Opinion

Opinion

• Monitor IT infrastructure with an eye on customer experience

  It doesn't matter how many IT monitoring tools oversee your infrastructure; they're all looking in the wrong direction.  Continue Reading

• A serverless architecture could live in your data center

  Just because you don't see the server doesn't mean it's not there. Serverless frameworks are superseding containers, but is the extra abstraction worth it?  Continue Reading

• Machine learning algorithms make life easier -- until they don't

  Algorithms govern many facets of our lives. But imperfect logic and data sets can make results worse instead of better, so it behooves all of us to think like data scientists.  Continue Reading

• Virtualization admin? Pivot -- pivot now -- to a cloud computing career

  Experienced virtualization admins should consider the facts: The cloud is running traditional virtualization off the road. Change lanes before yours disappears.  Continue Reading

• Look closely at IT automation trends before rushing in

  It's easy to chase -- or hide from -- IT automation trends, without truly understanding what automation projects will benefit the data center and business the most.  Continue Reading

• IT operations dashboard efforts strive for single pane of glass

  Single pane of glass application monitoring is an IT myth on par with Bigfoot: frequently mentioned, constantly sought after and equally as elusive.  Continue Reading

• Accelerate Apache Spark to boost big data platforms

  Big data platforms like Apache Spark process massive volumes of data faster than other options. As data volumes grow, enterprises seek ways to speed up Spark.  Continue Reading

• Time is now for admins to understand how a DevOps deployment works

  The DevOps methodology is rapidly on the rise, with one estimate that three-fourths of businesses are using it. There are some best practices to make the transition less rocky.  Continue Reading

• Internet of things data security proves vital in digitized world

  Securing IoT data should become a priority as more companies manipulate the volumes produced by these devices. Seemingly innocuous information could allow privacy invasions.  Continue Reading

• The configuration management process begins with tool evaluation

  Implementing a configuration management plan involves an evaluation of the many available tools. Despite their similarities, there are important differences.  Continue Reading

• Big data concerns reach broad and deep in new era of applications

  Big data is out there, waiting to make you rich -- or help your organization succeed anyway. But there are still more unknowns than knowns about the future of big data.  Continue Reading

• Fight new IT security issues with brawn and brain in operations

  IT systems have changed, development processes have changed and even the business's customers' habits have changed. Why hasn't IT security?  Continue Reading

• The future of containerization goes more abstract

  Containers have benefits over VMs in the data center, but the future of containerization is broader than that.  Continue Reading

• Declare the merits of a declarative configuration management process

  The market seems to be answering a question that's been around since the dawn of DevOps -- is an imperative or declarative configuration management model the best approach?  Continue Reading

• Four big data and AI trends to keep an eye on

  AI is making a comeback -- and it's going to affect your data center soon.  Continue Reading