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What is IT automation?

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IT admins can automate virtually any time-consuming task that requires regular application. At its most basic, automating IT processes works by executing scripts or procedures either on a schedule or in response to particular events, such as checking a file into a code repository. IT automation, DevOps, and DevSecOps go together.

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Vulnerability assessment: key to protecting applications and infrastructure

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Vulnerability assessment is the process of identifying, quantifying, and prioritizing the cybersecurity vulnerabilities in a given IT system. The goal of an assessment is to locate weaknesses that can be exploited to compromise systems. What is vulnerability assessment? Identify vulnerabilities. Analyze findings. Assess risk.

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What is serverless computing? Driving efficiency without sacrificing observability

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Traditional computing models rely on virtual or physical machines, where each instance includes a complete operating system, CPU cycles, and memory. VMware commercialized the idea of virtual machines, and cloud providers embraced the same concept with services like Amazon EC2, Google Compute, and Azure virtual machines.

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Path to NoOps part 2: How infrastructure as code makes cloud automation attainable—and repeatable—at scale

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Dynatrace Cloud Automation is an enterprise-grade control plane that extends intelligent observability, automation, and orchestration capabilities of the Dynatrace platform to DevOps pipelines. With the proliferation of infrastructure-as-code tools, operations teams can: Deploy, configure, or tear down workloads into an instance in real-time.

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Container security: What it is, why it’s tricky, and how to do it right

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Unfortunately, container security is much more difficult to achieve than security for more traditional compute platforms, such as virtual machines or bare metal hosts. Container security is the practice of applying security tools, processes, and policies to protect container-based workloads. What is container security?

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Weighing a microservices approach means covering all architecture bases

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A microservices approach enables DevOps teams to develop an application as a suite of small services. These teams typically use standardized tools and follow a sequential process to build, review, test, deliver, and deploy code. One team may build it, but three separate DevOps and IT teams must maintain it.

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What is Kubernetes?

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Although Kubernetes simplifies application development while increasing resource utilization, it is a complex system that presents its own challenges. In particular, achieving observability across all containers controlled by Kubernetes can be laborious for even the most experienced DevOps teams. But what is Kubernetes exactly?