IT Operations: Page

AWS Firecracker microVMs provide isolation and agility

Firecracker aims to bridge the gap between VMs and containers with microVMs, which are secure, lightweight instance types for stateless workloads.

By Robert Sheldon • April 10, 2019

How to upgrade Windows Server 2008 before support ends

With the end of Windows Server 2008 support drawing closer, administrators must navigate multiple obstacles, from locating old software to ensuring hardware compatibility.

By Brian Kirsch • April 10, 2019

April Patch Tuesday closes 2 zero-day exploits

In addition to Microsoft's fixes, administrators should patch holes in several Adobe products to keep attackers from creating havoc in their systems.

By Tom Walat • April 9, 2019

Build up a DevSecOps pipeline for fast and safe code delivery

It's all well and good to automate the software build process, but without proper security practices in place, the DevOps pipeline can lead developers to deploy compromised code.

By Stuart Burns • April 9, 2019

Users forge ahead with Cloud Foundry-Kubernetes integration

Complementary roles for Cloud Foundry and Kubernetes are clear to IT pros, and the community plans to knit the two more closely together with the Eirini project.

By Beth Pariseau • April 8, 2019

AI in ITSM reshapes operations practices and tasks

AI capabilities are merging within ITSM practices to augment IT's performance and enhance the user experience. Read on to learn more about AI uses for ITSM, and how to approach them.

By Doug Tedder • April 8, 2019

How to automate with PowerShell in Windows Server 2019

Microsoft developed many tools to simplify tasks in Windows Server 2019, but PowerShell skills still remain a staple of an administrator's tool set.

By Kristen Gloss • April 8, 2019

Implement these 5 ALM best practices from dev to deployment

Enterprise applications are anything but simple. To wrangle the software, resources and code of these critical apps, be smart with IT tooling, management and other aspects of support.

By Tom Nolle • April 5, 2019

Xen vs. KVM in 2019 is a no brainer

Xen might have lost the hypervisor war against KVM, but that doesn't mean it's dead. Niche use cases such as the automotive industry are keeping the open source project alive.

By Sander van Vugt • April 5, 2019

Evaluate these hyper-converged infrastructure features

There are six things you should consider when reviewing HCI platform features and functionality: optimizations, storage, hypervisors, management, expandability and integrations.

By Stephen Bigelow • April 3, 2019

How DevOps teams use a CMS for documentation, collaboration

DevOps teams should choose a CMS that enables continuous, integrated content management, and select tools for internal document sharing that build an easily searched and categorized knowledge base.

By Will Kelly • April 3, 2019

Chef licensing changes prompt debate among IT pros

IT pros who use Chef automation software have mixed reactions to the company's plan to revamp its software licensing strategy.

By Beth Pariseau • April 2, 2019

How to uninstall Exchange 2013 after a cutover migration

Don't throw a retirement party for that Exchange 2013 server and pull the plug prematurely without going through this checklist to avoid any issues.

By Theresa Miller • April 1, 2019

Google SREs test the limits of infrastructure automation

Google SRE veterans spoke publicly about infrastructure automation work, its future and its limitations.

By Beth Pariseau • April 1, 2019

Windows Server cluster sets add more protection to workloads

Microsoft stepped up its high availability game with its cluster sets technology in Windows Server 2019 to give on-premises workloads more cloudlike resiliency.

By Tom Walat • March 29, 2019

How hyper-converged infrastructure benefits virtual workloads

Realize the many advantages that HCI offers, such as streamlined virtual resource management and enhanced security and compliance practices.

By Stephen Bigelow • March 29, 2019

Hyper-converged infrastructure explained

HCI breaks down traditional IT silos by bundling compute, storage, networking and virtualization, which helps to streamline resource provisioning and management.

By Stephen Bigelow • March 29, 2019

Server 2008 R2 end of life hitting home for many in IT

As Microsoft support for Server 2008 R2 nears its sunset, a raft of complications make it difficult for many in IT to get on board with the Azure platform.

By Tom Walat • March 29, 2019

Prepare for Industry 4.0 challenges on storage, networks

With Industry 4.0 poised to grow across industries, enterprise IT organizations must ask what it will take to support this revolution. Learn how to manage the data-led transformation.

By Clive Longbottom • March 29, 2019

Got infrastructure needs? These PowerShell tutorials can help

From streamlining remote sessions to setting up an SSL certificate, these PowerShell tutorials show IT admins how to get more done with the management tool.

By Tom Walat • March 29, 2019

Don’t count out IBM virtualization on the Z platform

A mainframe can house hundreds of thousands of VMs and a wide range of workloads. Also, IBM Z provides virtualization management via Dynamic Partition Manager and Wave for z/VM.

By Robert Sheldon • March 28, 2019

Managed services companies upbeat despite economic signals

At MSPWorld, managed services executives expressed guarded optimism regarding MSP market prospects and growth potential, despite some economic concerns.

By John Moore • March 28, 2019

Prepare for ITIL framework updates in version 4

The much-anticipated release of ITIL v4 not only changes the framework's certification structure, but emphasizes many modern software development and IT service delivery practices.

By Stephen Bigelow • March 27, 2019

Evaluate the COBIT framework 2019 update

ITSM frameworks must adapt as IT changes swiftly or risk stagnation. COBIT ended its six-year silence with its 2019 update. Get an overview of the new information and how to use COBIT.

By Stephen Bigelow • March 27, 2019

Monitoring distributed systems means first, do no harm

SRE veterans who work with large, complex, latency-sensitive infrastructures say some monitoring tools can hurt the systems they're meant to help.

By Beth Pariseau • March 27, 2019