FinOps Foundation releases cost and usage specification
The FinOps Foundation has released a version 1.0 preview of FOCUS, its specification for keeping a sharp view of cloud spending. FOCUS — the FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification — is designed to demystify cloud costs and make it easier to show and report value, according to the foundation’s announcement. It said that FOCUS “is … continue reading
The undefined path to AIOps
A success path is often prescribed and can be seen as formulaic in a way. There are critical milestones to continue progression and an ultimate goal to achieve. But AI has upended how companies look at their technology goals and associated success paths. The ability to apply machine learning and AI models means that a … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Sparkplug
Sparkplug is an open-source specification from the Eclipse Foundation that provides MQTT clients with a framework for integrating data from applications, sensors, devices, and gateways. MQTT is a messaging protocol for sensors and mobile devices, often used in IoT. The Sparkplug specification was designed specifically for use in Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) architectures. “The … continue reading
Gremlin adds custom test suites, reliability scores
The chaos engineering company Gremlin has updated its reliability testing suite with new features like custom test suites, reliability scores, and enterprise-wide dashboards. The new enhancements are designed to provide site reliability engineers with ways to customize their reliability standards and measure progress on those standards. Admins can now create their own test suites to … continue reading
Yotascale Unleashes Generative AI on Cloud Operations to Reinvent Cloud Cost Management
Yotascale, the leading choice for cloud cost management in modern digital organizations, today announced Yota AI Assist, the first-ever FinOps Copilot powered by Generative AI. Yotascale users – CTOs, CFOs, FinOps, and engineers alike – gain access to an intelligent agent that can systematically explore their company’s cloud cost drivers eliminating 95% of the human-centric … continue reading
Palo Alto Networks updates Prisma SASE with enhancements to Zero Trust, user experience
Palo Alto Networks is introducing new updates to its platform that will help companies achieve Zero Trust security with its Prisma SASE application. Prisma SASE is a cloud-native architecture that integrates SD-WAN and security. “The strong force of distributed resources is shaping today’s organizations – workers are hybrid and applications are increasingly moving to the … continue reading
CrowdStrike Falcon Go update stops ransomware attacks and prevents data breaches
CrowdStrike unveiled a significant update for CrowdStrike Falcon Go, aimed at providing enhanced cybersecurity protection for small and medium businesses (SMBs). This release is designed to effectively combat ransomware attacks and prevent data breaches, offering improved security measures for organizations in this size category. “Cyberattacks and ransomware should be words that no SMB should ever … continue reading
Report: 97% of consumers are bracing for cyberattacks to continue getting worse in 2024
Nearly all consumers are feeling like the number of cyberattacks that happen isn’t going down in the next year. Ninety-seven percent of respondents to a survey conducted by ThreatX said cyberattacks will either increase or remain the same in 2024, and 94% say that cyberattacks will be more difficult to defend against. In addition, 69% … continue reading
Canonical releases low-touch cloud solution MicroCloud
Canonical has officially released MicroCloud, an open-source cloud solution, as part of its expanding cloud infrastructure portfolio. The new solution enables IT professionals to deploy clouds to their environment using a single command, with all of the orchestration handled for them. MicroCloud is specifically designed for scalable clusters and edge deployments across various enterprises. The … continue reading
New Relic launches APM solution for AI apps
New Relic has introduced its New Relic AI Monitoring (AIM), an application performance monitoring (APM) solution designed specifically for AI-powered applications. AIM was made to offer engineers enhanced visibility and insights throughout the AI application stack, facilitating easier troubleshooting and optimization of AI applications in terms of performance, quality, cost, and responsible AI use, according … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Pixie
Pixie is an open-source observability tool for Kubernetes applications. Pixie uses eBPF to automatically capture telemetry data without manual instrumentation. Users can swiftly access metrics, events, traces, and logs without code modification through dynamic eBPF probes and ingestors. The system enables easy integration without requiring changes to the existing codebase, allowing users to delve into … continue reading
PerfectScale announces carbon emission visibility for AWS, Azure, and GCP Kubernetes
PerfectScale has introduced new capabilities enabling users to visualize, monitor, and mitigate the carbon footprint of Kubernetes clusters operating in AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform. Through the platform’s handling of cloud resources, enterprises can effectively reduce costs and improve the environmental sustainability of their applications, according to the company. The widespread adoption of Kubernetes … continue reading
LogicMonitor brings generative AI to IT operations teams with new Co-Pilot
The observability platform LogicMonitor is releasing a new generative AI solution, LM Co-Pilot, that can be utilized by IT operations teams. According to a recent survey conducted by the company, over a quarter of IT leaders responded that they had deferred troubleshooting an incident to a development team. LM Co-Pilot was designed to enable IT … continue reading
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.3 released, RHEL 8.9 out in a few weeks
Red Hat has announced the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.3, with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9 coming in the next few weeks. These releases include updates designed to support containers, including an expansion of the Podman integration already present in RHEL. Podman is a tool for deploying, running, building, and sharing Linux … continue reading
