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November 02, 2016 02 Nov'16

Puppet automation shows value in enterprise container management

The future of configuration management is debatable to some due to container orchestration, but industry watchers say Puppet's is bright thanks to a new API integration module.

October 28, 2016 28 Oct'16

How Big Finance and the feds conquered SecOps with code

SecOps is among the most daunting frontiers of DevOps transformation, but banks and the U.S. federal government are forging ahead using Puppet IT automation.

October 27, 2016 27 Oct'16

Household names share their secrets to DevOps training

Multinational enterprises with experience in the digital transformation trenches shared with the masses the DevOps training tips they've learned.

October 27, 2016 27 Oct'16

2017 Modern Infrastructure Impact Awards

The 2017 MI Impact Awards recognize the top products, technologies and services in seven categories. Here are the finalists that made the cut.

October 25, 2016 25 Oct'16

2017 Impact Awards: Vote for the Best Systems Management Tool

Vote here for the Best Systems Management Tool in the 2017 Impact Awards.

October 25, 2016 25 Oct'16

Puppet automation aims to capture surge in DevOps adoption

Puppet's CEO, brought on in April 2016 following substantial software automation growth, vows to build a bridge from legacy infrastructure to the bleeding edge for enterprise IT.

October 24, 2016 24 Oct'16

2017 Impact Awards: Vote for the best DevOps Product

Voting is now open for the best DevOps Product in the 2017 Modern Infrastructure Impact Awards.

October 21, 2016 21 Oct'16

Puppet Enterprise features appeal, but upgrades a roadblock

Puppet Enterprise got a brush-up at PuppetConf, with features users are excited to try, but a complex upgrade process may stand in their way.

October 20, 2016 20 Oct'16

What about the people?

I've been a technologist all my life. I studied electronics in high school, graduated college with a BSEE, spent some years creating manufacturing machines, and have written extensively about ...

October 19, 2016 19 Oct'16

Future IT trends watchlist highlights adaptive security, mesh architectures, IoT

Forward-thinking IT pros are peering around the corner at the IT trends they'll need to plan around in the coming year. Here's the short list -- how ready are you?

October 18, 2016 18 Oct'16

These 10 trends in IT are rewriting the rules: Are you prepared?

The rapid evolution of data centers and cloud hinges on these 10 key IT trends, from hybrid infrastructures to IoT and smartly managing capacity -- and new IT roles to manage it all.

October 13, 2016 13 Oct'16

Open Container Initiative offshoot pushes standardization envelope

Does a set of container standards being nurtured by Google and Red Hat represent a threat to Docker? IT industry observers weigh in.

October 12, 2016 12 Oct'16

DevOps pipeline tools woo enterprises with resiliency, integrations

Enterprises are ready to ante up in the DevOps game, as shown by new features being rolled out in DevOps pipeline tools.

October 10, 2016 10 Oct'16

DevOps training concerns stymie IT transformations

Thought leaders debate what needs to be done to foster DevOps training, as forward-thinking IT pros with DevOps skills are still scarce in the available pool of enterprise talent.

September 28, 2016 28 Sep'16

Create habitual IT security practices for the full stack

IT security should be so ingrained in developers and infrastructure managers it becomes second nature, rather than a stopping point along the flow of application lifecycles.

September 27, 2016 27 Sep'16

Microsoft Docker container GA a potential sea change for enterprises

Microsoft-supported Docker products will become generally available beginning with Windows Server 2016 in October 2016, vaulting containers into enterprise prime time.

September 23, 2016 23 Sep'16

For web companies, optimizing CI/CD mandates an IT infrastructure upgrade

Even relatively young web companies have found their IT infrastructure needed an overhaul to better support continuous integration and deployment.

September 22, 2016 22 Sep'16

To scale up IT reliability, break apart operations

One strategy toward more IT reliability is to make it everyone's responsibility.

September 22, 2016 22 Sep'16

Uber hits bumps in the road with microservices challenges

Uber execs reveal the tradeoffs they've made in building their business upon hundreds of microservices, balancing the advantages of speed with challenges of system reliability.

September 21, 2016 21 Sep'16

IT pros offered burgeoning choices in full-stack monitoring

APM and infrastructure monitoring vendors are crossing over, and an industry bellwether modernizes with an acquisition -- all to give enterprise IT shops a clearer view of ops.

September 21, 2016 21 Sep'16

New Runnable service seeks to woo firms from AWS staging servers

Cratejoy will test code in environments automatically created by Runnable to avoid bottlenecks around EC2 instances used for staging. But will this plan work for enterprise IT shops?

September 20, 2016 20 Sep'16

Trending on #bimodalIT and its ripple effects

Bimodal IT doesn't rely on just one coding construct, one IT operations tool or one platform. The shift to treating applications in entirely different ways is a mix of cultural and technological advancement.

September 16, 2016 16 Sep'16

Monitoring open source software key for DevOps shops

Open source software is all the rage, as the DevOps movement advances, but it's important to keep track of it carefully for licensing and security purposes.

September 16, 2016 16 Sep'16

VMware and AWS: The peanut butter and jelly in DevOps pros' pantries

Two great tastes that taste great together: VMware may seem to be the darling of a bygone era, but as enterprises transition to DevOps, it's very much on the menu alongside Amazon Web Services.

September 13, 2016 13 Sep'16

Modern Infrastructure 2017 Impact Awards nomination form

Nominate technology products here for the 2017 Modern Infrastructure Impact Awards.

September 13, 2016 13 Sep'16

Modern Infrastructure 2017 Impact Award Categories

Here are the categories for the 2017 Modern Infrastructure Impact Awards.

September 12, 2016 12 Sep'16

IT buying patterns force vendors to cater to DevOps shops

DevOps shops are pushing for changes to product pricing, packaging and sales and marketing efforts among IT tool suppliers.

September 08, 2016 08 Sep'16

Docker fork talk prompts container standardization brawl

The IT industry is abuzz with a debate about whether a Docker fork is imminent or a good idea for container standardization.

September 07, 2016 07 Sep'16

Integrate IT monitoring tools for potent systems management

A complex IT deployment with demanding metrics might require many IT monitoring tools, but that doesn't mean you can't view it all as one.

August 31, 2016 31 Aug'16

AWS poster child picks VMware DevOps tools

Several enterprises -- including a famous AWS early adopter -- say they're moving to VMware tools for DevOps, despite the challenges of managing their own back ends.

August 30, 2016 30 Aug'16

Container automation still on the to-do list in VMware shops

Containers aren't a priority yet for many IT pros, but the tide is starting to turn.

August 29, 2016 29 Aug'16

SecOps is an art best practiced solo

DevOps is all about collaboration, but security reviews are best left to one individual within a company, startups say.

August 26, 2016 26 Aug'16

DevOps implementation challenges grow in green fields, too

Startups can begin their DevOps journey unencumbered by legacy infrastructure, but scaling infrastructure and training employees are still hurdles to overcome.

August 24, 2016 24 Aug'16

ServiceNow ITOM workflow platform the next logical step from ITSM

Having firmly established itself in the IT service management business, ServiceNow hopes its workflow platform will bring the same level of success in IT operations management.

August 22, 2016 22 Aug'16

DevOps security: Are you ready to build it in?

Want security built into the DevOps process? It might not completely bulletproof an application, but experts say that any security added at the code level will pay dividends down the road.

August 19, 2016 19 Aug'16

DevOps maturity bolsters IT security in the right hands

Software abstractions and automation may seem to muddy IT security waters, but with proper management, they can offer better visibility into an IT environment.

August 17, 2016 17 Aug'16

Aviva’s annual Hackathon – the customer is key

One insurance company organizes an annual hackathon, where cross-discipline teams form to create features that employees dream up. In 24 hours, it's all over, but the lessons learned persist much longer.

August 16, 2016 16 Aug'16

Stateful applications spark container management debate

Stateful applications and container management don't mix, say some IT pros. But others say enterprises need to bring stateful apps into new IT architectures.

August 11, 2016 11 Aug'16

Programmable infrastructure fends off configuration drift

A new way to automate the provisioning and management of infrastructure is appearing on the horizon, spearheaded by startups.

August 09, 2016 09 Aug'16

Log analysis tool keeps Washington Post news apps on time

Sumo Logic's log analysis tool initially couldn't keep up with the flow of data from the newspaper's mobile delivery apps, but a novel integration with AWS Lambda changed that.

August 05, 2016 05 Aug'16

Sparta counters DevOps naysayers with compliance automation

Compliance can be automated along with the app development process as part of a DevOps transformation, one life sciences company found.

August 02, 2016 02 Aug'16

Sharper DevOps tools hack microservices monitoring

Microservices monitoring technology is only part of what enterprise IT shops say they need, as pricing changes are also necessary to accommodate the new architecture.

July 29, 2016 29 Jul'16

Shipping ports may see DevOps benefits via Navis transformation

DevOps benefits can be plentiful, even when the technology stack is not fully automated, says a software maker that's adopting Agile practices with its on-premises app.

July 19, 2016 19 Jul'16

The underlying costs of cloud apps

Moving to the cloud is supposed to save enterprises tons of money. And in most cases, that's true. But where it isn't always accurate lies in the cloud apps that many enterprises migrate their workloads to. That's why it's so crucial for an ...

July 19, 2016 19 Jul'16

Application operations directives from the front lines of IT

Legacy app maintenance doesn't end when new apps join the fold. IT pros share how they organize and execute application operations.

July 19, 2016 19 Jul'16

The real future of IT infrastructure lies in abstraction

Future IT infrastructure will be so abstracted from the applications using it that, while always a misnomer, serverless computing will be a reality.

July 14, 2016 14 Jul'16

Blue chips share Chef DevOps adoption stories, best practices

How does an organization with a large legacy infrastructure Chef up DevOps? Liberty Mutual, Target and Capital One offer guidance and lessons learned.

July 13, 2016 13 Jul'16

Enterprises weigh Chef Automate as totality vs. choice

Chef Automate bakes several tools into a single offering that hits the spot for many enterprises, though there is also overlap with existing tools.

July 12, 2016 12 Jul'16

Chef Habitat dives deep into application-level automation

Chef CTO Adam Jacob dishes about Habitat, the company's reinvented configuration management tool, and how IT shops can automate their application builds and deployment.

July 11, 2016 11 Jul'16

Chef automation branches out with new Automate product

Chef CTO Adam Jacob explains how the company's new Chef Automate product gives IT pros insights across infrastructure automation, application automation, security and compliance.

July 08, 2016 08 Jul'16

In IT containerization, a grassroots movement grows up

Containers have made inroads into most app dev workflows and are headed for production, whether or not IT management is aware of it yet.

July 06, 2016 06 Jul'16

Microsoft Service Fabric dangles microservices alternative

Enterprise IT pros have multiple options for microservices among Microsoft products that function at both the platform and infrastructure level.

July 01, 2016 01 Jul'16

DevOps automation boosts Rosetta Stone's app delivery

The language learning company uses multiple tools to make its DevOps environment run smoothly, but Docker has been the key to streamlining application releases.

June 30, 2016 30 Jun'16

Ansible automation heralds move beyond DevOps niche

Ansible configuration management's roadmap points to more automation in more areas of the enterprise IT infrastructure.

June 22, 2016 22 Jun'16

Docker portability shows promise with new cloud integrations

New integrations and features promise to bring IT shops closer to migrating containerized applications between public cloud infrastructures.

June 21, 2016 21 Jun'16

Docker persistent storage is the next frontier in containerization

Persistent storage is a final hurdle for many enterprises hoping to deploy containers for traditional applications, and new plug-ins for Docker are emerging to help.

June 20, 2016 20 Jun'16

Containers conflict: IT pros debate Docker bare metal vs. VM

Enterprise IT pros debate the best way to deploy containers on virtual machines or bare metal, while Docker itself stays neutral.

June 20, 2016 20 Jun'16

Docker orchestration integration could ruffle partners' feathers

Adding container orchestration to the latest version of Docker Engine fuels debate about what enterprise IT shops want from the still-nascent technology -- and from whom.

June 17, 2016 17 Jun'16

Microsoft shops prefer a DIY approach to Azure containers

As a primordial soup of Windows container technologies coalesces into products, users are willing to wait until they can control their own destiny with Windows Server 2016.

June 14, 2016 14 Jun'16

Slack outage spotlights potential SaaS risk

Relying on a third party for software as a service has its advantages, but also comes with the risk of dealing with outages like the one suffered by ChatOps tool Slack late last week.

June 10, 2016 10 Jun'16

DevOps monitoring tools are only half the battle for IT operations

You've got the application up and running in production and performing well -- now what? Effective DevOps monitoring also requires that you intelligently evaluate user engagement.

June 09, 2016 09 Jun'16

ChatOps tools the new interface of IT operations

Chatrooms and chatbots are making inroads into enterprise IT shops to manage day-to-day operations.

June 08, 2016 08 Jun'16

DevOps pipelines call for APIs, open source and integration skills

Full-stack DevOps automation can be done more easily today than ever before, but not every organization should do it.

June 07, 2016 07 Jun'16

Want to be an agile giant? Mimic a small startup

Enterprise IT has decades of process and procedure in place, which can hinder innovation. Executives share their strategies to inject new ideas into an established operation.

June 03, 2016 03 Jun'16

Gene Kim Q&A: DevOps transformation is not just for devs and unicorns

One of the founding fathers of DevOps says his focus lately is on how enterprise IT 'horses' adopt agile practices, rather than on early adopter tech 'unicorns.'

June 03, 2016 03 Jun'16

It's ITIL and DevOps, not ITIL or DevOps

With Practitioner, ITIL targets a more digestible and flexible change management implementation. Is it a good compromise between traditional IT and DevOps?

May 31, 2016 31 May'16

Serverless computing supporters ponder NoOps

Envisioning a future with no servers to manage, some serverless-computing enthusiasts want to drop the 'ops' from DevOps, too.

May 27, 2016 27 May'16

New DevOps security tools portend market maturity

A plethora of new security tools aimed at DevOps shops suggests IT pros are getting their sea legs with DevOps and security in 2016.

May 25, 2016 25 May'16

IT pros contend with Linux container complexity

Deploying a handful of containers is simple, but deploying across thousands of machines means dealing with some serious complexity.

May 25, 2016 25 May'16

Tech firms roll out Kubernetes in production

It's still early days for Google's container cluster management software, but some intrepid IT pros have gone beyond just kicking its tires.

May 24, 2016 24 May'16

DevOps security forms glue between developers, IT ops

App development and IT ops specialists can find common ground and solve common problems with a focus on security.

May 23, 2016 23 May'16

IT regulatory compliance throws a wrench into DevOps gears

Outdated compliance rules can mean automated deployment runs right up to the edge of the production environment -- and then comes to a screeching halt.

May 20, 2016 20 May'16

Configuration management tools seek foothold in containers

Some IT pros argue container management supplants the need for configuration management tools like Puppet and Chef, while others say there's room for both.

May 19, 2016 19 May'16

IT pros make wish list for DevOps practices

Developers and IT operations specialists alike have some requests for their fellow DevOps practitioners.

May 13, 2016 13 May'16

Enterprises offer own twist on DevOps adoption

For many companies, DevOps remains a long-term goal, and they are putting their own spin on how to best adopt it.

May 10, 2016 10 May'16

As DevOps matures, IT ops evolve into an IT service provider

As companies increasingly seek full-stack developers, IT operations specialists must find new ways to add value and remain relevant.

April 29, 2016 29 Apr'16

IT pros size up Jenkins 2.0 continuous delivery update

Users praise Jenkins 2.0 making continuous delivery pipelines more accessible, but the upgrade process may take a bit of tinkering to complete.

April 28, 2016 28 Apr'16

Site reliability engineering kicks rote tasks out of IT ops

DevOps is making inroads into many enterprises old and new, but Google is sharing its site reliability engineering prowess in a book that champions NoOps.

April 21, 2016 21 Apr'16

IT performance management pegged for increase of virtualization tools

TechTarget survey results highlight the growth of IT performance management tools that provide automated feedback to problems with applications, server virtualization and the cloud.

April 14, 2016 14 Apr'16

IT automation tools tame microservices 'nightmare'

App architectures built from hierarchies of containers and microservices can't be supported well using traditional IT ops practices.

April 13, 2016 13 Apr'16

IT operations tools establish common ground with developers

There are various technical ways to get application developers and IT operations working together, such as container management and ChatOps.

April 11, 2016 11 Apr'16

Infrastructure as code tops IT's DevOps challenges

Infrastructure as code is seen as the best way for IT pros to keep pace with modern application development, but that is easier said than done.

April 06, 2016 06 Apr'16

IT operations pros must adapt with new DevOps skills

There's a role for IT operations in a DevOps environment, but it will look and feel different from the traditional IT job description.

March 18, 2016 18 Mar'16

SQL innovator Jim Starkey journeys into the database future

Jim Starkey, who developed some of the earliest incarnations of the relational database, reveals a vision of the database future that's cooking in his home lab.

March 18, 2016 18 Mar'16

Q&A: Database infrastructure must match modern apps

Jim Starkey, the man who wrote large parts of the relational databases that are still in use today, talks about why it's time to start over with new designs.

March 16, 2016 16 Mar'16

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 "...

March 16, 2016 16 Mar'16

Wise up to today's software as a service benefits

It's time for IT to get over the past and embrace the future. And yes, this is going to affect your applications. Ask yourself: Why aren't we using software as a service?

March 16, 2016 16 Mar'16

IT pros atwitter about building a DevOps culture

Exploring #DevOps on Twitter provides a window into what ops pros and developers hold above all else: building a DevOps culture and choosing from the abundance of available tools.

March 07, 2016 07 Mar'16

Hotel hits the gas pedal with souped up DevOps model

Seeking faster application delivery led to Starwood Hotels adopting a "DevOps plus" approach, adding in security and middleware teams.

February 25, 2016 25 Feb'16

Docker management gaps smoothed over with new tool

Docker Datacenter brings together multiple pieces of Docker management under one umbrella. But like everything in the container space, there's still work left to be done.

February 17, 2016 17 Feb'16

Scale-out architecture and new data protection capabilities in 2016

What are the next big things for the data center in 2016? Applications will pilot the course to better data protection and demand more resources from scale-out architecture.

February 17, 2016 17 Feb'16

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...

February 09, 2016 09 Feb'16

Ansible 2.0 rescales, resets configuration management tool

Ansible's roadmap is open to new paths and possibilities, with a re-architected back end, new features and one of the largest open source suppliers to the enterprise at its helm.

January 20, 2016 20 Jan'16

Readers sound off on Docker containment strategies

In this Tweet roundup, readers share their thoughts on the pros and cons of various Docker containment strategies.

January 20, 2016 20 Jan'16

Will container virtualization be the biggest data center trend of 2016?

With the rapid maturation of container virtualization, IT administrators should be prepared to adopt and manage containers earlier than they expected.

January 20, 2016 20 Jan'16

The 2016 MI Impact Awards

It's January, people, and you know what that means -- awards season! Not one to be left out of the party, Modern Infrastructure is happy to announce the winners of its third annual Impact Awards, where readers, industry experts and editors weigh in ...

December 18, 2015 18 Dec'15