ITOps Times news digest: Linux Foundation expands scholarship program, VictorOps April update, and Concertio raises $4.2 million in seed funding
The Linux Foundation has announced that it is offering up to 500 scholarships as part of its Linux Foundation Training (LiFT) program. Since 2011 the organization has offered $220,000 in training and certification across 100 scholarships. Applications for the scholarship are being accepted through April 30 for 10 different categories. Recipients will receive a Linux … continue reading
Splunk releases latest version of SignalFx Microservices APM
Monitoring company Splunk has announced the latest release of SignalFx Microservices APM, which is an APM solution that provides observability into cloud-native environments. According to Splunk, this latest release combines features from both SignalFx and Omniton, both of which were acquired by Splunk within the last year. Such features include NoSample full-fidelity tracing, open standards … continue reading
HPE and Intel launch Open Distributed Infrastructure Management initiative
HPE has announced a new initiative to help simplify the management of large-scale geographically distributed physical infrastructure deployments. The Open Distributed Infrastructure Management initiative will help eliminate or reduce some of the complexities associated with rolling out 5G networks equipped with infrastructure from multiple vendors. “5G and Edge Computing industry initiatives will require large-scale and … continue reading
Sysdig launches PromCat repository of Prometheus integrations
Earlier this week, Sysdig announced the launch of a cloud-scale Prometheus monitoring tool. Along with that new tool, the company has also announced the launch of PromCat, which is short for Prometheus Catalog. PromCat is a curated repository of Prometheus exporters, dashboards, and alerts. According to Sysdig, there are hundreds of Prometheus exporters that collect … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Instana and LogDNA integration, Kubernetes Kapsule, and Tosibox adds AWS and Azure support
Instana has announced a new integration with log management company LogDNA. According to Instana, this integration will provide “a seamless experience for Dev and Ops teams when troubleshooting microservice and cloud native applications.” This is a one-click integration on Instana’s end, meaning that navigation from Instana’s APM to LogDNA’s log analysis tool is handled via … continue reading
Kubernetes 1.18 now available
The first Kubernetes release of the year is here, and according to the team, is a “fit and finish” release, meaning that a lot of effort was made in improving stable and beta features. Kubernetes 1.18 includes 15 stable enhancements, 11 beta enhancements, and 12 alpha enhancements. “Having almost as many enhancements in alpha, beta, … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Menlo Security and VMware integrate, Cloudflare and Alibaba Cloud expand Bandwidth Alliance, and KnowBe4 finds 37.9% of untrained users fail phishing test
Menlo Security is partnering with VMware to provide phishing and malware protection for mobile devices. As part of the partnership, Menlo Security’s Global Cloud Proxy Platform will integrate with VMware Workspace ONE Unified Endpoint Management (UEM). The resulting solution will help protect mobile devices by isolating threats in the cloud before they can reach the … continue reading
BigFix 10 expands endpoint management to the cloud
HCL Technologies is making it easier for companies to manage their endpoints with a new release of BigFix. Available in April, BigFix 10 will allow IT teams to automate discovery, management, and remediation. According to the company, BigFix 10 introduces three main new features: BigFix Insights, Modern Client Management, and Multicloud Management. BigFix Insights allows … continue reading
COVID-19: Surviving remote work
For years, the view towards remote work has been shifting, especially in the tech industry where remote work is achievable. There are a number of concrete benefits to remote work, according to a 2019 survey from OpenVPN, including higher productivity, less time spent on commuting, improved employee retention, fewer overhead costs, and access to a … continue reading
Cockroach Labs follows up on 2020 Cloud Report with configuration recommendations
In December, Cockroach Labs released its 2020 Cloud Report, which provided benchmarks for each of the major cloud providers: AWS, Azure, and GCP. According to the report, GCP had caught up to AWS in benchmarks, where previously AWS outperformed them by 40% the previous year. The company also found that each cloud vendor had an … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Park Place’s PPTechMobile release, Kofax’ new integration, and Quantum Machines’ latest funding
Park Place has announced a new mobile app that will let IT professionals remotely access maintenance events in their data center and other IT infrastructure. PPTechMobile will have a number of key features from the Park Place customer portal, including the ability to access contracted assets, monitor escalation process, and submit, edit and view incidents. … continue reading
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
