Apiiro shifts risk detection to the design phase with new feature
The ASPM company Apiiro today announced a new feature that shifts risk detection further left, all the way to the design phase. Rather than waiting for development to start to find risks, the new Risk Detection at the Design Phase feature uses AI to analyze feature designs for risk. This includes things related to: Generative … continue reading
Red Hat OpenShift Lightspeed brings generative AI help to the platform
Using Red Hat OpenShift is about to get easier, because Red Hat is launching the developer preview of OpenShift Lightspeed, a generative AI assistant for the platform. Lightspeed can answer users’ questions about OpenShift, assist with troubleshooting, and can offer insights on building, deploying, and managing hybrid cloud applications. For instance, a user could ask … continue reading
Azure Managed DevOps Pools help teams quickly spin up managed infrastructure
Microsoft has announced a public preview of Managed DevOps Pools in Azure, which allow teams to quickly spin up custom DevOps pools as needed. “Engineering teams ideally want to spend all their time writing code to create applications and services for their users! In reality, many end up spending a significant portion of their time … continue reading
Q&A: The disconnect between the C-Suite and IT practitioners on AI readiness
Tech leaders are eager to reap the benefits of generative AI, but are they really production ready and able to be used in a secure way yet? According to Randall Degges, head of developer relations and community at Snyk, no. He joined us on the most recent episode of our weekly podcast, Get With IT, … continue reading
Telemetry pipelines: The critical missing link in modern application monitoring and performance management
When it comes to telemetry data – meaning the logs, metrics, traces and other information engineers use to monitor applications, manage performance and troubleshoot outages– more is usually better. But there’s a big caveat: If you fail to manage telemetry data effectively, the data can quickly create more problems than it solves, leading to problems … continue reading
Cloudforet – ITOps Times Open Source Project of the Week
Cloudforet is an open-source project hosted by the Linux Foundation that provides a single platform for managing cloud resources from different providers. By having everything accessible from one platform, IT admins can quickly search cloud resources and analyze them. They also get better visibility into costs because billing data is also included and there are … continue reading
Anodot Partners with Greenpixie to Add GreenOps to FinOps Offering, Helping Organizations Protect Planet, Profits
Anodot, a cloud cost management platform, has signed a strategic partnership with Greenpixie, a cloud sustainability data company. Anodot’s FinOps tool will now offer cloud cost and carbon emissions data through a single pane of glass. Customers’ emissions data will be calculated using the ISO-verified, cloud emissions measurement methodology developed by Greenpixie. Carbon has been shown as a very effective … continue reading
IBM: Average cost of data breaches rises to $4.88 million
According to new research from IBM, in 2024, the average cost of a data breach rose to $4.88 million, which is a 10% increase from last year. IBM’s findings imply that the costs have risen because the collateral damage from a breach — lost business, post-breach customer costs, etc — is having a greater impact … continue reading
DDS standard 1.2 adds robust security enhancements
The Data Distribution Service (DDS) standard is getting significant updates with its latest release, version 1.2. DDS is a data connectivity standard that enables developers to provide real-time data to IoT systems. The new version contains a more robust security model, including: NSA approved algorithms Pre-shared keys to better protect from DoS attacks Key revisions … continue reading
Cribl: Number of telemetry data sources exploding
The number of sources from which organizations consume data has increased 32% over the last year, with one-fifth saying they pull from 10 or more sources, according to the first “Navigating the Data Current” report from cloud platform and services provider Cribl. The study was created from telemetry data collected from Cribl.Cloud users, who use … continue reading
PagerDuty embeds generative AI across its Operations Cloud platform
PagerDuty has announced the availability of PagerDuty Advance, a series of generative AI capabilities embedded across the PagerDuty Operations Cloud. PagerDuty Advance Assistant for Slack allows users to get a summary of an incident from within Slack. The assistant anticipates common diagnostic questions and can also suggest troubleshooting steps to help enable faster incident resolution. … continue reading
Balancing AI’s role in sustainability: A dual-edged sword
Artificial intelligence (AI) is often hailed as a transformative force poised to reshape industries, economies, and societies. In recent years, the technology industry has been abuzz with discussions about AI’s potential to revolutionize various sectors, from healthcare to finance. Amidst this excitement, one area stands out for its promise and urgency: sustainability. However, as we … continue reading
Fortanix’ Key Insight can now scan on-premises services for encryption keys
The security company Fortanix has announced an update to its Key Insight solution, which is a tool that provides visibility into where a company’s encryption keys are stored and how data services are using them. The latest update expands Key Insight so that it can now scan on-premises services like databases or storage. This enables … continue reading
Run:ai joins Vultr’s Cloud Alliance program
The cloud computing platform Vultr has announced that the AI orchestration company Run:ai is joining its partnership program Cloud Alliance. This goal of the program is to provide customers with services and infrastructure from various companies that they can seamlessly deploy their applications to. Run:ai’s contribution will be AI resource optimization, which will help companies … continue reading
