Glen Knight

NYC Based IT Professional

Containers: All Your Base are Belong to Us

The world is still changing. No surprise there, but the direction and velocity have been modified by the growth of container usage. Back in 2015, we at DevOps.com showcased a survey we performed that said container usage was staged to take off. That it did, with a vengeance. No matter the category—pilot programs, test, production—it […]

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How to Become a DevSecOps Engineer

The popularity and success of DevOps means it’s now an increasingly common feature in IT job descriptions. One of the most important roles within DevOps, however, is the Security Engineer or DevSecOps Engineer. This deeply rewarding career requires a specific technical skill set, current knowledge of cybersecurity trends and a decent amount of experience. Perhaps […]

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The Benefits of a Purpose-Built Platform

When it comes to storing metrics and events, a time series database provides a number of benefits that general purposes databases don’t, including high velocity, range scans over large chunks of data, efficient data eviction and compression. But time series isn’t just about the database; it’s also about the ecosystem of tools built around it. […]

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Now Open – AWS Europe (Stockholm) Region

The AWS Region in Sweden that I promised you last year is now open and you can start using it today! The official name is Europe (Stockholm) and the API name is eu-north-1. This is our fifth region in Europe, joining the existing regions in Europe (Ireland), Europe (London), Europe (Frankfurt), and Europe (Paris). Together, […]

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Fintech: A Profitable and Growing Developer Career Path

What do you think when you hear the word “fintech”? It’s been around for almost five decades, yet it has only just been officially recognized as part of the English language. In the Merriam Webster dictionary, the word is defined as: “Products and companies that employ newly developed digital and online technologies in the banking […]

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The Value of ‘DevOps Engineer’ as a Title

Now that DevOps is proliferating in the enterprise (many companies including Disney, Nike and Walmart, for example, are all on the adoption train) the term is starting to creep up more and more in job titles. This is challenging organizations to consider the significance of DevOps Engineer as a role and the value of having […]

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Remembrance of Things Past

The post Remembrance of Things Past appeared first on DevOps.com. Source: DevOps.com

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And Now a Word from Our AWS Heroes…

Whew! Now that AWS re:Invent 2018 has wrapped up, the AWS Blog Team is taking some time to relax, recharge, and to prepare for 2019. In order to wrap up the year in style, we have asked several of the AWS Heroes to write guest blog posts on an AWS-related topic of their choice. You […]

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Datadog and Aqua Security Partner to Provide Seamless Visibility into Container-Based Application Security

Aqua integrates with Datadog to give DevOps teams real-time security metrics and events Seattle, WA –December 11, 2018 – KubeCon/CloudNativeCon – Aqua Security, the leading platform provider for securing container-based and cloud native applications, today announced the integration of its platform with Datadog’s cloud monitoring and analytics platform. With this integration, Aqua provides real-time visibility […]

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Instana Extends Leading Kubernetes Monitoring Solution to Better Serve Developer Community

Company’s Latest Release Provides Quickest and Easiest Developer Visibility of Kubernetes Application and System Performance Seattle at KubeCon – December 11, 2018 – Instana, the first APM solution provider to monitor kubernetes at the application layer, today announced further enhancements to the company’s automatic application monitoring solution for containerized applications. The new capabilities center around Instana’s Application Perspectives, […]

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