Crossplane accepted as Incubating project at CNCF
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) has announced that the Kubernetes control plane Crossplane has been accepted as an Incubating project. “Kubernetes and cloud native projects have demonstrated that multi cloud innovation is possible and truly a reality in manproduction environments,” said Chris Aniszczyk, CTO of CNCF. “The industry is ready for cross-cloud managed services … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Qualys zero-touch patching, 1E integration with ServiceNow, and SkyKick’s $130 million funding
Qualys has announced the addition of zero-touch patching capabilities into its Patch Management platform. According to the company, this new capability will ensure that endpoints and servers are patched as soon as those patches become available. Utilizing zero-touch patching capabilities, companies will be able to reduce ransomware risks, accelerate vulnerability SLA compliance, and lower their … continue reading
Lookout announces Zero Trust solution that adapts to changes in risk level
Lookout announced its new Zero Trust solution for any app that dynamically adapts based on data sensitivity and on a continuous risk assessment of endpoints and users. The solution is an expansion of Lookout Continuous Conditional Access (CCA), achieved by integrating the company’s Mobile Endpoint Security and Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) solutions. Organizations have … continue reading
Smart data: Accelerating the journey from data to insights
Today’s AIOps and observability solutions are applying increasing levels of intelligence to IT Ops data with the goal of generating actionable insights. However, sophisticated AI and ML can sometimes be no match for ‘bad data.’ It’s the age-old problem of garbage in/garbage out. Data can’t simply be taken at face value because it can lead … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Age
Age is an open-source file encryption tool that reached its v1.0.0 release a few days ago. Its first beta was released in early 2020 and v.1.0.0 is considered to be its first stable release. It uses small explicit keys, doesn’t have configuration options, and has UNIX-style composability. According to the project’s design document, the goals … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: LogDNA Streaming, Solo.io and Amazon EKS Anywhere partner up, and Dynatrace available on Azure Marketplace
LogDNA has announced an early access beta program for its LogDNA Streaming solution. LogDNA Streaming will enable organizations to ingest their log data into a single platform. According to the company, it is most suited for security and enterprise-level application delivery use cases where real-time access to data is needed. “For too long, enterprises have … continue reading
IBM Power E1080 is the first in a new family of hybrid cloud servers
IBM has announced the first of a new family of IBM Power servers, which are designed for hybrid cloud environments. The server, IBM Power E1080, includes minute-based metering of Red Hat services like OpenShift and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, more than 4x OpenShift throughput compared to x86 servers, and improved architectural consistency. It also includes … continue reading
Commvault announces new ransomware protection service
Commvault announced new ransomware services that help businesses prepare for, protect against, and respond to a growing number of cyber threats. The new Commvault Ransomware Protection and Response Services offering provides the resources and expertise that is needed to protect customers’ Commvault solutions from an attack, review the state of their data protection solution over … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Trend Micro Service One, DigitalOcean acquires Nimbella, and Progress’ Chef updates
Trend Micro has announced the release of a new solution that will help companies take the burden off of overstretched security teams. Trend Micro Service One brings together all of the company’s managed services into one platform. Service bundles included in Service One include premium support, an early warning service, Managed XDR, and incident response. … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: wasmCloud
wasmCloud is one of the latest projects to join the CNCF Sandbox. The project enables functions and services to be built in any language and then run using WebAssembly. According to the project’s website, it comes out-of-the-box with integrations for many common capabilities, as well as the ability to easily add new capabilities as needed. … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: HashiCorp Consul-Terraform-Sync 0.3, Platform9 joins Intel’s Open Retail Initiative, and Rafay Systems funding
HashiCorp has announced the release of Consul-Terraform-Sync 0.3 for Terraform Enterprise. The latest release enables organizations to more dynamically manage their Day 2 networking, and ensure governance and security. With the new integration with Terraform Enterprise, customers will now be able to scale resources, reduce risk, improve automation controls, simplify auditing, and apply compliance policies. … continue reading
Riverbed updates network monitoring portfolio
Riverbed has announced new capabilities in its network monitoring portfolio Riverbed Network Performance Management (NPM). The updates enable customers to gain greater visibility into their hybrid and multi-cloud network environments. Riverbed NetProfiler, which monitors network flow to proactively identify and allow for quick troubleshooting of issues, now supports Azure NSG flow logs. These logs contain … continue reading
ServerPronto IT Infrastructure Accelerator to launch in November 2021
Recently, server provider ServerPronto, announced its accelerator program to help IT founders bring their innovations to life. The Infrastructure Accelerator is powered by Navigate and is set to launch in November of 2021. ServerPronto is inviting several early-stage founders in the IT Infrastructure space to join a focused unit of startups to help push innovation … continue reading
DSM announces acquisition of managed IT services provider Cipher Integrations
DSM, a Florida-based leader in data assurance, announced today the acquisition of Cipher Integrations, a Florida-based Managed IT Services provider. This acquisition extends DSM’s delivery of unmatched data assurance solutions which protects core digital infrastructure, guarantees recoverability, and thereby reduces costly downtime. As part of the acquisition, DSM will integrate Cipher’s offerings and engineering team … continue reading
