Topic: software
UPDATE: Vendors step in to help newly remote workforces
UPDATED: To help ease the burden on companies as they go remote, a number of companies are releasing new services, or making current services free for a period of time. Here are a few highlights: Atlassian will make its remote-focused software available for free. Companies will now be able to get cloud-based versions of Jira … continue reading
Micro Focus launches containerized IT Operations Management platform
Micro Focus has announced the launch of the IT Operations Management (ITOM) Platform. ITOM is a containerized platform for IT Operations that is built on a foundation of shared microservices, including analytics, orchestration, and ChatOps collaboration. The platform is designed to reduce risks and costs for IT Operations as they try to keep up with … continue reading
Cloud 66 adds new features to its container delivery pipeline
Operations tools provider Cloud 66 is providing a number of new features to its container delivery pipeline, Skycap. The features include Formations, Stencils, and an open-source project named Copper. “With the advance of microservices, containers and the surge of APIs, developers and operations teams appreciate a self-service toolchain that operations curate, and developers can run … continue reading
4 tips to build a lean, mean ITSM machine
Software has become central to all companies, changing operations across organizations. IT teams sit right at the center of this transformation, dealing with a variety of pressures. Customers demand fast, flawless service, product teams need flexible support as they reduce their time to market, and management expects lower costs. In response, many IT teams are … continue reading
How automation is redefining today’s enterprises
Today, the world is moving too fast. Companies are being pressured to act like software companies now. Technology is evolving at a tremendous rate: from cloud elasticity, to container innovation, to serverless computing and cloud functions. However, the high rate of change across technologies, tooling and practices makes it impossible to confidently know where to … continue reading
HyperGrid announces new software-defined cloud strategy
HyperGrid has announced a new software-defined cloud strategy for its HyperCloud software platform. HyperCloud is designed to help users achieve digital transformation on their journey to the cloud. It provides tools to manage and control public cloud environments and as well as to achieve simplicity, automation, and intelligence. “Multi-cloud use cases are increasing every year, … continue reading
IT transformation can be a monster
Frankenstein is a monster. IT can harm the people who created it. Ergo, IT is a monster. Taking a software tool from this vendor, hardware from another vendor, using a cloud-based storage and network system, can often lead to problems not foreseen by those who approved that approach. “There’s a new philosophy of how IT … continue reading
