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Data center management traditionally requires a lot of manual effort, and the same data often must be entered into multiple disparate systems. Not only does this waste time, but it leads to inaccurate data due to human error.

The concept of the internal developer platform (IDP) isn’t new to anyone who’s been doing DevOps for the last couple decades. But the recent explosion of interest around platform engineering, particularly among business leaders, has led to a re-examination of the IDP as we know it.

Looking to understand the difference between Ansible vs. Puppet? In a DevOps landscape crowded with different tools that can handle configuration management, complex tasks, and compliance requirements— you’ll want to make sure you are equipped with the right tool for your org’s needs.

Over two years after releasing The Forrester Wave™: Infrastructure Automation Platforms, Q3 2020, Forrester recently released The Forrester Wave™: Infrastructure Automation, Q1 2023 report. If you are unfamiliar with the most recent report, it examines eleven top vendors within this space, and their capabilities to help guide purchasing decisions based on need.

Compliance as code can do powerful things for your org: it can reduce risk, cut back on manual work, and maintain compliance in an ever-changing regulatory world. Let’s take a magnifying glass to the way that compliance as code works, and how it can drive time to value. Table of Contents.

With System Center Orchestrator 2022, Orchestrator has undergone the largest update since Microsoft bought it in 2010. This has massively extended its longevity for on-premise IT teams across the globe, this release comes with extended support until 2032.

Test automation has a variety of advantages, and in this post you'll see how it can streamline software development.