Topic: it
Broadcom to acquire AppNeta to bolster network performance monitoring
Broadcom announced its intent to acquire the privately held company AppNeta, a SaaS-based network performance monitoring solution for the distributed enterprise that provides IT teams with precise, end-to-end visibility into network performance. With AppNeta’s SaaS-based solution, IT and Network Ops teams at distributed enterprises can detect issues that affect network and business-critical cloud application performance, … continue reading
Report: Physical infrastructure to remain important even as cloud adoption grows
Cloud technologies are an increasingly important aspect of the technology industry, but physical infrastructure will still remain important too. This is according to the latest “Trends in ITOps 2021 Survey” by Tribe29, the organization responsible for the Checkmk IT monitoring solution. Of those surveyed, 79% said that they expect monitoring cloud assets will become more … continue reading
Ansible Automation Platform 2 released to drive better cloud-native automation
Red Hat announced the release of Ansible Automation Platform 2 to drive cloud-native automation and help developers become automators. The latest version of the platform adds self-contained automation capabilities while shifting automation more deeply into the application development lifecycle. The platform is now fully restructured for a hybrid cloud-native world and it makes it easier … continue reading
Report: More than half of companies expect IT spending to increase in 2022
Despite the pandemic, 61% of companies expect their revenues to increase significantly in 2022, prompting increased tech spending budgets for those companies. This is according to the 2022 State of IT report by Spiceworks Ziff Davis, a global marketplace that connects technology buyers and sellers with actionable and precise intent data. The company conducted a … continue reading
Report: Sustainability is playing a large part in IT decisions
When an organization is looking to partner with a vendor, there are many factors to consider, and recently, sustainability has been added to that list. Many organizations are now opting to spend more money in order to protect the planet and make more environmentally conscious choices. CloudBolt Industry Insights, the research extension of CloudBolt Software, … continue reading
Catchpoint introduces first digital experience score for faster IT resolution
Catchpoint today announced the Catchpoint Digital Experience Score, which combines the network and application experience and how the user’s device is performing all in one. The metric provides visibility into all necessary components of the service delivery chain that account for true end-user experience, according to the company. “If you have no real visibility into … continue reading
Cloud Security Alliance releases Enterprise Architecture Reference Guide v2
The Cloud Security Alliance announced the release of the Enterprise Architecture Reference Guide v2, which provides users with a compilation of every domain and container within the CSA Enterprise Architecture v2.3. “This reference guide is fundamentally important for risk managers in evaluating opportunities for improvement, creating road maps for technology adoption, identifying reusable security patterns, … continue reading
Red Hat software now available on IBM Power Systems
IBM announced the availability of Red Hat software on IBM Power Systems and new IBM Power Systems hardware. Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Power Virtual Server leverages OpenShift’s bare metal installer, Red Hat Runtimes, and newly certified Red Hat Ansible Content Collections. Also, the new IBM Private Cloud Rack Solution provides clients with an optimized, … continue reading
Qualys identifies 7 million vulnerabilities associated with SolarWinds and FireEye breach
The cloud-based security and compliance company Qualys stated that it identified 7.54 million vulnerabilities related related to FireEye Red Team assessment tools and compromised versions of SolarWinds Orion. Most of these vulnerabilities, 5.29 million, were related to the FireEye Red Team tools. Additionally, the vast majority of the vulnerabilities at 99.84% were from eight vulnerabilities in Microsoft … continue reading
Report: Most SOCs are using AI and machine learning tools to detect advanced threats
The 2020 State of Security Operations report found that SecOps teams are more often turning to next-generation automation tools to address gaps in security with 93% of respondents saying that they employ AI and ML technologies with the leading goal of improving advanced threat detection. The report was conducted by Micro Focus and CyberEdge Group, … continue reading
Red Hat AnsibleFest roundup
At Red Hat AnsibleFest this week, the company released a number of new automation capabilities for its platform. Red Hat Ansible Automation platform integration for Red Hat OpenShift environments released The integration between Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform connects traditional platforms, containers and edge through automation. The … continue reading
Red Hat releases OpenShift Container Storage 4.5
The key features of Red Hat’s newly released OpenShift Container Storage 4.5 include external mode support for shared storage with Red Hat Ceph Storage, support for VMs and applications on OpenShift, and more. By enabling deterministic performance for data workloads such as archives, data lakes, and databases like PostgreSQL, Data Warehouses, and IBM Db2 Warehouse, … continue reading
