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CI/CD tutorial: How to set up a pipeline

A CI/CD pipeline saves time and ensures software quality during development. Follow this tutorial to level up your project and reduce developer workload with automation.

By Matt Grasberger • Feb. 3, 2022

Active Directory tree

An Active Directory (AD) tree is a collection of domains within a Microsoft Active Directory network.

By Rahul Awati • Feb. 3, 2022

How to approach and instate automated IT documentation

Automation can improve workflows, even when it comes to documentation. However, the process isn't foolproof. Here's what you need to know to get started.

By Clive Longbottom • Feb. 3, 2022

Network security gets a boost in Windows Server 2022

Secured-core server is a major new security feature in Windows Server 2022, but Microsoft also introduced multiple ways to keep network connections protected in its new server OS.

By Brien Posey • Feb. 1, 2022

Enterprise AIOps quietly gets real

Machine learning algorithms are being used to automate some aspects of enterprise IT operations, but the original goal of advanced self-healing systems is still a long way off.

By Beth Pariseau • Jan. 31, 2022

Compare the features in the Windows Server 2022 editions

Microsoft unveiled a Datacenter Azure edition to go with the traditional Standard and Datacenter editions. See what else is new with this server OS release in this breakdown.

By Brien Posey • Jan. 28, 2022

Manage your IT service contracts to save money

IT contracts amount to paperwork, which IT staff members tend to hate. But it's critical to manage service contracts to prevent runaway bills -- and unused features carrying a price tag.

By Brian Kirsch • Jan. 28, 2022

Microsoft Endpoint Manager (MEM)

Microsoft Endpoint Manager (MEM) is a cloud-based solution that is designed to address the challenges associated with deploying, managing and securing devices in the enterprise.

By Brien Posey • Jan. 26, 2022

Weaveworks Magalix buy points to GitOps beyond Kubernetes

The merger between the GitOps platform company and a policy-as-code startup amounts to a bet that declarative code is about to become the new standard for IT management.

By Beth Pariseau • Jan. 26, 2022

Apply policy-as-code best practices to reap benefits

A spinoff of infrastructure as code, policy as code applies its core principles to policy management and implementation. Here's why -- and the best way -- to adopt it.

By Kurt Marko • Jan. 25, 2022

Product mindset to steer DevOps platform, ITSM M&A in 2022

ITSM tools, DevOps platforms and value stream management are converging amid an enterprise move away from IT projects and toward a strategic product mindset.

By Beth Pariseau • Jan. 24, 2022

service desk

An IT service desk is a communications center that provides a single point of contact (SPOC) between a company, its customers, employees and business partners.

By Katie Terrell Hanna • Jan. 24, 2022

Discover the benefits of virtualization for ROBO

Virtualization brings cost benefits and saves time for IT teams that oversee ROBOs. Effective implementation requires cloud-based management tools and enough network bandwidth.

By Paul Korzeniowski • Jan. 21, 2022

physical to virtual (P2V)

Physical to virtual (P2V), also called hardware virtualization, refers to the migration of physical machines to virtual machines (VMs).

By Ben Lutkevich, Brien Posey, Alexander Gillis • Jan. 21, 2022

Create an SSH key with GitHub for network access

SSH keys are a network security method that verifies the identity of the user or application seeking access to a system or other application. Create and store yours in GitHub.

By Stuart Burns • Jan. 20, 2022

ServiceNow throws AI at digital transformation ROI problem

Companies report they aren't getting their money's worth out of digital transformation projects. ServiceNow's new AI-based software looks to up the value of such projects.

By Ed Scannell • Jan. 20, 2022

Choose the best Docker image for the job at hand

There are a lot of varied options for container images. And although that freedom of choice breeds flexibility, it can also make it easy to choose the wrong one.

By Stuart Burns • Jan. 19, 2022

virtual to virtual (V2V)

Virtual to virtual (V2V) refers to the migration of an operating system (OS), application program and data from a virtual machine (VM) or disk partition to another virtual machine or disk partition.

By Rahul Awati • Jan. 19, 2022

An introduction to DevOps on AWS

Here's a breakdown of the AWS tools an organization can use to run DevOps practices, along with a quick tutorial that demonstrates how to use them to build a CI/CD pipeline.

By Prateek Singh • Jan. 18, 2022

Exchange Server woes continue on January Patch Tuesday

Exchange Server admins who had to cope with a Y2K22 error to start the new year have three more vulnerabilities of varying levels of severity to resolve for Patch Tuesday.

By Tom Walat • Jan. 12, 2022

AIOps vendor BigPanda raises $190 million

The vendor's funding round was led by Advent International and Insight Partners. BigPanda plans to use the funds to build out its machine learning technology and product teams.

By Esther Shittu • Jan. 12, 2022

How to reduce the cost of Kubernetes

Is your Kubernetes bill getting out of hand? Luckily, there are ways to reduce costs. Take these five steps to lower costs without losing functionality.

By Tom Nolle • Jan. 11, 2022

VMware Tanzu GA gives Cloud Foundry pros a Kubernetes leg up

VMware Tanzu Cloud Foundry users plan to move forward with the TAP Kubernetes platform, but VMware will be challenged to unseat Red Hat, SUSE and other competitors.

By Beth Pariseau • Jan. 11, 2022

virtual

In computing, the term virtual refers to a digitally replicated version of something real, whether it's a machine, a switch, memory or even reality.

By Rahul Awati • Jan. 10, 2022

The Red Hat ecosystem: Then vs. now

Red Hat remains one of the most influential open source companies. Linux no longer stands at the center of the Red Hat ecosystem -- but it hasn't disappeared from it either.

By Chris Tozzi • Jan. 10, 2022