What is the Next of Virtualization

Source- virtualization.cioreview.com It has been more than half a century in the history of virtualization since IBM’s first effort to virtualize mainframe in the mid-1960s. Multiple applications could run at once, and hardware utilization and productivity were increased. The evolution of virtualization has been accelerated in the past 20 years. The resources such as a server, desktop, storage, file system, operating system and, networking are virtualized, and workloads are managed and run over virtual resources to achieve scalability and elasticity. Virtualization

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Devops predictions for 2019

Source- computerworlduk.com Devops thinking is arguably mainstream today, and there were plenty of developments afoot in 2018 that suggest 2019 will be an intriguing year to follow the space. Loosely defined, devops is the combination of developer and operations teams through an organisational culture change, assisted by automation tooling with the goal of releasing software as quickly as possible. Naturally this makes it an enticing proposition to enterprises, especially those who may be at the start of their “digital transformation”, even

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A look back at the top cloud computing news of 2018

Source- searchcloudcomputing.techtarget.com It was an eventful year for cloud computing news. Top providers continued to up their game and address enterprise demands, but also scrambled to respond to outages and cloud security threats. Before you jump into the new year, look back at some of the top cloud headlines of 2018. Meltdown and Spectre target cloud computing environments In early January, a tech glitch posed a significant vulnerability to both cloud providers and their users. Two security flaws, dubbed Meltdown and Spectre, exposed a

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Microsoft ‘Intelligent Cloud Hub’ to build AI-ready workforce in India.

Source- thenewsminute.com Microsoft on Thursday announced a three-year “Intelligent Cloud Hub” collaborative programme in India to empower institutes to skill students in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Cloud technologies. The dedicated AI infrastructure and Internet of Things (IOT) hub programme will equip selected research and higher education institutions with AI infrastructure, build curriculum and faculty capability to skill students in AI and cloud technologies, the company said in a statement. India is the first country to have such a programme under which

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DevOps: Underestimated Security Risks

Source- e3zine.com Digital transformation needs high agility and increasingly promotes the use of DevOps environments. That’s because DevOps offers accelerated innovation, higher flexibility and reduced complexity in application development and deployment. With the implementation of DevOps, companies, therefore, want to primarily benefit their businesses. More often than not, however, they neglect security. A severe mistake, because DevOps significantly widens the attack surface for cybercriminals. If companies use DevOps models, they also have to create more privileged accounts and login details and

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5 tips to jump-start a DevOps pipeline

Source- searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com DevOps means different things to different people. IT professionals generally associate the creation of a DevOps pipeline with accelerated software development, collaboration between development and operations teams and tools that reformulate traditional application development. Organizations have a growing need for these DevOps pipelines in the face of a business climate where no one can wait long for new features or apps. Accordingly, a number of continuous software development practices have become norms. If your enterprise’s top priority next year is to

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Attackers are using cloud services to mask attack origin and build false trust

Source- techrepublic.com Security experts love talking up the importance of trusted websites. Google’s dominant Chrome browser—which has held about two-thirds of the browser market share all year—emphasized the importance of this with its lock icon, indicating that traffic was encrypted. It’s a useful heuristic, easy for end users to understand. Lock equals security. It’s skeuomorphism at its best, but it lulls users into a false sense of security. A Wednesday report from Menlo Security finds that attackers are using cloud hosting services to avoid detection, opting to

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Anaxi Delivers Project Management App for DevOps

Source- devops.com Anaxi, a provider of project management software designed specifically for DevOps teams, has made its web application generally available. The web application complements an existing iPhone application, while an Android version of the company’s project management application is still under development. Company CEO says Marc Verstaen said that as DevOps has evolved around multiple repositories, IT organizations are finding it challenging to keep track of code from projects they are using within what applications. Anaxi is designed to not only

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Public Sector Cloud: Why Is It Different?

Source- theurbantwist.com Cloud computing is something that many businesses now use in one way or another. Business solutions running from the cloud are quite common; in fact, it is now the norm to run solutions such as CRM and HR in the cloud. The use of cloud computing by businesses also extends beyond data storage and analysis. What’s interesting is how governments around the world are relying on cloud computing more and more. Top cloud service providers like Microsoft and Google

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Five Best Practices for DevOps Automation

Source- cioreview.com Open source libraries and frameworks play a crucial role in the DevOps environment that emphasizes the shorter development lifecycles, collaboration, and innovation. It’s important not to neglect the security of these open source components. Here we will talk about five things that one must consider concerning the safety of an open source project. ‱  Security Automation A significant driving force for DevOps is to automate as much as possible. DevOps automation emphasizes using technologies like virtual machines and containerization to

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The Future of Cloud Services

Source- cio.com Savvy businesses are increasingly turning to the cloud to reduce costs and increase business efficiency by moving from infrastructure-based operations to application-based operations. Put simply, the cloud is an offsite storage system maintained by a third party. And as the cloud becomes more sophisticated, the operational advantages are becoming clearer. No longer do businesses need to install, operate and maintain large and expensive server rooms. With real estate costs now at a premium, a server room can take up

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What is software application enhancement?

Source- techhq.com Software application developers and programmers work hard to build the apps we use every day. Developers also spend a lot of time focused on engineering, integrating and deploying that software alongside their operations ‘Ops’ counterparts– often in newly-established DevOps teams designed to combine the working goals of both parties. But not all apps just get built and then retired or killed off. Lifecycle management Many applications (and wider database analytics systems) will go through what the industry likes to

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Why Leveraging Cloud Computing is the Way Forward for Your Business

Source- pc-tablet.com Business owners, app developers, and service providers in today’s modern world have one thing in common: they all rely on cloud computing for operational efficiency. Whether you are a business owner trying to improve your operations or a developer in the process of releasing your own app to the market, turning to cloud computing and cloud-based solutions is the way to go. Aside from the immense processing power, cloud computing has a lot to offer. There are many reasons

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6 Cloud Security Predictions for 2019

Source- darkreading.com In 2018, more organizations adopted cloud computing, and at a rapidly growing pace. The main drivers for cloud were high efficiency, easier and faster deployments, and, of course, scalability. But from a security perspective, the speedy adoption of cloud computing is forcing security professionals to learn about new challenges, cloud-specific risks, and relevant mitigations as well as to develop more modern cybersecurity strategies. The past year also brought with it a greater number of security incidents related to misconfigured

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What place does enterprise release management have in DevOps?

Source- devopsonline.co.uk Application delivery is challenging for any organisation, but at enterprise scale, it is even more complicated. Combining and empowering teams across all lines of business, that can be globally situated, to come together to finalise software is complicated – particularly when some of those teams might also work for third-party contractors. However, there is one, clear goal that unifies these teams, and that is the directive to ‘go faster’, to deliver software more quickly. DevOps is a methodology that

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Amazon finds more efficient cloud computing solution

Source- digitaljournal.com To improve its cloud-based computing services, Amazon is to deploy an ARM-based Graviton processor. The e-commerce giant says this will lead to cost savings of up 45 per cent for “scale-out” services. Amazon is the world’s biggest player in cloud computing. This is delivered via Amazon Web Services (AWS), which is the company’s $27-billion cloud business. AWS on-demand cloud computing platforms to individuals, companies and governments, on a paid subscription basis. The reason behind Amazon changing the technology behind

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Already learned DevOps? Great, now it’s time for GitOps

Source- thenextweb.com You’ve seen DevOps, and DevSecOps, and maybe even NoOps. But if you haven’t already, you’re going be hearing a whole lot more about GitOps. As an indicator, four of the sessions at the upcoming KubeCon are about GitOps. You might not know what GitOps is, but if you’re developing software, there’s a good chance you’re already doing it. What’s GitOps? And do we really need another software development buzzword? Well, GitOps is really the culmination of a few different

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DevOps: Common mistakes and how to avoid them

Source- itproportal.com Across organisations of all sizes, software is driving real business value as it has transformed processes, broken down legacy systems and unleashed the wave of app-driven business models. The software is changing the business landscape, levelling the playing field for businesses of all sizes to compete and innovate through software development. To stay competitive, market-leading businesses are committed to producing software in the right way, adopting the principles of continuous integration, continuous delivery and DevOps. While continuous integration involves

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Should Your Agency Adopt DevOps?

Source- forbes.com It’s not you; the world actually seems to be turning faster. Ubiquitous access to digital content has created a demand for faster and faster services. Driven by the consumer, these changes have pushed agencies to respond faster to clients and deploy marketing, PR and communications services at a pace like never before. The laws of digital nature require strategies and campaigns to pivot on a dime with the ever-changing demands of the end consumer and clients. Today, the primary

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Cloud Architecture and Cloud Computing Trends in 2019

Source- entrepreneur.com The tech game has changed! With the dawn of the internet, the advances in computing and software development anyone can access the world’s best technology while sitting at his/her kitchen table. Almost all enterprises, small or big – doesn’t matter, seems to have shifted their focus towards considering appropriate procedures to handle and manage such disruptive technologies within their existing environment. Cloud computing technology entirely relies on the virtualizations of hardware and software and its service-oriented architecture and several

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