HashiCorp has announced a new solution that will enable IT operators to automate infrastructure management in the cloud. HashiCorp Cloud Platform (HCP) allows customers to provision, secure, connect, and run cloud-based infrastructure with little to no operational burden. “HashiCorp tools are used and operated by many community members and customers, but managing clusters and maintaining … continue reading
Amazon has introduced a new device to its AWS Snow Family of edge computing devices. AWS Snowcone is the smallest device in the family, at 4.5 pounds. It offers 8 terabytes of usable storage. According to Amazon, AWS Snowcone is particularly well suited for tight spaces or scenarios where portability is important. It can be … continue reading
FortressIQ has announced a new partnership with RPA company Blue Prism, bringing together the capabilities of the two companies, including business process discovery, intelligent automation, and operational analytics. According to FortressIQ, a major challenge to large-scale digital transformation is the lack of detailed knowledge on the current state of activities in an organization. “Most organizations … continue reading
IT spending has dropped by 8% this year due to the effects of the coronavirus outbreak, and is expected to keep going down, according to data from investment company LearnBonds. Companies are expected to drastically cut down on their technology budgets to only essential IT costs. By the end of 2018, global spending on IT … continue reading
Cisco has announced the general availability of Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI) 5.0. Cisco ACI 5.0 introduces new features for service providers, simplified multicloud deployments, Day 2 operations tools, and user experience improvements. “It is more important than ever to have a network that is automated and secure from the edge, to the data … continue reading
Cohesity has announced a consumption-based subscription pricing plan. With the new pricing model, users will only be charged for the data management services used. Prior to this, customers would have to pre-purchase blocks of capacity. “More companies are embracing a consumption-based approach in order to reduce capital costs and to make adjustments on the fly … continue reading
The OpenStack Foundation (OSF) has announced that StarlingX is now one of their top-level open infrastructure projects. StarlingX is an edge infrastructure platform that can be used to build edge clouds. It utilizes components from other open source projects like Ceph, Linux, KVM, OpenStack, and Kubernetes. The project was first created in May 2018 as … continue reading
This week’s selected open-source project of the week is a Kubernetes toolkit from Aqua Security called Starboard. Starboard integrates Kubernetes tools into the Kubernetes experience in order to provide a unified security experience. “What if all the Kubernetes security tools spoke the same language that everyone knows and understands? Similar to the standardized and well-known … continue reading
Syntax is releasing a Customer Experience Hub (CxHub) to give IT administrators better visibility into their IT resources, support tickets, and billing details. Customers will be able to handle a number of different tasks through CxHub, including monitoring servers, workstations, databases, network storage, etc.; starting and stopping servers; comparing line-item invoices; and filtering infrastructure resource … continue reading
The latest version of Linkerd is now available. Linkerd 2.8 adds a multi-cluster extension to the service mesh. This allows Kubernetes service to be connected across cluster boundaries in a secure way. Linkerd’s multi-cluster functionality aims to meet four goals: Provide a unified trust domain Separate failure domains Support heterogeneous networks Provide a unified model … continue reading
Menlo Security has announced that it is partnering up with Microsoft through the Microsoft Active Protections Program (MAPP). MAPP provides early access to vulnerability information to allow software providers to more quickly provide protections to their customers. “Menlo Security is pleased to partner with Microsoft to incorporate protections against newly discovered vulnerabilities before they are … continue reading
Adaptiva has announced the release of OneSite Cloud. Adaptiva OneSite Cloud allows end users to receive software updates remotely without overwhelming corporate VPNs or WAN/SD-WAN links. Features include software delivery everywhere, internet P2P content sharing capabilities, VPN offload, WAN offload, and BYOD support. Synopsys introduces USB4 IP solution The DesignWare USB4 IP solution includes controllers, … continue reading