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• Pick up infrastructure as code tools and techniques

  Walk through an infrastructure as code template, using AWS CloudFormation as an example, to better understand defining and connecting resources. Continue Reading

• What mistakes throw off VM load balancing?

  I track VM performance on my IT infrastructure, and want to optimize the distribution of virtual workloads. Continue Reading

• How do I size capacity for VMware oversubscription?

  What best practices and tools can I use to allocate the right resources in an oversubscribed virtualization deployment? Continue Reading

• Master microservices management on IT resources

  Deploying and managing microservices is a hard, continuous process. Proper resource planning and automation tools help realize the benefits of cloud and virtualization. Continue Reading

• An automated approach to OpenStack migration and configuration: Free chapter

  Configuration management eases the burden of OpenStack administration, including instance migration, as described in this free downloadable chapter from OpenStack Administration with Ansible. Continue Reading

• Cloud load-balancing difficulties bog down hybrid-deployed apps

  Cloud load balancing frees application server instances and provide enterprise IT with better overall performance, but current conditions make it hard in a hybrid IT environment.Continue Reading

• I can't get no IT end-user satisfaction

  IT jobs require a certain amount of finesse and patience. Balancing the needs of application owners and workers while communicating effectively is a difficult, yet manageable, task.Continue Reading

• Delving into neural networks and deep learning

  Deep learning and neural networks will play a big role in the future of everything from data center management to application development. But are these two technologies actually new?Continue Reading

• 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