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Terraform Registry TOS change stokes open source ire

Community members allege that HashiCorp quietly changed the terms of service for its Terraform Registry in order to complicate efforts to fork the code.

By Beth Pariseau • Oct. 11, 2023

Microsoft tackles three zero-days for October Patch Tuesday

The company releases fixes for several products affected by the HTTP/2 "Rapid Reset" vulnerability to help curb widespread Distributed Denial-of-Service attacks.

By Tom Walat • Oct. 11, 2023

Discover advanced regular expressions in PowerShell

Learn how to develop more sophisticated regular expression techniques by understanding how to work with lookarounds with different operators.

By Anthony Howell • Oct. 10, 2023

How AI affects low-code/no-code for DevOps

Low-code and no-code tools expand the DevOps community in an organization and -- when coupled with AI -- can enhance the effectiveness of their workflows and products.

By Tom Nolle • Oct. 10, 2023

DisplayPort

DisplayPort is an interface for digital displays, particularly computer monitors.

By Andrew Zola • Oct. 3, 2023

A guide to the key stages of AIOps

The key stages that make up AIOps all play an important role in achieving desired results. Successful adoption hinges on a team's ability to master them.

By Kerry Doyle • Oct. 2, 2023

Now a graduated CNCF project, Istio contests complexity rep

Boasting a broader contributor base, including Microsoft, and with service mesh on the verge of going fully mainstream, Istio advocates look to shake the project's early image.

By Beth Pariseau • Sept. 27, 2023

Observability, security unity in Cisco’s Splunk acquisition

As more organizations merge security and observability, Cisco's acquisition of Splunk adds another intriguing element for IT shops to consider in their toolkits.

By Jon Brown • Sept. 26, 2023

What Cisco’s Splunk acquisition means for app modernization

Cisco's networking prowess and Splunk's data analytics power will now be under one roof. Here's what can IT teams expect with this mega acquisition between two tech giants.

By Paul Nashawaty • Sept. 25, 2023

The benefits of uniting product management with DevOps

If organizations can bring product managers deeper into the DevOps lifecycle, it can offer a competitive edge. But they must navigate through the initial challenges.

By Will Kelly • Sept. 21, 2023

IT pros react to blockbuster $28B Cisco-Splunk deal

Cisco goes through with its long-rumored acquisition of Splunk for security and observability. But the two aren't necessarily a perfect fit, according to some industry observers.

By Beth Pariseau • Sept. 21, 2023

Linux Foundation ups ante on HashiCorp, hosts Terraform fork

All eyes are on HashiCorp's response now that a community-driven fork of its Terraform infrastructure as code tool has been officially relaunched as a Linux Foundation project.

By Beth Pariseau • Sept. 20, 2023

What’s new in Microsoft Graph PowerShell v2?

The company overhauled the new version of its software development kit and updated PowerShell modules that replace legacy methods for managing Microsoft's cloud-based services.

By Liam Cleary • Sept. 18, 2023

Windows Sysinternals

Windows Sysinternals is a collection of 70 freeware utilities that Microsoft offers IT administrators and developers to help them monitor, manage, diagnose and troubleshoot Windows systems and their applications.

By Tom Walat, Jeremy Stanley, Robert Sheldon • Sept. 18, 2023

CloudBees scales its Jenkins CI, previews SaaS platform

About a year after acquiring ReleaseIQ, CloudBees prepares the fruits of its integration for launch and adds long-awaited scale-out to its commercial version of Jenkins.

By Beth Pariseau • Sept. 14, 2023

Generative AI emerges for DevSecOps, with some qualms

New and developing tools use natural language processing to assist DevSecOps workflows, but concerns linger among developers about security risks as well.

By Beth Pariseau • Sept. 14, 2023

10 common platform engineering interview questions

Platform engineering is gaining popularity across software enterprises. Job candidates can practice answering these 10 common questions to prepare for their interviews.

By Stephen Bigelow • Sept. 13, 2023

Meet MLSecOps: Industry calls for new measures to secure AI

Open source security, already in the software supply chain spotlight, must expand to include AI models, according to the OpenSSF and DevSecOps vendor JFrog.

By Beth Pariseau • Sept. 13, 2023

Microsoft solves two zero-days for September Patch Tuesday

Microsoft addresses 62 vulnerabilities this month, including a Microsoft Word flaw and a Windows bug that have both been exploited in the wild.

By Tom Walat • Sept. 13, 2023

Cisco Full-Stack Observability draws on channel clout

Cisco's latest tie-in between app security and observability doesn't break new ground, but the vendor can use its network security cachet and partners to woo enterprise buyers.

By Beth Pariseau • Sept. 12, 2023

write-back

Write-back is a technique used to cache data between the local processor or central processing unit and the final storage location, which is typically either main memory -- RAM -- or disk.

By Stephen Bigelow • Sept. 8, 2023

Server-side WebAssembly takes shape, but faces challenges

Server-side Wasm's release next quarter will provide a cleaner way to connect apps, followed by further improvements in early 2024. Will it be enough to convince skeptics?

By Beth Pariseau • Sept. 7, 2023

New features show VMware Tanzu’s impact on dev community

Despite questions of a sale, VMware Tanzu remains a strong influence in the developer community, especially with added features announced at VMware Explore 2023.

By Paul Nashawaty • Aug. 31, 2023

I/O (input/output)

I/O (input/output), pronounced "eye-oh," describes any operation, program or device that transfers data to or from a computer.

By Garry Kranz • Aug. 31, 2023

How to configure shadow copies on file servers

When you enable the shadow copies service on your shared folders, you give your end users the flexibility to restore deleted files or revert a file to an earlier version.

By Damon Garn • Aug. 29, 2023