All of Microsoft’s cloud services go down, everywhere. Redmond’s IaaS, PaaS and SaaS—including GitHub—were dead for several hours, and are still running unreliably—despite Microsoft saying it’s fixed.
Managing Endpoint Compliance-as-Code
The rapid pace of modern software delivery and increasing fleet sizes have transformed how organizations see and handle security strategies. Compliance-as-code is required for today’s organizations that need security as a fundamental part of business processes. It is no longer possible to manually manage compliance with dedicated security teams. Balancing security with growing infrastructure needs […]
Building an IaC Security and Governance Program Step-by-Step
Infrastructure as code (IaC) is undoubtedly changing how engineers approach the cloud. IaC, when coupled with dev tools and automation, opens up new avenues for infrastructure performance, scalability and, now, security. By embedding IaC security and compliance controls into your version control systems and CI/CD pipelines, you can start identifying and fixing errors earlier. But, […]
IaC and Kubernetes: A Natural Pairing
Using IaC with Kubernetes helps standardize Kubernetes cluster configuration and manage add-ons Infrastructure as code (IaC) is the ability to provision and manage infrastructure using a configuration language. It offers repeatability, transparency and the application of modern software development practices to the management of infrastructure including networks, load balancers, virtual machines, Kubernetes clusters and monitoring. […]
Lenovo Looks to Automate Edge Computing
Lenovo is extending its IT automation framework for provisioning IT infrastructure out to edge computing platforms. Charles Ferland, vice president and general manager for networking and communications service providers at Lenovo Data Center Group, said the Lenovo Open Cloud Automation (LOC-A) framework provides a single pane of glass through which IT teams can not only […]
MEDIAOPS OFFERS CONFERENCE DISASTER PLANS AMID GROWING CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
Virtual Event Capabilities Allow Event Organizers to Afford Attendees, Speakers and Sponsors a Near Identical Experience to In-Person Physical Events BOCA RATON, Fla. — February 17, 2020 — Amid growing concerns over the spreading coronavirus, MediaOps, the leading global media platform for technical communities, is now offering a Conference Disaster Plan (CDP) aimed at […]
Stellus Launches Next Generation NAS Platform
Stellus Technologies launched a network-attached storage (NAS) system capable of processing unstructured data at 10 times the speed of existing systems. Based on a software-defined file system written on top of a key-value store, the Stellus Data Platform can be acquired either as an appliance or in the form of a virtual image that IT […]