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How to integrate and monitor Kubernetes with New Relic

New Relic might be best known as a DevOps monitoring tool, but it can also help improve observability into your Kubernetes clusters. Follow this tutorial to get started.

By Brien Posey • Oct. 12, 2022

Microsoft resolves Windows zero-day on October Patch Tuesday

The company released mitigation instructions for two Exchange Server zero-days discovered late last month but had no security updates to close the flaws on the email platform.

By Tom Walat • Oct. 12, 2022

What IT pros need to know about low-code limitations

Low-code environments promise to simplify and speed up software development, but their limitations can create challenges for enterprise IT. Compare models for low-code adoption.

By Tom Nolle • Oct. 11, 2022

Compare container orchestrators Apache Mesos vs. Kubernetes

Exploring options for container orchestration? Kubernetes' popularity doesn't mean it's always the best choice. Discover the tradeoffs and use cases of Mesos vs. Kubernetes.

By Chris Tozzi • Oct. 7, 2022

HashiCorp Waypoint public beta adds fresh take on PaaS

The sales pitch for HashiCorp Waypoint sounds a lot like traditional PaaS, but its technical approach may be uniquely well-suited to the recent rise of DevOps platform engineering.

By Beth Pariseau • Oct. 7, 2022

What we can learn from the top DevOps articles of 2022

From runbooks to open source tools and self-service portals, 2022 was a big year for DevOps. IT teams preparing for 2023 should brush up on their understanding of DevOps.

By Emily Foster • Oct. 6, 2022

ServiceNow buys Era Software to unify observability strategy

ServiceNow's acquisition of Era Software looks to strengthen the company's position in the observability market and make digital transformation projects easier to implement.

By Ed Scannell • Oct. 6, 2022

Splunk suit claims Cribl built on stolen log management IP

Former Splunk employees and industry watchers reacted to a lawsuit filed by Splunk this week alleging that Cribl's business is based on stolen log management code.

By Beth Pariseau • Oct. 6, 2022

Terraform Cloud continuous validation inches toward GitOps

Terraform is already part of the GitOps workflow for some enterprises, but a new continuous validation feature could increase its overlap with tools such as Argo CD and Flux.

By Beth Pariseau • Oct. 6, 2022

How to manage stateful containers with Kubernetes

Organizations can reap the benefits of containers for stateful applications by using Kubernetes to maintain state in application processes and components.

By Prateek Singh • Oct. 5, 2022

HashiCorp cloud security evolves via Boundary, Consul, Vault

With the debut of Boundary on HashiCorp Cloud Platform, along with updates for Vault and Consul, the vendor lays the foundation for a long-term product strategy.

By Beth Pariseau • Oct. 5, 2022

How to stop ransomware: 4 steps to ransomware containment

Even with the best security efforts, ransomware sometimes breaches organizations' defenses -- but IT teams can prevent a ransomware attack from escalating with these four steps.

By Brian Kirsch • Oct. 4, 2022

Dynatrace overhauls AIOps back end, beefs up log analytics

The AIOps vendor unveiled a new approach to data management that has enterprise customers such as BT hopeful it could eliminate the need for separate log analytics products.

By Beth Pariseau • Oct. 4, 2022

How to decide on what Office 365 add-on licenses to use

Missing certain functionality and want to supplement your subscription to Office 365 or Microsoft 365? Find out what extras make sense for your organization.

By Liam Cleary • Sept. 30, 2022

memory management unit (MMU)

A memory management unit (MMU) is a computer hardware component that handles all memory and caching operations associated with the processor.

By Paul Kirvan • Sept. 29, 2022

Cloud Custodian spans FinOps, SecOps cloud policies

Users such as Avalara and HBO Max use Cloud Custodian to manage cloud cost and security policies, as the project's founders prepare Kubernetes support to rival OPA and Kyverno.

By Beth Pariseau • Sept. 29, 2022

Open core vs. open source: What’s the difference?

Open core software has gained attention as an alternative to open source and proprietary models. Learn how open core differs from open source and the two approaches' pros and cons.

By Stephen Bigelow • Sept. 29, 2022

Consider Azure AD group-based licensing for Office 365 users

Administrators who manage many users can go one step further toward streamlining license assignments by taking advantage of a new feature from Microsoft.

By Reda Chouffani • Sept. 28, 2022

CloudBees ReleaseIQ buy renews CI/CD pipeline, SaaS support

The newly acquired startup adds SaaS-based low-code views into multiple tools and doesn't require upfront integration work, as CloudBees regroups after recent upheavals.

By Beth Pariseau • Sept. 28, 2022

Creating an effective change management process for IT ops

Handling changes is challenging in complex virtualized environments with extensive automation and dependencies. Learn what IT teams need to know for effective change management.

By Clive Longbottom • Sept. 28, 2022

Explore the pros and cons of Go for DevOps

Author and Docker engineer Teiva Harsanyi explains the benefits of Golang -- including why he sees it as the future of back-end development -- and how to avoid common pitfalls.

By Lev Craig • Sept. 26, 2022

How do I maintain an Azure VM static IP during a reboot?

Microsoft Azure users can assign static IP addresses to VMs, but doing so has notable downsides as well as benefits. Learn how and why to assign static IPs to Azure VMs.

By Stuart Burns • Sept. 23, 2022

non-uniform memory access (NUMA)

Non-uniform memory access, or NUMA, is a method of configuring a cluster of microprocessors in a multiprocessing system so they can share memory locally.

By Rahul Awati • Sept. 22, 2022

IT pros pan government software supply chain security advice

As the prospect of federally mandated SBOM drives up usage of the software supply chain security tech, the government's documentation so far adds to risky confusion, experts say.

By Beth Pariseau • Sept. 22, 2022

Aqua adds software supply chain security to DevSecOps mix

A new software supply chain security module for Aqua's platform correlates runtime security monitoring with pre-deployment scans as IT pros look to merge disparate tools.

By Beth Pariseau • Sept. 20, 2022