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A GitOps workflow won’t benefit every IT organization

A move to GitOps is a major transition for an IT team and offers a wealth of perks, but it also carries significant challenges and a steep learning curve.

By Tom Nolle • Nov. 12, 2019

5 steps to evaluate and perform a service mesh implementation

Service mesh adoption is a long process that starts with careful evaluation of the technology and its deployment models. And that requires the involvement of both IT ops and dev teams.

By Kurt Marko • Nov. 11, 2019

Import and export Hyper-V VMs with Hyper-V Manager and PowerShell

When migrating VMs, admins can use Hyper-V Manager's export and import capabilities for small sets of VMs or PowerShell for larger migrations from one host to another.

By Brien Posey • Nov. 11, 2019

Types of Hyper-V scheduler for simultaneous multithreading in VMs

Hyper-V's classic and core schedulers both enable use of simultaneous multithreading in VMs, but the core scheduler prevents VMs from ever reserving an entire CPU core.

By Brien Posey • Nov. 11, 2019

Microservices security calls for zero-trust, data classification

Sanity in a zero-trust world for microservices security calls for IT teams to prioritize the assets they must protect, and that starts with data classification.

By Beth Pariseau • Nov. 8, 2019

Capitalize on the advantages of open source software in IT

Open source tools, including those for IT management, might be free, but there are broader pros and cons that might tip the scales for some enterprise buyers.

By Dan Franciscus • Nov. 7, 2019

3 Kubernetes platforms for your application needs

Admins must consider their application needs when choosing a container strategy and decide between a full PaaS offering built on containers or a fully compliant Kubernetes service.

By Keith Townsend • Nov. 7, 2019

Understand how to orchestrate Windows containers with Kubernetes

Before you orchestrate your Windows containers with Kubernetes, you must install Windows Server 1809 or later and meet several other requirements.

By Paul Ferrill • Nov. 6, 2019

What are the Azure Stack HCI hardware and support costs?

Organizations can cap their hyper-converged infrastructure costs when they deploy the Azure Stack HCI platform, but once they plug into the cloud, it's a different story.

By Stephen Bigelow • Nov. 5, 2019

The true private cloud debate: Do labels matter?

The debate around authentic private clouds continues as more organizations adopt the model, but labels might not matter in the end.

By Brian Kirsch • Nov. 5, 2019

JASK buy may boost security analytics in Sumo Logic SIEM

Sumo Logic has acquired JASK, an automated SOC that will be most useful for security analytics and alert reduction features within Sumo Logic's SIEM.

By Beth Pariseau • Nov. 4, 2019

When to use Jenkins vs. Jenkins X for pipeline automation

Three primary factors -- flexibility, Kubernetes adoption and the need for a GUI -- should shape an organization's decision between Jenkins and Jenkins X as a pipeline automation tool.

By Adam Bertram • Nov. 4, 2019

Adopt an SDDC architecture with caution and proper planning

Software-defined components such as networking and storage help achieve data center flexibility, but organizations might come across product and security issues.

By Stefani Muñoz • Nov. 4, 2019

New Relic catches up in serverless monitoring with IOpipe

IOpipe's IP and expertise will help New Relic catch up with the latest serverless monitoring trends, such as AWS Lambda Layers support and event-driven frameworks.

By Beth Pariseau • Nov. 1, 2019

How to manage Server Core with PowerShell

New PowerShell users will need to overcome a learning curve to work with Server Core, but the tool has some built-in aids to help you progress.

By Brian Kirsch • Oct. 31, 2019

Conduct an incident post-mortem for ongoing DevOps improvement

A thorough and effective post-mortem process can strengthen a DevOps organization -- but first, teams must be ready to dig deep and leave blame behind.

By Stephen Bigelow • Oct. 31, 2019

Edge virtualization tools make strides in the edge market

Vendors are cashing in on edge computing popularity, and organizations are faced with an influx of new virtualization tools that help manage the computing paradigm.

By Paul Korzeniowski • Oct. 30, 2019

Try out the Graphite monitoring tool for time-series data

Combined with third-party tools, Graphite provides a number of benefits for IT performance monitoring. Explore its core components -- including Carbon and Whisper -- and basic guidelines for installation.

By Walker Rowe • Oct. 29, 2019

Consider these Office 365 alternatives to public folders

Public folders in Exchange still exist, but they're considered legacy features that haven't kept up with the times. See what Office 365 alternatives might be a better fit.

By Reda Chouffani • Oct. 29, 2019

Explore SCVMM features for VM deployment and management

SCVMM can help admins better manage their virtualization stacks by providing VM networking diagrams and templates, but there are certain requirements admins must meet before use.

By Stefani Muñoz • Oct. 29, 2019

DevOps security shifts left, but miles to go to pass hackers

DevSecOps has gone mainstream as companies bake security automation into app development, but experts say the toughest cybersecurity challenges remain unsolved.

By Beth Pariseau • Oct. 28, 2019

Convert a VM to a Docker image for speed and convenience

In this excerpt from Chapter 3 of 'Docker in Practice, Second Edition,' authors Ian Miell and Aidan Hobson Sayers discuss how and why to use Docker as a lightweight VM.

By Ryann Burnett, Manning Publications Co. • Oct. 25, 2019

Prevent man-in-the-middle attacks on apps, CI/CD toolchains

Man-in-the-middle attacks pose a serious threat to both CI/CD tools and the apps those tools support. Learn how these attacks typically occur -- and how to stop them -- to do DevOps securely.

By Will Kelly • Oct. 25, 2019

Enterprise IT weighs pros and cons of multi-cloud management

IT ops pros are getting used to multi-cloud management, especially for disaster recovery, but moving from cloud to cloud via container portability is still rare.

By Beth Pariseau • Oct. 25, 2019

Elastic SIEM spring release will complete Endgame tie-in

Endgame agents can now send endpoint security data to the Elastic SIEM, but UI and data schema integration -- and the ability to take action on endpoints -- will come next year.

By Beth Pariseau • Oct. 24, 2019