Lenovo Looks to Automate Edge Computing
Lenovo is extending its IT automation framework for provisioning IT infrastructure out to edge computing platforms. Charles Ferland, vice president and general manager for networking and communications service providers at Lenovo Data Center Group, said the Lenovo Open Cloud Automation (LOC-A) framework provides a single pane of glass through which IT teams can not only […]
Decoding the Modern Enterprise Software Spaghetti
Modern enterprise software architecture is growing increasingly complex. Organizations are jumping on the digital transformation bandwagon in growing numbers. They are striving to become more agile and continuously deliver new code, whether on-premises or to support cloud migration efforts. In the process, IT teams are amassing an ever-growing inventory of applications and databases, which generally […]
Does Agile Methodologies Work for IT Infra?
Recently, I had a fascinating conversation with my old friend Joe–the name has been changed but the conversation is real and unedited–an IT Infrastructure program manager from a large IT service provider. After a bit of chit-chat on weather and football, we started talking about infrastructure in a typical large enterprise. Joe: I am not […]
Cisco Extends Ansible Support to Advance DevOps
Cisco Systems announced today that it is further embracing the open source Ansible automation framework on its storage area network (SAN) platform as part of an effort to extend best DevOps practices to IT infrastructure. The latest version of the Cisco MDS 9700 platform modules automates tasks such as VSAN configuration, device-alias and zoning configuration. […]
DevOps: ‘Tidying Up’ Your Cloud for Greater Value
Have you watched Netflix lately? Even if you haven’t, you may have heard of the phenomenon that is Marie Kondo, a tidying consultant who helps families organize their lives to reduce wasted space, material items and time. While watching her carefully organize peoples’ closets, I began to draw parallels between this process and cloud management. […]
Red Hat Tightens CloudForms Integration with Ansible
Red Hat has tightened integration between CloudForms, its tool for managing IT infrastructure on-premises and in the cloud, and the its Ansible framework for automating IT operations. Pete Cruz, product marketing manager for management for Red Hat, said version 4.7 of Red Hat CloudForms and Ansible together promise to make it easier to manage multiple […]
AWS Finally Embraces On-Premises IT
Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced this week it will make available instances of its IT infrastructure available in on-premises IT environments, which it will then manage on behalf of customers. The announcement was made at its AWS re:Invent 2018 conference. AWS CEO Andy Jassy said AWS Outposts platforms, scheduled to be available in 2019, will […]
Rackspace Aims to Push VMware Everywhere
Rackspace is expanding its efforts to provide managed services for private clouds based on VMware that can now be deployed anywhere. Peter FitzGibbon, vice president and general manager of VMware at Rackspace, said Rackspace Private Cloud Everywhere, powered by VMware, is making an effort to provide infrastructure services that enable IT organizations to devote more […]
DevOps and Cloud: A Symbiotic Relationship Aimed at Business Success
DevOps and cloud computing are not mutually exclusive, though their relationship has often been uncertain and confusing from a layman’s perspective. While cloud computing relates to technology and services, DevOps is more about processes and process improvement. However, both DevOps and cloud computing are vital in every organization’s journey toward an effective digital transformation. Cloud-centric […]
Why an Enterprise 5-Year Cloud Plan Must Focus on Serverless
While most of us have looked at the beginning of the new year as the time to set our personal resolutions for the next 12 months, enterprises have already started to execute their plans for the year ahead. But, that’s part of a problem. Too often major organizations move from year to year on a […]
Top 3 Challenges of Adopting Microservices as Part of Your Cloud Migration
Many organizations embark on cloud migrations to achieve scalability, cost-efficiency and higher application performance. IDC estimates 60 percent of worldwide enterprises are migrating existing applications to the cloud. With the promise of greater flexibility, a reduction in overhead and the potential for significant cost savings, it’s a logical decision. But instead of performing a “lift […]
Red Hat Survey Sees Broad Adoption of Microservices
A new survey from Red Hat shows the extent to which IT organizations are moving to modernize their IT environments: More than two-thirds of respondents (69 percent) reported they are using microservices for both new applications and re-architecting existing ones. The survey, which includes responses from 168 IT professionals employing either Red Hat JBoss middleware […]
Is Your Company’s IT a Disaster Waiting to Happen?
Recent IT disasters suggest gaps in hardware testing, backup system testing and inadequate disaster recovery plans. Although the summer often is the most profitable season for most airlines, this past summer wasn’t great for several of the largest carriers. In July, Southwest Airlines suffered a 12-hour IT outage, triggered by a router malfunction that quickly […]
Clone your entire IT infrastructure in the cloud at the push of a button
Rapid development and deployment is a hallmark of DevOps. The faster pace doesn’t change the need for testing applications before they’re pushed to production, or QA testing the code and infrastructure, though. The tricky part for many organizations is that different groups need access to the same environment, and creating duplicate environments can be tedious. […]
Simplify and expedite server management
Deploying, managing, and maintaining servers can be tedious. Deploying, managing, and maintaining thousands, or tens of thousands of server instances is overwhelming—bordering on impossible—without the right tools. Thankfully, the right tools exist. The Pain of Doing Things the Hard Way I know I am dating myself, but when I was an IT admin for a […]