IoT is driving organizations to the edge
The surge in the number of connected devices has created an immersive and collaborative interface between people and things, which is driving the need for new models of compute and infrastructure. Traditional centralized, mega-scale cloud data centers, augmented by distributed content delivery networks (CDNs), do not adequately meet the performance needs demanded by this explosion … continue reading
Red Hat deepens integration with Ansible Automation in Cloudforms 4.7
Red Hat has announced the latest version of the Cloudforms infrastructure management tool. Red Hat Cloudforms 4.7 introduces further integration with Ansible Automation and new integrations to streamline and simplify IT management in hybrid cloud infrastructures. The enhanced integration with Ansible introduces new Ansible capabilities to Cloudforms, such as the ability to execute Ansible Tower … continue reading
Rancher Labs supports multi-cluster Kubernetes applications
Rancher Labs today announced support in its open-source management platform for multi-cluster global Kubernetes applications, which the company believes will be a big reason for that platform’s uptake going forward. “The number of production clusters is showing that multi-cluster with Kubernetes is becoming a reality,” said Sheng Liang, co-founder and CEO of Rancher Labs. “Everything … continue reading
Citus brings coveted extensions to Microsoft’s Azure database PostgreSQL service
While Microsoft’s recent acquisition of PostgreSQL database provider Citus Data moves the company deeper into the open source world, it addresses a far greater need to bring more scale to the Azure database-as-a-service portfolio. Microsoft’s focus on open source across the board is no longer in dispute. It’s now safe to say that Microsoft has … continue reading
Platform9 launches managed Kubernetes service on VMware
Hybrid cloud provider Platform9 has announced a new managed Kubernetes service on VMware vSphere. According to the company, Platform9 Managed Kubernetes (PMK) will reduce the operational complexity of Kubernetes and provide out-of-the-box enterprise-grade capabilities, such as zero-touch upgrades, multi-cluster operations, high availability, and monitoring. PMK will allow organizations to modernize their VMware environments while also … continue reading
When business services fail due to IT cyberattacks & how to protect your organization
When we think about cybersecurity, we most often think about compromised PII — Personally Identifiable Information. PII includes the social security numbers, account numbers, addresses and so on that allow bad actors to open unauthorized accounts in people’s names, to drain existing accounts, and to generally create adverse and hard-to-reverse impacts on the victims. Generating … continue reading
OpsRamp introduces new monitoring capabilities for cloud-native workloads
OpsRamp has announced new features across its AIOps SaaS portfolio. Its Winter Release introduces new topology maps, enhanced AIOps features, and new monitoring capabilities for cloud-native workloads. The new topology maps include application topology; hypervisor topology for virtual machines, hypervisor servers, and clusters; and enhanced service maps with a new user interface for identifying underlying … continue reading
FixStream updates AIOps+ platform for autonomous IT operations
FixStream has announced the latest version of its AIOps+ platform designed to provide users with more visibility into the health of their IT operations. AIOps+ 9.0 introduces advanced event and ticket intelligence, multi-layer correlation, and new integrations. The advanced event and ticket intelligence will result in a 40 percent reduction in noise through event suppression, … continue reading
Veeam provides new updates for cloud data management
Backup company Veeam has announced the release of Veeam Availability Suite 9.5 Update 4. Veeam Availability Suite provides organizations with the ability to make all of their workloads highly available. “Veeam delivers Availability for any app, any data, across any cloud, reducing complexity and out-performing legacy backup. Meeting your SLAs for low recovery time and … continue reading
Elastic Stack 6.6 now available
Elastic has announced new updates to its suite of open-source solutions. The Elastic Stack is built to reliably and securely search, analyze and visualize data no matter the source or format. According to the company, version 6.6 of the Elastic Stack introduces features designed to improve operational efficiencies across use cases such as logging, metrics, … continue reading
Dynatrace opens its AIOps tool to third-party solutions
Dynatrace has announced that it is releasing an updated version of its AIOps solution, Davis. According to the company, Davis is now powered by newly enhanced algorithms and can ingest data and events from third-party solutions. “Four years ago, we pioneered, and continually improve, a unique, deterministic approach to AI that enabled customers to simplify … continue reading
Is ITIL still relevant in a DevOps world?
Back in the late 1980s, the UK government’s Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency (CCTA) developed a set of recommendations to govern the way private and public sector organizations manage IT with a set of standard practices. As computing took on greater importance and a greater role in everyday business, government agencies and private sector companies … continue reading
IT operations monitoring can help prevent business services failures
As IT organizations move towards digitizing services and operations, there is an ever-increasing dependence on the IT infrastructure that supports these needs. It follows that any degradation of performance of the infrastructure directly affects the manner in which business is conducted and, therefore, the bottom line. A quick Google search reveals several recent examples. And … continue reading
Google looks to fill in cloud skills gap
Google Cloud is looking to improve upon what it sees as a “cloud skills crisis” with new certifications and training resources. The company announced three initiatives to improve cloud skills in 2019. Expanding role-based certifications Offering new learning options Making cloud learning and certification more accessible “As cloud technology becomes more mainstream, many of the … continue reading
