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Features

• Storage performance analysis reveals IT's ongoing bottleneck battle

  Flash storage improves performance for some users, but a flash upgrade won't help if storage isn't your bottleneck.  Continue Reading

• How to evaluate tools for configuration management

  Most configuration management tools aim at the same targets, but they employ a variety of techniques to reach those targets.  Continue Reading

• Words to Go: Virtual container standards

  So many acronyms, so little time. Here's a brief list of virtual container standards organizations and projects to track.  Continue Reading

• Data at rest security rises in an era of increasing cybercrime

  Data is encrypted and firewalls erected everywhere it travels -- but data at rest in the data center is often left unsupervised. With the rise in cybercrime, this data needs a babysitter.  Continue Reading

• The DevOps roadmap for large organizations: Free chapter

  DevOps advice often spotlights unicorns and small companies on the bleeding edge. Gary Gruver's third book is for large organizations that need a starting point.  Continue Reading

• Rounding up orchestration services on the market and what they offer

  IT professionals have many options in orchestration services in terms of capabilities, compatibility, integration and cost. These vendors are diverse in what they offer.  Continue Reading

• Take a self-guided IT maturity assessment

  Compare the progressive stages of IT maturity against your organization's use of documentation, goal orientation and automation; then discover areas for improvement.  Continue Reading

• Machine learning business applications increase IT productivity

  AI has been a hot topic for decades, but it wasn't until recently that machine learning technology yielded productivity improvement. AI presents unique challenges, but could streamline workflows for businesses.  Continue Reading

• What to choose from the top orchestration software on the market

  Orchestration software can be an important agent in establishing effective business workflows. Learn which products on the market would best fit your company's needs.  Continue Reading

• Look inside an advanced Puppet tutorial

  Are you using Puppet to its full potential? This chapter excerpt on Puppet automation can help sys admins get the most out of the management tool throughout the IT infrastructure.  Continue Reading

• Cloud, DevOps tips for an IT organization to reach its full potential

  IT teams everywhere are locking in budgets, laying plans for the new year, brewing strong pots of coffee and setting these 10 ideas into motion.  Continue Reading

• Docker news shaped the IT and DevOps industry in 2016

  Docker, and tools to manage it, led to a DevOps-heavy year in 2016. Here are the 10 stories that IT admins must know before 2017.  Continue Reading

• Docker infrastructure on VMs holds promise

  Containers outperform virtual machines, but IT teams combine the virtualization technologies instead of choosing one over the other. With VM-hosted containers, disruptions decrease while capacity utilization increases.  Continue Reading

• The factors of an orchestration software purchase

  Purchasing orchestration software is not an easy feat. Read here about what factors to look for and considerations to take to benefit your IT system the most.  Continue Reading

• Barrier-busting tops organizations' DevOps goals

  Every IT shop is different, which means implementations of DevOps are just as diverse. A cross-functional group of DevOps adherents shares what success looks like in action.  Continue Reading