June 4, 2020 bestdevops Cloud Computing Leave a comment

Cloud computing: Google signs ‘milestone’ discount deal with UK government

Source:-zdnet.com UK public sector bodies including the NHS will be offered discounted rates for Google Cloud services under a new government agreement. NHS organizations will be among the UK public sector bodies eligible for a discount to Google Cloud services under a new agreement struck between the software giant and the UK government. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Google Cloud and the UK’s Crown Commercial Service (CCS) will see local councils, charities, NHS and government departments and other qualifying

June 3, 2020 bestdevops DevOps, Microsoft Leave a comment

DevOps Enabler & Co. Achieves a Microsoft Gold DevOps and Cloud Platform Competency

Source:-indiaeducationdiary.in Bengaluru: DevOps Enabler & Co., the company behind an exclusive startup bundle for organizations that want to scale their operations, today announced it has attained a gold Microsoft DevOps And Cloud Platform competency, demonstrating a “best-in-class” ability and commitment to meet Microsoft Corp. customers’ evolving needs in today’s mobile-first, cloud-first world and distinguishing itself within Microsoft’s partner ecosystem. DevOps Enabler & Co., the company behind an exclusive startup bundle for organizations that want to scale their operations, today announced

May 12, 2020 bestdevops Vmware Leave a comment

Anunta Wins VMware 2020 Regional Partner of the Year Award

Source:-openpr.com Anunta today announced that it has received the Regional Partner of the Year Award for the Services Excellence category. Anunta was recognized by VMware for its demonstrable achievements using their skills and services capabilities, including consulting, managed and subscription services, to help customers maximize the value received from their VMware investments. “I am honored to recognize this year’s VMware Global Partner of the Year Award winners, which includes an exceptional group of innovative partners,” said Uma Thana Balsingam, vice

April 27, 2020 bestdevops Cloud Computing, Cloud Transformed Leave a comment

KSQL Now Available on Confluent Cloud

Source:-infoq.com KSQL is the streaming SQL engine for Apache Kafka, and it is currently available as a fully-managed service on the Confluent Cloud Platform for all its customers on usage-based billing plans. In a recent blog post, Confluent announced the availability of Confluent Cloud KSQL. KSQL was one of the available capabilities on the first preview of the release of the Confluent Cloud Platform. Now it is production-ready and available for Confluent Cloud customers as part of the streaming platform.

April 20, 2020 bestdevops Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration Leave a comment

Stackery Adds CI/CD Features to Serverless Cloud Platform

Source:-itprotoday.com Serverless cloud application development and deployment vendor Stackery is adding new DevOps and security features to help accelerate serverless adoption and usage. Building applications in the cloud isn’t just about virtual machines and containers — it’s also about enabling serverless models of application workflows. On April 14, Stackery announced a major update to its namesake serverless cloud platform that addresses development, deployment and security challenges its customers are facing. Serverless is a different model for cloud in that it

April 16, 2020 bestdevops Kubernetes Leave a comment

2020 Cloud Foundry Platform Certification Now Includes Option for Architecture To Bring Ease of Cloud Foundry Developer Experience to Kubernetes Users

Source:-aithority.com Cloud Foundry Foundation, home to open source projects simplifying the developer experience, announced that Atos, Cloud.gov, IBM, SAP, SUSE, Swisscom, and VMware have renewed their Cloud Foundry Platform Certification for 2020. The updated version of the Platform Certification now allows providers to choose either Diego, the more recently developed Kubernetes-based Eirini, or both, as the internal product architecture for the container orchestration layer. Cloud Foundry Platform Certification ensures consistency of the cloud application platform and portability across any cloud

April 8, 2020 bestdevops Cloud Computing Leave a comment

Cloud Computing: Rackspace Goes Into EMEA, IBM Targets Hybrid Cloud

Source:-channelfutures.com Take a break from pandemic news to learn what three cloud-centric providers are doing that impacts the channel now. COVID-19 dominates nearly all conversations and news sites, but companies continue to make announcements not related to the virus. Take a break from pandemic developments to learn what three cloud computing-centric providers are doing that impacts the channel now. Here’s how Rackspace, IBM and Zenoss are helping partners develop their business strategies to adapt to a changing world. Rackspace’s EMEA

March 23, 2020 bestdevops DevOps Leave a comment

To succeed at DevOps these days, go hybrid

Source:-mashviral.com DevOps is not just a technical company, it is a business proposal. This requires hybrid skills that enable a more holistic view of the entire software development and deployment process. With most companies (52%) aiming to accumulate their DevOps competency hiring. about two-thirds, 65%, said they had difficulty finding these combinations of skills. Photo: Joe McKendrick This is a survey of 1,260 DevOps Institute computer managers who find that process skills and knowledge are now the main skills sought

February 15, 2020 bestdevops AWS, Microsoft Leave a comment

AWS secures temporary halt to Microsoft’s work on $10bn US JEDI cloud contract

Source:-computerweekly.com Amazon has succeeded in getting the US Federal Court to back its bid to stop Microsoft pressing ahead with the delivery of the $10bn cloud contract it secured with the US Department of Defense (DoD) in October 2019. Amazon Web Services (AWS) had applied for a temporary restraining order against Microsoft to prevent “substantial” work on the DoD’s Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud contract going ahead while legal action concerning the deal plays out in the court. The

December 28, 2019 bestdevops AWS Leave a comment

In it to win it: Should AWS consider building out its SaaS play?

Source:-computerweekly.com Amazon Web Services is the undisputed leader of the public cloud market, but could its relatively small software-as-a-service portfolio be its undoing in years to come? As the provider with the biggest market share in the infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) sector, it is inevitable that Amazon Web Services (AWS) will cop some flak from various competitors claiming their platforms are a better choice for CIOs. One of those digs, from the likes of Oracle, Microsoft and Google, could be that AWS

December 5, 2019 bestdevops DevOps, IT Training Leave a comment

The top 10 DevOps trends of 2019- the professional’s prediction

Source:-devopsonline.co.uk Daniel Berman is the Product Marketing Manager at Logz.io, an Israeli and US-based organisation that focuses on combining cloud services with machine learning to provide visualisation of data for platforms and apps. The firm relies heavily on working in a DevOps environment and so, Berman has provided his insight into next year’s DevOps predictions because as he says, “it’s important, as [DevOps] changes almost every single day!” Pipeline Automation The tendency to automate tasks where possible and practical is

November 6, 2019 bestdevops Kubernetes Leave a comment

Platforms Demystified: Cloud Foundry, Kubernetes, Eirini, and Knative

Source:-infoq.com Matthias Haeussler and Dr Nic Williams spoke at this year’s SpringOne Platform 2019 Conference about different cloud platforms and how they compare in terms of features from a developer perspective. They discussed platforms like Cloud Foundry, Kubernetes, Project Eirini, and Knative serverless platform. Haeussler and Williams started off the presentation with the history of containers and platform. The history spans from chroot in 1979 to Knative and Eirini projects in 2018. They discussed the minimal concepts of cloud foundry and Kubernetes platforms. A platform should provide self-service for developers, UX

November 6, 2019 bestdevops Software Leave a comment

Top guidelines for edge computing software selection

Source:-searchdatacenter.techtarget.com Finding edge software that meets all your organization’s needs requires help from both the business and IT sides. Get the right fit with use case information and developer input. As organizations become more dispersed and data consumption increases, IT departments may find a need to effectively deploy edge devices through software. Edge computing software comes in all shapes and sizes. Enterprises can select the best ones by starting with a few key considerations to narrow down their list of

October 22, 2019 bestdevops Kubernetes Leave a comment

How to deploy a Kubernetes cluster using gcloud command

Source:- techrepublic.comFind out how to deploy a Kubernetes cluster to the Google Cloud Platform using the gcloud command. If your cloud solution runs through the Google Cloud Platform and you happen to prefer managing everything from the command line, you might have installed the Google Cloud SDK on Linux. This software development kit includes the gcloud command, which allows you to interact with your Google Cloud Platform account. By way of that interaction, you can deploy a complete Kubernetes cluster. And that’s

September 25, 2019 bestdevops Kubernetes Leave a comment

Kubernetes Kills Containership’s Cruise

Source:-sdxcentral.com The rise of Kubernetes as the de facto container orchestration platform has been a boon to organizations looking to take advantage of a microservices-based ecosystem but has proven to be a challenge for many vendors. The extreme of that challenge played out late last week as Containership announced it will be docking its boat for good on Oct. 31. Containership Founder and CTO Norman Joyner explained in a blog post that the company was unable to adequately monetize its operations in light of Kubernetes’

March 16, 2017 bestdevops Cloud Computing, DevOps, DevOps Best Practices Leave a comment

How should I choose the right cloud app development platform?

Source:- techtarget.com It’s an oft-asked question: Which cloud platform is the best choice for app development efforts? The answer: It depends. It’s PaaS vs. AWS Lambda. If you don’t want the hassle of maintaining your own app infrastructure, and you’re looking to focus exclusively on a cloud app development platform, you may face a dilemma between a platform-as-a-service option like Heroku or Cloud Foundry, and a serverless platform like Amazon Web Services (AWS) Lambda. But how are these two options

February 16, 2017 bestdevops Cloud Computing, DevOps, DevOps Tools Leave a comment

Google Launches Public Beta of Managed Database Service Cloud Spanner

Source:- talkincloud.com Google has launched the public beta of its relational database service Cloud Spanner on Tuesday to help its cloud customers maintain consistent databases between data centers, according to a blog post on Tuesday. Cloud Spanner will be available on Google Cloud Platform, with cost calculated by compute node-hours, storage consumption, and external network access. Cloud Spanner joins other Google Cloud database services Cloud SQL, Cloud Datastore and Cloud Bigtable. “When building cloud applications, database administrators and developers have