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• Big data revives IT operations analytics

  Big data is a fitting match for IT operations management, where the endless logs and events finally add up to more efficiency and less troubleshooting. Continue Reading

• Primer on DevOps roles and responsibilities

  DevOps planning in enterprises revolves around getting the right teams in place, the necessary skills spiffed up and the proper tools to make it all come together. Continue Reading

• Application maintenance keeps legacy systems serviceable

  IT operations needs tools to ensure that it can manage old -- maybe ancient -- applications while deploying new apps with different structures. Continue Reading

• Container orchestration for a new breed of IT

  PaaS offerings such as Heroku, RedHat OpenShift and Cloud Foundry have always used containers under the covers, but as containers move toward production use outside of PaaS in the cloud, they're being deployed in clusters of server infrastructure ... Continue Reading

• Mad about microsegmentation

  The tech industry seems fixated breaking things apart into ever-smaller units for greater levels of "granularity." Traditional standalone applications are maligned as "monoliths" that must be broken apart in to their component pieces, or "... Continue Reading

• Red Hat admins await an Ansible vs. Puppet showdown

  IT organizations, especially large ones with multiple deployment types, should monitor Red Hat's open source configuration management roadmap following the Ansible acquisition.Continue Reading

• Tailor these open source IT tools for sys, cloud management

  Like how open source system management software is flexible and saves money, but worried about security or customization? GitHub forking allows you to bring that software in-house.Continue Reading

• How to blend on-premises IT with the cloud

  Most businesses have existing on-premises technologies up and running, and they aren't in a rush to move entirely to the cloud. This means data center teams are increasingly asked to manage IT resources that are located partly on premises and ...Continue Reading

• Windows workloads leap to cloud

  Regardless of hype, there are quite a few areas where cloud remains very much a work in progress. Take cloud bursting. This has long been IT's holy grail for cloud -- the ability to seamlessly expand capacity constrained workloads to outside of your...Continue Reading

• How can we move containerized apps among clouds?

  Our business wants to stay cloud-agnostic, and we think containers are our best option. How complicated is it to move applications from one cloud platform to another?Continue Reading

• When working with container technology, proceed with caution

  Containers will require IT to rehash age-old questions about security and trust.Continue Reading

• Use GitHub for open source data center automation ideas

  GitHub, a bastion of software developers, also offers automation scripts and open source collaboration for data center administrators.Continue Reading

• IT goals for 2016 include DevOps, automation push

  The New Year is a chance to step back, reflect and really zero in on the IT goals that you can tackle in 2016, whether that be higher efficiency or putting the right team in place.Continue Reading

• Three ways to make your app development process cloud-ready

  To get the most out cloud, organizations need to rethink the app development process. Expert Tom Nolle offers three ways to get started.Continue Reading

• Showback reduces costs and exposes resource hogs on your IT platform

  IT showback reduces costs better than a chargeback system by allowing companies to compare and optimize resource usage across their business units.Continue Reading