Kubernetes provides a powerful networking model for microservices. One of the pillars of this model is that each pod has its own IP address and is directly addressable within the cluster. As a consequence, each Kubernetes cluster usually has a flat virtual network that external hosts can’t reach directly. That means routing traffic from clients outside the cluster to services deployed inside the cluster requires some additional work.
Deploying a new feature to production is a momentous occasion. It's important to ensure that everything goes properly at this stage, as deployments tend to be error-prone when not handled correctly. To examine why this is and how you can avoid it, let's take a look at the different types of deployments available and where some of them fall short.
Everyday IT operators are trying to prevent outages of business-critical applications. When prevention is not possible, IT operators strive to reduce the mean time to repair (MTTR) as much as possible. Improving resolution time can be quite a challenge. But IT operators don't stand alone in this challenge. They can use smart solutions that support Automated Root Cause Analysis and Anomaly Detection.
Threat actors move fast. They are agile and will shift tactics as opportunities present themselves. As the COVID-19 pandemic changed how we had to work and manage our users and environments, threat actors also made changes. They adapted to a new opportunity and they did so very quickly. ZScaler released a report in April showing the increase in COVID themed attacks increasing 30,000% between January and March this year.
With the first half of the year now behind us, and following our current cadence of quarterly updates, we continue to support our customers by releasing a third Identity Director update for 2020. Where the 2020.1 release of Identity Director focused on password resets—aiming to help both users and organizations as more and more employees work from home—the current release is all about empowering the users to be in control.
As part of our re-affirmed commitment to customers, Ivanti formed an Independent Business Unit that consists of a dedicated set of Ivanti products and services with the single purpose of pleasing its customers by providing long term value. This new unit’s development is driven by our customers’ feedback and requirements. We are pleased to announce our most recent release for Ivanti Service Desk 2018.3 - update 14!
Without SRECon happening this year and the world turned upside down from COVID-19, we set out to hold a virtual event to bring SREs together to share their experiences of what has changed. Last week’s SRE from Home was exactly that. With 1900 registrants, 20 lively Slack channels, six illuminating and entertaining talks from a diverse range of experts in the field and our #askanSRE panel answering attendees’ questions with a candid generosity, it was an amazing, jam-packed day.
