DevOps is designed to represent change in IT culture. It focuses on fast IT service delivery via agile and lean practices. The latter, of course, is in the context of system-orientated approaches, which improve collaboration between development teams and operations. DevOps also emphasizes: Utilization of technologies, including automation, to streamline and centralize business […]

Although the cloud environment is based upon virtualization, this doesn't meant that every virtualized data center is also a private cloud. According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, there are five elements that turn a virtualized environment into a private cloud: Adaptability in the cloud environment Automated self-service Network access by the end user P[…]

Companies today depend on continuous uptime. Outages, whether they occur due to natural disasters or (more commonly) from operational mistakes, software problems, or hardware failures, are nearly impossible to avoid. Building an effective disaster recovery (DR) solution and business continuity (BC) plan is crucial for preventing lost revenue and maintaining buyer confidence. Tr[…]