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How to craft a future-proof enterprise container strategy

There are many ways to plan an IT container management strategy. Follow these steps to map out an enterprise's needs for container software and tools.

By Tom Nolle • Sept. 21, 2019

Server virtualization in DevOps continues to offer advantages

Virtualization's role in DevOps technologies continues to persevere by providing strong isolation, flexible OS options and an assortment of sophisticated tooling.

By Robert Sheldon • Sept. 20, 2019

Add shadow IT applications to the official DevOps toolchain

Sometimes developers and other IT team members install unapproved apps to fill a gap in the DevOps toolchain. These shadow apps are risky -- but give them a chance.

By Will Kelly • Sept. 20, 2019

7 HPC workload virtualization best practices

If you are running high-performance computing workloads in a virtual environment, use our handy checklist to see if you are optimizing your environment to its fullest.

By Robert Sheldon • Sept. 19, 2019

Micro VMs bridge the gap between full VMs and containers

Micro VMs address full VM and container disadvantages, all while providing a lightweight container architecture and retaining VM security for each instance.

By Stefani Muñoz • Sept. 19, 2019

How do I manage ACL folder permissions with a PowerShell script?

PowerShell scripts make short work of repetitive Windows tasks, saving admins time, effort and frustration. One simple area admins can manage with scripts is the access control list.

By Anthony Howell • Sept. 19, 2019

What are the main features of Ansible vs. Ansible Tower?

Both Ansible and Ansible Tower offer enterprises a wealth of resources for config management, but they aren't equals. Assess their differences in crucial aspects such as security.

By Stuart Burns • Sept. 19, 2019

How to keep VM sprawl in check

Virtualization improves hardware use, but the pendulum can swing the other way and result in an overallocation of resources. Here's how to maintain the balance.

By Brian Kirsch • Sept. 19, 2019

AIOps tools mature as cloud infrastructure grows

DevOps monitoring tools gain refined features as IT complexity soars, but their advanced AIOps automation hasn't yet gone mainstream.

By Beth Pariseau • Sept. 19, 2019

DevSecOps veterans share security strategy, lessons learned

DevSecOps practitioners imparted dos and don'ts for newbies and urged them to think strategically as well as tactically about improving IT security.

By Beth Pariseau • Sept. 18, 2019

ManageEngine Applications Manager adds OCI monitoring

ManageEngine rolls out support for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure performance monitoring in its Applications Manager platform. The tool can also predict growth.

By Ha Ta • Sept. 18, 2019

New application security risks lead IT teams to DevSecOps

Once a bleeding-edge concept, DevSecOps has gone mainstream following high-profile security breaches that proved simply installing automated security tools doesn't go far enough.

By Beth Pariseau • Sept. 17, 2019

Use these features and techniques to ensure Hyper-V security

To successfully enhance the security of Hyper-V hosts and VMs, admins should consider network security, guarded fabric technology, Generation 2 VMs and Secure Boot.

By Brien Posey • Sept. 17, 2019

What IT admins need to know about cloud application patching

When they host apps in a SaaS or PaaS environment, IT teams offload some patching duties to cloud providers. But other responsibilities become even more important.

By Brian Kirsch • Sept. 16, 2019

Tips and tools to achieve a serverless DevOps workflow

Serverless functions bring the benefits of event-driven computing to a CI/CD pipeline -- but to get there, DevOps teams might need to lean heavily on services and tools from the major cloud computing providers.

By Kurt Marko • Sept. 13, 2019

Google Cloud tackles Spark on Kubernetes

Google Cloud Dataproc is the first major cloud provider to integrate Apache Spark with Kubernetes as a managed service, but work remains to better link the two projects upstream.

By Beth Pariseau • Sept. 13, 2019

Hyper-converged infrastructure basics for virtualization admins

Hyper-convergence provides many benefits, such as simplified provisioning and management, but virtualization administrators should get to know HCI technology before implementing it.

By Stefani Muñoz • Sept. 13, 2019

Lessons learned from PowerShell Summit 2019

Want to refine your automation abilities? Learn about some of the insights gleaned from the advanced sessions held at the PowerShell Summit.

By Dan Franciscus • Sept. 12, 2019

Persistent memory in Hyper-V VMs offers better data retention

When coupled with virtualization, persistent memory bridges the gap between traditional memory and storage devices by offering better performance and availability.

By Robert Sheldon • Sept. 12, 2019

HashiCorp Consul plays to multi-platform strength with Azure

HashiCorp's Consul service mesh will be offered as a hosted service on Microsoft Azure, where it can link container clusters along with VMs in multiple regions.

By Beth Pariseau • Sept. 11, 2019

New HashiCorp Terraform pricing aims for midsize firms, teams

HashiCorp Terraform Cloud's new pricing tier reflects a shift in how software vendors market to large enterprises.

By Beth Pariseau • Sept. 11, 2019

September Patch Tuesday addresses 2 Windows zero-days

Microsoft issues fixes for 79 unique vulnerabilities, including three public disclosures, as part of its monthly security updates.

By Tom Walat • Sept. 11, 2019

What are some examples of embedded hypervisors?

A virtualization layer in an embedded system provides better efficiency for tasks such as network virtualization. Some examples of embedded hypervisors include the Xvisor and ACRN.

By Stephen Bigelow • Sept. 10, 2019

Secure configuration management tasks with a certificate authority

A CA server is a limited shield for the data that configuration management tools collect, but IT admins can use one for many tasks -- like to create custom certificates -- and boost security.

By Stephen Bigelow • Sept. 10, 2019

What is Group Policy Object (GPO) and why is it important?

Microsoft’s Group Policy Object (GPO) is a collection of Group Policy settings that defines what a system will look like and how it will behave for a defined group of users.

By Linda Rosencrance, Amy Kucharik • Sept. 10, 2019