KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2021 kicked off today and a number of companies at the event made announcements of updates to their Kubernetes solutions. Here are a few highlights from the first day of the event: Pixie joins CNCF Pixie is an open-source observability platform developed by New Relic. In addition to contributing Pixie, New … continue reading
CAST AI has announced a new solution to optimize Kubernetes deployments on AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS). The optimizer will help reduce cloud costs by providing savings reports and suggestions for areas to cut costs. It offers the option to automate these optimizations. It is also working on similar solutions for Azure Kubernetes Service and … continue reading
Cloud Custodian is an open-source tool that provides cloud security, governance, and management. It enables IT operators to easily define rules for cloud infrastructure, allowing for increased security and reduced costs. It offers a single tool to replace many disparate tools and scripts. Policies are expressed in YAML and include the type of resource to … continue reading
Moogsoft and HCL Technologies have announced a new partnership to deliver an end-to-end solution for remediating IT incidents automatically. This new solution will combine features from the Moogsoft Observability Cloud and HCL DRYiCE iAutomate. Benefits to customers include assured continuity, maximized operational efficiency, and reduced support costs. “Today’s fully digital enterprise produces massive amounts of … continue reading
Oracle announced its Enterprise Manager 13c release 5 which includes big improvements in monitoring and managing automation for Oracle environments, according to the company. The new release adds fleet monitoring, management and data movement across the entire IT estate, whether that’s on premise or in the cloud. EM Hybrid Database as a Service now supports … continue reading
Red Hat announced a new predictive analytics offering for Red Hat OpenShift and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform at its virtual Red Hat Summit this week. Red Hat Insights aims to reduce the complexity of managing hybrid clouds by providing visibility into on-premise environments, public clouds, and hybrid cloud operating environments. According to the company, … continue reading
IBM has announced new updates to its storage portfolio. It announced an intention to release a container-native software defined storage solution called IBM Spectrum Fusion, which is expected later this year. The company also updated its IBM Elastic Storage System (ESS) solutions, including a redesigned ESS 5000 and the new ESS 320. “It’s clear that … continue reading
Google has released the latest version of its managed application platform Anthos. Anthos 1.7 focuses on anchoring customers’ cloud journeys, creating a consistent operator experience, and establishing a familiar deployment target for developers. The company believes that cloud journeys should be anchored to a single cloud because rather than bringing their current state to a … continue reading
Magma, an open-source platform for building carrier-grade networks, announced project and community growth since its recent move to the Linux Foundation which establishes a neutral governance framework. The collaboration with the Open Infrastructure Foundation and the OpenAirInterference Software Alliance has formally become the Magma Core Foundation. The platform’s growth includes new members, the adoption of … continue reading
HackerOne has announced new capabilities for detecting and remediating cloud misconfigurations. HackerOne vulnerability insights provide a snapshot of risk at a certain point in time. The company also added advanced workflows, remediation guidance, attestation reports, embedded submission forms, custom fields to gather more data from researchers, hacker communication, and hacker collaboration. Redis Enterprise extends support … continue reading
The new Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) GoldenGate service is now available as a highly automated, fully managed cloud service that enables customers to design, execute, orchestrate and monitor their data replication and streaming data events. The service uniquely addresses both event-based data integration for operational databases and analytic data stores in one solution and works … continue reading
Infrastructure as Code company Pulumi has announced a major update to its platform, designed to connect developer, infrastructure and security teams. The 3.0 release includes a new automation API, native providers, multi-language components, and lays the foundation for its cloud engineering platform. “When we founded Pulumi, we began by enabling developers and infrastructure teams to … continue reading
Dell has announced updates to Dell EMC PowerStore. New features include intelligent data reduction, greater resiliency, and smarter tiering. In addition, it released the PowerStore 500, which is a lower-cost storage model. “PowerStore is the fastest-growing new architecture in Dell history. New and existing storage customers are seeing first-hand how its unique design, extreme performance … continue reading
VMware wants distributed organizations to be able to embrace work from anywhere with the release of its Anywhere Workspace. The new solution aims to manage multi-modal employee experience while providing better security at the edge and reducing costs and operational overhead. “Organizations are facing many challenges, such as ensuring good connectivity for remote employees, monitoring … continue reading