ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: EMCO
EMCO, which stands for Edge Multi-Cluster Orchestrator, is a control plane and application orchestrator for Kubernetes, enabling organizations to connect and deploy their workloads across public cloud, private clouds, and the edge, while still maintaining communication with and among applications. It intelligently assigns workloads into clusters, and interacts with the Kubernetes API server to hand … continue reading
Cloud Native Computing Foundation announces CloudEvents graduation
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) recently announced the graduation of CloudEvents, a project designed to standardize event metadata for improved interoperability across various services, platforms, and systems. This specification enables systems to understand the purpose of events and route them appropriately without needing deep, event-specific insight. Initiated by the CNCF Serverless Working Group in … continue reading
New Relic introduces new observability solution for monitoring business processes
The observability company New Relic has announced it is expanding its portfolio with a new open-source offering called New Relic Pathpoint, which provides observability into business processes. It provides insights into all the stages of the customer journey: customer behaviors, transactions, search queries, product selection, processing times, and post-interaction activities. Having access to these metrics … continue reading
Tufin releases dashboard for tracking security implementation
Tufin announced the launch of Dashboard Essentials, an addition to the Tufin Orchestration Suite. This extension is designed to enhance analytics capabilities for monitoring security, compliance, and operational efficiency. Dashboard Essentials offers customers access to specialized analytics tools, which are crucial for tracking the progress of their security implementations, according to the company. This feature … continue reading
Puppet by Perforce extends Compliance Enforcement to its open-source offering
The infrastructure automation solution Puppet by Perforce has announced that it has expanded Compliance Enforcement, which is an add-on that enforces configurations that are based on commonly used compliance frameworks. Today’s expansion specifically opens up the feature to users of Open-Source Puppet. “In response to feedback and the growing needs of Puppet’s open-source community, it … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Clusternet
Clusternet is a tool for managing multiple Kubernetes clusters across different environments. The goal of the project is to make management as easy as “visiting the Internet.” The interface lets you manage or visit clusters from a single place as if they were running locally. According to the project maintainers, this helps eliminate the need … continue reading
Malwarebytes expands ThreatDown with new feature for blocking unwanted apps from launching
Malwarebytes has announced the introduction of a new feature that stops applications from launching into its endpoint security solution ThreatDown. The new feature, called Application Block, prevents unauthorized, unwanted, or malicious apps from launching. IT teams can specify particular apps that they don’t want opened either, such as apps they deem to hinder productivity. According … continue reading
Forrester predicts increase in IT spending in 2024
Forrester is predicting a significant increase in global tech spending as economic conditions improve, projecting it to reach $4.7 trillion by 2024. According to Forrester’s insights, this surge may place substantial pressure on tech leaders tasked with managing costs and enhancing efficiencies. A key obstacle in achieving this balance is often the lack of cohesive … continue reading
Google Cloud waives all “exit fees” globally
Google Cloud has implemented a policy to enable easier data migration for customers wishing to transfer their data from Google Cloud to other providers or on-premises systems. This policy removes network data transfer fees, making it more accessible for customers to switch cloud services globally. However, Google Cloud points out that this new policy doesn’t … continue reading
ITOps Open-Source Project of the Week: Spiderfoot
SpiderFoot is an open-source tool designed to automate OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) for threat intelligence and mapping attack surfaces. The project enables the exploration of a target using a wide range of data sources, thus aiding in cybersecurity, infosec, and threat intelligence. SpiderFoot can be used for various purposes, including reconnaissance, information gathering, and security … continue reading
Report: Automation issues drive breaches in SLAs
Ninety percent of participants in Broadcom’s recent research survey acknowledged that issues in automation are directly contributing to breaches in Service Level Agreements (SLAs). These breaches are not just isolated incidents but a recurring theme that is impacting businesses significantly. On top of that, 61% report SLA breaches monthly or more frequently. The direct consequences … continue reading
NIST identifies cyberattacks that manipulate AI behavior
The recent publication by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their partners highlights a significant vulnerability in AI/ML systems: the susceptibility to adversarial attacks. NIST states that the challenge is that training data for AI systems may not always be reliable in a blog post. The data often comes from online sources … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Litmus
This week’s highlighted open-source project is Litmus, which is a platform for conducting chaos engineering tests, which identify weaknesses in infrastructure so that they can be addressed before they become real issues. The project is made up of a control plane called chaos-center, which allows you to construct, schedule, and visualize chaos workflows, and an … continue reading
Avoiding LLMOps pitfalls
With the advent of Generative AI-powered chatbots, business leaders today stand at the precipice of a major transformation. McKinsey expects generative AI will raise productivity, creating upwards of $4.4 trillion in global profits annually over dozens of use cases and many industries. Generative AI could increase the value of productivity from the broader category of … continue reading
