With the introduction of network programmability and APIs for everything from management systems to devices themselves, the modern network landscape has evolved to being managed like software. This shift from […]
F5 Networks Launches Next-Gen ADC Based on NGINX
F5 Networks this week launched version 3.0 of its NGINX application delivery controller (ADC) that adds application programming interface (API) management tools, analytics and monitoring tools, a service mesh, a […]
IoT, AIOps and OMG!
The task of keeping networking straight while expanding the definition of network to include both physical and virtual networking has fallen heavily upon the op-centric side of DevOps–or what I […]
Catchpoint Expands Network Monitoring Service Reach
Catchpoint has expanded the number of locations worldwide from which it is gathering telemetry data for its networking monitoring service to more than 825 sites. Drit Suljoti, chief product officer […]
Embracing the Product Development Cycle
Nowadays, a truly successful product calls for purposeful investment in the people that will ultimately use it in their specific environments. We all know technological development is hyperactive and unpredictable. […]
DevOps and Networking: Working to Achieve Nirvana
Enterprises don’t own the cloud, just the experience. If there’s an outage or even a hiccup in the performance or network service, it’s on the network and application teams (not […]
F5 Networks Acquires NGINX to Meld NetOps with DevOps
As part of an effort to better align DevOps and network operations (NetOps), F5 Networks plans to acquire NGINX, a provider of widely employed open source loading balancing software. The two […]
Cisco Looks to Build DevOps Community
Cisco Systems is making a concerted effort to create an era of détente between networking professionals and the rest of the IT operations teams that have embraced DevOps practices. Susie […]
Boxes vs. Services: The Infrastructure Equation
Infrastructure is changing as more services replace the need for hardware-based architectures There has been a lot of change in the last few years, and that change shows no sign […]
NetOps vs. DevOps: New Data is Enlightening
Traditionally, we have seen development—and, by extension, DevOps—as having a less-than-cordial relationship with network operations (NetOps). Since the goals of the two groups are sometimes at cross purposes—DevOps wants access […]
