April 2019
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April 29, 2019
29
Apr'19
ICYMI: Advice for aspiring site reliability engineers
IT ops pros looking to land an SRE job can use these four articles to absorb the key responsibilities and challenges that site reliability engineering entails. Continue Reading
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April 25, 2019
25
Apr'19
Experian credits incident management tool for IT efficiency
When Experian deployed xMatters, the IT landscape was very different. But the incident management tool's adaptability kept it useful through shifts in tech trends. Continue Reading
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April 25, 2019
25
Apr'19
AIOps explained in 5 minutes
There are many uses for AIOps in an IT organization, including advanced monitoring, reporting and analysis, and fault prevention. This video describes how AIOps works. Continue Reading
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April 24, 2019
24
Apr'19
Review this ops checklist for containerized applications
So you're ready to adopt containers? Successful implementation will require infrastructure and operational practices that account for the specific requirements of containerization. Continue Reading
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April 24, 2019
24
Apr'19
How to properly prep a container infrastructure
To deploy containers in production, an organization will need to put in place the appropriate infrastructure. Here are the specific steps to take to begin that process. Continue Reading
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April 23, 2019
23
Apr'19
Rancher's Kubernetes updates boost security, UI performance
Enterprise IT pros expect changes to Rancher's Kubernetes management tools to bolster security configuration and UI performance. Continue Reading
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April 23, 2019
23
Apr'19
Adjust IT operations roles and responsibilities for cloud
More organizations migrate to the cloud with each passing day. Learn how embracing soft skills can smooth the transition of dedicated ops staff to cloud industry roles. Continue Reading
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April 22, 2019
22
Apr'19
Kubernetes underpins Docker container technology dominance
Given the ever-evolving nature of enterprise technology, some IT predictions just never come to be. Let's see how one particular forecast for Docker containers held up. Continue Reading
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April 19, 2019
19
Apr'19
Test your Kubernetes terminology expertise with this quiz
Can you ace this quiz on Kubernetes architecture and component terminology? Assess your knowledge of these terms and whether you need to hit the books -- or online documentation. Continue Reading
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April 18, 2019
18
Apr'19
CloudBees' acquisition of Electric Cloud broadens focus
CloudBees folds in Electric Cloud and pledges to broaden its focus beyond Jenkins, while customers wait and see how that might impact long-term roadmap plans. Continue Reading
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April 18, 2019
18
Apr'19
Manage Elasticsearch documents with indices and shards
Before they can put the search capabilities of Elasticsearch to use for their organization, admins need to properly organize and manage documents via indices, shards, replicas and mapping. Continue Reading
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April 18, 2019
18
Apr'19
Use Elasticsearch shard allocation to distribute workload demand
Learn how to use Elasticsearch shards to distribute data storage and retrieval across physical resources, as workload demands grow. Continue Reading
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April 17, 2019
17
Apr'19
open core model (open core software)
The open core model is a business strategy where a company offers a “core” version of a product with limited features as free and open source (FOSS) software at the same time an add-on commercial version is released as proprietary software. Continue Reading
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April 16, 2019
16
Apr'19
Enterprise DevOps growth evident in CI/CD, container data
CI/CD tool sets combine with containerization development to create fertile ground for IT organizations to grow into DevOps practices. Continue Reading
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April 15, 2019
15
Apr'19
Evaluate the benefits, drawbacks of service mesh technologies
Will service mesh eliminate communications complexity between microservices or prove too complicated? Weigh the pros and cons of service mesh technologies as their popularity rises. Continue Reading
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April 12, 2019
12
Apr'19
Opsgenie integrations expand under Atlassian
Opsgenie's induction into the Atlassian fold reflects a trend of incident management tools' absorption into broader DevOps platforms, but not every user prefers a one-stop shop. Continue Reading
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April 11, 2019
11
Apr'19
Automate Windows configurations with Boxstarter and Chocolatey
Follow this Boxstarter tutorial to install the open source tool, and use it alongside PowerShell, Chocolatey and GitHub gists for streamlined and repeatable Windows configurations. Continue Reading
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April 10, 2019
10
Apr'19
Cloud Foundry PaaS undergoes seismic shifts as IT evolves
Cloud Foundry undergoes drastic changes as infrastructure automation technology develops, to the point where some industry experts see more erosion than evolution. Continue Reading
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April 09, 2019
09
Apr'19
Build up a DevSecOps pipeline for fast and safe code delivery
It's all well and good to automate the software build process, but without proper security practices in place, the DevOps pipeline can lead developers to deploy compromised code. Continue Reading
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April 08, 2019
08
Apr'19
Users forge ahead with Cloud Foundry-Kubernetes integration
Complementary roles for Cloud Foundry and Kubernetes are clear to IT pros, and the community plans to knit the two more closely together with the Eirini project. Continue Reading