Datadog releases a number of observability, security updates at DASH
Datadog is hosting its annual event, DASH, this week. At the event, the company showed off several new features across its entire platform, from observability to security. Observability Datadog LLM Observability allows customers to monitor their LLM apps to identify drifts in prompt topics and responses, mitigate prompt injections, detect personally identifiable information (PII) leakage, … continue reading
Broadcom releases innovations for VMware Cloud Foundation
Broadcom has updated its VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) private-cloud platform with what it said are faster infrastructure modernization, better cyber resiliency and security, and a better developer productivity experience. In the announcement, Broadcom wrote: “VCF includes native Kubernetes to support both VM and containerized workloads on a single platform, enables advanced AI/ML workloads at enterprise … continue reading
Bitwarden brings its secrets manager to Kubernetes
Password manager Bitwarden has announced it is beginning to integrate its Secrets Manager into Kubernetes workflows. This functionality is currently in public beta and will enable DevOps teams to securely manage secrets like API keys, passwords, and tokens across their Kubernetes environment. The integration is done via an operator that is deployed by the Helm … continue reading
Kubernetes at 10: Where it began, and where it’s going
Ten years ago, the Kubernetes project was first announced, and then soon after, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) was formed to become the home for it. Chris Aniszczyk was the founding executive director at the time, and has been around for the project’s entire history once it was donated by Google to the CNCF. … continue reading
SELKS – ITOps Times Open Source Project of the Week
SELKS is an open-source network security monitoring platform that offers network intrusion and detection capabilities. The name comes from the original components it was built around: Suratica, Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, and Scirius. It has since expanded to include EveBox, Arkime, and CyberChef as well. It can be installed on any Linux or Windows operating system … continue reading
Vega Cloud Announces Cosmoo, the AI FinOps Analyst
Vega Cloud announces a series of updates to its Enterprise FinOps platform, the most significant of which is an AI-powered chatbot named Cosmoo. In addition to Cosmoo, Vega Cloud has released new cost reporting and management tools, a data API, enterprise SSO enhancements, and various developer experience improvements. Macro-economic uncertainty and budget constraints are driving CIOs … continue reading
InvGate’s Workflows 2 automates service management processes with no-code capabilities
Service management provider InvGate today announced further no-code capabilities in its Workflows 2 solution to enable non-technical workers to build and manage workflows and service management processes. Workflows 2 employs templates and drag-and-drop functionality to enable users to start more quickly, and not have a long learning curve, to “modernize legacy processes with automation,” the … continue reading
FinOps Foundation releases spec for uniform cloud billing
The FinOps Foundation today announced the availability of FOCUS – the FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification – version 1, created to provide a uniform format for cloud billing across the different providers. The world’s top cloud providers – Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Oracle – have contributed to the development of the specification, which has … continue reading
SUSE updates Linux servers, cloud native and edge technologies
As organizations continue to transform themselves with generative AI, cloud native and edge technologies, SUSE today announced new enhancements and innovations to its offerings. Among them are the release of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Service Pack 6, which the company said future-proofs IT workloads with a new Long Term Service Pack Support Core that … continue reading
Pure Storage platform innovations keep pace with AI’s evolution
Data storage services provider Pure Storage today announced new capabilities to its platform, including storage automation and a generative AI copilot that help businesses accelerate AI deployments. The company also announced new storage-as-a-service service-level agreements (SLAs) for its platform for cyber recovery, resilience, and site balance. A recent Innovation Race survey commissioned by Pure Storage … continue reading
NinjaOne adds mobile device management capabilities to its endpoint management platform
The endpoint management provider NinjaOne has announced that its platform now offers mobile device management capabilities. Companies will now be able to monitor their Android and Apple devices from the same interface they manage the rest of their devices. Customers will be able to use the new offering to quickly create and enforce mobile device … continue reading
Tigera announces Calico-based lightweight service mesh
Project Calico creator Tigera today has announced Calico Cluster Mesh, a lightweight service mesh created to ensure low-latency networking and security for multi-cluster Kubernetes deployments. According to Tigera, Calico Cluster Mesh “hides network complexity and simplifies service connectivity” for platform owners, DevOps teams, and SREs, by taking a new approach to secure microservices communication. Among … continue reading
Report: Gap between FinOps and DevOps/engineering teams widens
A new report reveals that as companies are building cultures of collaboration and alignment between FinOps and DevOps teams, there is a growing chasm between the teams as to responsibility for cloud costs. When FinOps drives business culture, project teams are responsible for their cloud usage, which allows organizations to align costs of product development … continue reading
DoiT launches new features to help companies improve FinOps posture
DoiT, which provides software to help simplify cloud setup, has announced new features in Cloud Navigator designed to enable better FinOps practices. Cloud Navigator is a tool that helps companies prevent cloud overspending by providing spending analytics, anomaly detection, and more. The company introduced the integration of Ava, which is a generative AI assistant that … continue reading
