Glen Knight

NYC Based IT Professional

Sparkhound Unveils Pop-Up Service Desk

Sparkhound, a provider of managed IT services, has launched a Pop-Up Service Desk designed to augment the existing capabilities of internal IT teams during a major transition. Chris Kimmel, managing director for managed services at Sparkhound, said the new service was created to help organizations cope with transitions such as migrating to Windows 10 or […]

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Survey Sees Little Progress in Drive to Shift Testing Left

It looks like the drive to shift testing left toward developers to accelerate the development and deployment of applications has stalled. A survey of 102 IT professionals involved in application testing published by Perforce, a provider of testing tools, finds only 18% of organizations test applications solely within their development feature teams. The rest continue […]

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New Relic Adds Support for W3C Trace Context Spec

New Relic has begun adding support for the W3C Trace Context standard within the agent software it uses to collect metrics for its application performance management (APM) platform. W3C Trace Context is a specification that defines the format for propagating distributed tracing context between services. Distributed tracing makes it simpler for DevOps teams to track […]

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How Integration Can Keep Up with Digital Demands

Integration holds the key to accelerating innovation, but in many organizations, business systems and application integrations haven’t kept up with the demands of digital. Data still exists in a siloed blend of on-premises systems and unconnected cloud applications, and IoT has added another layer of complexity into the mix. Understanding the three trends below, and […]

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Is Agile Methodology Right for Your Project?

I’ve read a few articles of late that have declared the end of Agile development. They are interesting reads for the most part, and they make some interesting arguments, but I see none of them as compelling. I do, however hope that this is the beginning of applying “Right Tool for the Job” to how […]

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Real-World Quadrant Q1 2020

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EC2 Price Reduction in the São Paulo Region (R5 and I3)

I’ve got good news for AWS customers using our South America (São Paulo) Region! Effective February 1, 2020 we are reducing prices for On-Demand, Reserved and Dedicated Instances as follows: All R5 families (R5, R5a, R5d, R5ad) – Up to 25%. All I3 families (I3, I3en) – 13%. The pricing pages have been updated. Questions? […]

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DevOps Institute Launches Tiered Global Education Partner Program

Training partners support the Skills, Knowledge, Ideas, and Learning (SKIL) Framework for advancing the ‘Humans of DevOps’ and millions of IT professionals around the world BOCA RATON, FL Feb. 6, 2020 — DevOps Institute, a global member-based association for advancing the human elements of DevOps, today announced its newly revamped Global Education Partner Program. Organized […]

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Okta Brings Aboard Cloud Platform Veteran Craig Weissman as Chief Architect

Cloud pioneer brings more than 20 years of experience to leading identity provider SAN FRANCISCO — February 6, 2020 — Okta, Inc. (NASDAQ:OKTA), the leading independent provider of identity for the enterprise, today announced the hiring of Craig Weissman as Chief Architect, effective immediately. Weissman brings a proven track record of more than 20 years […]

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Dynatrace Extends AI Reach of APM Platform

Dynatrace, at its Perform 2020 conference today, extended the reach of the Davis artificial intelligence (AI) engine it makes available via its application performance management (APM) platform to include deeper ties with mobile applications along with an ability to track key performance indicators (KPIs) such as revenue trends and customer churn. In addition, Dynatrace has […]

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