When building DevOps or continuous delivery practices you can learn a great deal from others. What choices did they make, what practices did they put in place, and how did they connect the dots? At Sonatype, we pulled together a set of 21 reference architectures for folks building continuous delivery and DevOps practices using Docker. Why? After 3,000 DevOps professionals attended our webinar on “Continuous Integration using Docker” discussing just one reference architecture example, we recognized there was a strong interest in the community to learn more. That’s why we assembled 20 more reference architectures into this collection.
Monthly Archives: January 2017
Happiness of #DevOps Transformation | @DevOpsSummit #APM #ML #SDN
“It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.” – W. Edwards Deming. How often do we see this quote used in DevOps blogs without a hint of irony? It’s as if we need to instantly complete generations of evolution to stave off extinction, like trying to grow an extra lung overnight. DevOps or Die!!! So this is it – the dreaded DevOps transformation looms large. The department will be ‘shaken up’, practices will be ‘turned on their head’, and staff will be ‘taken out of their comfort zone’. It’s sink or swim: The extinct will be carried out on stretchers, to graveyards in which Ops and Dev are siloed for eternity.
The Wireless Market in 2017 (Part 2)
In the second video of a three-part series, Network & Security Solutions Architect, Dan Allen, discusses wireless solutions and topologies, trends in the market and what to think about when starting your wireless project. Stay tuned for Part 3 later this week. To view part 1 of the series, click here.
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The In-House IT and MSP Dynamic | @CloudExpo #Cloud #DataCenter
In-house IT professionals and managed service providers (MSPs) have had an interesting relationship over the course of IT history. Yes, they are vastly different, but if we drew a Venn diagram of IT and the MSP, the intersection of the two is worth exploring, particularly regarding how IT professionals can best manage their MSPs and work harmoniously to advance the common goal of IT performance.
For IT professionals, the very utterance of the acronym “MSP” may conjure feelings of skepticism and fearing the reaper, which doesn’t need to be the case. MSPs don’t always equal outsourcing IT in its entirety. Let’s explore common scenarios where in-house IT professionals and MSPs work together, because in these cases, in-house IT professionals need to understand how to get the most out of these relationships and up-level their careers by properly managing MSPs. It’s a lot more involved than simply passing help desk tickets back and forth.
How to redeem Acronis backup offer with Parallels Desktop 12
Parallels Support team guest author: Gunasekaran Udayakumar In today’s Internet age, the technology industry is constantly evolving. Do you remember how important local storage used to be? It’s now faded away, giving way to cloud services. Every day we are online, posting on social media channels, attending courses, and using a wide range of online […]
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App container market to hit $2.7bn by 2020 – with consolidation signs already afoot
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The application container market is expected to grow to $2.7 billion by 2020 up from $762m in 2016, according to the latest note from 451 Research.
The analysts put app containers in the overall bucket of cloud-enabling technologies (CET) alongside virtualisation, automation, and private platform as a service, and argues that while by no means the largest segment, containers will see the quickest growth. The overall market will see a 15% CAGR over the next four years, and be worth $39.6bn by the end of 2020.
According to 451 Research, there are 125 application container vendors in the market – well, 125 that are worth tracking, at any rate – and expects many new entries into the market on a quarterly basis. The firm says it is ‘remarkable’ that vendors large and small are able to meaningfully leverage or offer app container technology and support.
The researchers also take the opportunity to compare app containers to OpenStack, which was valued at $1.8bn in 2016. With both markets being based on open source software and both experiencing rapid enterprise growth in a relatively short space of time, it makes sense to compare the two.
“Current estimates are conservative,” said Jay Lyman, principal analyst for cloud management and containers at 451 Research. “In the three years we’ve been tracking the OpenStack market, we’ve watched it grow from just 30 vendors in 2013 to more than 91 vendors today. We will be tracking the container market closely to see whether that translates into even higher revenue and faster growth than with OpenStack.
“Just as we saw with OpenStack, revenue generation in the early application container market is characterised by some pure-play vendors and larger established vendors generating significant revenue, but most players are just beginning to realise paid engagements,” added Lyman.
451 added it expects to see more movement for app containers beyond development and testing towards production use. The research firm cited Apprenda’s acquisition of Kismatic, a backer of Kubernetes, and Cisco acquiring ContainerX, a supporter of Docker Swarm, as signs of consolidation in the market.
Back in July, a study from NetEnrich found that 70% of 200 IT professionals surveyed were using containers within their environments, yet adding that integrating with existing IT ecosystems was the biggest challenge. Lack of experience in managing container technologies was also cited as an issue, with Docker, Kubernetes and Mesos being described as ‘moderately challenging’ to learn.
App container market to hit $2.7bn by 2020 – with consolidation signs already afoot
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The application container market is expected to grow to $2.7 billion by 2020 up from $762m in 2016, according to the latest note from 451 Research.
The analysts put app containers in the overall bucket of cloud-enabling technologies (CET) alongside virtualisation, automation, and private platform as a service, and argues that while by no means the largest segment, containers will see the quickest growth. The overall market will see a 15% CAGR over the next four years, and be worth $39.6bn by the end of 2020.
According to 451 Research, there are 125 application container vendors in the market – well, 125 that are worth tracking, at any rate – and expects many new entries into the market on a quarterly basis. The firm says it is ‘remarkable’ that vendors large and small are able to meaningfully leverage or offer app container technology and support.
The researchers also take the opportunity to compare app containers to OpenStack, which was valued at $1.8bn in 2016. With both markets being based on open source software and both experiencing rapid enterprise growth in a relatively short space of time, it makes sense to compare the two.
“Current estimates are conservative,” said Jay Lyman, principal analyst for cloud management and containers at 451 Research. “In the three years we’ve been tracking the OpenStack market, we’ve watched it grow from just 30 vendors in 2013 to more than 91 vendors today. We will be tracking the container market closely to see whether that translates into even higher revenue and faster growth than with OpenStack.
“Just as we saw with OpenStack, revenue generation in the early application container market is characterised by some pure-play vendors and larger established vendors generating significant revenue, but most players are just beginning to realise paid engagements,” added Lyman.
451 added it expects to see more movement for app containers beyond development and testing towards production use. The research firm cited Apprenda’s acquisition of Kismatic, a backer of Kubernetes, and Cisco acquiring ContainerX, a supporter of Docker Swarm, as signs of consolidation in the market.
Back in July, a study from NetEnrich found that 70% of 200 IT professionals surveyed were using containers within their environments, yet adding that integrating with existing IT ecosystems was the biggest challenge. Lack of experience in managing container technologies was also cited as an issue, with Docker, Kubernetes and Mesos being described as ‘moderately challenging’ to learn.
AWS Buys Harvest.ai
2017 looks like it’s going to be a year of acquisition as the larger players are looking to consolidate their position by buying companies that add value to their current offerings. In this line, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has bought a cybersecurity company Harvest.ai to boost cloud security for the end-users. Though no official announcement has been made by either companies in this regard, TechCrunch and other major sources have reported this acquisition.
It is believed that AWS paid $19 million for this company, and this may be much more than what the investors hoped to earn by way of revenue. It’s interesting to note that the company has raised only $2.3 million by way of capital since it was founded, and employs only 12 people in all. All these employees are expected to move to Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle after the terms are settled.
This deal was believed to be in the offing for some time, as the co-founders, Anna Zelenak and Alex Watson had already moved to Seattle in 2016. Another co-founder, Jenny Brinkley, now lists Amazon as her employer on a political contributions page. These changes, along with inputs from anonymous sources within the company led TechCrunch to announce that Harvest.ai was acquired by AWS.
Harvest.ai is a San Diego based startup company co-founded by two former employees from the NSA in 2014, though it officially started its services only in March 2015. This company’s original name was 405Labs, but was later changed to harvest.ai, and the reason for the same is not known. This company specializes in using machine learning and artificial intelligence to analyze the behavior of a user on the company’s network. Such a surveillance reduces the potential of cyber attacks, and increases the chances of stopping planned attacks before valuable data is lost.
It’s patent-pending product called MACIE Analytics uses artificial intelligence to get an in-depth understanding of who is logged in and what is being accessed in real-time, along with other pertinent information needed to identify a cyber attack such as what items are being moved and which areas are being accessed. With all this information collated together, it’s easy to stop phishing attacks as well as the more difficult insider attacks.
MACIE also comes with other cool features that make integration with existing systems a breeze. It works well with both cloud and on-premise systems, and creates extensive information on the activities of each user’s session. Such detailed information can go a long way in not just discovering attacks, but also for a detailed study about the company’s security system and its possible flaws.
Harvest.ai had been a customer of AWS, as it was featured in the “Startup Spotlight” of the latter. In many ways, this acquisition was a natural one for both the companies, more so for AWS, considering the sophisticated attacks that have been taking place over the last few months. Such a cloud-based tool could go a long way in protecting its customers’ data.
AWS could possibly use the services of this company as a part of its security-as-a-service division, and to supplement its existing security authentication and monitoring tools.
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Equinix, Digital Realty and NTT extend lead in colocation market, research says
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The top three players in the colocation space – Equinix, Digital Realty and NTT – have grown three times as fast as the overall market over the last four quarters, according to the latest note from Synergy Research.
The research firm, which cast its eye over the overall cloud market earlier this month, found that while the total colocation market grew 9% from the previous year, the three leaders in aggregate grew colocation revenues by 28%.
Synergy adds that the colocation market is growing ‘steadily’ across all regions, with APAC being the fastest growing region and China, Hong Kong, and India being the major countries with the highest growth rates.
The figures also take into account the recent consolidation moves in the market. Equinix, the market leader, announced it was to buy 29 data centre buildings from Verizon for $3.6 billion, as well as acquiring the Paris operations of second-placed Digital Reality for $211m in August.
To put the three major players’ lead into perspective, CenturyLink, who announced plans to acquire Level 3 Communications in November, remains in the ‘best of the rest’ category, alongside China Telecom, CyrusOne, DuPont Fabros, Global Switch, KDDI, and Verizon.
Their market share combined rests at just over 15%, while the three leaders have more than a fifth of overall share. Despite being in third place overall, NTT was the fastest grower year on year at a rate of 36%, ahead of Equinix (26%) and Digital Realty (25%).
Synergy argues this is a long-running trend for the industry. “In some senses colocation is following the same path as the cloud with market power gradually being concentrated in the hands of a few focused and deep-pocketed operators,” said John Dinsdale, a chief analyst and research director at Synergy in a statement. “In both cases the ability to run large data centre operations effectively and efficiently is vital to success and companies that are too diversified or unfocused will struggle.”
Dinsdale added that colocation growth opportunities will be ‘pulled along in the slipstream’ as cloud usage continues to rise; a point this publication made last year, arguing that “paradoxically, colocation is rising in popularity precisely because enterprises want cloud.”
Equinix, Digital Realty and NTT extend lead in colocation market, research says
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The top three players in the colocation space – Equinix, Digital Realty and NTT – have grown three times as fast as the overall market over the last four quarters, according to the latest note from Synergy Research.
The research firm, which cast its eye over the overall cloud market earlier this month, found that while the total colocation market grew 9% from the previous year, the three leaders in aggregate grew colocation revenues by 28%.
Synergy adds that the colocation market is growing ‘steadily’ across all regions, with APAC being the fastest growing region and China, Hong Kong, and India being the major countries with the highest growth rates.
The figures also take into account the recent consolidation moves in the market. Equinix, the market leader, announced it was to buy 29 data centre buildings from Verizon for $3.6 billion, as well as acquiring the Paris operations of second-placed Digital Reality for $211m in August.
To put the three major players’ lead into perspective, CenturyLink, who announced plans to acquire Level 3 Communications in November, remains in the ‘best of the rest’ category, alongside China Telecom, CyrusOne, DuPont Fabros, Global Switch, KDDI, and Verizon.
Their market share combined rests at just over 15%, while the three leaders have more than a fifth of overall share. Despite being in third place overall, NTT was the fastest grower year on year at a rate of 36%, ahead of Equinix (26%) and Digital Realty (25%).
Synergy argues this is a long-running trend for the industry. “In some senses colocation is following the same path as the cloud with market power gradually being concentrated in the hands of a few focused and deep-pocketed operators,” said John Dinsdale, a chief analyst and research director at Synergy in a statement. “In both cases the ability to run large data centre operations effectively and efficiently is vital to success and companies that are too diversified or unfocused will struggle.”
Dinsdale added that colocation growth opportunities will be ‘pulled along in the slipstream’ as cloud usage continues to rise; a point this publication made last year, arguing that “paradoxically, colocation is rising in popularity precisely because enterprises want cloud.”