IBM and Verizon to build 5G testbed in Texas for Industry 4.0 advancement
IBM and Verizon have been working together on advancing 5G and have recently announced a new initiative to reach that goal. The two companies are creating a testbed environment at the IBM Industry Solution Lab in Coppell, TX to develop and test 5G-enabled use cases for Industry 4.0 applications. Customers of the lab will be … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Apache Libcloud
Apache Libcloud is a Python library for interacting with many of the popular cloud service providers using a unified API. It helps users avoid vendor lock-in, uses the same API to talk to many different providers, has more than 30 supported providers total, and contains six main APIs. Libcloud supports Python version 3.5 and onwards. … continue reading
CloudFabrix and Verge.io announce strategic partnership
CloudFabrix announced a strategic partnership with Verge.io to provide a complete data center transformation. CloudFabrix is a provider of the AIOps and Observability platform that scales and accelerates digital IT life cycle planning and autonomous IT operations, while Verge.io is a software-defined data center (SDDC) company. The partnership will combine CloudFabrix’s AI-based Asset Intelligence and … continue reading
Does Change Intelligence Deliver on AIOps?
“AIOps” is a term that has been buzzing around for a while, which is short form for “Artificial Intelligence Operations” (much more of a mouthful), and encompasses within it two dominant tech trends: The data explosion in recent years which lays the foundation for extracting intelligent, models, patterns and recurring trends; and The significant progress … continue reading
DH2i launches free DxEnterprise & DxOdyssey Developer Editions
DH2i announced the launch of developer editions of its DxEnterprise and DxOdyssey software, which offer free licenses for non-production use and trials. DxEnterprise enables users to manage and ensure high availability (HA) for a variety of workloads such as SQL Server at the instance level and also SQL Server availability groups inside or outside containers. … continue reading
Kong Mesh 1.4 released with new load balancing pattern
Kong released version 1.4 of its enterprise-grade service mesh built on top of CNCF’s Kuma and Envoy. The new release of Kong Mesh 1.4 enables modern, decentralized, and portable load balancing that works across every cloud, including Kubernetes and VMs, and local development machines that improve accuracy and replicability, according to the company. The company … continue reading
Catchpoint introduces first digital experience score for faster IT resolution
Catchpoint today announced the Catchpoint Digital Experience Score, which combines the network and application experience and how the user’s device is performing all in one. The metric provides visibility into all necessary components of the service delivery chain that account for true end-user experience, according to the company. “If you have no real visibility into … continue reading
5 tips for securely adopting infrastructure as code
Infrastructure as code (IaC) allows us to design, build, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure in code, rather than clicking through a cloud provider’s UI or having a long list of CLI commands. IaC—especially declarative IaC—simplifies the process of configuring a resource by defining the end state of what you want to be created and the … continue reading
Kubernetes 1.22 release
The new Kubernetes 1.22 release includes 53 enhancements – 13 of which graduated to stable and 24 of which are moving to beta. In April of this year, the Kubernetes release cadence was officially changed from four to three releases yearly. This is the first longer-cycle release related to that change. One major feature that … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Storj
Storj DCS which stands for Decentralized Cloud Storage was released in late April as a tool for users to automatically encrypt all files before being uploaded so that the data is only in the right hands. Files processed with Storj are encrypted, split into pieces, and stored on geographically diverse Nodes, and every file is … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Elastic Limitless XDR, Sumo Logic partners with SYNNEX, and IBM adds new features in CAST Highlight
Elastic has announced the release of Limitless Extended Detection and Response (XDR). Limitless XDR unifies the capabilities of SIEM, analytics, and endpoint security. “Between today’s advanced attack techniques and complicated IT environments, it is more difficult than ever for organizations to stop threats before damage is done,” said Nate Fick, general manager of security at … continue reading
XDR Alliance forms to create open and inclusive framework and architecture
Security provider Exabeam announced at Black Hat USA 2021 the formation of the XDR Alliance. The alliance consists of security and technology companies that are committed to creating an inclusive and collaborative extended detection and response (XDR) framework and architecture. Other founding members of the XDR Alliance include Armis, Expel, ExtraHop, Google Cloud Security, Mimecast, … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: IBM and Black & Veatch partnership, HCL BigFix Mobile, and ManageEngine’s ADSelfService Plus updates
IBM and Black & Veatch have announced a partnership where together they will market Asset Performance Management (APM) solutions. The solutions are designed to support resilient operations for industrial, energy, and utilities assets, IBM explained. IBM Maximo Application Suite’s Assist, Monitor, Health, Predict, and Visual Inspection capabilities will integrate with Black & Veatch’s monitoring and … continue reading
The Kubernete$ blindfold: New CNCF survey illuminates overspending
If more of your budget has been going to Kubernetes-related cloud costs, well, at least you’re not alone. A newly released survey and the first of its kind from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) is shedding new light on just how fast – and just how much – Kubernetes-related spend is increasing for the … continue reading
