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IT security incumbents join container protection fray
Established IT security vendors add containers to their repertoire, and IT pros must decide between trusted platform integration and the latest features from startups.
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Use automation tools that learn while they work
IT automation isn't about doing everything faster -- although that's how it started. Heuristics make automation smarter and responsive to changes in the IT environment.
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Log analytics tools show dexterity in APM
Log analytics tools are boosting real-time capabilities to monitor application performance, and users are in the market for tools that best slice, dice and store log data.
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Set up Octopus Deploy in a home lab
Octopus Deploy extends a variety of agents called Tentacles that manage a wide swath of tasks. In just one hour, create an Octopus Deploy instance in a simple home lab.
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Containers Get Started
Explore container technology's past, present and future
Container technology is almost as old as VMs, although IT wasn't talking about it until Docker, Kubernetes and other tech made waves that caused a frenzy of activity.
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Continuous Delivery Get Started
Two Kubernetes books for ambitious container adopters
Whether you're tasked to set up and manage or deploy applications with Kubernetes, these books offer guidance and support. Co-author Brendan Burns shares insights from the texts.
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Use automation tools that learn while they work
IT automation isn't about doing everything faster -- although that's how it started. Heuristics make automation smarter and responsive to changes in the IT environment.
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Monitoring Tools Get Started
Zabbix is comprehensive, but not for the weak of heart
Not every IT tool is as easy to learn as it is potentially useful. Zabbix offers several views into an environment, but that flexibility comes at the price of admin experience.
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Chasing Grace Project spotlights women in tech
Poet Lauren Zuniga is featured in Episode 1 of the Chasing Grace Project, a documentary series about women in tech. Photo by Beth Pariseau, TechTarget Diversity Luncheons have popped up with ...
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IT Orchestration Get Started
App management gets a boost from DevOps-inspired updates
DevOps and service management are synonymous in modern IT, insofar as their guidelines match. Regardless of the term, ensure organizational practices are built for today's reqs.
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PDF: The DevOps career skills you need
IT as a whole is making a noticeable shift towards a DevOps culture. So what do skills do you need to keep yourself relevant in this new environment?
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Use automation tools that learn while they work
IT automation isn't about doing everything faster -- although that's how it started. Heuristics make automation smarter and responsive to changes in the IT environment.
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Log analytics tools show dexterity in APM
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Zabbix is comprehensive, but not for the weak of heart
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Istio's service mesh makes microservices connections
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Chart a swift course from code to prod
Does the specialized cloud dev sandbox cause a deployment headache? Should security teams vet code earlier in the pipeline? In this video, Gary Gruver shows what IT teams gain when they visualize code flow.
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ITSM experience comes from this seemingly simple skill
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The ops team's role in securing IT infrastructure and apps
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Where ops fits in the security puzzle
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Set up Octopus Deploy in a home lab
Octopus Deploy extends a variety of agents called Tentacles that manage a wide swath of tasks. In just one hour, create an Octopus Deploy instance in a simple home lab.
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Configuration as code specifies and simplifies IT deployment
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Secret code? IAC simplifies IT configuration
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Four major Nagios agents for monitoring
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E-Handbook | July 2018
Configuration as code specifies and simplifies IT deployment
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E-Zine | June 2018
Will the Kubernetes sidecar deliver container happiness?
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E-Handbook | May 2018
The ops team's role in securing IT infrastructure and apps
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E-Zine | April 2018
Who put the AI in software?
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E-Handbook | March 2018
What to know about container management tools
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container (containerization or container-based virtualization)
Containers are packages that rely on virtual isolation to deploy and run applications that access a shared operating system (OS) kernel without the need for virtual machines (VMs).
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App management gets a boost from DevOps-inspired updates
DevOps and service management are synonymous in modern IT, insofar as their guidelines match. Regardless of the term, ensure organizational practices are built for today's reqs.
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Configuration as code specifies and simplifies IT deployment
Infrastructure as code means not having to worry about those tedious and complicated duties typically involved in provisioning IT services.
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Database DevOps is no longer a contradiction in terms, as enterprises roll out database management and persistent storage software that makes stateful apps more flexible.
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IT ops automation takes on data-driven sheen
Not every enterprise IT shop is ready to take the AIOps plunge, but IT ops automation is increasingly data-driven -- even at mainstream companies.
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Docker throws its hat into Windows Kubernetes ring
Docker Enterprise Edition will add Kubernetes for Windows features in the coming months, but Microsoft shops haven't decided on a container orchestration strategy.