Application Management

HashiCorp finds a successor to Vagrant, introduces Otto and Nomad

Technology product nomenclature is hilarious. This is an industry which prides itself on coming up with some pretty bizarre names. But what's behind HashiCorp's change of naming convention?

Logentries launches Docker log management and analytics service

Another day, another example of a company jumping on the Docker bandwagon and supporting the latest, greatest in some way.

Are you over-testing your software?

Is it possible to reduce – or even eliminate – the human factor when it comes to testing software releases? In a word, yes. Here’s how.

How IT automation put Subway on fast track to success

A look at how Subway successfully unified and automated a series of key data center batch processes that put the submarine sandwich maker on a path to success.

Lessons from Tax Day 2015: How the tax sites fared

Microsoft jumps into application monitoring

When Intuit’s network gets taxed, it turns to Riverbed performance management tools

With TurboTax and QuickBooks becoming increasingly cloud based, user experience is key

GAO blames ISPs for confusing consumers about bandwidth usage

Why put the onus on ISPs when application providers should be providing data on bandwidth usage?

VCs bet $33M you’ll want to use Avi Networks’ white box hardware for app delivery

Ex-Cisco execs who co-founded Avi hope to do for ADC what SDN has done for the network.

Sites that don’t like Chrome for no obvious reason

Wells Fargo support told me to use Firefox but won't (or can't) explain why Chrome doesn't work