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IT vet Lew Tucker’s picks for sanity in times of multicloud madness
Multicloud, artificial intelligence, open source, cloud native — these trending technologies are throwing bricks in the windows of information technology shops everywhere. The shards are scattered all over the place — applications, networks, compute power and operations are in disarray. Personnel are confused about their roles — have they changed? In this state of confusion, ...
IBM engineer’s tips on controlling hybrid transitional chaos
Developers and the enterprises they work for don’t always see eye to eye. This is on display right now in companies making the transition from on-premises legacy technology to cloud and cloud-native types. A magic thread that runs through both and eliminates all friction would be ideal. For now, here are tips from a distinguished ...
KUBERNETES SPECIAL REPORT
Attacking the 95% of machine learning that’s grunt work
The amount of labor that goes into machine learning is pretty daunting. And despite the obstacles tackled by open source contributions, some of the most hyped machine learning frameworks merely skim the surface of the work to be done. Does a technology exist that can collapse the sprawling processes of machine learning, from data ingestion to training to edge ...
Next-gen network computing rehearses for multicloud drama
Network computing is undergoing a frenzied dress rehearsal for the opening multicloud drama. Distributed information technology environments are rendering traditional networking methods too slow and too boxy. Customers hear software-defined networking is the way to go and multiprotocol label switching is out. Then there’s network virtualization, programmable networks, etc. How do they choose? Look before lunging, advises Steve ...
SD-WAN takes a whirl at decentralized data security
Data is moving out of its old centralized data-center digs. It packs a lot of baggage, which is winding up in cloud computing environments and bundled as serviceable software applications. Many companies are left playing hide-and-seek with all their distributed data, and they find securing it particularly tricky. We asked one company with decades-old data plus a revolving ...
Container security startup is the cloud-native yes man
The maturation of the Kubernetes container management platform is bringing relief to enterprises everywhere. They no longer require the biggest brains in information technology to configure clusters on the open-source platform for orchestrating containers (a virtualized method for running distributed applications). This is pushing Kubernetes and cloud-native computing further into the mainstream. At the same time, ...
Secure SD-WAN is not as easy as it sounds — unless it’s as a service
See “one-click” software-defined wide area network, or SD-WAN. See SD-WAN operators try to secure the network. See SD-WAN morph into a bunch of new vendors, parts, and even more personnel to manage them — all at a cost. It’s a high premium to pay for a necessity like security. Is there an easier way to ...
CNCF’s Lyft adoptee, Envoy, attacks edge, is ‘next Kubernetes’ candidate
What’s the next Cloud Native Computing Foundation project to hit the big time? The CNCF graduated Kubernetes, but that doesn’t mean the open-source poster child has moved out; it’s moved up to bona fide enterprise readiness. Thanks to growing adoption and support for industry-wide standards, The popular platform for running containers (a virtualized method for running distributed applications), ...
It’s not what IT used to be: Inside Bloomberg’s open-source IT shop
Things aren’t what they used to be in information technology. Legacy vendors, and even proprietary startups, have swift competition from open-source communities. The pace of innovation, new releases and updates in open-source is changing how IT teams build infrastructure and applications. Bloomberg LP figured this out through a time-and-resource draining exercise readers are likely familiar with: building ...
Tech tips to take innovation from batch to streaming
If a business thinks it’s innovative just because it introduces new products or services every year or two, it’s running a bit behind. Innovation in the digital age is a round-the-clock process. That’s why one-off innovations won’t carry a company far into the future nowadays, according to Peter Coffee (pictured), vice president of strategic research at ...