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HPE Extends Data Fabric Across Multiple Kubernetes Clusters

Source:-containerjournal.com Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has extended the capabilities of a rechristened container platform to now include support for a data fabric spanning multiple Kubernetes clusters that can be physically located in data centers in different geographies. Now known as the HPE Ezmeral, the data fabric is based on technology it gained from HPE’s acquisition of MapR Technologies last year. The data fabric creates a global namespace that is accessible via application programming interfaces (APIs). Containerized and non-containerized applications can

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GitLab Makes Economic Case for DevOps Platform

Source:-devops GitLab is advancing its case for integrating as many DevOps processes as possible on a single platform by making available an economic analysis that claims organizations can improve application development and delivery by 87%, resulting in a savings of more than $23 million. Based on an analysis conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of GitLab, the report concludes organizations can save as much as $3.7 million by reducing the number of DevOps tools they need to acquire by a

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Rancher Labs Adds Support for Longhorn Storage on Kubernetes Clusters

Source:-containerjournal.com Rancher Labs today announced the general availability of Longhorn, which provides Kubernetes clusters with access to block storage to enable IT organizations to deploy distributed stateful applications. Longhorn is open source software originally developed by Rancher Labs that is now a sandbox project being developed under the auspices of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). Rancher Labs CEO Sheng Liang says the company is now providing commercial support for Longhorn to its customers that employ the distribution of Kubernetes

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Cisco Aligns With Google to Meld DevOps and NetOps

Source:-devops.com The extension of a partnership between Cisco Systems and Google to drive tighter integration between their respective software-defined wide area network (SD-WANs) offerings and cloud platforms promises to accelerate the convergence of NetOps and DevOps. John Apostolopoulos, vice president and CTO for Intent-Based Networking Group at Cisco, said in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic it’s clear more organizations will be employing SD-WANs as an alternative to virtual private networks. Many of those SD-WAN deployments, however, will be on

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Mphasis Partners with Sauce Labs to Reduce Testing Time and Power DevOps Initiatives

Source:-expresscomputer.in Mphasis, an IT solutions provider specializing in cloud and cognitive services, today announced the continued success of its partnership with Sauce Labs Inc, the provider of continuous testing solutions that deliver digital confidence. The partnership between Mphasis and Sauce Labs delivers modern continuous testing technology and best practices enterprises need to build scalable, reliable, high-performance web, and mobile applications necessary for success in the digital era. The partnership between Mphasis and Sauce Labs continues to drive significant business results

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VMware Delivers More Tanzu Services for Kubernetes

Source:-containerjournal.com VMware has moved its effort to embrace Kubernetes forward by making elements of its Tanzu portfolio of services for building, deploying and managing applications in Kubernetes environments more broadly available. Tanzu Kubernetes Grid, which provides a service for managing any distribution of Kubernetes, is now generally available along with version 1.7 of Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Integrated Edition, formerly known as the VMware Enterprise PKS distribution of Kubernetes. Version 2.9 of Tanzu Application Service, a runtime environment for Java, .Net

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Seven Effective Tips to Get the Most Out of your DevOps

Source:-devops.com It seems that every firm is trying to include DevOps in their software delivery cycle these days. This is understandable. According to the 2019 Accelerate State of DevOps Report, companies using DevOps are more likely to achieve elite performance in software development and delivery. Companies such as Google and Amazon can be deploying thousands of updates a day. These rapid updates improve company performance and result in the provision of better software solutions for the end-user. In this article,

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Canonical Adds Managed Services for Kubernetes Environments

Source:-containerjournal.com As part of an effort to help organizations accelerate their transition to modern applications based on Kubernetes clusters, Canonical is making available 10 complementary databases and tools as a set of services that it will continually manage and update on behalf of customers. Canonical will manage databases including MySQL, InfluxDB, PostgreSQL, MongoDB and ElasticSearch along with Kafka, open source event streaming software and Open Source Mano, a platform for managing network functions virtualization (NFV) software. In addition, access to Grafana, Prometheus

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Copado Launches DevOps COVID-19 Initiative

Source:-devops.com Copado, a provider of a DevOps platform building and deploying applications on top of Salesforce software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications, will make its platform available for free to anyone working on applications to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, Copado has launched a virtual DevOps training center and opened its DevOps community to anyone in the Salesforce ecosystem by making DevOps certifications available for free for 90 days to anyone who can pass an online examination. Previously, Copado charged $250

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DevOps isn’t enough — your team needs to embrace FleetOps

Source:-thenextweb.com Let me ask you a question: How many websites and applications do you think the average medium to large-sized organization runs? Dozens? Hundreds? How about thousands? You’re almost there. Way back in 2015, Forrester Research interviewed digital leaders at enterprise organizations and found that, on average, they were maintaining 268 customer-facing sites, which at the time felt like a huge number. Well, five years have passed, and enterprise organizations are now managing thousands of apps, with some corporations running

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GitLab Shifts 18 Features Into Core Open Source Platform

Source:-devops.com GitLab this week announced it has moved 18 features that previously organizations had to pay for into the core open source version of its namesake continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) platform. Scott Williamson, executive vice president of product management for GitLab, said as a general rule the company makes available DevOps tools for teams across the four tiers of services that organizations can employ. Features now being migrated to the Core offering include: Plan: Synchronize collaboration with “related issues,” “export

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Zettaset Adds Kubernetes Support to Encryption Platform

Source:-containerjournal.com Zettaset announced it has added support for Kubernetes to its software for encrypting data at rest. Company CEO Tim Reilly says Zettaset XCrypt Kubernetes Encryption is designed to make it easier for IT organizations that have adopted Kubernetes to centralize the management of encrypted data across multiple Kubernetes clusters. Previously, Zettaset had enabled the data stored on physical storage systems by Docker containers to be encrypted at rest. That approach makes it possible to now automate encryption policy management as part

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DevOps Brings Pressure to Bear on Database Management

Source:-devops.com The rise of DevOps is starting to have a significant impact on the rate at which databases now need to be deployed and updated. A global survey of more than 2,000 developers, database specialists and IT leaders conducted by Redgate Software, a provider of tools for automating the management of databases, finds nearly half (49%) are now deploying database changes in production at least once a week or more. Kendra Little, DevOps advocate for Redgate Software, said most of

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Success mantra for 2020: Adopting a DevOps culture

Source:-dqindia.com From as small as your smartphone to as large as power-grids – all are run digitally, based on layers and layers of complex software. By the end of this year, there will be as many bits in the world’s accumulated data and binaries as there are stars in the universe. These 44 zettabytes (44 trillion gigabytes) of data now, and 175 Zettabytes by 2025 globally, will direct the future of the world. The developers of tomorrow have already gotten

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Cisco Unveils Kubernetes Platform

Source:-containerjournal.com Cisco Systems today launched a Cisco Hyperflex Application Platform that marks the first time the company has made available a hyperconverged platform available that comes pre-installed with a distribution of Kubernetes. Eugene Kim, a product marketing manager within the data center group at Cisco, says the Cisco Hyperflex Application Platform is also integrated with Cisco Intersight analytics software for infrastructure and AppDynamics application performance management software. These technologies together aim to increase the appeal of the platform to organizations

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Astro Project Ties Kubernetes to Datadog

Source:-containerjournal.com Fairwinds, a provider of managed IT services for Kubernetes environments, has launched an open source project dubbed Astro that provides an easier application programming interface (API) for monitoring Kubernetes clusters using monitoring tools from Datadog as well as tools that make it easier to navigate Datadog. Company CTO E.J. Etherington says Astro was created so organizations that have embraced Kubernetes can monitor these platforms using the same tool they already employ to monitor existing monolithic applications. One of the

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DevOps Deeper Dive: DevOps Consolidation This Way Comes

Source:-devops.com The merger of XebiaLabs and CollabNet VersionOne announced this week will accelerate the ongoing consolidation of providers of DevOps platforms that has been slowly gaining momentum for the better part of two years. Under the terms of the agreement, the unnamed combined company will be led by Ashok Reddy, formerly with Broadcom, CA Technologies and IBM. Current XebiaLabs CEO Derek Langone will become president of the combined company. Current CollabNet VersionOne CEO Flint Brenton is stepping down from the

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Red Hat Delivers Latest Kubernetes Enhancements

Source:-containerjournal.com Red Hat this week moved to make it easier to operationalize IT environments based on Kubernetes by making the latest versions of Red Hat OpenShift and Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage generally available. Based on version 1.16 of Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift 4.3 adds a range of encryption enhancements, including support for remote enablement of Linux Unified Key Setup-on-disk-format (LUKS) encrypted volumes and the ability to encrypt data at rest. The latest version also meets the encryption requirements specified

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What is DevOps Foundation and the top 7 career aspects of the course

Source:- inventiva.co.in The DevOps methodology is a process which ultimately helps organizations evolve and improve products at a more rapid pace as compared to traditional software development processes. This enables software organizations to gain a competitive edge over companies in the market. There are concepts which blend agile methodologies as well. It isn’t a surprise that DevOps professionals are some of the highest paid employees in the IT sector and some technical experts agree that it is a lucrative career path

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Running Agile at scale: Three challenges

Source – searchcio.techtarget.com Across large enterprises, IT leaders are developing a new operating model to respond to digital demands. This model presumes that applications development will need to scale the use of Agile methods if teams are to support digital products and services at the cadence of continuous delivery. In their quest to run Agile at scale, many organizations have made substantial investments in tools, training, and frameworks like SAFe. But these investments by themselves are insufficient. When it comes

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