Topic: microsoft
ITOps Times news digest: Moogsoft and HCL Technologies partner, Sysdig Series F, and NeuVector expands partnership with IBM
Moogsoft and HCL Technologies have announced a new partnership to deliver an end-to-end solution for remediating IT incidents automatically. This new solution will combine features from the Moogsoft Observability Cloud and HCL DRYiCE iAutomate. Benefits to customers include assured continuity, maximized operational efficiency, and reduced support costs. “Today’s fully digital enterprise produces massive amounts of … continue reading
Microsoft announces Azure Arc updates
Microsoft added new innovations to Azure Arc, a set of technologies that extends Azure management and services to any infrastructure, including on-premises, multicloud, or at the edge. Users now have access to Azure Machine Learning, which enables data scientists and developers to build, deploy and manage machine learning (ML) models. Customers can train ML models … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Akri
This week’s highlighted project is Akri, which is a new project from Microsoft for building a connected edge using Kubernetes. According to Microsoft, the edge is made up of an array of sensors, controllers, and microcontroller units (MCU) that produce data and perform actions. In order for Kubernetes to be a versatile tool for edge … continue reading
Microsoft releases an open-source, cloud-native service mesh
Microsoft is the latest company to release its own service mesh solution. The company announced the open-source project: Open Service Mesh (OSM), a lightweight service mesh that runs on Kubernetes. “It is no secret that although microservice environments enable portability, allow faster and more frequent deployment cycles, and can even enable organizations to create teams … continue reading
Citrix and Microsoft announce new partnership to provide consistent access to applications from wherever
Citrix and Microsoft announced that they are joining forces to help organizations accelerate the move to the cloud along with the adoption of digital workspaces and virtual desktops. The agreement stems from the widespread move to permanent remote work models and the companies’ goal to rethink how organizations can adapt to new remote ways of … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Cohesity’s subscription pricing, Microsoft’s new VMs, and Centrify’s ServiceNow plugin
Cohesity has announced a consumption-based subscription pricing plan. With the new pricing model, users will only be charged for the data management services used. Prior to this, customers would have to pre-purchase blocks of capacity. “More companies are embracing a consumption-based approach in order to reduce capital costs and to make adjustments on the fly … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Menlo Security partners with Microsoft, VIAVI and 3Z announce new toolkit, and Harness releases Continuous Efficiency
Menlo Security has announced that it is partnering up with Microsoft through the Microsoft Active Protections Program (MAPP). MAPP provides early access to vulnerability information to allow software providers to more quickly provide protections to their customers. “Menlo Security is pleased to partner with Microsoft to incorporate protections against newly discovered vulnerabilities before they are … continue reading
WANdisco releases LiveData Platform for petabyte scale cloud migration to Microsoft Azure
WANdisco (LSE: WAND), the LiveData company, today announced the limited public preview availability of WANdisco LiveData Platform for Azure, a new service offering available on Microsoft Azure exclusively. The WANdisco LiveData Platform features the company’s patented consensus engine which ensures data consistency, accuracy, and accessibility across any environments, be it on-premises, hybrid (on-premise and cloud), … continue reading
Microsoft unveils Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes preview
Microsoft is giving its Azure users the ability to connect and configure to any Kubernetes cluster. The company announced a preview of Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes, which works across customer data centers, edge locations and multi-cloud. Azure Arc is the company’s solution for extending Azure services and management to any infrastructure. “With Azure Arc, customers … continue reading
Microsoft announces new IT tools for remote work
Microsoft wants to help IT teams while they are working from home. The company announced the Windows Virtual Desktop, Microsoft Endpoint Manager, Azure Active Directory and the Microsoft Productivity Score. “The challenges of the work-from-home necessitated by COVID-19 will never be forgotten by anyone, especially in our IT community where 100-hour weeks were necessary to … continue reading
Report: Microsoft has highest number of vulnerabilities, but also highest patch rate
Not all assets are created the same, and the vendor you decide to place the trust of your organization’s security in might be a risky choice. A new report from Kenna Security takes a look at the risk landscape for Microsoft, Linux, and Mac assets. The report, Prioritization to Prediction: Volume 5: In Search of … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Microsoft improves snapshot management, Infoblox integrates with Ciena, and NetApp acquires CloudJumper
Microsoft is making it easier to manage snapshots in Azure Files. With Azure Backup, users can now backup, protect, and share snapshots in a reliable way. Key benefits of this new service include simple configuration, zero infrastructure needs, a flexible backup policy, comprehensive restore capabilities, protection against accidental deletion, on-demand snapshots, and alerts and reports. … continue reading
