New report shows IT wants to adopt AI for intent-based networking
IT is eager to adopt AI and almost 50% of network strategists believe increasing the use of analytics and AI will help enable the ideal network, according to a report by Cisco research The report, which surveyed 2000 IT leaders and network strategists, found that organizations are moving their networks towards intent-based networking and investing … continue reading
Enterprise container strategy: It’s time to jump on board
Containers are here to stay. The question is when will they become more widely used than virtual machines? Containers are software designed to package an application and its dependencies (libraries, binaries, and configuration files) together so it can run quickly and reliably when a developer moves the application from one computing environment to another. They also … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Mantis
In 2014, Netflix developed a platform that would help them get better operational insights in their increasingly complex environment. Today, Mantis helps Netflix engineers better understand the behavior of their applications, which in turn helps them provide a better user experience. Mantis is a platform on which real time stream processing applications can be built. … continue reading
Considering open-source scripting? It may not be what you need
Enterprises could find themselves dealing with more than they bargained for as they make the move to an automated network. In their desire to reduce complexity and quickly make changes to their networks, they come across many open-source scripting approaches to network management on the market. Though these approaches have their benefits, they are not … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Red Hat Smart Management, Splunk Mission Control and Riverbed SteelConnect EX
Red Hat announced its October 2019 release of the Smart Management solution it announced in May. Red Hat Management is designed to provide infrastructure management and cloud management services in order to help users manage any environment — from physical machines and hybrid multi cloud. “Red Hat Smart Management introduces a new era of management … continue reading
Grafana Labs raises $24 million for composable observability platform
Grafana Labs just announced the completion of a Series A funding round of $24 million. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from Lead Edge Capital. Grafana Labs is known for its open-source projects Grafana and Loki. Grafana allows teams to query, visualize, and alert on metrics and logs. Loki is a … continue reading
Report: IT professionals turn to tools to reduce cloud complexities
The cloud is here to stay. A recently released report revealed enterprises are no longer questioning whether they should move to the cloud. Seventy-two percent of IT decision makers believe cloud technology is commoditized and standardized. The new challenges enterprises are having is finding the right tools and technologies to leverage the cloud, or clouds. … continue reading
GlobalPlatform announces new IoT security framework
GlobalPlatform is announcing a new comprehensive framework for IoT security ahead of the IoT Solutions World Congress conference in Barcelona. IoTopia is designed to provide a common framework for designing, certifying, deploying and managing IoT devices. “IoTopia will provide a detailed but executable framework that is standards-based, industry-wide and able to evolve as security capabilities … continue reading
Stateless awarded patent for stateless network functionality
Networking company Stateless has announced that it has been awarded a patent (No 10,425,348) for its stateless network functionality. This technology allows for new levels of automation that simplify how businesses can access remote IT services. It also helps them more effectively use computing resources. The patented technology was created by the company’s co-founders, Eric … continue reading
Creating a multi-layered security architecture for your databases
Data security has never been more important than it is today. Considering the amount of data collection most modern apps require, it’s imperative to keep private and proprietary data safe and secure — and with measures like HIPAA, PCI DSS and the European Union’s GDPR, it’s also the law. Keeping databases secure from existing and … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: NVIDIA and Microsoft partnership, FogHorn’s low-code OT platform, and HPE joins the IoT Community
NVIDIA and Microsoft have announced a new technology collaboration that is focused on intelligent edge computing. Together the companies will work to help industries better manage and derive insights from data created by retail stores, warehouses, manufacturing facilities, connected buildings, urban infrastructure, and other environments, the companies explained. As part of the partnership, NVIDIA has … continue reading
Virtual Instruments rebrands as Virtana to focus on the next generation of IT operations
The AIOps company Virtual Instruments is rebranding itself as Virtana and releasing a new cloud monitoring solution this week. According to the company, the rebranding signifies its focus on using AIOps approaches for hybrid IT infrastructure management. The newly announced cloud cost optimization and monitoring solution CloudWisdom is designed to help companies plan, analyze and … continue reading
Ensuring high availability and disaster recovery for SQL Server in the cloud
Failure is an option in IT, including in public clouds — despite their resilient, carrier-class infrastructures. And many of the failures that regularly cause downtime are excluded from the cloud service providers’ money-back service level agreement guarantees. For this reason, the customer, specifically the IT operations staff, is responsible for ensuring uptime for all SQL Server … continue reading
Ubuntu 19.10 released with Kubernetes at the edge and multi-cloud infrastructure
The latest version of the open-source Linux distribution Ubuntu is now available. Version 19.10 comes with a strong focus on Kubernetes and the edge. Canonical has added strict confinement to MicroK8s — is zero-ops Kubernetes solution. According to the company, this will provide enhanced edge computing capabilities and ensure isolation and secure Kubernetes environments. Users … continue reading
