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Red Hat bolsters Ansible-Kubernetes bond via OpenShift ACM

Red Hat previewed new ties between its Ansible Automation Platform and OpenShift Kubernetes within its Advanced Cluster Management tool, as container platform competition intensifies.

By Beth Pariseau • Oct. 15, 2020

HashiCorp launches Boundary for cloud security

HashiCorp revealed its first new open source project in five years this week: a cloud security framework for access control called Boundary.

By Beth Pariseau • Oct. 14, 2020

Channel partners help solve retail industry challenges

Retailers are exploring a range of IT strategies to overcome pressures caused by the pandemic and fierce online competition. Find out how channel partners can help.

By Esther Shein • Oct. 14, 2020

Critical TCP/IP bug gets fixed for October Patch Tuesday

The number of security updates from Microsoft dips below the average of the previous several months, but a TCP/IP bug looms large for administrators.

By Tom Walat • Oct. 14, 2020

How to evaluate VDI hardware requirements

VDI has specific hardware needs that servers hosting other virtualized workloads may not meet. Learn how to gauge VDI hardware requirements for servers, storage and more.

By Brien Posey, Stephen Bigelow • Oct. 13, 2020

Compare runbooks vs. playbooks for IT process documentation

Despite some contextual differences, runbooks and playbooks serve a similar purpose in the enterprise: to document critical processes.

By Stephen Bigelow • Oct. 12, 2020

Service mesh upstarts challenge Istio, Linkerd

Istio seemed destined for Kubernetes-like dominance in the service mesh market, but recent open source governance drama created an opening for competition from networking vendors.

By Beth Pariseau • Oct. 9, 2020

Sumo Logic ships tools for AWS, Kubernetes observability

Sumo Logic has rolled out AWS and Kubernetes observability tools with automated root cause analysis. Users say they offer easy setup at an affordable price.

By Beth Pariseau • Oct. 8, 2020

Oracle launches Cloud Observability and Management Platform

Oracle's new Cloud Observability and Management Platform seeks to appeal to customers with complex multi-cloud and on-premises environments.

By Chris Kanaracus • Oct. 7, 2020

QEMU 5.0 continues a legacy of emulation

Admins looking for an alternative tool for emulating hardware should consider QEMU, which supports x86, PowerPC, ARM and SPARC architectures.

By Paul Ferrill • Oct. 7, 2020

Rancher Kubernetes bolsters security, multi-cloud management

Rancher Kubernetes stays ahead of competitors in multi-cloud management with version 2.5, but will its innovation and SUSE's backing be enough to fend off Red Hat and VMware?

By Beth Pariseau • Oct. 6, 2020

How to start DevOps: A step-by-step guide

DevOps can be a grand departure from an IT organization's status quo. Follow these seven basic steps for a phased transition that staff will champion.

By Will Kelly • Oct. 6, 2020

Compare VMware HA vs. DRS to prevent host failure

VMware HA and DRS are vSphere tools that provide high performance and continuous operability. Understanding the different use cases between these technologies is essential.

By Brien Posey • Oct. 2, 2020

Exchange Server vNext will have subscription requirement

The news from Microsoft from this year's Ignite show for Exchange administrators was: You can keep your on-premises email platform, but you'll have to pay for it like Office 365.

By Tom Walat • Oct. 2, 2020

Build and deploy a microservice with Kubernetes

Ready to run microservices in production? Follow along to create a containerized microservice and deploy it on Kubernetes in this step-by-step tutorial.

By Prateek Singh • Oct. 2, 2020

Microsoft 365 E3 vs. Office 365 E3: What admins need to know

The rumors of Office 365's death have been greatly exaggerated. Microsoft still offers an Office 365 E3 plan, but how does it stack up to the Microsoft 365 E3 plan?

By Reda Chouffani • Sept. 30, 2020

VMware Tanzu Kubernetes strategy hits integration milestone

VMware follows competitors in shipping a fully integrated Kubernetes infrastructure package, but vSphere tie-ins and a strong AWS partnership will bolster its enterprise appeal.

By Beth Pariseau • Sept. 30, 2020

Manage containerized microservices with a service registry

It's easier than ever to spin up a containerized app, but that ease has created a problem: How to keep track of containerized microservices. Turn to service registries and orchestrators.

By Clive Longbottom • Sept. 30, 2020

VMware, Nvidia team up to extend IT infrastructure for AI

VMware and Nvidia signed a partnership to create a new architecture for hybrid clouds and to democratize AI by making it available more broadly across enterprises.

By Ed Scannell • Sept. 30, 2020

VMware buys SaltStack for security, configuration management

The acquisition of SaltStack will help VMware build event-driven security automation and configuration management into vRealize Automation, as open source Salt gains VMware's backing.

By Beth Pariseau • Sept. 29, 2020

Clearing up the Nano Server vs. Server Core confusion

The debut of Windows Server 2016 contained a lighter server OS deployment to replace Server Core, but then Microsoft made a drastic change that still has some admins puzzled.

By Tom Walat • Sept. 29, 2020

An overview of Xen Cloud Platform components, features

Xen's open source product, XCP, enables admins to perform various virtualization operations, such as live migrations and VM lifecycle management.

By Brian Kirsch • Sept. 28, 2020

Jenkins CI/CD roadmap plots a path toward GitOps

Open source Jenkins now has a public roadmap, which shows plans to address user experience issues, at a time when enterprise IT pros favor 'everything as code' to foster GitOps.

By Beth Pariseau • Sept. 24, 2020

3 key ways DevOps benefits a business

DevOps adoption can strain an organization. Is it worth the effort? Here's what a business should expect to gain when implementing DevOps and continuous delivery.

By Adam Fowler • Sept. 24, 2020

Tips for a smooth DevSecOps transformation

DevSecOps is a natural progression of DevOps and spreads security responsibilities to other IT teams. Where to begin? Here are core concepts, helpful tools and ways to learn more.

By Will Kelly • Sept. 24, 2020