IBM launches Cloud Migration Factory for automated infrastructure migration
IBM has launched a new set of services for streamlining migration to hybrid and multi-cloud infrastructures. IBM Cloud Migration Factory, part of IBM Services, will help organizations more efficiently move infrastructure, data, applications and workloads to new environments and modernize them, the company explained. IBM says that it’s using its Cloud Innovate methodology to speed … continue reading
Oracle to acquire SD-WAN provider Talari Networks
Oracle has entered into an agreement to acquire software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) provider Talari Networks. According to Oracle, Talari’s Failsafe technology adds greater reliability and predictability to SD-WAN, while still maintaining security. “Talari is the original innovator of Failsafe SD-WANs that deliver both MPLS-class high availability and high QoE (Quality of Experience) predictable application … continue reading
IBM and ServiceNow team up on multi-cloud management
IBM is extending its partnership with ServiceNow to help enterprises easily manage IT resources in multi-cloud environments. As part of the announcement, IBM’s Multicloud Management Platform be extended with ServiceNow’s IT Service Management and IT Operations Management solutions. The company’s IBM Multicloud Manager will also be provided to address Kubernetes apps for multi-cloud environments. This … continue reading
New Relic extends leadership in observability across modern architectures with APM support for AWS Lambda
New Relic, Inc., provider of real-time insights for software-driven businesses, today announced a number of innovations and enhancements for companies rapidly adopting modern software architectures, including serverless application monitoring. With today’s announcements, New Relic continues to help DevOps teams move fast, manage the complexity and performance of complex systems, and ultimately drive business value. Serverless … continue reading
Why multi-cloud can be more secure—and make more possible
Moving to the cloud can make your business more agile, flexible, and scalable—or it’s supposed to, anyway. Over time, though, many organizations are discovering that the choices you make as you implement your cloud strategy can actually limit your options. That’s especially true when it comes to security. If you’re not careful, it’s all too … continue reading
Veritas launches Predictive Insights
Veritas Technologies today launched its Predictive Insights engine, a solution that leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning for monitoring the health of systems, detecting anomalies and creating proactive remediation to reduce downtime. Unforeseen events lead to downtime that has cost organizations roughly $21 million per year, according to Eric Seidman, director of solution marketing at … continue reading
Red Hat drives unified foundation for Kubernetes and virtual machines with Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14
Red Hat, Inc., the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14, the latest version of Red Hat’s massively-scalable, cloud-native apps-ready Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solution. Based on the OpenStack “Rocky” community release, Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14 more tightly integrates with Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform, the industry’s most comprehensive … continue reading
Aqua Security 3.5 comes with serverless functions and container encryption protection
Aqua Security has announced version 3.5 of its cloud-native security platform with new risk assessment controls for a range of cloud-native technologies. According to the company, this release addresses the need for runtime visibility and multi-application, multi-team policy management. A key feature of 3.5 is the ability to deploy end-to-end security for containers, serverless containers … continue reading
Twistlock provides insight into cloud-native environments with Cloud Discovery
Twistlock is open sourcing its Cloud Discovery tool to help infrastructure, operations and security teams discover the “unknown unknowns” in their cloud environments. Cloud Discovery provides insight into what cloud native services are running and where. According to the company, it can discover services like container registries, managed Kubernetes platforms, and serverless services through the … continue reading
Cloud security company Threat Stack acquires Bluefyre for its targeted application security
Cloud security and compliance company Threat Stack wants to bolster its cloud capabilities with the acquisition of Bluefyre. According to the company, Bluefyre will help deliver greater visibility into security as well as help developers build secure, cloud-native apps. Bluefyre provides targeted application security for Kubernetes, Mesosphere and OpenShift applications, and according to Threat Stack … continue reading
Startup YotaScale aims to automate enterprise IT cloud ops
Organizations are moving applications to modern cloud computing infrastructures at a growing pace because they provide business services on-demand, but the transition to a usage-based OpEx cost model can come at a steep price. A Silicon Valley startup company known as YotaScale claims it can automate cloud IT operations management and thereby reduce sticker shock … continue reading
Cisco announces hybrid solution for Kubernetes on Amazon Web Services
Applications are the lifeblood of business. Build them easily and get them up and running quickly and you have a huge competitive advantage. But get bogged down worrying about where those applications run, and you miss opportunities. Cisco is now solving that problem with a new solution built for Amazon Web Services (AWS) that makes running new containerized … continue reading
Security and compliance in DevSecOps
In the space of time it takes you to read this blog post and finish your morning coffee, a company at the vanguard of DevSecOps, such as Etsy, Amazon or Netflix, will have completed yet another deployment – one of potentially thousands per day. Deployment frequency has accelerated to a pace that would have been … continue reading
Google launches Cloud Scheduler beta for GCP
Google released the beta of Cloud Scheduler, a fully-managed, serverless job scheduler for the Google Cloud Platform today, designed to allow for the scheduling and execution of batch, big data and cloud infrastructure tasks from within any application. “Job schedulers like cron are a mainstay of any developer’s arsenal, helping run scheduled tasks and automating … continue reading
