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A beginner’s guide to Hyper-V checkpoints

Hyper-V checkpoints help mitigate problems with upgrade rollouts. They can pile up, so they require some storage space and management.

By Stephen Bigelow • May 31, 2022

How to track -- and measure -- technical debt

Technical debt can grow without an organization's knowledge or control -- unless they address it at the start. Here are different methods and tools to track and manage it.

By Stephen Bigelow • May 31, 2022

Where the future of AIOps use cases will take IT ops

AIOps is poised for rapid growth and maturity as it becomes accepted in the market. Organizations should draw plans to integrate it into DevOps and systems management.

By Clive Longbottom • May 26, 2022

Whip up recipes with ‘Elasticsearch 8.x Cookbook’

Elasticsearch is a powerful and potentially complicated tool. With 'Elasticsearch 8.x Cookbook,' users can split exercises into manageable bites.

By Packt Publishing, Alyssa Fallon • May 26, 2022

5 best practices for VM patch management

'Patching is my favorite!' said no IT admin, ever. Reduce the headache by patching everything -- even the hard-to-reach components -- and testing patches before rollout.

By Brien Posey • May 24, 2022

Highlights from KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2022

Now that KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe has come to a close, check out these updates from vendors across the conference floor.

By Paul Nashawaty • May 23, 2022

Learn to work with the Office 365 unified audit log

Administrators who need to check on suspicious activities in the Office 365 platform can perform a unified audit log search to help with their investigation.

By Reda Chouffani • May 23, 2022

How to run Docker on an Azure VM

Microsoft Azure offers a lot of container management services for enterprises to choose from. One of those options is Azure Container Instances. Here's how to get started.

By Stuart Burns • May 23, 2022

instance

In object-oriented programming (OOP), an instance is a specific realization of any object.

By Andrew Zola • May 23, 2022

9 managed Kubernetes services to consider

To counter the complexity and stress of running, deploying and managing Kubernetes, turn to a managed Kubernetes service. Compare and contrast nine popular tools.

By Emily Foster • May 20, 2022

What skills will IT ops professionals need going forward?

As the field of IT ops rapidly advances, professionals and organizations need to continuously upskill in these key tech areas.

By Laura Fitzgibbons • May 20, 2022

Cisco, CNCF leader urges corporate open source contributions

Critical problems in open source security require major increases in open source contributions from enterprises -- and not just in code, according to Cisco's head of open source.

By Beth Pariseau • May 20, 2022

AMD (Advanced Micro Devices)

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is a semiconductor company, known for designing and developing computer processors and graphics technologies.

By Andy Patrizio • May 20, 2022

Use Dapr on Kubernetes to build microservices in production

Dapr is an application runtime that targets cloud-native application development. Developers can use it to streamline their workflows. Here's how.

By Deepak Dhami • May 19, 2022

Reduce cloud waste with careful DevOps cost management

To keep up with swift business demands and managing the costs of the cloud, organizations can turn to DevOps. Follow these four principles to reduce waste.

By Joydip Kanjilal • May 19, 2022

Master Boot Record (MBR)

The Master Boot Record (MBR) is the information in the first sector of a hard disk or a removable drive.

By Rahul Awati • May 19, 2022

Citi gives software supply chain security kit to OpenSSF

The financial services company's prototype system based on CNCF's software supply chain security guidelines joins OpenSSF's $150 million open source standards campaign.

By Beth Pariseau • May 19, 2022

Embattled New Relic cuts Kubernetes observability overhead

New Relic made its Kubernetes observability agent more efficient and added vulnerability management to its APM tool but is struggling financially as open source tools proliferate.

By Beth Pariseau • May 18, 2022

Proactive backup measures simplify virtual server recovery

Backups and CDP are two ways to prevent VM data loss. Backups can quickly restore data despite file recovery limits. CDP stores every piece of data in use but may lag in production.

By Rob Bastiaansen • May 17, 2022

Query event logs with PowerShell to find malicious activity

Every action on a Windows Server system gets recorded, so don't get caught by an avoidable security incident. Learn how to find potential security problems in event logs.

By Liam Cleary • May 17, 2022

Demonstrate ROI in IT with these metrics

When IT ops teams must validate a project's worth to the business to receive funding, they have to look beyond general benefits. Here are several metrics that help prove ROI.

By Tom Nolle • May 17, 2022

Red Hat CEO: We’re going SaaS-first with OpenShift

Red Hat President and CEO Paul Cormier offers a glimpse into the OpenShift roadmap as IT reckons with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and hybrid work.

By Beth Pariseau • May 12, 2022

Red Hat CEO on IBM, VMware and hybrid cloud coopetition

Two years into his tenure as Red Hat CEO, Paul Cormier discusses his company's relationship with IBM and how it's competing with its own partners in hybrid cloud.

By Beth Pariseau • May 12, 2022

Important DevOps engineer programming languages to learn

We've learned that DevOps demands some code knowledge -- but there are a lot of languages to choose from. Think about CI/CD, object-oriented languages and infrastructure as code.

By Matt Grasberger • May 11, 2022

OpenShift boosts DevSecOps with VMware Tanzu in its rear view

Red Hat expands OpenShift, with VMware Tanzu poised to capture at least some of its vast vSphere install base as enterprises get serious about container-based DevOps platforms.

By Beth Pariseau • May 11, 2022