The toolkit for Infrastructure Automation and Operations (IA&O) teams is evolving rapidly. This is a response to the growing pressure these teams face to accelerate infrastructure deployment without dropping the ball on quality or security. It makes you wonder,...
As 2024 begins, strategic planning becomes a major focus for IT leaders. Gartner Predicts 2024: Mind the Gap Between Infrastructure and Infrastructure Platforms offers a lens through which we can prepare for the future of IT. Handpicked by RackN’s CEO, we’re excited...
At RackN, we track critical trends impacting Enterprise infrastructure and operations teams all year long. In 2022 news we tracked trends such as the VMware acquisition, FTX, and Twitter. Looking forward to 2023, we lean on our work with companies leading in four...
This post is part of our RackN Intern Reports series, where we ask our interns to highlight important aspects and lessons from their projects with RackN like feature and marketing development This past summer, I was a research intern at RackN, working on a project...
Building infrastructures where the systems are completely hidden from the people building applications is a very powerful thing. Consider what it takes to create an artificial intelligence and machine learning platform. It isn’t necessary to build the actual machine...
This week are sharing RackN Digital Rebar tips and tricks for RackN UX for Digital Rebar navigation and Golang Templates. Let us know if you have any questions about these tips in the comments, on Twitter (@rackn), or in the Community Slack. New UX Features...
We hope you’re not caught up in remediation after the Microsoft and CrowdStrike outage. Even if you escaped this latest global infrastructure crisis, you are likely asking “we should patch less?” Not at all. In fact, we need to get much, much better at updates and...
Author: Greg Althaus Level: Intermediate Time: 5 minutes From time to time, we get questions about why we chose to do something the way we did. Usually preceded by that looks really strange or a bizarre way to do that. Well, I won’t say we are always perfect, but we...
Moving away from VMware can be complex. Our latest flowchart shows how to move away from single-source VMware Broadcom towards becoming a multi-vendor infrastructure. While not meant to be taken literally, it walks through the critical decision-making process of...
Concerns about VMware aren't new, they existed before the acquisition, but they’re a growing crisis due to recent changes by Broadcom. Many in the industry are looking for answers or alternatives to VMware. That’s why we’re providing access to The CIO’s Guide to...
In a recent four-part series hosted by Intellyx, critical lessons on building more productive infrastructure were discussed. Each post stands alone with valuable insights, but taken together, they present a comprehensive guide for enterprises looking to optimize their...
