Report: The top 3 complex technologies that MSPs need to embrace
In order to take advantage of new opportunities in the market, managed service providers (MSPs) are going to need to embrace new complex technologies. This is according to OpsRamp’s 2022 State of the Market for MSPs in IT Operations, which includes responses from 211 MSP decision makers. According to the report, there is more opportunity … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Cloudprober
Cloudprober is a monitoring software that makes it easy to monitor the availability and performance of various components of one’s system. “Cloudprober’s main task is to run probes. A probe executes something, usually against a set of targets, to verify that the systems are working as expected from consumers’ point of view. For example, an … continue reading
The Telco industry is running toward Open RAN, and that’s a good thing
During the past 25 years, the open-source movement has changed just about everything in technology. By transforming how software is developed, deployed and licensed, open source now powers most of the cloud-based apps and digital services we rely on in daily life. And now it is coming for one of the last proprietary holdouts: a … continue reading
Google and other companies form Data Cloud Alliance
Google Cloud and other database providers in the tech industry announced that they are forming a new initiative to ensure that companies have more seamless insights and access into the data they need for digital transformation. “The proliferation of data, along with the many software and cloud-based applications used to analyze and manage it, means … continue reading
Moogsoft updates user experience in latest release
AIOps company Moogsoft has updated its portfolio with new enhancements to its integration capabilities, user experience, and its ability to deliver actionable insights. The company now offers an Insights dashboard that provides a high-level view of incident management. It gathers information from historical data as well as business services trends. Moogsoft also built upon its … continue reading
Citrix Secure Private Access released to support flexible work models
The newly released Citrix Secure Private Access is a cloud-delivered, zero-trust network access offering that allows companies to provide employees access to apps and data that they need, from a variety of device types. “The IT pendulum has been swinging toward flexible work models for years, and the pandemic has accelerated the velocity,” said John … continue reading
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 receives Common Criteria Certification
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 has achieved a new certification that will make it a more appealing option for companies that are managing critical workloads in classified and sensitive deployments. It has earned a new Common Criteria Certification, which is a certification that assures that a product meets security criteria for a specific environment. According … continue reading
Report: Small businesses receive 350% more social engineering attacks than enterprises, mostly from Microsoft impersonators
An average employee of a small business with less than 100 employees will receive 350% more social engineering attacks than an employee of a larger enterprise. The most commonly impersonated brand is Microsoft, used by cybercriminals in 57% of phishing attacks – the most prevalent social engineering attack of 2021. These findings are from the … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Vcluster
Vcluster allows users to create fully functional virtual Kubernetes clusters that each run inside a namespace of the underlying Kubernetes cluster. Virtual clusters have their own API server, making them both more powerful and better isolated. Additionally, Vcluster offers a more cost effective alternative to creating separate “real” Kubernetes clusters. After getting started with Vcluster, … continue reading
ScaleOut Software incorporates Redis support in latest release
In-memory computing company ScaleOut Software announced support for Redis clients in the latest version of its StateServer platform. Now Redis users will be able to connect to a ScaleOut server cluster and execute Redis commands. According to the company, this will simplify cluster management, enable seamless throughput scanning, and automate recovery from server and network … continue reading
VMware Cloud Flex Storage now in public preview
VMware has announced a public preview of its cloud storage and data management service Cloud Flex Storage. Cloud Flex Storage is a fully managed service, and offers a scalable and flexible storage solution. For example, in just a few clicks a customer could scale their storage environment and adjust their storage capacity up or down. … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Community Security Analytics
Community Security Analytics (CSA) is a set of open-sourced queries and rules designed by Google for self-service security analytics that are designed to help detect common cloud-based threats. Security Operations teams can use CSA to analyze Google Cloud logs to audit recent behavior and help detect threats to workloads. The queries are mapped to the … continue reading
ServiceNow updates Now Platform with new RPA capabilities
ServiceNow announced its Now Platform San Diego release which includes an upgraded and more modern visual design and new RPA capabilities. “From the great resignation, to supply chain disruption, to the new world of hybrid work, seismic shifts in our global workforce and economy underscore that the technology strategy has become the business strategy,” said … continue reading
Red Hat OpenShift 4.10 released
The new Red Hat OpenShift 4.10 release is based on Kubernetes 1.23 with the CRI-O 1.23 runtime and offers new enhancements and features for both developers and administrators. Among the 45 enhancements are the ability to change static network configurations after cluster deployment with enhanced networking metrics and debuggability. OpenShift also provides a way to … continue reading
