Why Nokia Bell Labs created UNEXT to transform networking and communications
Earlier this month, Nokia Bell Labs announced an evolution of UNIX that promises to transform networking. Unified Networking Experience, or UNEXT, aims to reduce the complexity that communications systems have today. “The situation that we have in networking basically is today we have seen the network becoming more and more complex, because with the advent … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Katran
Katran is an open-source layer 4 network load balancer (L4LB) developed by Meta. L4LBs are load balancers that operate on packets, not application level requests, Meta explained. According to Meta, typically, L4LBs are important in managing latency and scaling the number of backend servers in an environment. The company says that the key benefits of … continue reading
AWS launches separate cloud for EU customers to help with data sovereignty
AWS is launching a new solution aimed at companies operating in the European Union (EU). The new AWS European Sovereign Cloud is separated from the existing AWS Regions in the area and includes more options for deployment. The company launched this new cloud in an effort to help companies meet “data residency, operational autonomy, and … continue reading
Drowning in Cloud Native Infrastructure Data
I’m not sure I felt it at the time, but before I had kids I had life figured out. I could do what I wanted, when I wanted and I could generally stay on top of life. Finances were easy (comparatively), and my schedule was my own to determine once I’d finished work. Checking in … continue reading
Lacework updates cloud security platform with new integrations, more options
The cloud security company Lacework has announced updates that aim to provide customers with more choices when it comes to securing multicloud environments. The company now offers support for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), giving customers another option to use with its cloud security posture management solution. This is in addition to previous support for AWS, … continue reading
Microsoft Security Copilot enters Early Access
Users wanting to try out Microsoft Security Copilot now have the chance to do so through the company’s Early Access Program. Microsoft Security Copilot was first announced in March 2023 and, according to Microsoft, customers using it in preview have saved up to 40% of time on core security operations tasks like writing complex queries … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: k3s
K3s is a certified lightweight Kubernetes distribution specifically tailored for IoT and Edge computing environments. It is optimized for unattended, resource-constrained, and remote locations or within IoT appliances. K3s is packaged as a compact binary of less than 70MB, streamlining the installation, operation, and automatic updates of a production Kubernetes cluster. This distribution supports both … continue reading
Druva launches new conversational AI, Dru
The data backup company Druva is hoping to provide customers with a more seamless way to engage with their backups with the introduction of its generative AI interface, Dru. The new conversational AI capabilities will enable customers to reduce protection risks, gain insights into their protection environment, and navigate their solution in a customized interface. … continue reading
Trend Micro unveils new cloud container security capabilities
Trend Micro has introduced enhanced container security features for its main endpoint security platform, focusing on providing comprehensive protection, detection, and response for secure digital transformation. Trend Vision One Container Security’s capabilities allow analysts to expedite and improve incident prioritization, potentially reducing the time spent on container security incidents by up to two weeks, the … continue reading
Linkerd Enterprise launched as first enterprise-focused distribution of Linkerd Service Mesh Project
Buoyant, the company behind Linkerd, has introduced Linkerd Enterprise, a commercial distribution of Linkerd tailored for enterprise users. It enhances the open-source Linkerd with features specific to enterprise needs, such as zero trust and FIPS 140-2 compliance, a sophisticated cost-aware load balancer, automation for lifecycle management, and additional functionalities to support enterprise adoption. “Over the … continue reading
Alluxio launches new data platform for AI
Alluxio has launched Alluxio Enterprise AI, a high-performance data platform tailored to meet the growing needs of AI/ML workloads within enterprise data systems. This new platform combines performance, data accessibility, scalability, and cost-efficiency to support advanced data-intensive applications such as generative AI, computer vision, natural language processing, large language models, and high-performance data analytics in … continue reading
BackBox introduces automated vulnerability detection and remediation solution
The network automation platform BackBox has announced a new capability that will enable IT teams to more easily discover network vulnerabilities, prioritize CVEs, and automate remediation. Network Vulnerability Manager (NVM) offers capabilities like classification of vulnerabilities by threat level; remediation by configuration changes, network and firewall OS upgrades, and patches; built-in backups, single-click roll-backs, and … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Cilium
Cilium provides eBPF-based networking, observability, and security for container workloads. It enables users to secure network connectivity between application services deployed using Linux container management platforms like Kubernetes. Cilium is built upon a Linux kernel technology known as eBPF. This technology allows for the real-time integration of robust security, visibility, and network control logic directly … continue reading
Ubuntu 23.10 introduces deeper integration for admin tools and more secure app discovery
Canonical has announced the latest release of its Linux distribution, Ubuntu. Ubuntu 23.10 (codename Mantic Minotaur) introduces deeper integration for admin tools, upgraded app discovery, and support for Raspberry Pi 5 and SiFive HiFive Pro P550. According to Canonical, up until this release, administrators were required to adjust their workflow depending on whether they were … continue reading
