IT as Code
How to Manage Data in Hybrid Cloud Environments
We’ve long-since established that multi-generational, multi-cloud environments are the new norm. But, how does one go about managing data in those environments? In this post, we’ll take a look at the ramifications ...
Latest Version of Open Source IPFS Improves Performance
The team behind the open source InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) announced this week that a significantly faster version of the peer-to-peer hypermedia protocol is now generally available. IPFS is a distributed file ...
NetApp Grabs CloudJumper to Manage Windows Desktops in the Cloud
NetApp today announced it has acquired CloudJumper, a provider of management tools for virtual desktops at a time when the rate at which Windows desktops are moving into the cloud is accelerating ...
Chef Updates Tool for Managing IT Infrastructure as Code
Chef today updated its tool for automating the management of IT infrastructure as part of an effort to further eliminate the need to rely on manual processes that generally fail to scale ...
Commvault Deepens Ties With NetApp to Automate Data Protection
Commvault has extended its alliance with NetApp to make it possible to recover files nearly instantaneously from an all-flash memory array. Ranga Rajagopalan, vice president of product management for Commvault, said NetApp ...
Deploying OpenStack: Pick a Distribution With These 7 Qualities
OpenStack, which turns 10 years old in July, remains the leading open source infrastructure component in private clouds. But, there is a plethora of OpenStack distributions out there, and selecting the right ...
GigaSpaces Embraces Kubernetes Alternative for DataOps
GigaSpaces has added a DataOps framework to its in-memory computing platform that provides an alternative to Kubernetes by employing Nomad software from HashiCorp as a scheduler. Yoav Einav, vice president of product ...
Managing a New Kind of Complexity in Software-Defined Networking
Software-defined networking (SDN) has moved up the enterprise IT agenda in recent years. And it’s easy to see why–in theory, SDNs are far quicker and easier to control and alter than traditional ...
Accelerating IoT by Switching Gears to 5G
Unprecedented breakthroughs in technology have often resulted in the emergence of disruptive technologies and outstanding innovations. A major development in one technology always fuels the growth and advancement of several other technology ...
AWS Adds GUI to Snow Edge Computing Family
Amazon Web Services (AWS) this week announced it has added a graphical user interface (GUI) tool dubbed AWS OpsHub for Snow Family to provide an alternative to the command-line interface (CLI) tool ...
Embracing the Journey to Public Cloud
One of the fascinating competitions in today’s business world is the one between the digital disruptors—companies whose business vision is rooted in technology and driven by the cloud—and the so-called incumbents. One ...
VMware Makes vRealize Automation Framework Available via the Cloud
VMware this week announced it has made a software-as-a-service (SaaS) edition of its vRealize automation platform generally available. Taruna Gandhi, senior director for product and technical marketing at VMware, said VMware vRealize ...

