Security-Compliance convergence offers hope against operational technology threats
Operational technology (OT) environments have increasingly come into the scope of cyberattacks as continuing IT/OT convergence has eroded the boundary between these traditionally segregated domains. Despite the network convergence, the convergence of thinking and understanding of risk as an enterprise-wide issue that transcends organizational boundaries has not kept pace. The threats and the related consequences … continue reading
Dell announces 6K monitor and new peripherals
Dell announced its new Dell UltraSharp 32 6K Monitor with IPS Black technology (U3224KB) and two other UltraSharp monitors: the Dell UltraSharp 34 Curved USB-C Hub Monitor (U3423WE), an WQHD monitor with IPS Black technology, and Dell UltraSharp 43 4K USB-C Hub Monitor (U4323QE) that enables up to four screen partitions. The new IPS Black … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Project Wisdom
Project Wisdom was created by Red Hat in collaboration with IBM to incorporate AI into Ansible to make it easier for beginners to get started with Ansible and faster to use for experts. The goal is for users to be able to enter plain English and then get back generated automation written in Ansible syntax … continue reading
2023 predictions for Infrastructure and Operations
The year that just was saw the rise in adoption of cloud-native technologies, a renewed effort in securing network systems and applications, as well as the huge volume increases in data being collected, stored and analyzed. What will 2023 bring? These industry experts weigh in with their thoughts. Chitra Balasubramanian, CFO, CircleCI Embrace curiosity and … continue reading
ITOps Times open source project of the week: Crossplane
Crossplane is an open-source project that provides infrastructure as code (IaC) for managing cloud native applications and infrastructure. It is designed to enable users to declaratively manage their cloud resources using a single, unified interface, rather than needing to use the individual APIs and tooling provided by different cloud providers. Crossplane aims to provide a … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Wireshark
Wireshark is an open-source network protocol analyzer. It is used to enable companies to go deeper into what’s happening in their networks. Key features include live capture and offline analysis, standard three-pane packet browser, and VoIP analysis. Live data can be read from sources like Ethernet, IEEE 802.11, PPP/HDLC, ATM, Bluetooth, USB, and more. Data … continue reading
Vercel launches Edge Functions
Vercel launched Edge Functions, which are JavaScript, TypeScript, or WebAssembly functions that are generally both less expensive and faster than traditional serverless functions, according to the company. Since the beta launch over the summer, Vercel added the ability to place Edge Functions into a specific region, added support for WebAssembly, and improved performance. With the … continue reading
New Relic Expands Technology Partner Ecosystem with Over 100 Integrations
SAN FRANCISCO – December 15, 2022 – New Relic (NYSE: NEWR), the all-in-one observability platform for every engineer, announced it has expanded its partner ecosystem to help organizations mature their observability practices. The company has grown its technology partner ecosystem by over 25% to date in 2022, and now offers integrations with 500+ cloud services, … continue reading
Microsoft update renders signed driver malware obsolete
Back in October, Microsoft was informed that drivers certified by Microsoft’s Windows Hardware Developer Program were being used in a malicious way in post-exploitation activity. Microsoft was made aware of this activity by security companies SentinelOne, Mandiant, and Sophos and were quick to perform an investigation. Christopher Budd, senior manager of threat research in the … continue reading
Tigera announces Calico Security Policy Recommender improvements
Tigera introduced Calico Security Policy Recommender improvements such as security policy recommendations for namespaces, FIPS compliance for use by federal agencies, and new dashboards. The ability to recommend policies at the namespace level along with policies at the pod level enables users to add microsegmentation without worrying about application-level changes. This is useful for customers … continue reading
Catchpoint rolls out internet performance monitoring solutions
Catchpoint, long a player in the monitoring and observability space. today announced the release of capabilities that will help organizations ensure the resilience of what the company is calling “the internet stack.” With the release, the company is ramping up for its next phase, focusing on Internet Performance Monitoring (IPM), as businesses have become more … continue reading
Forrester: Public cloud market to reach $1 trillion by 2026
Forrester predicts that by 2026, the global public cloud market will surpass $1 trillion. However, this growth won’t be without its challenges. Potential challenges include intense competition among large cloud providers, regulatory and political tensions fragmenting the market, and edge computing vendors stealing some of the share of IT spending away from cloud. Another finding … continue reading
Jeli.io introduces socio-technical learning center
The incident analysis platform Jeli.io today announced the launch of a new socio-technical learning center within the Jeli platform. Socio-technical systems refers to the approach to complex organizational work design that takes into account the interaction between people and technology in the workplace. This learning center is intended to improve organizational resilience by placing an emphasis … continue reading
Canonical Kubernetes 1.26 is now available
Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, today announced that Canonical Kubernetes 1.26 is now generally available for both distributions, Charmed Kubernetes and MicroK8s. This release comes following the company’s release of upstream Kubernetes on December 8th. With this release, users gain access to MicroK8s bootstrap and control plane providers for Cluster API. According to the company, … continue reading
