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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. IT automation, DevOps, and DevSecOps go together. There are several types of IT automation tools that are particularly useful for a broad range of IT use cases, including the following: Infrastructure and operations tools.

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Vulnerability assessment: key to protecting applications and infrastructure

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Host analysis focuses on operating systems, virtual machines, and containers to understand if there are software components with known vulnerabilities that can be patched. These can include the configuration of operating system access controls and the use of unnecessary libraries or system services.

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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

Dynatrace

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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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?

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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. Because monolithic software systems employ one large codebase repository, the service becomes a massive piece of software that is labor-intensive to manage. VMs require their own operating system and take up additional resources.

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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. Some SCA and SAST vendors have automated their products to align with the fast pace of modern DevOps teams, but many are still slow and cumbersome.