The Eclipse Foundation launches a paid Open VSX Managed Registry to help industry partners sustainably fund the infrastructure behind VS Code extensions.
Red Hat Adds Managed Instance of Ansible to Expanding AWS Portfolio
Red Hat this week made available a managed instance of the Ansible automation framework on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud.
IBM to Provide Hybrid Cloud Service Based on VMware Cloud
At the VMware Explore 2023 conference this week, IBM announced that it will soon provide a fully managed service based on a streamlined edition of VMware Cloud.
Dell Looks to Expand Pool of Available DevOps Expertise
Dell Technologies has quietly launched a training and education initiative to significantly expand the number of IT professionals that have DevOps skills. Brad Maltz, senior director for DevOps and developer relations ecosystems for Dell, said the next era of IT will require IT professionals that understand how to automate the management of application development and […]
DevOps Deeper Dive: IBM to ‘Maniacally Focus’ on Hybrid Cloud, AI
IBM this week announced its intention to spin out a new company next year focused primarily on managed infrastructure as part of a plan to focus more on hybrid cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives. IBM is combining the Red Hat assets it gained last year via a $34 billion acquisition with its investment […]
HashiCorp Unfurls Cloud Platform for Managed Services
HashiCorp today at its online HashiConf Digital event launched HashiCorp Cloud Platform (HCP), through which it intends to make all of its software available as a fully managed service. At the same time, HashiCorp announced a public beta of an update to HashiCorp Terraform, a curated instance of an open source tool for configuring IT […]
IT Modernization Yields Business Benefits Even in Early Stages
In recent years, with the emergence of newer technologies ranging from the cloud to machine learning, IT modernization has evolved from a replacement of end-of-life infrastructure to an enabler of innovation and business value. It is a complex process that can take months or even years, but a recent survey shows that the effort begins […]
How to Leverage Elastic Services for Cost Optimization
Due to the current pandemic, business continuity for many organizations has suffered a great deal. Organizations, primarily those in manufacturing, agriculture, transport, hospitality, energy and retail sectors, have been affected by the unanticipated change in the business landscape. Some companies in these sectors have been experiencing massive losses in revenue, which is why their primary […]
Mission Makes AWS Expertise Available for Free
Mission, a provider of managed services for the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud, this week announced it will make its cloud optimization expertise available free of charge for any IT organization that acquires AWS licenses through it. Alex Beal, director of product for Mission, said as cloud sprawl continues to be an issue, many internal […]
Cybersecurity Fears May Drive Shift to Managed DevOps
Should organizations consider using a managed service for DevOps to keep their platforms up to date and secure? The recent disclosure of a vulnerability that would allow open source Jenkins continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) platforms to be employed to launch a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack highlights how challenging it is to secure the […]