Puppet Labs the leading provider of IT automation software, announced the
availability of its Windows module pack, a pre-packaged collection of all the
Puppet Supported and Puppet Approved modules admins need to manage Windows
environments. Available later this month to Puppet Enterprise customers is
the new Puppet Supported Microsoft SQL Server module, which enables admins to
quickly deploy, configure and manage Microsoft SQL.
This builds on Puppet Labs' first class Windows support, including native
.MSI packages for x32 and x64 operating systems, modules to extend common
Windows server management tools, including Powershell, and integrations with
Microsoft Azure and Visual Studio. By automating common Windows
administration tasks, Puppet Labs is enabling users to adopt DevOps
practices, thereby reducing the time needed to deploy applications from weeks
to hours.
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Skytap is occasionally asked how our service overlaps with provisioning and
deployment tools like Puppet and Chef. While those tools do have some
conceptual overlap both with each other and with Skytap, their roles are
fairly distinct in practice.
Skytap's service provides environments on demand for complex enterprise
applications. We give our customers the ability to easily create, clone,
share, and collaborate with these environments while maintaining tight IT
visibility and control for security, compliance, and budgetary purposes. What
is a "complex application"? Usually it i... (more)
Skytap Inc., a provider of on-demand Environments as a Service, has announced
a $35 million dollar investment led by Insight Venture Partners with
participation from all existing investors, including OpenView Venture
Partners, Ignition Partners, Madrona Venture Group, and Washington Research
Foundation. The funding will be used to expand Skytap's go-to-market
capacity, grow the global partner ecosystem, and fuel new levels of product
innovation for enterprise-ready development and test environments. The
funding will also be used to expand Skytap's presence into Europe.
"Insight ... (more)
HashiCorp, a leader in the DevOps marketplace, announced $10 million in
Series A funding. The round was led by Mayfield, with GGV Capital and True
Ventures also participating. HashiCorp plans to use the money to build out
its enterprise offering, rapidly scale the team, and continue to support its
existing millions of users.
Also today HashiCorp launched Atlas to power DevOps application delivery on
any infrastructure -- public, private, and hybrid:
"We're excited to have the resources, experience, and guidance of our
investors behind us. This fundraising will allow HashiCorp to ... (more)
Cloud and Things and Big Operational Data
Software-defined architectures are critical for achieving the right mix of
efficiency and scale needed to meet the challenges that will come with the
Internet of Things
If you've been living under a rock (or rack in the data center) you might not
have noticed the explosive growth of technologies and architectures designed
to address emerging challenges with scaling data centers. Whether considering
the operational aspects (devops) or technical components (SDN, SDDC, Cloud),
software-defined architectures are the future enabler of business... (more)
How DevOps Became the New Normal
Just last year, a CA Technologies and Vanson Bourne survey revealed that
DevOps was not a sure-fire hit— 16 percent of senior IT professionals did
not know what DevOps was, and an additional 18 percent had no plans to adopt
it. Fast forward one year and the results tell an entirely new story. 88
percent of respondents had already adopted DevOps or plan to do so, up from
66 percent last year. In addition to senior IT professionals, this year’s
respondents expanded to include senior Line-of-Business
executives—precisely the people you’d expect woul... (more)
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