De-Risking AI Means New Infrastructure Security Patterns
Anthropic’s October research showing an AI model reproducing a real intrusion drew mixed reactions. Some questioned the framing and others questioned the intent, but most platform teams did not find the result surprising. Many are already expecting a significant security adjustment as AI workloads grow. AI systems are scaling faster than the security properties of …
Red Hat OpenShift 4.21 is now available
Red Hat is releasing the latest version of OpenShift, which is based on Kubernetes 1.34 and CRI-O 1.34. OpenShift 4.21’s new capabilities revolve around enabling companies to run AI training jobs, containerized microservices, and virtualized applications on the same infrastructure and with the same operational model. The company gave the example of a financial company …
Overcoming IT and OT integration challenges with Penguin Solutions fault-tolerant computing
While there are numerous benefits to bringing IT and OT together, achieving success requires thoughtfully addressing a number of challenges. Running virtual machines (VMs) in OT environments alongside containers in IT environments allows companies to combine the isolation and stability of VMs with the agility of containerized applications. However, both have different requirements that must …
Site reliability is becoming more about resilience, report finds
Site reliability is no longer proven by uptime alone, according to the results of The SRE Report 2026 issued by LogicMonitor through its recent acquisition of Catchpoint, which has run this report for eight years. “Reliability is becoming this idea of resilience. It’s about moving from uptime to performance to experience, from reliability to resilience,” …
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12 new security vulnerabilities detected in OpenSSL using AI-driven discovery
Security researchers from AISLE have identified 12 new security vulnerabilities in OpenSSL, the widely adopted open-source library that underpins encryption, authentication and secure communications across the internet. The vulnerabilities are addressed in a coordinated OpenSSL security release published today, with patches now available to users and downstream software maintainers. According to its blog, the AISLE had …
AI Governance is the Next IT Battleground
AI has moved decisively from experimentation to execution. It now sits at the core of enterprise transformation strategies, reshaping how organizations think about performance, resilience, risk, and accountability. As AI becomes operational rather than exploratory, governance has emerged as the defining priority for IT and cloud infrastructure leaders tasked with running the digital backbone of …
LogicMonitor: Autonomous IT is closer than we think
Advanced observability and monitoring hold the key to autonomous IT, according to a summary of findings fron the 2026 Observability and AI Outlook for IT Leaders report from LogicMonitor. The monitoring of an enormous number of metrics, logs and alerts, coupled with the expanse of infrastructure beyond the data center into multiple cloud environments, has …
Snowflake to acquire Observe to improve its ITOM position, help customers proactively troubleshoot issues
AI data cloud company Snowflake today said it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Observe, a leader in AI-powered observability. The acquisition will integrate Observe’s platform directly into Snowflake, expanding that company’s capabilities in the IT operations management market, valued at more than $50 billion, according to Gartner research. The combination of Observe’s AI Site …
IT Operations and Management predictions for 2026
Advancements in artificial intelligence in 2025 marked a seismic shift in how organizations can use the tools to automate IT processes, predict network interruptions and identify and remediate issues that could lead to poor performance, or worse, cybersecurity breaches. This article includes the thoughts of industry leaders as to what we might expect moving into …
Meet the Unsung Hero of Digital Success
When outages hit, everyone blames the app, the cloud, or the firewall because that’s what users can see. Often, the real culprit is the network, specifically core network services such as DNS. Every service is reliant on DNS and a well-defined IP address space. When core services aren’t resilient and centrally managed, organizations struggle to …
When “Good Enough” Isn’t: The Danger of Sampling in Observability
Modern observability is meant to give engineering teams a clear view into their systems. That’s not actually happening. Instead, many can only see fragments of what is happening inside their applications, yet they’re paying more than ever for that “privilege.” It starts to make sense when you understand how much data is now created and …
The power of hybrid virtualization: Combining VMs and containers for resilient edge and enterprise IT
Containerization and virtualization are transformative technologies, each with unique strengths. When combined, they unlock unparalleled potential for edge environments, enabling businesses to achieve greater efficiency, resilience, and scalability. To better understand their unique strengths, Rudy de Anda, head of strategic alliances at Penguin Solutions, explains their complementary roles. Virtual machines (VMs) are good when it …
Nutanix Expands Capabilities for Distributed Sovereign Clouds
Orchestrated life cycle management and stronger security for sovereignty-aligned architectures are among new capabilities Nutanix announced today in its Nutanix Cloud Platform (NCP). These new capabilities, the company said in its announcement, are designed to expand the choices customers can make as to how they run and govern their infrastructure, with a focus on …
Reducing engineer burnout through unified identity
Not long ago, engineering teams mainly focused on building and running systems. That was the job. But if you look at the average engineer’s job role today, it’s a very different picture. The average tech stack has expanded massively, to include multiple clouds, clusters, databases, and environments, not to mention a growing number of tools, …
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Virtual Machines and Containers: Better Together | Live Webinar
LIVE: WED, SEP 24 | In the rapidly evolving landscape of Edge Computing, organizations face challenges including connectivity issues, limited on-site IT capabilities, and the need for secure and scalable solutions. Join us for this webinar, as we explore how the combination of Stratus’ ztC Edge platform and a Kubernetes management solution provides a comprehensive, …
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NetOps with Broadcom – Microwebinar Series
In this microwebinar series with Broadcom, Jeremy Rossbach, Chief Technical Evangelist for NetOps, provides essential insights and actionable strategies for network operations and explores practical strategies to enhance network resilience and accountability, achieve advanced visibility across hybrid environments, and transition from basic monitoring to comprehensive network observability for optimized performance. …
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AI’s Impact on Network Engineering and Operations – Microwebinar Series
AI’s Impact on Network Engineering and Operations Join Phil Gervasi from Kentik for this insightful 15-minute microwebinar where we will dive straight into the essential aspects of AI and uncover the practical realities of its application in network engineering, netops, and network architecture. …
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AI meets Network: Now what?
There’s a lot of buzz about AI in networking, but it can’t be real…right? Join our webinar where we’ll explore both the potential and the limitations of AI, providing a balanced view on its practical applications. By the end of this webinar, you’ll have a clear understanding of where AI can genuinely add value and …
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4 Requirements for a Single Pane of Glass in IT Operations
AVAILABLE NOW | For years, technology vendors have promoted the ‘single pane of glass’ as a silver bullet for service-oriented management. The promise was simple: buy this mega-suite of tools and get a single view of your IT environment. Unfortunately, the promise of a single pane of glass for IT operations and management has resulted …
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ITOps Times Live! Microwebinar Series – Internet Resilience
WATCH THE FULL SERIES Every business today relies on the Internet for critical business operations, and IT professionals must ensure Internet Resilience for their company’s customers and workforce. But what does that mean and how can they monitor everything in the digital delivery chain when so much is out of their control? The answer: Internet Performance …
ITOps Times Newswire
- Palo Alto Networks Completes Chronosphere Acquisition, Unifying Observability and Security for the AI Era
- Userful’s Infinity Platform Achieves Breakthroughs in Security, Operational Awareness, and Response
- BMC Advances Business-Driven Automation and Mainframe Transformation with AI-Powered Innovations
- Harness introduces Human-Aware Change Agent for its AI SRE unified response system.
- Battery Data Alliance Project Announces The Battery Data Format (BDF): A New Open Standard for Battery Data Interoperability
- Coralogix Announces U.S. Department of Education Sponsorship for FedRAMP Authorization
- BellSoft’s Hardened Images Set New Standard for Container Security
- Opsera announces partnership with Koantek to accelerate Databricks adoption
- Palo Alto Networks to Acquire Chronosphere, Next-Gen Observability Leader, for the AI Era
- Gigamon Extends Deep Observability Pipeline to Address Emerging Cryptographic Threats in Quantum Computing
- Evo by Snyk: The World’s First Agentic Security Orchestration System
- Sonrai Security Introduces WALLy: The First AI Agent That Safely Fixes Cloud Privilege Risk
