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• March 21, 2022 21 Mar'22

  SREs provision their role in DevSecOps

  Whether it's creating automated tools for OS certification or exploring eBPF as a way to safeguard supply chain security in production, cybersecurity is a growing part of SRE jobs.

• March 15, 2022 15 Mar'22

  Golang generics spark excitement, anxiety in watershed release

  Golang generics support is a landmark event in the language's evolution that some say could expand enterprise usage, while others are nervous about potential complexity.

• March 14, 2022 14 Mar'22

  ServiceNow pricing bucks tradition for incident response

  Lightstep Incident Response, a SaaS product, also opens new competitive fronts against PagerDuty, Splunk, Atlassian and other observability vendors.

• March 09, 2022 09 Mar'22

  DevOps teams seek service mesh help from network platform

  Service mesh users including T-Mobile and Constant Contact have deployed Solo.io's application networking platform to cope with overwhelming operational complexity.

• March 09, 2022 09 Mar'22

  Red Hat cloud leader defects to service mesh upstart

  Brian Gracely, now vice president of product strategy at Solo.io after six years at Red Hat, sees service mesh platforms beginning to edge Kubernetes out of the industry spotlight.

• March 03, 2022 03 Mar'22

  New Splunk CEO inherits a company in transition

  Splunk is at a crossroads as a new chief executive takes over and the vendor navigates the classic Innovator's Dilemma.

• February 15, 2022 15 Feb'22

  F5 distributed cloud security services strike a trendy chord

  As talk of multi-cloud management gives way to distributed cloud, which also ties in edge computing, F5 bundles application security services to expand its appeal to enterprises.

• February 11, 2022 11 Feb'22

  Observability data finds its way into BizDevOps

  The digitize-or-die catalyst of the COVID-19 pandemic forced enterprises toward BizDevOps, and IT observability data has begun to inform cooperation with business users.

• February 10, 2022 10 Feb'22

  As DevSecOps tools coalesce, IT pros ponder role overlaps

  Dynatrace is among a slew of DevSecOps vendors touting a one-stop shop for observability and security automation, but IT pros say it's unlikely to displace existing tools for now.

• February 10, 2022 10 Feb'22

  Dynatrace hands observability-as-code reins to DevOps

  Dynatrace expanded observability-as-code tools to let developers and DevOps engineers determine how production services send feedback via a self-service interface.

• February 07, 2022 07 Feb'22

  CNCF hosts WebAssembly server-side projects

  Once strictly a web browser utility, WebAssembly may soon be coming to a server near you and bringing with it a new level of computing abstraction to contend with.

• February 07, 2022 07 Feb'22

  WebAssembly tech infiltrates the cloud via edge computing

  WebAssembly's first beachhead in its mission to break out beyond the web browser has been in edge computing, where it offers efficient support for bespoke serverless workloads.

• January 31, 2022 31 Jan'22

  Enterprise AIOps quietly gets real

  Machine learning algorithms are being used to automate some aspects of enterprise IT operations, but the original goal of advanced self-healing systems is still a long way off.

• January 26, 2022 26 Jan'22

  Weaveworks Magalix buy points to GitOps beyond Kubernetes

  The merger between the GitOps platform company and a policy-as-code startup amounts to a bet that declarative code is about to become the new standard for IT management.

• January 24, 2022 24 Jan'22

  Product mindset to steer DevOps platform, ITSM M&A in 2022

  ITSM tools, DevOps platforms and value stream management are converging amid an enterprise move away from IT projects and toward a strategic product mindset.

• January 20, 2022 20 Jan'22

  ServiceNow throws AI at digital transformation ROI problem

  Companies report they aren't getting their money's worth out of digital transformation projects. ServiceNow's new AI-based software looks to up the value of such projects.

• January 12, 2022 12 Jan'22

  AIOps vendor BigPanda raises $190 million

  The vendor's funding round was led by Advent International and Insight Partners. BigPanda plans to use the funds to build out its machine learning technology and product teams.

• January 11, 2022 11 Jan'22

  VMware Tanzu GA gives Cloud Foundry pros a Kubernetes leg up

  VMware Tanzu Cloud Foundry users plan to move forward with the TAP Kubernetes platform, but VMware will be challenged to unseat Red Hat, SUSE and other competitors.

• December 21, 2021 21 Dec'21

  Fintech startup passes SOC 2 audits with serverless security

  Undertaking SOC 2 audits in a serverless security environment came with up-front challenges, but the company's former chief security architect predicts long-term advantages.

• December 15, 2021 15 Dec'21

  Log4j vulnerability nightmare: A DevSecOps wake-up call

  DevSecOps can help mitigate the Log4j vulnerability, but it's unclear whether this latest cybersecurity crisis will bring about lasting adoption in the industry.

• December 10, 2021 10 Dec'21

  'Shift left' doesn't complete DevSecOps story for fintech

  An online banking SaaS company trained its developers to code securely, but API security also required "shifting right" to bolster production-level monitoring tools and training.

• December 08, 2021 08 Dec'21

  Geek gifts 2021: Home office edition

  Remote work seems to be here to stay for many IT pros, and shoppers for geek gifts this year have plenty of home office gadgetry and creature comforts from which to choose.

• December 03, 2021 03 Dec'21

  Deutsche Telekom preps Kubernetes 5G core with GitOps

  GitOps will help the German mobile carrier manage IT automation for its 5G SA app on a large internal Kubernetes platform with minimal staff needed to do hands-on administration.

• December 02, 2021 02 Dec'21

  AWS Kubernetes roadmap includes Flux for GitOps

  Amazon EKS will include a Flux-based GitOps add-on, while ECS Anywhere seems destined for a niche in edge computing, per roadmap plans unveiled by AWS execs this week.

• December 02, 2021 02 Dec'21

  Google changes tune on Knative, applies to CNCF

  Google's decision to submit Knative to the CNCF for incubation prompts speculation about its future: a budding industry standard or a project not worth keeping to itself?

• December 02, 2021 02 Dec'21

  5 open source continuous delivery tools to trial

  To achieve continuous delivery, development teams must release code in short cycles. These five open source tools can help get the job done.

• December 01, 2021 01 Dec'21

  AWS DevSecOps tools build in advanced features

  Enterprises stand to benefit from new AWS DevSecOps features, even if they don't use them, as analysts say they set a new baseline for third-party vendors to differentiate against.

• November 18, 2021 18 Nov'21

  DevOps platforms hone developer experience, yield ops wins

  When IT ops teams centralized infrastructure automation behind developer-friendly self-service interfaces with DevOps platforms, developers weren't the only ones who benefited.

• October 15, 2021 15 Oct'21

  OpenSSF adds $10M to software supply chain security effort

  IT pros hope for improved software supply chain security standards from OpenSSF, a Linux Foundation group that gained momentum with new funding this week.

• October 15, 2021 15 Oct'21

  GitOps practitioners address configuration management issues

  IT pros shared workflow patterns and tool updates they say have helped them overcome one of the most common problems with performing GitOps at scale.

• October 06, 2021 06 Oct'21

  VMware Tanzu super users mull Cloud Foundry-Kubernetes meld

  Users of VMware Tanzu Application Service, formerly Pivotal Cloud Foundry, hope VMware preserves their developer experience as it shifts its focus toward Kubernetes.

• October 05, 2021 05 Oct'21

  VMware Tanzu roadmap targets multi-cloud, vSphere pros

  VMware shops say the Tanzu platform's integration with familiar tools is a big draw as they move toward Kubernetes, but much of that integration is still in progress.

• September 30, 2021 30 Sep'21

  Ansible overhaul promotes IT automation expansion

  Ansible Automation Platform 2 makes it easier to centrally manage IT automation at scale, but enterprises must also contend with technical debt as they grow.

• September 29, 2021 29 Sep'21

  Kong tightens links between API gateway, service mesh

  Kong adds support for Istio and Envoy integration with its API gateway to consolidate network management between traditional and cloud-native apps.

• September 29, 2021 29 Sep'21

  CloudBees refocuses with IT compliance automation buy

  CloudBees previews the fruits of a quietly acquired stealth IT compliance automation startup and modifies its platform plans under new executive leadership.

• September 23, 2021 23 Sep'21

  Logistics firm refreshes SecOps, replaces EDR with XDR

  A refresh of SecOps tools led Flexport to Uptycs, enabling the firm to centralize security monitoring and incident response for endpoints and cloud resources.

• September 23, 2021 23 Sep'21

  Google, VMware surveys raise DevSecOps red flags

  Market research reveals stubborn gaps between DevOps and IT security teams, as IT experts warn against an over-reliance on short-term measures of effectiveness.

• September 17, 2021 17 Sep'21

  ServiceNow platform updates target hybrid team workflows

  The latest version of ServiceNow's Now Platform aims to improve remote employees' workflows and broaden its developer ecosystem with a new mobile app builder.

• September 16, 2021 16 Sep'21

  VMware DevOps platforms evolve without full-stack developers

  Full-stack developers are rare in large enterprise companies, prompting VMware to realign its DevOps platforms to better accommodate ops specialists.

• September 14, 2021 14 Sep'21

  Progress steers Chef InSpec toward CSPM

  After a rocky first year, Progress Software has tightened Chef product integrations and solidified roadmap plans that focus on InSpec and CSPM.

• September 01, 2021 01 Sep'21

  VMware Tanzu Application Platform reflects PaaS shifts

  VMware plans a developer on-ramp to Kubernetes with Tanzu Application Platform, a more flexible take on PaaS than Cloud Foundry that could heighten competition with OpenShift.

• August 26, 2021 26 Aug'21

  Observability vendors push further into SecOps territory

  Cybersecurity market consolidation continues, as observability players push beyond security monitoring and into enforcement via XDR and SOAR products.

• August 24, 2021 24 Aug'21

  Solo.io folds API gateway in with Istio service mesh

  Solo.io is among the service mesh vendors aligning the emerging tech with existing network management as enterprise adoption expands.

• August 19, 2021 19 Aug'21

  KEDA project adds finesse to Kubernetes autoscaling

  As enterprise Kubernetes deployments expand in production, an incubating CNCF project injects nuance into the way the container platform responds to applications' resource needs.

• August 18, 2021 18 Aug'21

  CNCF policy-as-code project bridges Kubernetes security gaps

  Kyverno, a CNCF policy-as-code sandbox project, can help platform engineers navigate the transition toward the successor to Kubernetes pod security policies.

• August 12, 2021 12 Aug'21

  DevSecOps acquisitions follow enterprise IT shift

  As IT roles converge under DevSecOps, enterprise IT vendors are consolidating as well, blending security features with developer appeal in a string of mergers and acquisitions.

• August 05, 2021 05 Aug'21

  DevSecOps suffers from a lack of specifics, IT leaders say

  Cybersecurity won't improve without clearer guidance from regulators and industry experts about how to implement DevSecOps, according to discussions at a virtual event this week.

• August 05, 2021 05 Aug'21

  DevOps security pros share steps for success

  DevOps security isn't a technical problem -- it's a people and process problem, experts say. Enterprise IT pros offer their advice on how to solve it.

• August 03, 2021 03 Aug'21

  Oracle WebLogic users get a bridge to Kubernetes deployment

  Java developers in Oracle shops can use the new Verrazzano container platform to deploy apps to Kubernetes without a ground-up rewrite.

• July 29, 2021 29 Jul'21

  Linkerd service mesh plans expansion post-graduation

  Linkerd joins the likes of Kubernetes, Prometheus and Envoy as a graduated project within CNCF and lays out a fresh roadmap for the coming year.

• July 27, 2021 27 Jul'21

  Cloud Foundry Kubernetes integration hits snags

  Cloud Foundry platform users want an on-ramp to Kubernetes, but the community is still sorting through how to create a unified developer experience.

• July 22, 2021 22 Jul'21

  DevOps platforms seen as key to enterprise evolution

  Ten years into the DevOps movement, an industry report finds DevOps is still rarely done well at scale, and says centralized platforms hold the key to further progress.

• July 20, 2021 20 Jul'21

  Sysdig deal reflects infrastructure-as-code security buzz

  Enterprise Kubernetes maturity has pushed infrastructure deployments into DevOps pipelines, prompting container security vendors to support infrastructure-as-code scans.

• July 12, 2021 12 Jul'21

  Aqua adds free infrastructure-as-code security for Terraform

  Infrastructure-as-code security scans appeal to enterprises as they shift cloud-native security left; Aqua's tfsec buy adds to its free offerings amid broad competition.

• June 30, 2021 30 Jun'21

  IT pros work out the nuances of GitOps security, maturity

  GitOps is catching on among enterprises, especially as edge workloads increase, but the industry must strike a time-honored balance between security and flexibility as it matures.

• June 29, 2021 29 Jun'21

  JFrog to acquire Vdoo, take 'shift right' view of DevSecOps

  The combined companies will expand JFrog's Xray tool to embed security throughout its DevSecOps pipeline products, with a focus on application artifacts, rather than source code.

• June 24, 2021 24 Jun'21

  Kubernetes security automation saves SecOps sanity

  As Kubernetes clusters grow and multiply, IT pros rethink their security automation approach to keep SecOps functions manageable while maintaining flexibility for developers.

• June 23, 2021 23 Jun'21

  DOD enlists IT vendors for new DevSecOps missions

  In the second year of its DevSecOps project, the Department of Defense is fielding bids to resell its DevSecOps platform and is funding research into software supply chain security.

• June 17, 2021 17 Jun'21

  OpenShift Virtualization gives KubeVirt enterprise foothold

  Industry experts are wary of OpenShift Virtualization, but some Red Hat users favor it to help with application modernization and, in one case, nested Kubernetes clusters.

• June 16, 2021 16 Jun'21

  Harness baits CI/CD set with feature flags, cloud auto-stop

  New modules from Harness may entice customers to buy more of its CI/CD software, but unseating DevOps pipeline tools from larger vendors remains a daunting challenge.

• June 09, 2021 09 Jun'21

  Prisma Cloud CSPM looks to mitigate DevSecOps conflicts

  Palo Alto Networks' CSPM product uses machine learning to tackle a point of DevSecOps friction -- too many security alerts that aren't tied to imminent threats.

• June 09, 2021 09 Jun'21

  HashiCorp Consul pricing adjusts to SaaS

  Some users balked at HCP Consul pricing when it first became available, prompting HashiCorp to add a Starter SKU, though it has yet to release specifics on cost.

• June 08, 2021 08 Jun'21

  HashiCorp Terraform 1.0 features stability, upgrade relief

  With graduation to a stable version, HashiCorp Terraform users won't have to deal with any more breaking changes in new versions of the infrastructure-as-code tool.

• May 26, 2021 26 May'21

  New Relic streamlines DevOps monitoring tools amid upheavals

  Amid price reductions, executive changes and layoffs, New Relic hones ease of use for its DevOps monitoring tools in a bid to boost its cachet among software engineers.

• May 25, 2021 25 May'21

  Atlassian Forge fills key role in cloud migration strategy

  After a two-year development effort, Atlassian Forge is generally available as a distribution point for the add-on apps users need to match on-premises features in the cloud.

• May 24, 2021 24 May'21

  Open source effort seeks to build tech diversity into code

  A CNCF initiative to build tech diversity directly into open source code and documentation takes shape as the industry faces pressure to become more inclusive.

• May 19, 2021 19 May'21

  Spurred by pandemic, BizDevOps becomes a reality

  In diverse industries from healthcare to banking and manufacturing, nontechnical teams are adopting Agile approaches to work alongside digital tools once used primarily by engineers.

• May 12, 2021 12 May'21

  VMware Tanzu service mesh tie-in syncs multi-cloud networks

  Newly tightened integration between VMware's Tanzu service mesh and Avi load balancer is meant to simplify provisioning, facilitate multi-cloud failover and automate cloud bursting.

• May 10, 2021 10 May'21

  ServiceNow adds Lightstep observability as BizDevOps grows

  BizDevOps is taking off amid widespread digital transformation, and ServiceNow's Lightstep buy could bring observability to teams via its workflow platform.

• May 06, 2021 06 May'21

  CNCF projects hone multi-cluster Kubernetes management

  Cluster API is considered production-ready by early adopters of multi-cluster Kubernetes, while a new multi-cluster API and control plane prototypes take shape.

• May 06, 2021 06 May'21

  Prometheus Q&A: How the Kubernetes monitoring tool is evolving

  Prometheus has a reputation for being hard to work with. Richard Hartmann, a member of the Prometheus team and community director at Grafana Labs, talks about how that might be changing.

• May 04, 2021 04 May'21

  IT pros make a case for GitOps in IT governance

  GitOps requires shifts in IT team mindset and workflows, but enterprises with regulatory compliance and strict IT governance mandates say the pros outweigh the cons.

• April 29, 2021 29 Apr'21

  Red Hat refocuses on IT operations as cloud use expands

  Red Hat renews its focus on IT operations, which have become both more complex and more crucial amid the rise of DevOps and cloud-native applications.

• April 28, 2021 28 Apr'21

  Atlassian Jira Work Management overhauls BizDevOps features

  Atlassian has offered a fresh take on BizDevOps with Jira Work Management, which replaces Jira Core for enterprise legal, marketing and HR teams.

• April 27, 2021 27 Apr'21

  Red Hat OpenShift lays foundation for hybrid cloud services

  Amid a post-pandemic cloud shift, Red Hat looks to meet customer needs and beat out competitors with new OpenShift-based managed services for distributed applications.

• April 19, 2021 19 Apr'21

  Atlassian Jira shrinks ITSM competitive gaps with ThinkTilt

  Atlassian Jira Service Management chips away at incumbent ITSM vendors' market lead with low-code/no-code IP from ThinkTilt, but it must keep adding features to fully catch up.

• April 19, 2021 19 Apr'21

  Log management tools add finesse to Elasticsearch

  Vendors that bring log management expertise to open source Elasticsearch helped unlock collaboration and incident response for companies that had struggled with ELK on their own.

• April 14, 2021 14 Apr'21

  Service mesh SaaS springs up in fragmented market

  Service mesh is complex, and users can choose from among many vendor products. New SaaS versions offer a way for them to try different approaches without making a big commitment.

• April 06, 2021 06 Apr'21

  Puppet Relay links event-driven IT automation to Enterprise

  Puppet's Relay event-driven automation framework ships this week, with Puppet Enterprise integration that can link cloud-native workflows with on-premises infrastructure and apps.

• March 30, 2021 30 Mar'21

  Sysdig adds cloud security to container observability mix

  Some IT experts believe Sysdig could appeal to enterprises by combining cloud and application security data in one interface, within a broader DevOps observability tool set.

• March 29, 2021 29 Mar'21

  IT automation helps healthcare companies adjust to pandemic

  COVID-19 forced most businesses to upgrade their technology but adding IT automation to accommodate the growth in virtual services was most critical in the healthcare industry.

• March 25, 2021 25 Mar'21

  Harness preps enterprise AI expansion for CI/CD tools

  An enterprise continuous integration product Harness plans to launch next quarter will inject AI features for CI in a bid to raise the company's profile against its many rivals.

• March 24, 2021 24 Mar'21

  Cisco Intersight folds in Terraform Cloud amid SaaS revamp

  Cisco has expanded its partnership with HashiCorp and readied a SaaS-managed Kubernetes service as it vies for a share of the software-centric market for cloud-native apps.

• March 24, 2021 24 Mar'21

  ServiceNow enters RPA market with Intellibot acquisition

  Taking its cue from corporate users focused on both low- code and automation, ServiceNow has acquired Intellibot for its robotic process automation (RPA) products.

• March 22, 2021 22 Mar'21

  Nordic bank fights money launderers with log analytics

  The IT team at Lunar created an interface into its log analytics system for the bank's fraud investigators, which helped uncover specific data about questionable accounts.

• March 12, 2021 12 Mar'21

  Energy company swaps index cards, Excel for DevSecOps

  Manually tracking thousands of cloud connections was unsustainable for a $36 billion energy company, forcing a cultural and technical shift to DevSecOps.

• March 11, 2021 11 Mar'21

  Mendix dumps cluttered DevOps monitoring tools for Datadog

  The IT teams that run Mendix PaaS sped up incident response by tossing out a confusing mix of DevOps monitoring tools and settling on one vendor.

• March 10, 2021 10 Mar'21

  Kong service mesh paid version eases policy management pain

  IT pros could cobble together an open source service mesh with Open Policy Agent on their own, but Kong Mesh will let them skip that struggle for a price.

• March 09, 2021 09 Mar'21

  Nvidia launches integrated AI platform for VMware vSphere 7

  Making good on their promise last fall, Nvidia and VMware have delivered a platform allowing vSphere 7 users to run the next generation of AI-based applications.

• March 05, 2021 05 Mar'21

  Prisma Cloud hatches DevSecOps plans for Bridgecrew

  Palo Alto Networks will add Bridgecrew DevSecOps tools to Prisma Cloud and open its considerable coffers to fund the new acquisition's infrastructure-as-code projects.

• March 05, 2021 05 Mar'21

  Linkerd 'opt-in,' developer accessibility sway IT pros

  Not every enterprise needs the detailed configurability of Istio service mesh, and devs can unobtrusively experiment with Linkerd alongside other Kubernetes workloads.

• February 26, 2021 26 Feb'21

  Istio service mesh users tackle real-world integration

  Once IT pros set up Istio in production, they face an even bigger challenge: expanding it to the rest of the IT infrastructure, from multi-cluster environments to VMs.

• February 25, 2021 25 Feb'21

  After Istio architecture upheaval, leaders pledge stability

  The Istio service mesh went through major disruptions in 2020, from technical redesign to governance shifts. Now, project leaders vow to tackle lingering IT ops issues.

• February 24, 2021 24 Feb'21

  Observability updates target DevOps pipelines

  LogicMonitor's Airbrake acquisition and a new Dynatrace product strengthen correlations between code releases and IT infrastructure performance.

• February 12, 2021 12 Feb'21

  Dynatrace expands observability tools with an eye toward BI

  With new features and roadmap plans, Dynatrace looked past IT observability toward becoming a broader business intelligence platform.

• February 10, 2021 10 Feb'21

  New Relic condenses observability views for fast IT response

  New Relic Explorer reflects a need for simple, quick troubleshooting within observability tools from enterprises whose businesses increasingly depend on application performance.

• February 09, 2021 09 Feb'21

  Elasticsearch license schism stirs open source funding fears

  Elasticsearch license changes have forced a fork, which could broaden choices for IT buyers interested in that project. But worries also linger about open source sustainability.

• February 04, 2021 04 Feb'21

  Cisco folds vulnerability management into AppDynamics AIOps

  A new module for AppDynamics' AIOps platform uses APM data to perform vulnerability management monitoring and automated attack blocking as DevSecOps market buzz continues.

• February 03, 2021 03 Feb'21

  New CloudBees CEO eyes IPO, M&A to build DevOps tools

  CloudBees co-founder Sacha Labourey will lead product strategy for the company's DevOps tools, while new CEO Stephen DeWitt readies the business for its next stage of growth.

• February 02, 2021 02 Feb'21

  Atlassian cloud sweetens licensing deal for enterprises

  An Atlassian Cloud Enterprise licensing update furthers its appeal to customers contemplating a move to SaaS to offload and streamline IT ops.