In the wake of the recent Iowa caucus, vote-counting software has fallen under suspicion after a smartphone app built by Shadow, Inc., brought chaos and delays to the first 2020 Democratic caucuses. Stopgap measures, such as Nevada officials canceling the application’s use in its upcoming caucus, are not enough to ensure vote tallies the electorate […]
0 CommentsEver since the term cloud native made its debut in 2010, its usage has grown in popularity. Today cloud native is used as a qualifier for innovative, leading edge applications, platforms and systems or cloud-savvy organizations and processes. However, what is cloud native exactly? There are some definitions, there are many opinions, but first and […]
0 CommentsLast year I wrote about Amazon FSx for Lustre and told you how our customers can use it to create pebibyte-scale, highly parallel POSIX-compliant file systems that serve thousands of simultaneous clients driving millions of IOPS (Input/Output Operations per Second) with sub-millisecond latency. As a managed service, Amazon FSx for Lustre makes it easy for […]
0 CommentsAre you in a Startup? As of today, AWS has launched the Activate Founders package for Startups! This package unlocks a new set of benefits. If your startup isn’t affiliated with a venture capital firm, accelerator, or incubator, then your startup can now apply to receive $1,000 in AWS Activate Credits (valid for 2 years) […]
0 CommentsHashiCorp today announced it has updated the instance of Terraform it created to automate the configuration of virtual machines on the Microsoft Azure cloud to give IT teams more granular control. Version 2.0. of Terraform (TF) AzureRM Provider will allow IT teams to separately configure virtual machines by type for instance of both Windows and […]
0 CommentsThe race to out-innovate one’s competition has led to high performing organizations chasing increased deployment velocities but often ignoring the quality of parts being used to manufacture their applications. It was 2003 when Bruce Schneier penned, “Today there are no real consequences for having bad security, or having low-quality software of any kind. Even worse, […]
0 CommentsThis may well be the decade that the data center’s reign falls, and multi-clouds prevail. A multi-cloud strategy, which incorporates cloud services from multiple vendors, promises plenty of benefits, including improved resilience and flexibility that makes it easier for enterprises to meet various application and data needs. But, there will also be operational challenges. Expect […]
0 CommentsInstana has launched a series of additions to its application performance management (APM) platform that reach into the realm of IT infrastructure as well as mobile and Java applications. Chris Farrell, technical director and APM strategist for Instana, said the company is adding support for VMware vSphere because more customers are converging their management of […]
0 CommentsA survey of 959 IT leaders published this week by Red Hat finds increased reliance on and adoption of open source software is now being driven by perceived higher quality as much as it is cost concerns. The survey finds higher quality of software (33%) was the top reason they chose open source, followed by […]
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