Report: Enterprise data applications that are not optimized with observability and continuous tuning have enormous waste
Pepperdata’s inaugural Big Data Performance Report 2020 revealed that enormous waste exists within enterprise data applications that are not optimized by solutions that allow for observability and continuous tuning. There is also tremendous potential to optimize and reduce that waste. This is happening because as more complex big data applications migrate, the likelihood of resource … continue reading
Juniper Networks announces WAN Assurance service and new AIOps interface for Juniper Virtual Network Assistant
Mist AI optimizes end-to-end user experiences and minimizes IT costs across LAN, WLAN and WAN through insights and Self-Driving Network automation. With the new Juniper Mist WAN Assurance service, customers will receive better automation and insight in branch locations with AI-driven service level expectations, client-to-cloud event correlation for rapid fault resolution, anomaly detection and proactive … continue reading
Enterprises require SREs to supplement Ops teams, rather than replace them
Since Google released its Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) book in 2016, the field has gained widespread attention. However, adopting SRE as defined by Google is not as applicable to most organizations as it may seem, according to Sanjeev Sharma, a principal analyst of Accelerated Strategies, who spoke at Catchpoint’s “SRE from Home” virtual event last … continue reading
Google to protect cloud services with Private Service Connect
Google wants to make sure organizations are secure in the cloud, and is releasing Private Service Connect alpha to achieve that goal. According to the company, as organizations start to take advantage of more cloud services, it can be challenging and complex to manage routing topologies, different networks, different organizations and the information being shared … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Untangle extends Bitdefender partnership, EnGenius’ new AP, and Xilinx joins Open RAN Policy Coalition
Network security company Untangle has announced that it extended its partnership with security company Bitdefender. The extended partnership will focus on endpoint monitoring and management. Customers will now be able to manage endpoints that are protected with Bitdefender Cloud Security for MSP within the Untangle Command Center. “At Untangle, we are laser focused on building … continue reading
D2iQ launches cloud-native training program
D2iQ has announced it is launching a new program, Conductor, to help organizations scale cloud-native training and prepare their employees for Day 2 operations. Its training is focused on cloud-native concepts like Kubernetes, observability, and CI/CD. The courses are structured into “bite-sized chunks,” which allows users to slot training easily into their day. RELATED CONTENT: … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: New Relic
This week’s featured open-source project is based on New Relic’s observability platform. In an effort to help software engineers instrument everything and better understand their digital systems, the company is making its agents, integrations and SDKs available under an open-source license. “New Relic is committed to open standards, open source instrumentation, and the open communities … continue reading
Robin.io updates platform to support movement across clouds
Robin.io wants to make it easier for users to adopt hybrid and multi-cloud strategies. The 5G and enterprise app automation platform provider announced the Robin Cloud-Native platform now allows users to move complex stateful apps across clouds. According to the company, hybrid or multi-cloud strategies help support growing infrastructure needs, but with each cloud having … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: VMware MSC, Device42 acquires ArrayIQ, and Wipro’s edge services suite
VMware has announced it is adding a Cloud Native Master Services Competency (MSC) to its Partner Connect program. According to the company, this is the first competency related to VMware Tanzu. The new MSC will provide the foundation for partners to create Kubernetes-based platforms that are supported by complementary technologies from the cloud native ecosystem. … continue reading
SUSE unveils Linux Enterprise 15 Service Pack 2 and Manager 4.1
SUSE is focused on simplifying, modernizing and accelerating business value with the release of SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 Service Pack 2 for IT transformation and business innovation; and SUSE Manager 4.1 for infrastructure management. “Customers stake their businesses on their IT infrastructure and we stake our business on their success. With SUSE and using true … continue reading
Puppet Enterprise 2019.8 focuses on the next wave of infrastructure automation
Puppet is updating its infrastructure delivery and management solution with new orchestration capabilities, pre-built patching automation, and more infrastructure flexibility. Puppet Enterprise 2019.8 LTS allows users to leverage thousands of open source and Puppet-built modules on Puppet Forge, and expand automation to more infrastructure use cases. “Application deployments are increasingly waiting on DevOps and platform … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Red Hat Integration, Aqua Security’s new platforms, and ManageEngine Conditional Access Policy
Red Hat has announced the latest release of Red Hat Integration. Red Hat Integration is a solution for handling integration and event processing. It allows users to create, extend, and deploy container-based integration services across hybrid and multicloud environments. The latest release introduces several new capabilities designed for Kubernetes-native applications. New features include the ability … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: KUDO
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation announced it has officially accepted KUDO into the organization as a sandbox project. KUDO, which stands for Kubernetes Universal Declarative Operator, is an open-source project developed by cloud native platform and app management company D2iQ. According to the company, it has been used across the world to simplify the development … continue reading
Twitter attack highlights the need for security awareness training
Yesterday, Twitter suffered a massive attack in which several high profile Twitter accounts were compromised. The account was carried out using social engineering, Twitter has verified. Affected accounts, which included Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and other high profile figures, began tweeting the address of a bitcoin wallet, along with the message … continue reading
