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Splunk-Cribl lawsuit over log management heads to trial
A jury trial, in which Splunk now accuses Cribl of violating the terms of the Splunk Enterprise license and its partnership agreement, is scheduled to begin April 8.
By Beth Pariseau • April 4, 2024 -
Expert Advice
Configure Kubernetes garbage collection to get rid of waste
Kubernetes garbage collection is an important task for cluster health. Learn how to configure garbage collections to your own preference to effectively manage deployments.
By Matt Grasberger • April 2, 2024 -
Expert Advice
What are the pros and cons of Microsoft Universal Print?
The modernization of many organizations revolves around the cloud and newer user devices, and a Microsoft offering could help bridge the gap with legacy printing infrastructure.
By Brien Posey • April 2, 2024 -
Expert Advice // New and updated features admins can expect in Windows Server 2025
See what’s coming in Windows Server 2025
Microsoft plans several changes to the upcoming version of Windows Server that promise more financial flexibility and boosts in security and workload performance.
By Brien Posey • March 27, 2024 -
Expert Advice
How to respond to 4 common IT alerts
IT alerts can announce server failures, congested networks and more. When they pop up, administrators need to act. Take steps to look for the source of trouble.
By Brian Kirsch, Rob Bastiaansen • March 27, 2024 -
Opinion
Cybersecurity highlights from KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe
New AI features took the spotlight at the conference, but security teams must prepare to support AI use with the right policies, controls and access.
By Melinda Marks • March 27, 2024 -
Expert Advice
Containers vs. VMs: What are the key differences?
Containers are a valuable option for deploying applications, but they have limitations and operate differently than VMs.
By Stephen Bigelow • March 26, 2024 -
Expert Advice
Xen vs. KVM: What are the differences?
Admins often evaluate Xen and KVM as open source options. The main factors to consider in a primary hypervisor are organizational infrastructure and cloud adoption interests.
By Paul Ferrill • March 25, 2024 -
Sidecarless Istio Ambient Mesh clears cloud interop hurdle
Istio's Ambient Mesh is now compatible with major cloud providers' managed Kubernetes services, available as an Amazon EKS add-on and slated for beta in the next release.
By Beth Pariseau • March 22, 2024 -
HashiCorp stock rises, users’ hearts fall on sale report
HashiCorp could be an enticing asset for a large IT vendor. But a sale wouldn't necessarily be great news for customers who value the neutrality of its cloud-native apps.
By Beth Pariseau • March 19, 2024 -
Cisco lays out security, observability plans for Splunk
Cisco disclosed broad integration plans for its $28 billion acquisition of Splunk, now officially closed, that will encompass AI, security, observability and networking.
By Beth Pariseau • March 18, 2024 -
GitOps users warned to patch 3 new Argo CD CVEs
Three recently identified vulnerabilities, one designated high severity, now have fixes following a lengthy disclosure process and disagreements about their real-world risk.
By Beth Pariseau • March 18, 2024 -
paravirtualization
Paravirtualization is a type of hardware virtualization that enables the guest operating system (OS) in a virtual machine (VM) to access the hypervisor directly, rather than indirectly through a complex abstraction layer, as is the case with conventional full virtualization.
By Robert Sheldon • March 18, 2024 -
continuous delivery (CD)
Continuous delivery (CD) is an approach for software delivery in which development teams produce and test code in short but continuous cycles to improve software quality.
By Alexander Gillis • March 18, 2024 -
CISA software supply chain security form omits SBOMs
Federal suppliers now have a self-attestation deadline amid ongoing efforts to secure software supply chains. But SBOMs' spotlight is fading and big risks remain, experts said.
By Beth Pariseau • March 15, 2024 -
What is server virtualization? The ultimate guide
Server virtualization is a process that creates and abstracts multiple virtual instances on a single server.
By Alexander Gillis, Stephen Bigelow • March 13, 2024 -
March Patch Tuesday fixes critical Hyper-V vulnerabilities
Microsoft also corrects a remote code execution flaw on Exchange Server and issues an advisory related to changes with an outdated file-scanning feature on the messaging platform.
By Tom Walat • March 13, 2024 -
Video
Learn how to use GitLab tutorial for beginners
GitLab is a complete CI/CD platform. But to really understand GitLab, you must also understand its namesake Git. This Git and GitLab tutorial will get you up to speed on both.
By Cameron McKenzie • March 12, 2024 -
Expert Advice
How to secure on-prem apps with Entra Application Proxy
There's nothing wrong with using a VPN to securely connect to on-premises web apps, but Microsoft Entra Application Proxy is an alternative with a more streamlined approach.
By Adam Fowler • March 12, 2024 -
6 common virtualization problems and how to solve them
Organizations can correct common problems with virtualization, such as VM sprawl and network congestion, through business policies rather than purchasing additional technology.
By Stephen Bigelow • March 12, 2024 -
Expert Advice
Full virtualization vs. paravirtualization: Key differences
Full virtualization and paravirtualization both enable hardware resource abstraction, but the two technologies differ when it comes to isolation levels.
By Stephen Bigelow • March 11, 2024 -
GenAI risks, rewards arise for DevOps and platform engineers
From chatbots that alleviate pressure on IT help desks to full-fledged LLMOps, DevOps and platform teams are at the forefront of enterprise generative AI adoption.
By Beth Pariseau • March 8, 2024 -
IT service delivery
IT service delivery is the way a corporation provides users access to IT services, such as applications, data storage and other business resources. IT service delivery covers design, development, deployment, operation and retirement.
By Stephen Bigelow, Gavin Wright • March 8, 2024 -
Expert Advice
What’s the difference between Type 1 vs. Type 2 hypervisor?
Choosing between the two hypervisor types largely depends on whether IT administrators oversee an enterprise data center or client-facing, end-user systems.
By Brian Kirsch, Stephen Bigelow • March 7, 2024 -
declarative programming
Declarative programming is a method to abstract the control flow for logic required for software to perform an action. Instead, it involves stating what the task or desired outcome is.
By Rahul Awati, Adam Bertram • March 5, 2024