Data Management: Cloud Technology or Data Centers?
Cloud technology and data center services help business leaders with data management. But which is right for you?
Five Great DevOps Job Opportunities
Looking for a great new DevOps job? Check out these available opportunities!
Palo Alto Networks Extends CNAPP to CI/CD Platforms
Palo Alto Networks’ CNAPP now includes the ability to secure continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) platforms.
Dynatrace Adds Generative AI Capabilities to Davis Engine
Dynatrace added generative artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to the Davis engine it uses to apply machine learning algorithms to its observability platform.
Complete Guide to AWS Savings Plans
Monitoring and managing your AWS Savings Plans, as part of your overall cloud operations strategy, can help optimize your cloud computing costs.
Splunk Adds Hub to Extend Observability to Edge Computing Platforms
Splunk’s Edge Hub ingests data from sensors, industrial equipment and internet-of-things (IoT) platforms so that it can be analyzed alongside data collected from IT environments.
A DevOps Guide to IoT Technology
Internet-of-things (IoT) is a term used to describe the network of physical devices—from everyday household items to sophisticated industrial tools—connected to the internet, sharing and collecting data. With the advent of cheap computer chips and the ubiquity of wireless networks, it’s possible to make anything a part of the IoT. Add to that the exponential […]
Adopting a Low-Code GraphQL Approach to Build a Core Data Platform
Our education platform has relied on an outdated monolithic legacy application for years. It’s an outdated system built of a single service layer on top of a database designed for use cases that have evolved over the last decade. But we’re using the wealth of data in the monolith as a foundation for our current […]
How to Keep Your IT Infrastructure Invisible
IT infrastructure is critical. IT infrastructure enables businesses to run—from day-to-day operational execution to visionary strategic innovation and everything in between. What’s interesting, though, is that people are only aware of it when there’s a problem: HR can’t access the payroll application, customers are complaining about how slow the transactional system is or this month’s […]
Cloud Orchestration and its Impact on DevOps Teams
Cloud orchestration enables organizations and DevOps teams to more easily monitor, control and optimize their cloud environments.
FinOps Gaining Ground, But Progress is Slow
A CloudBolt survey found more than three-quarters of respondents said it will take two to three years to see real FinOps-driven results.
Survey Sees Value But Limited Understanding of Platform Engineering
Platform engineering is emerging as method for managing DevOps at scale, but a survey suggested that many organizations are still not clear on the concept.
Quali Adds Governance and Cloud Cost Control Tools to Automation Platform
Quali today revealed it added governance and cloud cost management tools to its Torque platform for automating IT infrastructure management. David Williams, senior vice president for market strategy at Quali, said the added governance tools will make it possible to enforce security, compliance and consumption policies as IT environments are launched using the automation blueprints […]
Pulumi Embeds Terraform Conversion Tool in Platform
At its virtual PulumiUP event, Pulumi this week announced it embedded an ability to convert instances of Terraform into its infrastructure-as-code (IaC) platform via a simple command line interface (CLI) command. In addition, Pulumi added a Review Stacks capability that automatically creates a dedicated cloud environment to review code every time a pull request is […]
HashiCorp Releases Slew of Updates to Improve DevSecOps
At a HashiDays event this week, HashiCorp launched updates to its Terraform implementation and a software-as-a-service offering, dubbed HCP Vault Secrets, that promise to simplify infrastructure security and ensure that secrets are not leaked. In addition, HashiCorp has added a self-hosted edition of its remote access security tool, Boundary, that can now also record SSH […]
Survey Finds Cloud Management Strategies Shifting
Even though organizations continue to consume cloud resources inefficiently, they continue to increase the amount of money allocated. These were among the findings of a global survey of 1,000 technology practitioners and decision-makers conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of HashiCorp. The survey found a full 94% of respondents reported that their organization struggled with […]
VMware Streamlines IT Management via Cloud Foundation Update
VMware this week updated its Cloud Foundation platform and rolled up recent updates to the company’s virtualization portfolio all at once. Version 5.0 of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) encompasses the latest versions of VMware vSphere 8.0u1 for workload management, VMware vSAN 8.0u1 for scale-out storage, VMware NSX 4.1 for networking and VMware vRealize LifeCycle Manager […]
Cloud Drift Detection With Policy-as-Code
Cloud configurations can change and change often. Introducing new technologies, releasing new features and supporting new business requirements entail a constant flow of configuration changes in web application development. However, drift occurs regardless of how well-designed your IaC implementation is. The term “drift” is used to denote a state in which the actual state of […]
US DoJ Makes PyPI Give Up User Data ¦ Tape Storage: Not Dead
In this week’s #TheLongView: PyPI complies with a “string of subpoenas,” and LTO continues to grow, despite predictions of its demise.
FinOps Foundation’s FOCUS Aims to Standardize Cloud Billing
Cloud spending is on the rise. As organizations shift more applications to the cloud, there is a growing need to optimize workloads and reduce spending when possible. But a lack of visibility into complex cloud bills often impedes these goals. This is compounded by a lack of data standardization across the multi-cloud landscape, with cloud […]
Microsoft Adds Slew of Developer Tools to Azure
At its Build 2023 conference this week, Microsoft announced general availability of an Azure Deployment Environment service that provides developers with a portal through which they can employ infrastructure-as-a-code (IaC) templates based on Terraform or Azure Resource Management files. In addition, Microsoft has enhanced Microsoft Dev Box, a workstation environment for developers that run Azure, […]
Improving DevX Gives Your Business a Boost
As organizations transform and grow, different methodologies and development tools can come together, creating an extra level of complexity for your mainframe application development teams. In a perfect world, developers would be able to focus on delivering solutions without worrying about all the infrastructure necessary to make that happen. Building a better developer experience, or […]
Boomi Brings Generative AI to Integration Platform
Boomi announced today it is applying generative artificial intelligence (AI) to enable organizations to automate integrations via a natural language interface. Boomi CEO Steve Lucas said Boomi AI makes it much simpler for professional and citizen developers alike to create integrations at scale using generative AI platforms to invoke the low-code engine that Boomi already […]