ITOps Open-Source Project of the Week: Spacedrive
Spacedrive is an open-source cross-platform file explorer, powered by a virtual distributed file system written in Rust. Spacedrive allows users to organize files from multiple devices in a single location. It merges the storage capacity and processing power of various devices, from cloud services to offline hard drives, into a personal distributed cloud that is … continue reading
Puppet by Perforce releases new compliance features
Puppet by Perforce has announced the release of Puppet Comply 2.14.0, the latest version of the company’s tool for making sure infrastructure is secure. The company also announced updates to its Windows and Linux Compliance Enforcement Modules (CEM), which are policy-as-code modules that align with industry security benchmarks. According to Puppet by Perforce, the escalation … continue reading
Cognizant and ServiceNow partner to drive automation in IT
The IT consultancy company Cognizant and the IT software company ServiceNow have announced a new partnership aimed at helping drive adoption of AI-powered automation. The companies have been working together in other capacities for the past decade, but they believe this latest partnership will enable them to build a combined business worth US$1 billion. This … continue reading
Finout announces cost saving solution for AWS
The FinOps platform Finout has announced the release of its Cost Optimizer for AWS, which uses AI to reduce bills by up to 60%. To save customers money, it evaluates changes in usage patterns and then identifies the optimal Reserved Instance capacity that a customer needs to meet its targets. Then, if usage drops, Finout … continue reading
IBM to acquire FinOps company Apptio for US$4.6 billion
To accelerate advancing its IT automation capabilities, IBM today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Apptio, makers of FinOps software, for $4.6 billion. In its announcement, IBM noted that organizations are facing more complexity with public and private clouds and numerous service providers, and are grappling to gain visibility into … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Kyverno
Kyverno is a policy engine designed specifically for Kubernetes and the name means “govern” in Greek. The management of policies in Kyverno is done through Kubernetes resources, eliminating the need for learning a new language to write policies. This approach enables the utilization of well-known tools like kubectl, git, and kustomize to handle policy management … continue reading
InstallAware updates provide a single script that is compiled to run the same on each platform
The recent web updates in InstallAware’s Multi Platform RC 0 can deliver a singular script that can run consistently across multiple platforms. This script can manage complex user interface interactions and intricate installation functionalities. Setup commands have been designed to automatically adjust to the nuances of various operating systems, eliminating the need for manual coding … continue reading
Google Cloud expands security offerings with new AI capabilities
The new capabilities were announced at the Google Cloud Security Summit, along with new partnerships across the industry. It announced Chronicle TDIR for Google Cloud, which enables customers to ingest telemetry data into Chronicle, which is a security operations platform provided by Google. Chronicle can then correlate telemetry data with threat intelligence to detect and … continue reading
KT, NTT DOCOMO, Fujitsu, SOLiD, Keysight and ETRI Successfully Conducted Multi-vendor Interoperability Tests Using Virtualized Open RAN and Demonstrated at Global O-RAN PlugFest Spring 2023
KT Corporation, NTT DOCOMO, INC., Fujitsu Limited, SOLiD, Inc., Keysight Technologies, and Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) have successfully conducted an interoperability test using virtualized Open RAN at the 5G Testbed Center, operated by the Ministry of Science and ICT and the National Information Society Agency (NIA), which is responsible for expanding South Korea’s … continue reading
Virtana acquires OpsCruise for observability
Virtana, providers of an operations management and AIOps platform, has announced it has acquired OpsCruise, an AI-powered, cloud-native Kubernetes observability platform. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition enables Virtana to extend its support for hybrid infrastructure observability to now cover cloud-native, open source, containers and serverless functions, according to the company’s announcement. … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Volcano
Volcano is an open-source project used for running high-performance workloads on Kubernetes. Kubernetes does not natively provide batch scheduling, which is something required by many workloads, such as machine learning and deep learning, bioinformatics, and other big data applications. This is where Volcano comes in. According to Volcano, often those types of workloads run on … continue reading
Pure Storage adds ransomware recovery to Evergreen//One SLA
This week, Pure Storage is hosting its annual conference, Pure//Accelerate, and has announced a number of new things at this event. First, it announced an SLA expansion to Evergreen//One, which is a Storage-as-a-Service offering. Customers can now purchase ransomware recovery as an add-on service, and will receive technical support and professional services to help recover … continue reading
Octopus Deploy updates multi-tenancy capabilities
With the new features, Octopus Deploy is able to better help organizations deploy software to thousands of tenants. According to Octopus Deploy, it is common for organizations today to have multi-tenant deployments, where each location has its own unique requirements, such as different time zones, outage windows, or technology. “If you deploy SaaS applications or … continue reading
Okta rolls out identity solution for remote worker devices
Identity provider Okta today announced its Device Access product that gives organizations the ability to secure corporate devices for remote workers. Device Access, part of Okta’s Workforce Identity Cloud, extends the company’s identity and access management capabilities. It offers stronger authentication to unlock devices, which the company said will help organizations achieve zero trust while … continue reading
