Topic: it
Enterprise architecture is coming out of its “winter”
Through the years, interest in enterprise architecture has felt like somewhat of a roller coaster, with organizations recognizing its importance one minute and then deciding they don’t need it the next. In a recent episode of ITOps Times’ podcast “Get With IT,” Paul Homan, a distinguished engineer at IBM and the CTO for the industrial … continue reading
Lumos launches App Governance Platform to cut IT spending while maintaining security
The newly launched Lumos App Governance Platform automates access requests, enforces least privilege, speeds up user access reviews, and eliminates extra SaaS app spending. Lumos is dedicated to bridging the gap between IT, security, compliance, and finance by providing support for the most important functions for businesses in this economic climate, namely, cost management and … 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
Edge computing posing new opportunities for IT
As Edge Computing adoption continues to soar there is also very high demand for Edge Computing solutions that support mission critical applications and data. Recent research found that mission critical Edge Computing adoption will increase by more than 45 percent and be a $10 billion market by 2026 – it’s beginning to follow a pattern … continue reading
Palo Alto Networks announces partnership with Zoom to create solutions to help IT troubleshoot issues
Palo Alto announced an integration between its Autonomous Digital Experience Management (ADEM) which is part of Palo Alto Networks’ Prisma Access and Zoom Quality of Service Subscription (QSS), which is an add-on to the video communication platform Zoom that provides details about network traffic. The integration is part of a commitment to create joint solutions. … continue reading
3 Pillars for Success in Managing Today’s Hybrid Cloud IT Infrastructure
For IT operations teams, it’s not so much that the rules have changed. The game has changed. It wasn’t that long ago that teams were able to employ some proven, long-standing tools and approaches and be effective in their work. Now those legacy approaches may present an increasing liability with each passing day. In recent … continue reading
Tenable announces new exposure management platform
Tenable today announced the release of Tenable One, an Exposure Management Platform to unify discovery and visibility into all assets to assess their exposures and vulnerabilities across an entire attack surface. The platform brings the organization’s entire attack surface (both on-premises and cloud-based) into a single view. It aggregates vulnerability data across the IT infrastructure, … continue reading
Amazon WorkSpaces announces support for Ubuntu
The team at Amazon recently announced that Ubuntu desktops can now be provisioned for developers, engineers, or data scientists. With this, virtual desktop users are enabled to have more choices as well as gain access to new categories of workloads. Support for Ubuntu also offers virtual desktop administrators a consistent experience regardless of whether they … continue reading
Cloudflare releases updated distributed object storage solution
Cloudflare R2 Storage, the distributed object storage that eliminates egress costs, is now generally available. The new version gives developers an S3-compatible API for seamless migration and an integration with Cloudflare Workers, a highly scalable serverless computing platform. “Egress fees are nothing but a tax on developers, stifling innovation and creativity. We are redefining the … continue reading
TidalScale announces upgrade that greatly reduces server failure rates
The TidalScale 4.1 update will dramatically improve overall system reliability, availability, and serviceability to reduce server failure rates. “The cost of server downtime, whether planned or unplanned, has never been higher. Enterprise customers are experiencing server hardware failures at a rate never seen before, often resulting in significant financial losses for their business,” said Gary … continue reading
Report: Nearly half of companies rely on outdated backup and recovery infrastructure
Nearly half of companies are using outdated, legacy backup and recovery infrastructure to manage and protect their data, according to a survey commissioned by data management company Cohesity. The survey of more than 2,000 IT and SecOps professionals in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand was conducted this April and was … continue reading
ITOps Open-Source Project of the Week: Waltz
Waltz is an open-source project that lets users visualize and define their organization’s technology landscape developed by Deutsche Bank. Deutsche Bank released the project in early 2018 to help users make smarter decisions on technology investment. “A core belief behind Waltz is that technology information should be accessible by everyone within your organisation. Furthermore employees … continue reading
