Topic: cloud
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16 now available
Red Hat has announced the latest release of its Agile Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) solution. Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16 features new improvements and capabilities for enterprises working with hybrid clouds, developer clouds, production clouds and cloud-native applications. In addition, it takes on network functions virtualization, edge computing, artificial intelligence and machine learning. The … continue reading
Into the Looking Glass: Where IoT, cloud computing and automation are headed in 2020 and beyond
The end of a decade presents a unique opportunity for organizations to evaluate and measure the impact of past technology initiatives, and to plan for those to come in the future. Many modern enterprises have taken advantage of IoT, automation and cloud computing to stand out against competitors in recent years. Will these be in … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Microsoft Azure Backup Explorer, Elastic Stack 7.6, and Tufin SecureCloud
Microsoft has announced Backup Explorer for Azure is now available as a preview. According to the company, Backup Explorer is a built-in Azure Monitor Workbook that enables users to see real-time monitoring metrics across their entire backup estate. “Up until now, you could use a Recovery Services vault to get a bird’s eye view of … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: SolarWinds Database Performance Monitor, Dynatrace extends Kubernetes support and Incorta 4.6
SolarWinds is adding the Database Performance Monitor solution to its IT operations management portfolio to give users the ability to manage on-premise, hybrid, and cloud-native databases. The new addition features before-and-after analysis, and root cause granularity for open-source and NoSQL databases. “As open-source and NoSQL databases grow in popularity and a new generation of applications … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: HPE acquires Scytale, Sectigo Certificate Manager adds Microsoft Azure Key Vault integration, and InfluxDB Cloud on Google Cloud
HPE is adding a new company to its portfolio in order to tackle cloud-native security and zero trust networking. Scytale is a service identity management company for the cloud native enterprise. According to HPE, the Scytale team is made up of season engineers with AWS, Duo Security, Google, Okta, PagerDuty and Splunk backgrounds. HPE hopes … continue reading
SolarWinds’ 2020 cloud confessions reveal lack of APM education
As application performance management (APM) becomes more mainstream, the need to educate companies on the tools and capabilities is crucial. SolarWinds has released Cloud Confessions 2020, which revealed while companies and development teams know the importance of APM, they aren’t moving past troubleshooting. “This isn’t surprising considering APM has typically been siloed across DevOps and … continue reading
Oracle Enterprise Manager adds more visibility, control and management for hybrid cloud environments
Oracle is dedicated to helping users move to the autonomous cloud. The company announced updates to its Oracle Enterprise Manager that aims to automate database migrations and simplify complex hybrid cloud environments. “As organizations move to the cloud, they are faced with complex, time-consuming, manual, error-prone migration tasks,” said Wim Coekaerts, senior vice president of … continue reading
Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage 4 to deliver a multi-cloud experience
Red Hat announced the release of Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage 4 to deliver an integrated, multi-cloud experience to Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform users. According to the company, Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage 4 offers greater abstraction and flexibility so that customers can have the freedom to choose data services across multiple public clouds, … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: IBM Power Systems comes to Google Cloud, Instana announces CRI-O support, and Equinix acquires Packet
Google Cloud has announced users can now run IBM Power Systems as a service on its cloud. According to Google, IBM Power Systems is a crucial tool for organizations deploying a hybrid cloud strategy. The solution features the ability to support mission critical workloads, integrated billing in Google Cloud, private API access, integrated customer support, … continue reading
Optimizing your cloud spend in 2020
The cloud has reached new heights, and organizations are looking to maximize the benefits without emptying their wallets. The research firm Gartner predicts that IT spending will grow 3.7% in 2020, and the growth will be driven by the cloud. Additionally, the firm sees public cloud revenue growing by 17% in the next year. “At … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: VMware completes acquisition of Pivotal, Venafi’s security survey, and Azure IoT EdgeHub Dev Tool installation
VMware has officially acquired Pivotal for approximately $2.7 billion. The company first announced plans to acquire the cloud-native platform provider Pivotal in August. According to VMware, Pivotal will become a core part of its Tanzu portfolio, which is designed to help users build, run and manage important apps. “The combination of Pivotal’s developer-centric offerings with … continue reading
The lines between data center and campus networks are blurry
In tech, as in life, change is the only constant. From the days when all of our computer processing took place in mainframe terminals, to the decentralized shift to local servers, to the era of cloud computing, we’ve experienced one transformative wave of innovation after another over the past several decades. Today, we stand at … continue reading
