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AnsibleFest offers IT decision-maker’s dedicated track, unites business behind automation
Automation used to be the bogeyman of business. Employees were concerned that robots were going to steal their jobs and cause human obsolescence, even as information technology decision drivers recognized the importance of automation for the future of work. Then came 2020, and automation became essential as businesses were forced to adapt to a more agile way of ...
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Securing space: The military, academia and business find common goal in the stars
From Apollo to Artemis, humanity has traveled outside the borders of our planet. Now, as satellites litter the night skies, we are embarking on a new generation of space exploration — one powered by the cloud. “It used to be that really only large governments, like the United States and a handful of others, could ...
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Cybersecurity education must start early: Preparing students for the jobs of today and tomorrow
The intersection of cybersecurity and space doesn’t seem like an area that affects everyone. But we all rely on satellites for a multitude of things, from live television broadcasts to buying a latte to global positioning systems that tell us where we are and how to get from here to there. That satellites are high stakes for hackers ...
GlaxoSmithKline revolutionizes its R&D pipeline with Docker Enterprise
Increased speed to market is one of the biggest benefits of adopting new cloud computing technology. For most companies this means increased return on investment; but when it comes to the healthcare industry, getting drugs to market fast is about more than driving profit. It’s about saving lives and improving life quality for those affected ...
Nutanix and HCL change the definition of infrastructure operations
The introduction of database as a service is a big deal for companies experiencing delays on the digital transformation journey, especially now that the pressures of COVID-19 are forcing fast adoption and adaption. “In the short term, there’s hardly any industry which is not touched by COVID,” said Taj Singh (pictured, right), senior vice president ...
Nutanix ushers in a new era for database as a service
For years, Nutanix Inc. has provided the infrastructure software to run multiple workloads. The company’s Nutanix Era software suite allows clients to automate database lifecycle management and provisioning, simplifying database management to a one-click process. But Nutanix Era 1.0 is a single cluster solution. In 2020, data management demands more flexibility to make sure data is ...
Lens simplifies keeping tabs on container management
Lens, the open-source Kubernetes integrated development environment managed by open-cloud expert Mirantis Inc., has been stacking up the stats since it launched in March of 2020. As of writing, the project has accumulated hundreds of thousands of downloads, and the its page — k8slens.dev — shows more than 64,000 “happy users,” over 8,500 stargazers (aka ...
Ansible reaches out to the Kubernetes edge at AnsibleFest 2020
Automation is a red-hot topic across all industries and markets. As cloud becomes the de facto operating model, artificial intelligence is gaining traction throughout business operations. Rising in tandem with the trend for intelligent automation is Ansible, the open-source project that could. “Five years ago when Red Hat acquired this little company called Ansible, they ...
Security, cloud and the employee experience headline Citrix Summit Series
Cloud. Employees. Security. The three major shifts in organizational behavior driven by the COVID-19 pandemic have caused seismic challenges for traditional companies. Six months in, most companies have switched from panic mode to under control (for now). But a new problem is emerging: Lost productivity due to a chaotic remote environment. “Typical employees use more ...
When engineers can’t handle IT alone, AIOps is there to help
Better, faster, cheaper is the mantra of humanity. Since the dawn of civilization, our species has looked for ways to do more in less time using fewer resources. Our drive for operational efficiency led to the creation of farms, cities and eventually to the modern world. Moving on and up the industrialization ladder, we find ...