ITOps Times news digest: IBM z15, IIC shifts focus, and Sensu and PagerDuty’s new integration
IBM has launched a new mainframe that is designed for hybrid multicloud environments. IBM z15 allows customers to better manage the privacy of customer data within those types of environments. According to IBM, z15 has been in the works for four years and features collaborations with over 100 companies. Specific data privacy controls in z15 … continue reading
Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh now available
Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh is now available. This service mesh will help simplify the connection, observability, and management of applications deployed on Red Hat OpenShift. OpenShift Service Mesh is based on other technologies in the industry, like Istio, Kiali, and Jaeger. According to Red Hat, without a service mesh, a lot of the burden … continue reading
6 Best Practices for Creating a Container Platform Strategy
Infrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders globally are facing demand from the C-level to use containers to speed up application delivery. But the rapid adoption of container technology does not necessarily mean that it is a fit for every organization. Containers can help enterprises modernize legacy applications and create new cloud-native applications that are both scalable … continue reading
Trend Micro introduces AI-powered email fraud detection feature
Cybersecurity company Trend Micro is trying to help companies better fight against identity fraud. Today, it released the latest version of its flagship security product, which includes a new AI-powered Fraud Buster feature that protects inboxes from scams and phishing attacks. According to Trend Micro, about 90 percent of the security threats it blocked in … continue reading
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall 8 aims to help streamline SD-WAN management
Barracuda Networks has announced a new version of Barracuda CloudGen Firewall. The latest version is designed to help streamline SD-WAN management, optimize cloud connectivity, and automate scalable protection in multi-cloud environments. CloudGen Firewall 8 introduces a number of new features, including direct Internet breakout optimization, WAN Path Controller dashboard, automated integration with Azure vWAN, full … continue reading
F5 showcases new NGINX solutions to improve collaboration across teams
F5 Networks unveiled new solutions at NGINX Conf today meant to improve collaboration among DevOps, NetOps, and SecOps teams. According to F5 Networks, new architectures — like microservices — are crucial in supporting digital transformation efforts, but add complexity due to tool sprawl. F5 hopes to bridge the growing gap between DevOps and more traditional … continue reading
Google launches alpha of Cloud Dataproc for Kubernetes
Google Cloud wants to empower data scientists with the release of an alpha version of Cloud Dataproc for Kubernetes. Google Cloud Dataproc provides “provides open source data and analytic processing for data engineers and data scientists who need to process data and train models faster at scale.” The company hopes the solution will empower data … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Citrix + Palo Alto Networks, Cloudreach’s Cloudamize update, and Moogsoft’s AIOps conference
Citrix has announced a new partnership with Palo Alto Networks that will expand its network protection capabilities. Through this partnership, Citrix will enable easy deployment and management of next-gen firewalls. This will provide customers with additional layers of security. “Applications and workloads are migrating to the cloud at a very aggressive rate and security needs … continue reading
Red Hat Quay 3.1 improves developer experience across distributed environments
Red Hat has improved its container registry to make it better for distributed environments. The latest release, Red Hat Quay 3.1, builds on Red Hat’s effort to make it easier for users to store, build, and deploy container images securely across diverse environments. It includes a number of new features that solidifies its manageability across … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Maesh
Earlier this week, cloud-native networking company Containous announced a new open-source service mesh. Maesh is designed to make service-to-service communications simpler for developers who are building cloud-native apps. The project is built on top of Traefik and is lightweight, easy to use, and full featured. According to Containous, Maesh will help facilitate the adoption of … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Unravel for Azure Databricks, Pulumi 1.0, and Palo Alto Networks to acquire Zingbox
Unravel Data has announced a new AI-powered solution that will allow organizations to monitor, troubleshoot, and do APM for Azure Databricks environments. Unravel for Azure Databricks will allow customers to improve the performance of their Spark jobs while gaining visibility into runtime behavior, resource usage, and cloud costs. “Unravel’s full-stack DataOps platform has already helped … continue reading
Five Reasons to Use IT Service Management and IT Asset Management Together
IT service management (ITSM) and IT asset management (ITAM) are often deployed in silos, each delivering value to their respective disciplines. However, their processes and data are interrelated. When ITSM and ITAM can be integrated, they offer a number of benefits that can help IT organizations reduce costs, improve efficiencies, and reduce downtime. Here are … continue reading
ServiceNow New York release includes mobile capabilities
ServiceNow is making it easier to do everyday tasks with its new mobile app. Powered by the Now Platform, the Now Mobile app allows users to perform tasks such as fixing IT issues, ordering computers, finding conference rooms, getting help from HR, approving purchase orders, and more. This mobile app is part of ServiceNow’s New … continue reading
Splunk acquires distributed tracing company Omniton
Splunk has announced that it is acquiring SaaS company Omniton. According to Splunk, Omniton has been innovating distributed tracing methods. Splunk explained this acquisition continues with the company’s mission of finding new ways to “deliver remarkable products to our customers, and to be a leader in observability and Application Performance Monitoring (APM) for organizations at … continue reading
