Tag: infrastructure as code
Serverless Computing: Taking DevOps to the Next Level
Serverless computing enables you to outsource information, thus freeing teams to focus on front-end work. Organizations choose serverless when they look for faster and easier ways to release updates and patches. DevOps ...
IaC and Kubernetes: A Natural Pairing
Using IaC with Kubernetes helps standardize Kubernetes cluster configuration and manage add-ons Infrastructure as code (IaC) is the ability to provision and manage infrastructure using a configuration language. It offers repeatability, transparency ...
How IaC Bridges the Divide Between DevOps, Security
IaC provides a connection between security and DevOps teams in a subtle, non-intrusive manner Companies often choose DevOps as means to provide value and responsiveness through rapid, high-quality service delivery. Instead of ...
5 Capabilities Network Infrastructure Must Have to Support DevOps
Karthik Krishnaswamy | | application deployment, CI/CD, containers, IaC, infrastructure as code, network infrastructureAccording to the Accelerate 2019 State of DevOps report, high-performing DevOps organizations achieve over 200 times more frequent deployments and over 2,600 times faster recovery times than low performers. These outcomes have ...
Accurics Makes Infrastructure as Code More Secure
Mike Vizard | | application workload, code security, developers, devsecops, IaC, infrastructure as codeFresh off raising $5 million in funding, Accurics today launched a platform that analyzes the code employed to manage infrastructure as code for vulnerabilities as well as indicators of drift to create a ...
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 ...
Comparing Three Approaches to Multi-Cloud Security Management
Gary Stevens | | cloud management, Cloud Management Platforms, Cloud Security, cloud-native, CMP, IaC, infrastructure as code, multi-cloud securityMoving to a multi-cloud environment can bring many advantages, but it also brings huge challenges in managing both the everyday operations and security of multi-cloud infrastructures. To meet these challenges, several approaches ...
Rackn Extends Reach of IT-as-Code Framework
Mike Vizard | | automation, bare-metal infrastructre, infrastructure as code, IT management, virtualizationRackn announced the Digital Rebar platform it created to automate the provisioning of bare-metal infrastructure now can be applied simultaneously across multiple physical sites. Company CEO Rob Hirschfeld said Digital Rebar 4.3 ...
Infrastructure as Code and Six Key Automation Concepts
Rob Hirschfeld | | CI/CD pipelines, Composable automation, Dynamic Infrastructure, IaaS, IaC, infrastructure as code, Programmatic ConfigurationThis summer, I walked into an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) flame war because I was blissfully unaware of just how broadly IaC had been reinterpreted. Reviewing the comments, it’s clear that thinking ...
From Pets to X-as-Code: Enabling Control and Predictability for ITOps at Scale
Bill Mulligan | | cloud-native, infrastructure as code, ITOps, KubeCon, kubernetes, predictability, x-as-codeAmy Wheelus, vice president of network cloud at AT&T, recently spoke about declarative predictability at the Open Networking Summit in Antwerp. AT&T is the world’s largest telecommunications company providing mission critical communication ...
Speaking the Language of Applications
Maya Ber Lerner | | application automation, applications, Configuration Management, immutable infrastructure, infrastructure as code, infrastructure automationI arrived early to a meeting, and the pleasant security guard at AT&T suggested I take a look at their innovation museum while I wait. Among motion picture sound technology and life-size ...
Why Your Test Automation Is Failing
Maya Ber Lerner | | Automated testing, eaas, IaC, infrastructure as code, test automation, test environmentsIf you have been investing in test automation, but it’s not getting you where you think it should, it could be that you approached it superficially. One of the most common issues ...
