Catchpoint launches Internet Resilience Program
Catchpoint has introduced its Internet Resilience Program, formerly called Black Friday Assurance. This program bolsters its Internet Performance Monitoring (IPM) platform by providing an expert team of engineers on-demand. These experts assist in maintaining the performance and resilience of websites and applications during high-peak times like product launches, holidays, tax seasons, and travel surges. Many … continue reading
Google promises 10 years of updates on Chromebooks
Google wants its customers to be able to use Chromebook devices for a long time, and is announcing that from now on all Chromebooks will get 10 years of updates. This is more than any other operating system commits to today, the company claims. The 10 year update period will begin automatically in 2024 for … continue reading
ITOps Open-Source Project of the Week: Grafana Beyla
In an effort to simplify application observability adoption, Grafana introduces Grafana Beyla, an open-source eBPF auto-instrumentation tool currently in public preview. Beyla offers span information for fundamental transactions and RED metrics (Rate-Errors-Duration) for Linux HTTP/S and gRPC services, all without the need for manual code modifications to insert probes. eBPF, short for Extended Berkeley Packet … continue reading
ngrok launches Global Server Load Balancing to improve performance and resiliency
Ngrok announced its always-on Global Server Load Balancer (GSLB). This service automatically directs both end-user traffic and agent traffic to the nearest Point of Presence (PoP) based on latency, without the need for additional configuration. This feature is now active by default for all ngrok customers, providing faster and more reliable experiences for end users. … continue reading
SentinelOne launches new tool for simplifying incident management
SentinelOne is launching Singularity RemoteOps Forensics, a digital forensics product that helps companies of all sizes simplify incident response, making investigations and responses faster and more efficient. “As timelines for reporting and responding to breaches shrink, it is imperative that security teams have advanced forensics capabilities that make investigations faster and more efficient, and with … continue reading
Vultr and Virtuozzo team up to offer composable multicloud management
Cloud-computing platform Vultr has announced a new partnership with Virtuozzo, a cloud platform orchestrator. Through the partnership they will deliver “scalable and composable multicloud application management,” Vultr said. According to Vultr, companies are increasingly turning to managed service providers (MSPs) to deal with complex environments. As a result, the managed services market is expected to … continue reading
NVIDIA partners with two Indian companies to build AI supercomputer in India
NVIDIA has announced a partnership with the Indian corporations Tata Group and Reliance Industries to build an AI supercomputer in India using NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper Superchips. According to NVIDIA, this supercomputer will bring access to advanced AI capabilities to thousands of organizations across India. NVIDIA explained that GH200 “marks a fundamental shift in computing … continue reading
Mezmo launches Welcome Pipeline to unlock Kubernetes insights faster
Kubernetes has become a staple in orchestrating containerized applications. However, despite its utility, Kubernetes-deployed applications and infrastructure generate a ton of data, according to Mezmo in a blog post. While this data can reveal important key performance indicators (KPIs) like system performance, latency, and user behavior metrics, getting those insights is often tricky due to … continue reading
Upbound launches Spaces to help companies manage their control planes
Upbound, the company known for the Crossplane open-source project, has introduced “Spaces,” a new feature allowing platform teams to deploy managed control planes in self-managed environments. Upbound’s managed control planes offer improved scalability, declarative APIs, and Git integration, catering to a range of self-managed needs, including air-gapped and private cloud environments. These control planes help … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Fluentd
Fluentd is an open-source log collector that is intended to help companies gain a better understanding of their data. It unifies all parts of processing log data, including collecting, filtering, buffering, and outputing logs. This is made possible because all data is structured in JSON as much as possible. It also utilizes a flexible plugin … continue reading
Cloudflare launches unified data protection suite, Cloudflare One
Cloudflare is on a mission to protect data wherever it lives, having recently launched products for data loss prevention (DLP) and the Cloudflare Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB). Now the company builds on that foundation with the launch of Cloudflare One Data Protection Suite. “Data is an organization’s most valuable asset, and protecting that data … continue reading
D2iQ platform adds AI assistant to address Kubernetes skill gap
D2iQ Kubernetes Platform (DKP) version 2.6 introduces DKP AI Navigator, an AI assistant designed to help enterprise organizations address the skills gap associated with adopting cloud-native technology. The new update integrates AI and automation to streamline Kubernetes management and provides robust support for AI workloads, fostering innovation for customers, according to the company in a … continue reading
IBM releases new capabilities to help customers with compliance in hybrid cloud environments
IBM is expanding its IBM Cloud Security and Compliance Center in order to help its customers better protect their data and assess risks in hybrid cloud environments. According to a survey the company conducted, 77% of business leaders have adopted hybrid cloud, but over half of respondents are concerned about security and think compliance in … continue reading
Lacework launches new community to broaden access to cloud security knowledge
The cloud security company Lacework is hoping to provide cloud security professionals with better access to resources and information with the launch of its new community. This new Lacework Community will include discussion forums, a knowledge base, events, and courses. Discussion forums will cover topics specific to Lacework as well as general cloud security topics. … continue reading
