Tips

Tips

Real-Time Performance Monitoring and Management

• Self-healing software stacks guard against outages, downtime

  If an IT professional breaks down, a doctor must set him right. If IT software breaks, self-healing measures let it repair itself -- if the break isn't prevented altogether.  Continue Reading

• Shipyard floats a Docker GUI for easier container management

  Deploying new Docker images is the easy part; managing and reporting on those instances is tricky. IT teams can use the Shipyard GUI to stop, start, orchestrate and manage Docker.  Continue Reading

• Approach an off-premises systems management service with caution

  With an IT platform spread across on-premises and hosted platforms, operations teams need systems management tools that take hybrid integration -- and data security -- seriously.  Continue Reading

• Red Hat performance monitoring service breaks new ground, within limits

  Red Hat Insights performance monitoring SaaS mixes artificial intelligence and Red Hat expertise to get the most use out of ops data.  Continue Reading

• Don't let serverless applications dodge performance monitoring

  Serverless applications abstract the app from the underlying infrastructure. And that changes the IT team's approach to application performance monitoring.  Continue Reading

• Agent vs. agentless: Monitoring choices for diverse IT ops needs

  All management tools must run on a device, but the standards for agent and agentless monitoring vary widely. The determination is easier once you understand monitoring data needs.  Continue Reading

• Simplify your platform with IT systems management tools

  So much effort goes into simply keeping an IT infrastructure up and running. Imagine what more could be accomplished once you automate some of those tasks with IT systems management tools.  Continue Reading

• These IT automation scripts take little effort and save a lot of work

  Doing IT by hand is doing it wrong. Whether to provision components, research an issue or report on performance, IT automation scripts are powerful and easy to write.  Continue Reading

• Salt minions and grains facilitate deployment at scale

  A tiered management setup and finely grained monitoring capabilities make SaltStack's configuration management tool worth considering.  Continue Reading

• Secure Jenkins for fast and safe app delivery

  Enterprises evaluating a migration to Jenkins continuous integration for quick and agile software development should keep security in the forefront of their decision.  Continue Reading

• Manage disk image files wisely in the face of DevOps sprawl

  There are strategies to prevent obsolete disk images from clogging up valuable space, especially in a rapid-change DevOps shop. However, not all VMs will benefit from the same plan.  Continue Reading

• Know how to handle IT incident management to avoid chaos

  When an important application goes down, you'd better have the right IT incident management processes and procedures in place to fix it.  Continue Reading

• Conduct an honest IT performance review in problem areas

  There are many common signs that the IT estate is unhealthy. These are a few indicators of trouble, with potential changes to consider.  Continue Reading

• Patch servers the right way without wasting time

  It's a tough job, but somebody's got to do it. With this guidance, administrators can streamline server patching processes.  Continue Reading

• Stay safe with free IT tools on live systems

  Sometimes you just need any help to fix the problem in your IT deployment. It's okay to download free IT troubleshooting tools, as long as you think through and monitor the choice.  Continue Reading