Why has Kubernetes been so hard to use?
We’ve all seen the recent spate of articles and quotes from different Kubernetes luminaries that point out that Kubernetes is hard to use. I particularly enjoyed this video from David McKay where he summed up these articles with a challenge to the notion that anything that you get from Kubernetes is “free.” I actually thought … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: CloudEvents
CloudEvents is an open-source specification for describing event data. The project aims to simplify event declaration and delivery across services and platforms. It is currently still in active development under the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. The CNCF accepted CloudEvents into its incubator at the end of 2019. According to the project’s website, currently the industry … continue reading
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure now supported by ServiceNow
Oracle has announced a new integration with ServiceNow that will enable customers to access and manage Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) resources through their ServiceNow Service portal or ITOM Visibility application. This integration will provide customers with a single dashboard from which they can manage cloud resources from Oracle and other cloud providers. “Enterprise customers are … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Styra’s new compliance packs, expanded Azure Blob storage, and Guardicore’s new Zero Trust assessments
Styra has announced new compliance packs for its Declarative Authorization Service (DAS). The new packs are designed to bridge the gap between security and DevOps teams. New packs include a MITRE ATT&CK Matrix for Enterprise and CIS Kubernetes Benchmarks. The new packs consist of best practices from the OPA community. “To reduce security and compliance … continue reading
NVIDIA and other companies collaborate on AI-on-5G platform
NVIDIA has announced a new collaboration with Fujitsu, Google Cloud, Mavenir, Radisys, and Wind River. Together the companies will work to develop solutions for NVIDIA’s AI-on-5G platform and help accelerate the creation of smart cities, smart factories, advanced hospitals, and intelligent stores. “In this era of continuous, accelerated computing, network operators are looking to take … continue reading
NVIDIA releases Morpheus framework to detect security threats
NVIDIA has announced the release of its Morpheus framework that uses AI to detect and prevent security threats. It can detect leaks of unencrypted sensitive data, phishing attacks, and malware. According to NVIDIA, the Morpheus framework can be used together with NVIDIA AI computing and NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPUs to provide end-to-end protection. When used along … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Skybox updates Security Posture Management Platform, Synopsys to acquire MorethanIP, and Red Hat and NEC announce collaboration
Skybox has announced updates to its Security Posture Management Platform. The platform enables IT teams to visualize and analyze their hybrid and multi-cloud networks to get a better sense of their attack surfaces. New capabilities include advanced analytics, optimized attack simulation, and increased dashboard customization. “Digital transformation demands a new approach to security posture management,” … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Kubesploit
CyberArk recently announced a new open-source project, Kubesploit, for testing Kubernetes environments. The goal of the project is to assist pen testers with performing comprehensive security assessments that mimic real-world attack scenarios, CyberArk explained. “To help protect Kubernetes clusters from attacks, we need to face the technology and the organizations being targeted. Yet, most of … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Aiden launches, HighByte Intelligence Hub version 1.4, VMware’s container workload protection
Aiden emerged from stealth today with the release of its DevOps for Windows solution, which will enable companies to automate their endpoint management processes. According to the company, its solutions will help bridge the gap between security and IT and enable teams to patch and deploy software, firmware, and drivers to Windows devices. “IT teams … continue reading
Report: digital transformation initiatives are causing increased adoption of SRE in ITOps
A new study found that the increased need for process automation and SREs has been fueled by companies’ increase in digital transformation initiatives as well as remote and hybrid work policies. Industries have seen a 90% increase in customer-affecting issues and 68% of businesses reported an increased cost of downtime since the pandemic began. Now, … continue reading
Puppet launches cloud-native workflow automation platform: Relay
Puppet’s cloud-native workflow automation solution Relay is moving out of its public beta and into general availability this week. Relay is designed for CloudOps teams building and sharing automated workflows. With Relay, they can now share workflows in minutes and ensure hybrid cloud environments are secure and compliant, the company explained. According to Puppet, managing … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Gluware’s intelligent network automation capabilities, Threat Stack and Liquid Web partnership, and Ensono acquires Amido
Gluware has announced new intelligent network automation capabilities for Cisco SD-WAN and Cisco Meraki. New capabilities include the ability to securely automate complex deployments, so customers will now be able to automate networks without significant time or resources to build infrastructure. “As more enterprises move to the public cloud, they find that legacy processes and … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Kubestr
Kasten by Veeam announced a new community project to help DevOps and PlatformOps optimize Kubernetes storage resources. Kubestr is an open-source project designed to evaluate Kubernetes cluster storage configurations and performance. While the introduction of Container Storage Interface (CSI) has enabled more cloud-native storage offerings, the company explained there is an overwhelming amount of options … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Consul-Terraform-Sync, Platform9’s new managed Kubernetes offering, and Ericsson Open Lab
HashiCorp has announced the release of Consul-Terraform-Sync. The solution is part of the company’s larger Network Infrastructure Automation solution. IT operators can define a set of tasks that Consul-Terraform-Sync then executes whenever a new service is registered or deregistered with Consul. Example tasks include applying firewall policies and updating load balancer member pools. The solution … continue reading
