Business continuity planning during COVID-19
Every IT organization needs to have a disaster recovery and business continuity plan in place. That’s not a new concept, but with the global emergence of a new strain of coronavirus, dubbed COVID-19, now is a good time to revisit those plans and ensure that your company can continue operating even in the worst-case scenario. … continue reading
Report: Cloud-native projects now the norm in production
Cloud-native deployments are now the norm. According to CNCF’s community survey, cloud-native projects are increasingly being deployed in production. The CNCF community survey was conducted in September and October 2019, and the company received 1,337 responses. The goal of the community survey is to understand where and how cloud native technologies are being adopted, the … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: SentryOne updates, Mission Cloud Foundation, and AirDroid Business updates
SentryOne has announced new editions of SQL Sentry that provide monitoring support for SQL Server or related systems on physical, hybrid, or cloud environments. There are three new editions being released: SQL Sentry Premium, SQL Sentry Standard, and SQL Sentry Essentials. They will all be available on April 1, 2020. “Our customers are managing complex … continue reading
ITOps Times Open Source Project of the Week: Bat
This week’s highlighted open-source project is bat. Bat is a tool that IT practitioners can use to test, debug, and interact with HTTP servers. It is a Go implementation of a CLI, and was inspired by the project Httpie. According to the project’s GitHub page, its key highlights include its expressive and intuitive syntax, built-in … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Mirantis acquires Kontena, Humio Bucket Storage, and 1E Tachyon 5.0
Following their acquisition of Docker last year, Mirantis has now acquired Kontena. Kontena is a tool that allows teams to deploy, run, monitor, and operate Kubernetes cluster and workloads. It is an open-source tool that is currently in use by a number of companies. According to Mirantis, this acquisition should accelerate its roadmap in multi-cluster … continue reading
Red Hat expands partner offerings to foster hybrid cloud innovation
Red Hat is hoping to drive innovation of open-source solutions for hybrid cloud by expanding its partner offerings. Red Hat’s Partner Connect provides opportunities such as certifications, tools, and alignment opportunities to “automate, accelerate, and streamline modern application development.” The company will expand both its certification and support services. It believes this will make companies … continue reading
Intel announces new hardware and software to unlock full potential of 5G
Intel is on a mission to drive the transformation of network infrastructure that is necessary to unlock the full potential of 5G. The company has announced a number of new software and hardware in order to achieve this. “As the industry makes the transition to 5G, we continue to see network infrastructure as the most … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: KubeEdge
KubeEdge brings container orchestration and device management to the edge. Built on Kubernetes, it provides infrastructure support for networking, deployment, and synchronization between the cloud and edge. The project has a number advantages, according to the team. For one, the edge allows large volumes of data to be secured and processed locally. “With business logic … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Sumo Logic’s Cloud SIEM solution, TeamViewer’s free IoT solution, and Infoblox and Nutanix announce partnership
Sumo Logic has announced the release of a new Cloud SIEM Enterprise offering. According to Sumo Logic, this solution will include a number of capabilities that will ease the burden placed on SOC personnel. Highlights of the solution include improved analyst productivity, focused and guided workflows, 360-degree visibility, and elastic scalability. “We believe organizations will … continue reading
SolarWinds improves application troubleshooting in latest AppOptics release
IT management software provider SolarWinds has announced updates to its infrastructure and APM solution, AppOptics. With this latest update, AppOptics will make “application troubleshooting simpler, faster, and more accurate.” This release introduces service- and trace-level root causes analysis, helping to lower the complexity of APM and lower the barrier to entry. This new functionality will … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: NEW Veeam Availability Suite v10, OpenSSH 8.2, and Snowflake on Google Cloud
The latest version of Veeam’s backup and recovery solution is now available. NEW Veeam Availability Suite v10 features data protection for Networked Attached Storage (NAS), Multi-VM Instant Recovery for automating disaster recovery, and enhanced ransomware protection. “v10 is the biggest release in the history of Veeam, and the enhancements we’ve made take data protection to … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: GXF
LF Energy, a branch of the Linux Foundation focused on accelerating decarbonization goals of the energy and electricity sectors, has announced the release of a new open-source project. Grid eXchange Fabric (GXF) is an IoT platform that enables grid operators to “securely collect data and monitor, control, and manage smart devices on the grid.” The … continue reading
