage technologies more so than ever before. As they strive to compete with larger brands, SMBs are increasingly turning to advanced technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and … continue reading
Report: Open source will pave the way for intelligent networking
Telecommunications vendors are moving towards an innovative future, with many adopting technologies like open source software, cloud-native architectures, and network APIs. A recent report from the Linux Foundation explored how these companies are using these technologies today and how open source will be critical to adopting AI-based networking, or intelligent networking. “The future of intelligent … continue reading
Amazon SQS receives optimizations that reduce latency, increase capacity, and improve scalability
Amazon has announced that it made several improvements to Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) to reduce latency, increase fleet capacity, improve scalability, and reduce power consumption. Amazon SQS is a messaging queue for microservices, distributed systems, and serverless apps, and it’s been around since 2006. The company is announcing that it improved the connection … continue reading
Omdia: serverless computing, valued at $19bn is the fastest-growing cloud service
New analysis from Omdia’s Cloud Software & Services Intelligence Service shows that serverless computing has now reached $19bn with public cloud hyperscalers taking the largest share of this market. The dominant vendor is Amazon AWS taking 47.3% of market share followed by Microsoft Azure at 38.9%. Omdia forecasts this market to grow to $41bn by 2028 with a CAGR of 16.5%. Following a … continue reading
Datadog releases a number of observability, security updates at DASH
Datadog is hosting its annual event, DASH, this week. At the event, the company showed off several new features across its entire platform, from observability to security. Observability Datadog LLM Observability allows customers to monitor their LLM apps to identify drifts in prompt topics and responses, mitigate prompt injections, detect personally identifiable information (PII) leakage, … continue reading
Broadcom releases innovations for VMware Cloud Foundation
Broadcom has updated its VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) private-cloud platform with what it said are faster infrastructure modernization, better cyber resiliency and security, and a better developer productivity experience. In the announcement, Broadcom wrote: “VCF includes native Kubernetes to support both VM and containerized workloads on a single platform, enables advanced AI/ML workloads at enterprise … continue reading
Bitwarden brings its secrets manager to Kubernetes
Password manager Bitwarden has announced it is beginning to integrate its Secrets Manager into Kubernetes workflows. This functionality is currently in public beta and will enable DevOps teams to securely manage secrets like API keys, passwords, and tokens across their Kubernetes environment. The integration is done via an operator that is deployed by the Helm … continue reading
Kubernetes at 10: Where it began, and where it’s going
Ten years ago, the Kubernetes project was first announced, and then soon after, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) was formed to become the home for it. Chris Aniszczyk was the founding executive director at the time, and has been around for the project’s entire history once it was donated by Google to the CNCF. … continue reading
SELKS – ITOps Times Open Source Project of the Week
SELKS is an open-source network security monitoring platform that offers network intrusion and detection capabilities. The name comes from the original components it was built around: Suratica, Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, and Scirius. It has since expanded to include EveBox, Arkime, and CyberChef as well. It can be installed on any Linux or Windows operating system … continue reading
