The Benefits of Self-Service Infrastructure
Self-service infrastructure offers numerous advantages that help businesses become more efficient and agile.
How to Solve the GPU Shortage Problem With Automation
What can teams do when facing a quota issue and the cloud provider runs out of GPU-based instances? Automation is the answer.
Broadcom Survey Surfaces Drive to Consolidate Automation Platforms
A Broadcom survey found more than three-quarters of respondents are moving to consolidate cloud automation tools and platforms.
From DevOps to the Future: The Evolutionary Leap to Platform Engineering
Platform engineering is extending the principles that made DevOps so successful to meet the challenges and opportunities of the new tech era.
Cisco Aligns With Nutanix on Hybrid Cloud Computing
Cisco and Nutanix announced a strategic partnership through which the two companies will collaborate to advance hybrid cloud computing.
VMware Looks to Streamline Multi-Cloud Computing Management
VMware integrated its console for managing cloud instances with its VMware Cloud Foundation to streamline on-premises deployment of its software.
How Platform Engineering Bridges the IT and DevOps Divide
A key area where companies can eliminate expensive waste and increase time to value is the relationship and workflow between IT and developers. Enter platform engineering.
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 Surfaces Raft of Enterprise IT Challenges
Less than a third of enterprises are extremely confident that they have the right technology, processes and people in place to execute an effective approach to IT management.
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.
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 […]
Why You Need a Multi-Cloud and Multi-Region Deployment Strategy
As I began writing this article, I encountered some technical challenges in my attempt to provision three cloud providers in three separate regions to simulate multi-cloud and multi-region deployments. I couldn’t get one of the regions to behave as I expected when provisioning the environment. As it turned out, the region (and by association, cloud) […]
Optimizing SaaS With Automation and Zero-Touch IT
For the first time in 10 years, businesses have slowed their frenetic pace of SaaS adoption. Based on recent BetterCloud research, the average enterprise today uses 130 SaaS applications. While that represents an 18% increase from last year, it’s worth noting that it’s the slowest annual growth rate since we began tracking SaaS usage in […]
env0 Extends Workflow Platform for Provisioning Infrastructure
env0 today announced it has added support for additional infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools and the Microsoft Azure DevOps platform to its workflow automation and management platform. Fresh from raising an additional $35 million in funding, env0 CEO Ohad Maislish said while Terraform remains the most widely used IaC tool, there are now more organizations using alternatives […]
Cloud Management Issues Are Coming to a Head
A survey of 1,300 technology and data executives found that more than a decade after the initial rise of cloud computing, organizations are still struggling to manage these environments. Conducted by Wakefield Research on behalf of NetApp, the survey found 98% of respondents reported their business has been impacted by everything from the increasing complexity […]
Enfabrica Makes Cloud Networking Performance Advances
Enfabrica Corp. today emerged from stealth at the MemCon conference to launch a class of processors for networking in cloud computing environments that are optimized for moving data between CPUs, graphical processor units (GPUs), accelerators and memory. Enfabrica CEO Rochan Sankar said the Accelerated Compute Fabric (ACF) enables scalable, streaming, multi-terabit-per-second movement of data in […]
IT Teams Need to Do More With Increased Budgets
A survey of 600 C-suite and IT decision-makers published today found the majority of organizations are trying to make increased IT budgets stretch even further as costs rise and the number of workloads deployed continues to increase steadily. Conducted by SoftwareOne Holding AG, a provider of software and IT services, the survey found 93% of […]
Akamai Makes Case For Next Era of Cloud Computing
Akamai Technologies today unveiled a cloud computing service that combines its ability to deploy applications at the edge with the cloud platform it gained via its acquisition of Linode. Shawn Michels, vice president of product management for compute and apps at Akamai, said Akamai Connected Cloud will provide the foundation for running a new generation […]
Report Affirms Continued AWS Cloud Dominance
A report published this week by Wiz, a provider of a cloud security platform, found more than half of organizations (57%) are using multiple clouds, with 22% currently using three or more platforms. However, the report also noted that 72% of all workloads are running on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud. Among organizations that […]
Azure Migration Strategy: Tools, Costs and Best Practices
Azure migration refers to the process of moving applications, data and other resources from on-premises or other cloud environments to Microsoft Azure, which is a cloud computing platform and service offered by Microsoft. Azure migration can include migrating virtual machines, databases and storage to Azure, as well as re-architecting applications to take advantage of Azure […]
AppSec in the Cloud: What DevOps Teams Should Know
Cloud application security refers to the measures and controls that are put in place to protect cloud-based applications and data from cyberthreats, unauthorized access and data breaches. These measures can include technical controls such as encryption, access controls and secure networks, as well as operational controls like policies and procedures for managing and securing data […]