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4 FAQs to help master KVM management

When it comes to managing KVM, admins should do their homework and research common questions to better understand the technology and ensure peak performance.

By Stefani Muñoz • July 31, 2020

Office 365 Advanced eDiscovery goes beyond search basics

Microsoft streamlines the efforts to find pertinent documents and other data with help from the artificial intelligence embedded in the platform's analytics technology.

By Adam Fowler • July 31, 2020

New Relic pricing plummets with product overhaul

New Relic dropped pricing for a newly unified set of IT monitoring tools, as it faces fresh competitive pressures and users adjust to cloud-native complexity.

By Beth Pariseau • July 30, 2020

Styra policy builder eases access to IT compliance as code

Styra's Rego Policy Builder guides novice users through the process of rendering OPA policies, part of the vendor's push to broaden the audience for its commercial software.

By Beth Pariseau • July 29, 2020

How to use PowerShell in CI/CD pipelines

PowerShell has many uses in CI/CD pipelines. Before DevOps teams dive in, they need to grasp the automation tool's scope, from cloud management to infrastructure testing.

By Anthony Howell • July 27, 2020

How to make the right HCI deployment decisions

Hyper-converged infrastructures pose different challenges depending on the deployment method. Software might not offer as much support, while choosing hardware risks vendor lock-in.

By Clive Longbottom • July 27, 2020

IT’s move to Azure drives Microsoft revenues skyward

The shift to remote work and accelerated cloud migrations during the pandemic have resulted in strong revenue growth for Microsoft. The company reported its Q4 earnings this week.

By Ed Scannell • July 24, 2020

When to use canary vs. blue/green vs. rolling deployment

App deployment strategies such as rolling updates and blue/green environments help IT organizations manage change with minimal risk. See which strategy fits your application.

By Chris Tozzi • July 22, 2020

How persistent container storage works -- and why it matters

Persistent storage retains data when a device is shut off. And for containers -- inherently stateless and ephemeral -- this type of storage is critical for deployments.

By Tom Nolle • July 20, 2020

Windows Server System Insights steers admins from trouble

The predictive analytics feature in Windows Server 2019 gives administrators a heads-up to potential problems to avoid the scrambling when help desk tickets start to pile up.

By Tom Walat , Brien Posey • July 17, 2020

Follow this Grafana Loki tutorial to query IT log data

IT pros evaluating log data should try tools like Grafana Loki. Follow this tutorial to see how it works firsthand, exploring LogCLI and LogQL.

By Walker Rowe • July 16, 2020

Google’s OUC play muddies Istio service mesh outlook

Google surprised even major partners with the transfer of Istio's trademark to a new organization it launched last week, leaving some key governance details undefined.

By Beth Pariseau • July 16, 2020

DNS Server vulnerability tops July Patch Tuesday concerns

Microsoft warns administrators not to delay the deployment of a patch to shut down a critical bug in Windows DNS servers due to its potential to cause widespread damage.

By Tom Walat • July 15, 2020

How VMware Tanzu Service Mesh measures up to open source

Most businesses use open source software such as Istio and Envoy to create a service mesh. Tanzu Service Mesh requires no further assembly and operates across multiple clusters.

By Alastair Cooke • July 14, 2020

Essential serverless concepts to master before deployment

Serverless computing can be incredibly beneficial -- but easily misunderstood. Before adoption, have a clear understanding of proper use cases and app design principles.

By Kurt Marko • July 14, 2020

An overview of Knative use cases, benefits and challenges

Knative might be more complex than a serverless platform in the public cloud, but for IT shops already committed to Kubernetes and microservices, it could be worth the leap.

By Tom Nolle • July 11, 2020

Enable AMD-V in BIOS to remediate error codes

If admins are experiencing error codes due to AMD-V being disabled, they can easily remediate this issue by entering BIOS and reenabling the virtualization extension.

By Brien Posey • July 10, 2020

Active Directory replication troubleshooting tips and tools

When replication between domain controllers breaks down, just about everything else will grind to a halt. These utilities can help pinpoint the Active Directory issues.

By Brien Posey • July 8, 2020

Choose the best programming language for DevOps workflows

DevOps is a rapidly evolving set of technologies and practices; choosing the right programming language -- or languages -- makes a big difference in terms of functionality, efficiency and speed.

By Adam Bertram • July 8, 2020

Open source license issues stymie enterprise contributions

Business and ethical pressures have given rise to new types of open source licenses in the last year, presenting challenges to enterprises that want to contribute to projects.

By Beth Pariseau • July 7, 2020

Modern IT KPIs emphasize cloud, DevOps and user experience

When it comes to KPIs, IT ops teams have typically prioritized process-centric metrics, but recent technical and cultural shifts have started to change that.

By Alyssa Fallon • July 6, 2020

Open source contributions face friction over company IP

Software engineers who want to contribute to open source projects must convince conservative corporate legal departments it's worth the potential risk to corporate IP.

By Beth Pariseau • July 6, 2020

Explore common machine learning use cases in IT operations

Machine learning is a hot topic with use cases that span IT and the business. Learn how IT operations teams most commonly apply the technology -- from help desk response to gauging end-user satisfaction.

By Dan Franciscus • July 3, 2020

AIOps tools expand as users warm slowly to autoremediation

AIOps tool vendors keep expanding the environments they can support with automated remediation features, but users are taking their time to move beyond root cause analysis.

By Beth Pariseau • July 2, 2020

Learn to configure Office 365 alerts and other security features

More users are working from home, which makes them tempting targets for malicious actors. Take the time to fortify your environment by deploying Office 365 protections.

By Reda Chouffani • July 2, 2020