Into the Looking Glass: Where IoT, cloud computing and automation are headed in 2020 and beyond
The end of a decade presents a unique opportunity for organizations to evaluate and measure the impact of past technology initiatives, and to plan for those to come in the future. Many modern enterprises have taken advantage of IoT, automation and cloud computing to stand out against competitors in recent years. Will these be in … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: GXF
LF Energy, a branch of the Linux Foundation focused on accelerating decarbonization goals of the energy and electricity sectors, has announced the release of a new open-source project. Grid eXchange Fabric (GXF) is an IoT platform that enables grid operators to “securely collect data and monitor, control, and manage smart devices on the grid.” The … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Nutanix Karbon 2.0, SaltStack Enterprise 6.2, and InsightEdge on Google Cloud Platform
Nutanix Karbon 2.0 is now available. Karbon is used to simplify the configuration, deployment, and life cycle management of Kubernetes clusters. The new version features a number of upgrades, including integration with Nutanix Prism, support for air-gapped environments, and push-button Kubernetes upgrades. More information is available here. New versions of SaltStack Enterprise, SaltStack Protect, and … continue reading
Report finds companies turn to automation to support digital transformation efforts
As more companies accelerate their digital transformations, many are turning to automation and shifting the responsibility for app services onto IT teams, according to F5’s 2020 State of Application Services Report. According to F5, there are four key areas being automated: app infrastructure, app services, network, and security. Thirty-seven percent of respondents claimed that they … continue reading
Transitioning to SRE
Over the years, there have been a lot of new methodologies that aim to help an organization manage their technology more efficiently, whether that means making programmers more efficient or the operators who manage a company’s technology infrastructure. DevOps, which sought to bring developers and operators together, is one such example of this, and one … continue reading
Keyfactor finds enterprises struggling to manage digital identities
Security is top of mind for everyone in the software industry, but as the number security approaches increase, enterprises are finding it hard to keep up. A new report released from Keyfactor and Ponemon Institute finds enterprises are struggling to manage digital identities in their organization. The Impact of Unsecured Digital Identities is based on … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Microsoft Azure Backup Explorer, Elastic Stack 7.6, and Tufin SecureCloud
Microsoft has announced Backup Explorer for Azure is now available as a preview. According to the company, Backup Explorer is a built-in Azure Monitor Workbook that enables users to see real-time monitoring metrics across their entire backup estate. “Up until now, you could use a Recovery Services vault to get a bird’s eye view of … continue reading
Why enterprises are running to the edge
The popularity of edge computing has greatly increased as more industries are adopting IoT devices and are increasing their demand for low-latency processing and real-time, automated decision-making solutions. Both the evolution of technologies surrounding edge computing, such as 5G, and the industry demand for its benefits, such as speed and low latency, have created a … continue reading
CoreOS Container Linux will reach end-of-life on May 26
CoreOS Container Linux will reach its end-of-life on May 26, 2020 and will no longer receive updates. Fedora CoreOS is the official successor to CoreOS Container Linux. Fedora CoreOS is built for running containerized workloads securely and at scale and It combines the provisioning tools and automatic update model of Container Linux with the packaging … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Gravity
Gravity is an open-source upstream Kubernetes packaging solution designed to take “the drama out of on-prem deployments.” The project was created by the cloud-native security company Gravitational and open sourced in 2018. According to the company, the project enables users to create images of Kubernetes clusters, including applications and dependencies, and then package it into … continue reading
Canonical: Don’t try to reinvent Kubernetes
The open-source container orchestration project Kubernetes has seen significant growth since it was first released in 2015. Just in the last year, more specialized use cases have come out for the project, but Stephan Fabel, director of product at Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution, warns users about taking Kubernetes too far in … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: SolarWinds Database Performance Monitor, Dynatrace extends Kubernetes support and Incorta 4.6
SolarWinds is adding the Database Performance Monitor solution to its IT operations management portfolio to give users the ability to manage on-premise, hybrid, and cloud-native databases. The new addition features before-and-after analysis, and root cause granularity for open-source and NoSQL databases. “As open-source and NoSQL databases grow in popularity and a new generation of applications … continue reading
Dynatrace introduces next generation infrastructure monitoring
Dynatrace announced the next generation of its Infrastructure monitoring module, which includes enhanced AI, expanded out-of-the-box observability and the ability to create custom metrics from log events. “Dynatrace enables IT teams to keep up with growing complexity and removes the need for multiple tools and manual do-it-yourself approaches,” said Steve Tack, the SVP of Product … continue reading
Report: IT transformation efforts blamed for outages/brownouts
LogicMonitor believes that the move to the cloud comes at a price. Gartner predicts that 40% of workloads will be in the public cloud by 2025, but according to LogicMonitor’s IT Downtime Detection and Mitigation Report, there are unknown costs, such as underestimating costs and a shortage of IT professionals. Many companies also believe that … continue reading
