January 2018

January 31, 2018 31 Jan'18
CoreOS acquisition burnishes Red Hat containers profile

Most IT shops don't deploy containers in production, but more might be enticed by the addition of CoreOS tools to Red Hat's OpenShift. Continue Reading
January 31, 2018 31 Jan'18
hands-off infrastructure management

Hands-off infrastructure management is the remote, automated administration of server, storage and network resources. When products are marketed with the label "hands-off," it means they have been designed and configured to run with minimal human ... Continue Reading
January 31, 2018 31 Jan'18
Ansible

Ansible is an open source IT configuration management (CM) and automation platform, provided by Red Hat. Continue Reading

January 31, 2018 31 Jan'18
Sharpen IT effectiveness to go from cost center to business nexus

IT departments must work to keep user experience positive to avoid a perception as a resource vacuum. If users can't manipulate the app effectively, what does uptime matter? Continue Reading
January 30, 2018 30 Jan'18
Chef (software)

Chef is an open source systems management and cloud infrastructure automation platform. Continue Reading
January 30, 2018 30 Jan'18
IT monitoring strategy, org discipline polish Nasdaq DevOps incident response

At Nasdaq, IT monitoring unified different teams' views of infrastructure, but cultural blocking and tackling are equally important to improve incident response. Continue Reading
January 26, 2018 26 Jan'18
ServiceNow Kingston troubleshoots IT tasks with AI, machine learning

ServiceNow delivers AI and machine learning capabilities to its core platform to eliminate time-consuming manual help desk tasks. Continue Reading
January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18
An IT automation strategy wilts under cloud's shadow

Organizations have been striving to keep abreast of IT automation trends, but with the ongoing cloud takeover, operations must consider new skill requirements instead. Continue Reading
January 24, 2018 24 Jan'18
Learn YAML through a personal example

Some code languages take countless hours of formal training and practice. YAML strikes out in the opposite direction. To comprehend its hierarchical format, follow this coding example. Continue Reading
January 24, 2018 24 Jan'18
Container orchestration tools ease distributed system complexity

Containers simplify some aspects of enterprise apps, but the deployment process is no walk in the park. Orchestration tools bring standardization and automation to complex hosting scenarios. Continue Reading

January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18
AI apps demand DevOps infrastructure automation

Businesses look to AI apps to gain a competitive edge, but IT teams must make rapid application changes through a DevOps process and embrace infrastructure automation. Continue Reading
January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18
Catch the IT automation technology wave

IT automation is taking over in operations as tasks get bigger and more complex, handling distributed systems. Stay current with these five big trends. Continue Reading
January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18
Are DevOps responsibilities in production unfair to developers?

When Nike.com gave developers live production support responsibilities, the shakeup unearthed fundamental questions about app design and support processes. Continue Reading
January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18
SaltStack

SaltStack, also known as Salt, is a configuration management and orchestration tool. Continue Reading
January 19, 2018 19 Jan'18
Learn Ansible basics in this video tutorial

Automation tools don't need to be complex to save IT operations a wealth of time and work hours. Get started on the tool with this video tutorial on the basics. Continue Reading
January 18, 2018 18 Jan'18
Jenkins pipeline as code example demonstrates DevOps coordination

Ellucian, which makes software for colleges and universities, offers a pipeline as code example that unifies the release process for multiple generations of apps and brings IT security into the DevOps fold. Continue Reading
January 17, 2018 17 Jan'18
Ensure container monitoring and control via smart tooling

Don't try to stick with traditional monitoring tools when your organization matures to containers; they won't do enough. Seek out monitoring and management tools with targeted capabilities. Continue Reading
January 17, 2018 17 Jan'18
It's tough to explain DevOps, that nebulous IT concept

DevOps is more about goals and aspirations than any set of practices or tools. Right? Or is it just about collaboration and culture? Either way, it's tough to define DevOps. Continue Reading
January 17, 2018 17 Jan'18
Docker Enterprise Edition prospects mull vendor strategy

Uncertain about Docker's future business growth, some enterprise IT pros are on the fence about whether to invest in its container orchestration tools. Continue Reading
January 15, 2018 15 Jan'18
LXD (Linux container hypervisor)

LXD is an open source container management extension for Linux Containers (LXC). Continue Reading