AppOrbit boosts test speeds; IBM data science team enables AI; and more

Modern Infrastructure Digest News and advice for creating tomorrow's data center | April 19, 2018 FEATURED STORY Telco speeds its test environment with AppOrbit By Beth Pariseau, Senior News Writer Developers at Bharti Airtel spin up test environments on container infrastructure managed with AppOrbit's Kubernetes-based software, drastically reducing the time it takes to update apps. (SearchITOperations.com) Advertisement NEWS   Need AI project help? Call in a data science elite team Many organizations are eager to launch machine learning and AI projects, but lack experience to plan and execute a path to ROI. Seth Dobrin, head of IBM's data science elite team, explains how they can get set up in 90 days and how Python figures into the future of AI. (SearchDataCenter.com)   VMware makes new vSAN version look more like vSphere In a sign that the hyper-converged storage software has matured, VMware vSAN 6.7 features more integration than innovation. VMware gave its vSAN 6.7 HCI software the vSphere HTML5 client interface and integrated vRealize Ops diagnostics to help simplify storage provisioning and management. (SearchConvergedInfrastructure.com) EXPERT ADVICE   Should I build or buy hyper-converged appliances? Preconfigured hyper-converged infrastructure appliances are no longer IT's only option. Learn about software-only and do-it-yourself options in this article. (SearchDataCenter.com)   VMware virtual recovery and backup best practices and tools Our experts reveal the best practices for a prompt virtual recovery and concrete backup approaches for your VMware infrastructure. (SearchVMware.com)   Learn to install Nutanix Community Edition Nutanix offers a free edition of its enterprise cloud platform software. Take the first step to implement it with this Nutanix Community Edition installation guide so you can test some of its features in your own system. (SearchServerVirtualization.com)   The wrong IT monitoring strategy yields wrong alerts Monitoring thresholds set a performance bar for applications and systems, but those bars can be as tricky as they are helpful. Manual systems tuning is tiresome, but dynamic tools can misread errors as status quo. (SearchITOperations.com)   Spin up Linux systems with Python 2 and 3 Python and Linux can create IT operations headaches due to a mix of Python versions. Virtualenv bypasses problems by isolating Python environments on Linux boxes. (SearchITOperations.com)   Plan for hybrid cloud deployments to avoid challenges There are many challenges involved with a hybrid cloud deployment, including integration, security and management. To avoid unnecessary complications, define the scope beforehand, hire additional staff if necessary and start small. (SearchServerVirtualization.com)   Cloud-native applications hold key to VMware's success As the definition of IT agility evolves, the market must adapt. Learn how the VMware cloud-native apps strategy aims to help. (SearchVMware.com)   Public vs. private cloud debate has no clear winner Companies considering a private or public cloud deployment should remember that they can choose a hybrid model, and they can also forgo the cloud completely if it doesn't suit their requirements. (SearchDataCenter.com) About This E-Newsletter This e-newsletter is published the TechTarget network. To unsubscribe from Modern Infrastructure Digest, click here. Please note, this will not affect any other subscriptions you have signed up for. TechTarget Data Center and Virtualization Media Group, 275 Grove Street, Newton, MA 02466. Contact: webmaster@techtarget.com Copyright 2018 TechTarget. All rights reserved.