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AWS partner ecosystem finds bigger deals in Marketplace

An economic analysis suggested channel companies benefit when they conduct transactions on the hyperscaler's online selling platform; more IT channel news.

By John Moore • June 20, 2022

Splunk .conf22 focuses on scaling observability for the cloud

The Splunk .conf22 event highlighted different ways companies can expand their observability practices at multi-cloud scale to gain a competitive edge.

By Scott Sinclair • June 20, 2022

7 principles of observability in modern applications

Organizations must keep these seven principles top of mind when monitoring and organizing data to institute observability practices that resolve problems quickly.

By Kerry Doyle • June 17, 2022

Fielding IT management challenges: Supply chain edition

As IT operations teams grapple with global supply chain disruptions and a skills shortage, they must work with IT leadership to make some tough decisions.

By Brian Kirsch • June 17, 2022

How to learn Golang: A DevOps engineer’s experience

While some languages don't provide much proprietary support for new learners, Go makes it simple for anyone interested in the language to pick up the basics in a couple hours.

By Matt Grasberger • June 17, 2022

Splunk AIOps development to be led by new ‘hands-on’ CEO

Splunk product development will be led by the company's new CEO following another high-ranking exec's departure, prompting speculation about the vendor's long-term priorities.

By Beth Pariseau • June 16, 2022

How to set up automated log collection with PowerShell

Gathering logs from on-premises Windows Server systems or Office 365 cloud services is a necessary but tedious job. Try a PowerShell script to ease the pain.

By Liam Cleary • June 16, 2022

room-scale virtual reality (VR)

Room-scale (or roomscale) virtual reality (VR) is the use of clear space to allow movement for someone using a VR application such as a VR game.

By Rahul Awati • June 16, 2022

Address Hyper-V VM network issues for peak performance

Microsoft Hyper-V can sometimes experience poor network performance or connectivity problems. When that happens, there are several things you can do to resolve the problem.

By Brien Posey • June 16, 2022

Splunk Enterprise users push more data into DevSecOps

Splunk shops are expanding their collection of log and observability data to offer developer self-service, correlate ops with security alerts and consolidate edge management.

By Beth Pariseau • June 15, 2022

Microsoft fixes Follina zero-day for June Patch Tuesday

A Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool flaw disclosed on May 30 and exploited in the wild gets resolved in this month's batch of security updates.

By Tom Walat • June 15, 2022

Common use cases for observability

These use cases for observability enable an organization to dig deeper into its systems monitoring and analysis to get ahead of potential issues and alert IT staff.

By Clive Longbottom • June 13, 2022

distribution list

In email applications, a distribution list is a list of email addresses that can be mass mailed via automation without having to add members individually.

By Katie Terrell Hanna • June 10, 2022

virtual switch (vSwitch)

A virtual switch (vSwitch) is a software program that enables one virtual machine (VM) to communicate with another.

By Alexander Gillis • June 10, 2022

DevSecOps demands focus on developer experience, IT pros say

It's not enough to set up an approved path to production to establish DevSecOps, experienced platform engineers say; developer experience and collaboration are equally important.

By Beth Pariseau • June 10, 2022

OpenTelemetry inspires CDF’s event-driven architecture plan

The CDEvents project and others like it aspire to standardize how CI/CD pipeline tools share data, filling a role similar to OpenTelemetry's in the observability realm.

By Beth Pariseau • June 9, 2022

New CD Foundation GM fights CI/CD pipeline fragmentation

Former Ericsson engineer Fatih Degirmenci will coordinate between CDF projects and CNCF working groups to secure software supply chains and ensure interoperability among tools.

By Beth Pariseau • June 8, 2022

The 3 pillars of observability: Logs, metrics and traces

Logs, metrics and traces offer their individual perspectives on system performance. When analyzed together, they provide a complete picture of your infrastructure.

By Chris Tozzi • June 7, 2022

In digital transformation, telecom needs a partner boost

Legacy business models and risk avoidance leave many telecom firms behind in the race to innovate, but the partner ecosystem could spark their progress; more IT channel news.

By John Moore • June 6, 2022

Ubuntu snap vs. apt: Which package manager to use and when

Choosing an appropriate package manager depends primarily on your organization's specific IT ecosystem. Determine when snap or apt is the better call.

By Chris Tozzi • June 6, 2022

DevOps goals and objectives for a smooth adoption roadmap

Start your organization's DevOps adoption journey with the right set of metrics -- and drill down from there. And while no two orgs are the same, they share some key goals.

By Stephen Bigelow • June 3, 2022

Kubernetes multi-cluster users tap service mesh alternatives

Istio service mesh is back in the spotlight since joining the CNCF, but the foundation's existing projects are preferred by IT pros focused on multi-cluster Kubernetes resiliency.

By Beth Pariseau • June 2, 2022

How to set up a K3s cluster

Admins have choices when it comes to selecting a Kubernetes distribution. One such option is K3s, which can be used for development or production. Here's how to get started.

By Chris Tozzi • June 2, 2022

DevOps architect vs. engineer: What’s the difference?

DevOps engineers and architects work in the same environment, but their roles, skills and experience differ. Learn what each entails and how to prepare for one over the other.

By Tom Nolle • June 1, 2022

intelligent system

An intelligent system is an advanced computer system that can gather, analyze and respond to the data it collects from its surrounding environment.

By Robert Sheldon, Ivy Wigmore • June 1, 2022