The latest ProLiant MicroServer is designed to use AI to provide the next generation remote server management Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) announced an HPE ProLiant MicroServer Gen10 Plus platform designed to be managed remotely using advanced algorithms the company makes available via the cloud. Tim Peters, vice president and general manager for global small-to-medium businesses and […]
Dell Pushes Computing to the Edge
Dell Technologies today set its sights on becoming a major edge computing player with the launch of a Dell EMC PowerEdge XE2420 server optimized for space-constrained environments and a smaller version of a pre-integrated Dell EMC Modular Data Center Micro 415 (MDC Micro) ruggedized platform. In addition, Dell launched the Dell EMC Streaming Data Platform, […]
Setting Up Google Authenticator on Multiple Servers
Google Authenticator is pretty great. It allows me as an administrator to set up and configure multi-factor authentication into my UNIX boxes without having to spend money on a tool like YubiKey or RSA tokens. It’s easy to set up on any type of phone—no specialized hardware or dongles needed. It’s also pretty cool in […]
Linus Torvalds Sees Lots of Hardware Headaches Ahead
Linux founder Linus Torvalds, today at the KubeCon + CloudNative + Open Source Summit China conference, warned attendees that managing software is about to become a lot more challenging, largely because of two hardware issues that are beyond the control of DevOps teams. The first, he said, is the steady stream of patches being generated […]
5 Ways Wireless Technology Will Evolve in 2019
2019 will be a transformative year for the wireless world, with landmark developments in 5G, cloud computing and hardware. From stadiums and retail buildings to airports and even street corners, there’s no place that won’t be affected by the rapid evolution of wireless technology. And if you’re not up on the edge, you’re sleeping on […]
Dell Technologies Drives Automation Deeper into Platforms
Dell Technologies this week launched a series of initiatives intended to provide IT organizations with multiple deployment options for Dell EMC appliances and servers, including forthcoming managed service offering through which Dell will manage private cloud platforms based on VMware software on behalf of customers. Announced at the Dell Technologies World 2019 conference, Dell EMC […]
Hardware in the Age of Automation
There’s a joke making its way around the internet that goes like this: Q: How do DevOps engineers change a lightbulb? A: They don’t. It’s a hardware problem. The trend to abstract hardware away from the day-to-day work of most IT personnel continues. We in DevOps have given it a name: infrastructure as code. Hardware […]
Automation: Critical Missing Pieces in the CD Puzzle
As enterprises accelerate the frequency with which they develop and release new code into production to meet the ever-mounting demands of their consumers, there’s growing pressure on networking and security operations teams to keep pace with their DevOps counterparts. And it’s not hard to see why. According to Forrester, nearly four out of five business leaders […]
Cisco Looks to Bridge Gap Between Networking and DevOps
Networking in the enterprise has always stood apart. It might take two minutes or less to spin up a virtual machine, but it can take two weeks to set up the network connections. To help bridge some of the gaps between networking and the rest of the DevOps team, Cisco Systems this week unveiled a […]
Is Your Company’s IT a Disaster Waiting to Happen?
Recent IT disasters suggest gaps in hardware testing, backup system testing and inadequate disaster recovery plans. Although the summer often is the most profitable season for most airlines, this past summer wasn’t great for several of the largest carriers. In July, Southwest Airlines suffered a 12-hour IT outage, triggered by a router malfunction that quickly […]