Topic: microsoft azure
ITOps Times news digest: BetterCloud + OneLogin, Open Systems + Microsoft Azure Sentinel, and GigaSpaces funding
SaaSOps provider BetterCloud has announced a new partnership with identity and access management company OneLogin. Together the two companies will work to automate end-to-end User Lifecycle Management (ULM). Specifically, the companies will help with onboarding and offboarding, mid-lifecycle management, and security and data protection. Open Systems announces Microsoft Azure Sentinel integration Microsoft Azure Sentinel will … continue reading
Report: Microsoft Azure is more popular than AWS among large enterprises
AWS is leading the market in terms of total revenue, but a recent Goldman Sachs survey has revealed that Microsoft is the most popular supplier of cloud services, especially among large enterprises. Goldman Sachs surveyed 100 IT executives at Global 2000 companies, and 56 executives claimed to have been using Microsoft Azure for cloud infrastructure … continue reading
Azure Dedicated Host now available in preview
Microsoft has introduced a new Azure service that allows virtual machines to be run on single-tenant servers. With Azure Dedicated Host, organizations are able to more easily address compliance requirements for physical security, data integrity, and monitoring, according to the company. This new solution also aims to provide greater control over underlying hardware infrastructure, number … continue reading
Citus brings coveted extensions to Microsoft’s Azure database PostgreSQL service
While Microsoft’s recent acquisition of PostgreSQL database provider Citus Data moves the company deeper into the open source world, it addresses a far greater need to bring more scale to the Azure database-as-a-service portfolio. Microsoft’s focus on open source across the board is no longer in dispute. It’s now safe to say that Microsoft has … continue reading
Microsoft releases public preview of Azure Service Fabric Mesh
Microsoft has announced that it is making the preview of the Azure Service Fabric Mesh available to everyone, after having been in private preview for the last few months. Azure Service Fabric is a scalable distributed systems platform for building and managing scalable microservices and container-based application on Windows and Linux. With the service, developers … continue reading
Puppet is on a mission to help their customers fully embrace automation
Puppet has announced the addition of several new products to its portfolio, with the overall goal of helping customers accelerate their journey to automation. It has also revealed new additions to its partner ecosystem to help with this mission. “In order to harness the potential of the latest technologies, CIOs must execute on a roadmap … continue reading
Data virtualization allows businesses to reap the benefits of the cloud, survey says
Organizations are eager to adopt cloud-based architectures. According to a cloud usage survey conducted by Denodo, 76 percent of respondents are using the cloud and 45 percent of them leverage a hybrid cloud model. More than half of the participants are planning a cloud initiative this year. The survey was based off of responses from … continue reading
