Humio: Index-free logging is the way forward
Log management may never go away, but the way it is done may change. While indexes have long been the backbone of most log management solutions, Kresten Krab Thorup, CTO and co-founder of Humio, explains that’s not the only way to manage log data. According to Krab Thorup, indexing has been an accepted approach for … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: NeuVector extends AWS integrations, Google Cloud announces Workload Identity, and LogicMonitor introduces Anomaly Detection
Container security company NeuVector has extended its security offerings with AWS Cloud. New AWS Cloud integrations include AWS Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes (AWS EKS), AWS ECS, and AWS App Mesh. NeuVector also announced a number of new features, such as Kubernetes ConfigMaps, process and file system blocking, process history recording, multi-layer image scanning, and … continue reading
CNCF TOC approves the creation of security and storage Special Interest Groups
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) is adding security and storage to its list of Special Interest Groups (SIGs). The groups are designed to set up focus areas for experts and contributors. Earlier this year, the CNCF’s Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) voted to approve the creation of SIGs. Currently there are several SIGs being worked … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Platform9’s Kubernetes Managed Apps, Kontena Pharos 2.4, and ARM Data Center Software’s new network analytics capabilities
Platform9 has announced the release of Kubernetes Managed Apps. According to Platform9, this offering extends Platform9’s managed Kubernetes service and SLA guarantee to services and tools including monitoring, logging, and database services. The first set of fully-managed applications that Platform9 will be releasing are Managed Prometheus, Managed EFK, and Managed MySQL. It will continue adding … continue reading
IT disaster recovery planning can no longer be ignored
Gartner claims that the average cost of network downtime is $5,600 per minute, which is $336,000 per hour. In order to prevent costly downtime, organizations should have a disaster recovery (DR) plan in place that lays out what to do in the event of outages or attacks. “When business applications and their underlying data are … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Kubernetes Horror Stories
Many organizations are trying to foster a culture of accountability of learning, rather than of blame. This means encouraging people to take accountability for their mistakes and learn from them, while at the same time not making people feel bad for making those mistakes. “The thinking behind assigning blame is that identifying the offender and … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Canonical supports Kubernetes 1.15, GitLab 12.0, and Veritas Enterprise Data Services Platform
Canonical has announced full support for Kubernetes 1.15, which was released yesterday, using kubeadm deployments, Charmed Kubernetes, and Microk8s. New features included in Kubernetes 1.15 are quotas for ephemeral storage, extended data sources for persistent volume claims, dynamic persistent volume resizing, and more. “Kubernetes 1.15 includes exciting new enhancements in application, custom resource, storage, and … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Foundation to form around osquery, Datical supports AWS and Postgres, and Cloudflare launches free Ethereum gateway
The Linux Foundation has revealed plans to form a new foundation that will support osquery, a project that provides visibility into endpoints. The new foundation will be devoted to growing and maintaining a neutral community around the project. According to the Linux Foundation, developers from Dactiv, Facebook, Google, Kolide, Trail of Bits, and Uptycs, among … continue reading
HPE and Google Cloud team up on hybrid cloud
Organizations are starting to turn to a hybrid cloud solution in order to unlock agility and innovation across clouds. But according to Sandeep Singh, VP of storage marketing at HPE, it is a challenge for IT organizations to support the transformation to hybrid cloud. This is because on-premise and public cloud are two completely different … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Aqua Security 4.2, Gravitational’s Teleport, and DH2i’s DxConnect
Aqua Security has announced the release of version 4.2 of its platform. This release introduces Vulnerability Shield, which is an automated vulnerability and component analysis tool. Vulnerability Shield can generate policies that will detect and block access to vulnerable components. Aqua 4.2 also includes advanced protection for serverless functions, container image scanning by layer, a … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Fluent Bit v1.1.3 and AWS App Mesh update
A new release of Fluent Bit is now available. Fluent Bit is a multi-platform Log Processor and Forwarder that allows users to collect data and logs from various sources and unify them. Fluent Bit v1.1.3 is a minor release for the 1.1 series. It fixes two bugs in the core and plugins. AWS Cloud Map … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Barracuda launches Firewall Insights and VMware acquires Avi Networks
Barracuda has announced the launch of Firewall Insights, an analytics platform for firewalls. Firewall Insights takes in data from firewalls or wide area networks and analyzes it. It then provides actionable insights for the entire network. The solution can be added to any CloudGen Firewall deployment option, which includes hardware appliances, virtual appliances, and cloud … continue reading
