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How will Microsoft role-based certifications affect admins?

IT administrators should already know that the only constant for Microsoft products is change. Certifications are the next thing to get an overhaul.

By Tim Warner • April 25, 2019

Choose between 5 hosted hypervisors based on features, use cases

Hypervisors such as VMware Workstation, VMware Fusion, VMware Horizon 7, Oracle VM VirtualBox and Parallels Desktop provide value to small data centers in different ways.

By Stephen Bigelow • April 25, 2019

Compare the top 5 bare-metal hypervisors

Hypervisors such as VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix Hypervisor, RHV and Oracle VM Server for x86 provide value to enterprise-level data centers in different ways.

By Stephen Bigelow • April 25, 2019

How to properly prep a container infrastructure

To deploy containers in production, an organization must put in place the appropriate infrastructure. Here are the specific steps to take to begin that process.

By Kurt Marko • April 24, 2019

Rancher’s Kubernetes updates boost security, UI performance

Enterprise IT pros expect changes to Rancher's Kubernetes management tools to bolster security configuration and UI performance.

By Beth Pariseau • April 23, 2019

Potential PowerShell telemetry raises security concerns

When admins discovered the PowerShell team proposal for additional telemetry, some bristled; however, the data collection could mean a better management language for IT pros.

By Kristen Gloss • April 23, 2019

Adjust IT operations roles and responsibilities for cloud

More organizations migrate to the cloud with each passing day. Learn how embracing soft skills can smooth the transition of dedicated ops staff to cloud industry roles.

By Brian Kirsch • April 23, 2019

Kubernetes underpins Docker container technology dominance

Given the ever-evolving nature of enterprise technology, some IT predictions just never come to be. Let's see how one particular forecast for Docker containers held up.

By Emily Mell • April 22, 2019

Virtualization cost-savings methods for IT administrators

The biggest costs in any virtualization environment tend to be licenses, hardware acquisition, support and maintenance, so that's where you should look for ways to reduce expenses.

By Brien Posey • April 19, 2019

Self-service analytics at Accenture boosts knowledge workers

Accenture's enterprise analytics and AI models are helping the firm on a number of fronts, including determining sales opportunities, pricing deals and complying with internal and customer expense policies.

By John Moore • April 19, 2019

4 types of virtualization IT admins should know

Server virtualization is a fact of life for most IT admins, but there are other types of virtualization -- network, storage, desktop and application -- that IT pros should know.

By Margaret Jones • April 19, 2019

Test your Kubernetes terminology expertise with this quiz

Can you ace this quiz on Kubernetes architecture and component terminology? Assess your knowledge of these terms and whether you need to hit the books -- or online documentation.

By Alyssa Fallon • April 19, 2019

CloudBees’ acquisition of Electric Cloud broadens focus

CloudBees folds in Electric Cloud and pledges to broaden its focus beyond Jenkins, while customers wait and see how that might impact long-term roadmap plans.

By Beth Pariseau • April 18, 2019

Manage Elasticsearch documents with indices and shards

Before they can put the search capabilities of Elasticsearch to use for their organization, admins need to properly organize and manage documents via indices, shards, replicas and mapping.

By Walker Rowe • April 18, 2019

Use Elasticsearch shard allocation to distribute workload demand

Learn how to use Elasticsearch shards to distribute data storage and retrieval across physical resources, as workload demands grow.

By Walker Rowe • April 18, 2019

What service does the Microsoft WSSD program provide?

A do-it-yourself approach with hyper-converged infrastructure can lead to trouble when software-defined features just won't work. See how the WSSD program can prevent issues.

By Stephen Bigelow • April 17, 2019

Manage Windows containers and Hyper-V containers with these tools

You can use a number of tools for Windows and Hyper-V container management, including Docker and PowerShell, depending on your experience and skill set.

By Nirmal Sharma • April 16, 2019

4 Windows Server 2019 storage features to ease management

Microsoft includes storage features in Windows Server 2019 to ease migration and create highly available and scalable software-defined storage in data centers.

By Kristen Gloss • April 16, 2019

Enterprise DevOps growth evident in CI/CD, container data

CI/CD tool sets combine with containerization development to create fertile ground for IT organizations to grow into DevOps practices.

By Emily Mell • April 16, 2019

How do I avoid Exchange security certificate issues?

Exchange SSL certificates keep communications secure, so it's important avoid the bargain bin when shopping for them.

By Edward van Biljon • April 15, 2019

Evaluate key service mesh benefits and architecture limitations

Service mesh technologies can provide request routing, authentication and even health checks. IT organizations that handle container and microservices deployments should plan to maximize the benefits of service mesh, and address implementation concerns, before going all-in.

By Kurt Marko • April 15, 2019

Opsgenie integrations expand under Atlassian

Opsgenie's induction into the Atlassian fold reflects a trend of incident management tools' absorption into broader DevOps platforms, but not every user prefers a one-stop shop.

By Beth Pariseau • April 12, 2019

VMware-Heptio acquisition strengthens Kubernetes management

In its acquisition of Heptio, VMware positioned itself as a potential leader in the open source Kubernetes management market. However, the company must still fill in some gaps.

By Paul Korzeniowski • April 11, 2019

Automate Windows configurations with Boxstarter and Chocolatey

Follow this Boxstarter tutorial to install the open source tool, and use it alongside PowerShell, Chocolatey and GitHub gists for streamlined and repeatable Windows configurations.

By Dan Franciscus • April 11, 2019

Cloud Foundry PaaS undergoes seismic shifts as IT evolves

Cloud Foundry undergoes drastic changes as infrastructure automation technology develops, to the point where some industry experts see more erosion than evolution.

By Beth Pariseau • April 10, 2019