The migration to Microsoft Azure
One of the first things cloud architect Bill Zack did after moving from Connecticut to Nashville in 2013 was to form a Microsoft Azure User Group. Launched with just four initial members, the Nashville Azure User Group has a membership well above 800 and growing. “It’s been exploding,” Zack says of the user group in … continue reading
Splunk agrees to acquire VictorOps
Splunk, first in delivering “aha” moments from machine data, today announced a definitive agreement to acquire VictorOps, Inc., a leader in DevOps incident management. Under the terms of the agreement, Splunk will acquire VictorOps for a total purchase price of approximately $120 million, subject to adjustment, to be paid in cash and Splunk securities. The acquisition … continue reading
PagerDuty aims to reduce the IT noise with Event Intelligence
PagerDuty has announced the release of PagerDuty Event Intelligence. PagerDuty Event Intelligence analyzes incoming digital signals and human response patterns, then uses automation to identify issues quickly. This allows teams to take action on critical software issues and opportunities. According to the company, the solution is designed for teams that are responsible for software, infrastructure, … continue reading
CoreOS launches Operator Metering
After open sourcing the Operator Framework last month, CoreOS has announced the release of Operator Metering. Operator Metering is a component of the Operator Framework designed to provide a way to gain insights on the usage and costs it takes to run and manage Operators. “Today, management teams want to understand more concretely where budget … continue reading
Erasing the silos that inhibit effective IT incident response
While serving on the front lines of major incident response, the last thing enterprise IT teams need is to have to consult an org chart to determine the right participants across several functional areas. Whether delivering new services or restoring services after a disruption, the core components of the development and production squads: DevOps, IT … continue reading
Google Compute Engine gets sole-tenant nodes
Google has announced the beta release of sole-tenant nodes on Google Compute Engine. Sole-tenant nodes are physical Compute Engine servers designed to host VM instances for users’ specific projects. “Normally, VM instances run on physical hosts that may be shared by many customers. With sole-tenant nodes, you have the host all to yourself, Google’s product … continue reading
OpsRamp 5.0 improves visibility into multi-cloud environments
OpsRamp has announced a major update to its SaaS platform. OpsRamp 5.0 is designed to provide greater visibility for multi-cloud environments and includes a new AIOps inference engine. According to the company, this release will enable enterprise IT teams to optimize cloud costs, speed up incident response, leverage data-driven insights for IT operations and embrace … continue reading
Puppet acquires Reflect to enhance product portfolio with powerful data analysis and visualization
Puppet, the standard for automating the delivery and operation of the software that powers everything around us, today announced it has acquired Reflect, the data-visualization-as-a-service platform. Reflect’s technology will accelerate Puppet’s product innovation, empowering customers with intuitive, modern and flexible ways to harness insights to inform their journeys to pervasive automation. “We’ve always helped customers … continue reading
Report: Security Operations Centers are understaffed
A large amount of Security Operations Centers (SOCs) are understaffed, a newly released report finds. The 2018 State of the SOC Report by Exabeam revealed 55 percent of SOC professionals feel that their SOC is correctly staffed, 45 percent believe that their SOC is understaffed and 63 percent believe that they could use two to 10 … continue reading
Cisco’s ADP cuts costs and complexities of IoT and mobile apps
With the availability of a hardware development kit (HDK) for its Aironet Development Program (ADP) and the launch of a partner’s cruise line application, Cisco is one of a number of vendors making strides in cutting the costs and complexities of IoT and mobile solutions leveraging Bluetooth LTE, WiFi, proximity, and other hardware technologies. Developed … continue reading
BMC Helix brings AI to ITSM
BMC has introduced the BMC Helix Cognitive Service Management (CSM), which aims to integrate AI and machine learning into ITSM. According to the company, this new offering will transform the service experience for end users, agents, and developers. BMC explained the solution is designed to reduce the time and effort of upgrades, derives operational efficiencies, and … continue reading
NodeSource announces N|Solid 3.2
NodeSource, the Node.js® company, today announced the release of N|Solid 3.2, the latest version of its flagship platform for managing, securing and analyzing mission-critical Node.js applications. N|Solid 3.2 features new diagnostic functionality and an improved user interface for profiling visualizations and assets, making it easier for users to efficiently monitor and manage large-scale Node.js deployments. … continue reading
Amazon EKS is now available
AWS has announced the general availability of Amazon Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes (Amazon EKS). Amazon EKS is a fully managed service for deploying, managing, and scaling containerized applications using Kubernetes on AWS. “More customers run containers on AWS and Kubernetes on AWS than anywhere else,” said Deepak Singh, director of AWS Compute Services. “Prior … continue reading
CA uses machine learning to give ITOps teams new insights
CA Technologies revealed a new advanced analytics solution at its second annual Built for Change Summit this week. The new solution is designed to help ITOps teams gain meaningful insights with minimal effort. The CA Digital Operational Intelligence solution uses machine learning to automatically ingest cross-domain data from IT operations tools. It is powered by … continue reading
