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
ITOps Times news digest: Amazon FXs for Lustre beta, Citrix vulnerability discovered, and Falco security audit results
Amazon has announced a beta release of Amazon FSx for Lustre CSI driver on Amazon EKS. Amazon FSx for Lustre is a fully-managed and optimized file system for workloads like machine learning, high performance computing, video processing, financial modeling, electronic design automation, and analytics. According to Amazon, this driver will make it easier to configure … continue reading
3 things to look for in a SaaS backup and recovery solution
Software as a Solution (SaaS) applications have taken the business world by storm – and there is no sign of their growth slowing anytime soon. Gartner recently reported that the SaaS market totaled $80 billion in 2018, and predicts it will grow by 80%, to $143.7 billion, by 2022. While software sectors including Customer Relationship … continue reading
The lines between data center and campus networks are blurry
In tech, as in life, change is the only constant. From the days when all of our computer processing took place in mainframe terminals, to the decentralized shift to local servers, to the era of cloud computing, we’ve experienced one transformative wave of innovation after another over the past several decades. Today, we stand at … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: F5 Networks acquires Shape, AWS Global Accelerator supports Amazon CloudWatch metrics, and Palo Alto Networks acquires Aporeto
F5 Networks has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Shape Security for $1 billion. Shape provides security services across a wide range of industries, including banks, airlines, retailers, and government agencies. It protects companies from credential stuffing attacks, which is when attackers use stolen passwords from other services to take over … continue reading
How will augmented reality drive change in cybersecurity?
Augmented reality is a powerful technology with far-reaching implications. That said, there’s one sector in which it hasn’t yet reached its full potential: Cybersecurity. AR technology could bring about some incredibly positive changes, up to and including solving the talent shortage. I’d like you to imagine the following scenario. An automated intrusion detection system flags … continue reading
ITOps Times Open Source Project of the Week: Tern
This week’s highlighted open-source project originated at VMware. Tern is a tool that looks through container images and finds software packages and image metadata. It provides admins with a better understanding of the bill of materials for a container. This allows them to make more well-informed decisions about container-based infrastructure, integration, and deployment strategies. Earlier … continue reading
ITOps news digest: AWS Security Hub and AWS Firewall Manager, TIBCO Cloud Integration on Microsoft Azure, and smart home device connectivity
Amazon has announced its AWS Security Hub will now integrate with AWS Firewall Manager. The security hub provides a comprehensive view of security alerts and compliance status while the firewall manager is a security management system for configuring and managing AWS WAF, AWS Shield Advanced and Amazon VPC Security Group. According to the company, the … continue reading
The Update Framework becomes first security project to graduate CNCF
The Update Framework (TUF) has become the first specification and first security-focused project to graduate the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). It was accepted as a CNCF project in 2017 and has become the industry’s “de facto standard” for securing software update systems, according to the foundation. “We designed TUF so that an organization does … continue reading
IIC launches new program to connect businesses with IIoT industry experts
The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) has announced a new pilot program designed to help organizations achieve digital transformation. The program, Industry Connect Service (ICS), connects organizations with experts who understand business challenges and can help them develop and deploy IIoT solutions. Users can submit their issues and requirements to the IIC. IIC members can them … continue reading
I2Coalition launches VPN Trust Initiative
Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) added enhanced security and privacy to online communications. In an effort to drive awareness and trust in VPNs, the Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition) has announced that it is launching the VPN Trust Initiative. The VPN Trust Initiative is an industry-led and member-driven consortium of industry leaders that is focused on building … continue reading
ITOps 2020 predictions from around the industry
Tim Armandpour, SVP of engineering at PagerDuty Forget reliability — with the adoption of resilience engineering and the proper use of automation, operators can expect a 20% reduction in unplanned work. Today’s organizations are fixated on the reliability of their technology. But any developer can tell you that the reality is not if it will … continue reading
