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DevOps Digest: A roundup of DevOps content from TechTarget's network

DevOps Digest A roundup of DevOps content from TechTarget's network | August 24, 2020 FEATURED STORY OpenTelemetry aids distributed tracing, Kubernetes monitoring by Beth Pariseau, Senior News Writer OpenTelemetry combines multiple CNCF observability projects as well as multiple enterprise data collection mechanisms, simplifying Kubernetes monitoring. Advertisement NEWS   Kubernetes security defaults prompt upstream dilemma As Kubernetes matures, community maintainers weigh enterprise demand for secure upstream defaults against concerns about sprawl and customizability.   Slack integrations to form alternate UI for Atlassian tools Atlassian plans to make Slack a full alternative interface for its software development and incident response tools, including single sign-on features.   GitOps gains momentum among Kubernetes deployment tools The growing popularity of Kubernetes GitOps tools reflects increasing cloud-native maturity and complexity among enterprise shops such as American Express.   Does tech increase the problem of racism and discrimination? According to a publication from the MIT Technology Review, tech promotes racism. Most facial recognition algorithms discriminate against the Black population. Certain concepts or terminology tend to be offensive. EXPERT ADVICE   How to build a successful IT service desk The IT service desk has a lot to manage. With a strong foundation and the right steps in place to handle issues, it can take on anything users throw at it.   11 main benefits of hyper-converged infrastructure Benefits of hyper-converged infrastructure include simplified deployments and management, easy upgrades, scalability and flexibility, improved performance, agility and more.   Optimize platform costs, use with an IT asset management strategy Without a thorough asset management plan that accounts for the complexities of today's IT environments, organizations risk cost inefficiencies and suboptimal support for the business.   Use Pulumi and Azure DevOps to deploy infrastructure as code Follow this tutorial for an overview of Pulumi, an IaC tool, within the Azure DevOps toolchain, and how to use them together to define, build, test and deploy infrastructure.   Automate security testing and scans for DevSecOps success Attackers are knocking at your door. Don't waste time with repetitive, automatable security tasks. Here's how DevSecOps enables code analysis, security testing and more.   Apply the K-means clustering algorithm for IT performance monitoring Modern machine learning frameworks reduce the heavy lifting in IT performance monitoring. Follow this example, using Apache Mesos and the K-means clustering algorithm, to learn the basics. About This E-Newsletter The DevOps Digest is published by TechTarget, Inc., 275 Grove Street, Newton, Massachusetts, 02466 US. Click to: Unsubscribe. You are receiving this email because you are a member of TechTarget. When you access content from this email, your information may be shared with the sponsors or future sponsors of that content and with our Partners, see up-to-date Partners List, as described in our Privacy Policy. For additional information, please contact: webmaster@techtarget.com. © 2020 TechTarget, Inc. all rights reserved. Designated trademarks, brands, logos, and service marks are the property of their respective owners. Privacy Policy | Partners List