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Application Rollout Planning and Problems

Improve microservices management in operations with 5 tips

Distributed applications are the future of IT, thanks to their scalability and flexibility, but growth means growing pains. Tackle microservices issues with this expert advice. Continue Reading
The ops team's role in securing IT infrastructure and apps

Organizations prioritize security, even as they deploy workloads to the cloud and adopt new dev methods. How do these trends change the IT ops team's security responsibilities? Continue Reading
Which IT security roles fall to the ops team?

To help secure data and applications, an IT ops team needs to do much more than put up firewalls and apply other traditional security measures. Here's where to begin. Continue Reading
Unmask IT operational risks for resilient apps

Sidney Dekker, a speaker on safety, illustrates the causes of failure in high-consequence domains and how IT organizations can banish them in this video. Continue Reading
Know the ins and outs of an enterprise application project

It's not just developers and operations admins who need to plan an application launch or update together -- bring in every connected department to ensure nobody gets caught by surprise. Continue Reading
Cherry-pick from ITSM frameworks to achieve change control

Don't let the horrors of ITSM implementations gone wrong turn your IT organization away from quality control and improvement. Discerning ITSM adopters know that the more frameworks there are, the merrier.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
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.Continue Reading

Can IT admins benefit from a DevOps environment?

Admins might wonder if they need to pay attention to DevOps, but collaboration with developers helps minimize bad code and ...

4 PowerShell modules every IT pro should know

Find out how to use four of the most popular PowerShell community modules in the PowerShell Gallery to help better manage your ...

IBM quantum computing may arrive sooner than expected

If IBM continues doubling the performance of its quantum computers, as recent benchmarks indicate, it could deliver the first ...

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AWS Direct Connect tiers address planned network spikes

AWS Direct Connect pivots toward higher bandwidth requirements and cuts prices on lower tiers to handle customers' seasonal ...

Maximize Amazon S3 reliability with shrewd choices

IT organizations moving to AWS might have data protection concerns. However, with replication across regions and versioning ...

Accelerate data migration with AWS DataSync

Dig into the details of AWS DataSync, such as deployment options and availability. Compare it to similar AWS services and see how...

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Bare-metal vs. VM container deployment considerations

Consider your performance requirements, portability needs and what level of isolation and security you want when deploying ...

Server hardware to run ROBO virtual workloads

Examine remote office/branch office technology trends, review server hardware options and ensure you can effectively manage ...

4 branch office server management best practices

Setting up a ROBO server involves specific hardware and software configuration considerations, such as ensuring redundancy and ...

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Microsoft Azure Dev Spaces, Google Jib target Kubernetes woes

Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud both added cloud application development tools that improve and simplify the process of creating...

With progressive web applications, developers blur the lines

With progressive web applications, single-page apps, motion UI and other innovations, app development meets the moment, giving ...

Web app development morphs as apps and websites merge

The lines between web and mobile app and websites are blurring, so development silos are out, and boning up on building ...

TheServerSide.com

Find the right model for developing AI applications

Developing AI apps isn't a walk in the park. Here's a guideline on how it differs from traditional application development and ...

Detect attacker intent with Elasticsearch security plugins

Harden your enterprise with security plugins for Elasticsearch that target hacker behaviors, patterns and goals to limit issues, ...

Fix this runC vulnerability to prevent unwanted root access

Examine a recent vulnerability to the runC container code and what you need to do to prevent unwanted root access and container ...

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Kick-start your app migration strategy with these best practices

As the cloud becomes more popular, most enterprises will need a migration strategy. Before they move to the public cloud, ...

Strike a cost-performance balance in microservices deployment

To successfully deploy microservices in the cloud, IT teams should beware of these four common mistakes around resource locations...

Turbonomic updates ease multi-cloud management, cut costs

Turbonomic's latest update focuses on not just ensuring cloud application performance but keeping the cost of cloud management in...

DevOpsAgenda

How to bust security silos and secure your operation

DevOps means velocity, though, not at security's expense. Rapid7's Jen Andre thinks automation and orchestration strategies can ...

The first step from Agile to DevOps is a pilot project

Agile to DevOps isn't as perilous as Waterfall to Agile, but it will take measurable goals and an efficient pilot project to ...

Best practices for DevOps compliance and reusability

You know you want to scale with a model-driven process. So how do you make it work? Start with these best practices for ...