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Let’s talk about Ansible for a minute because besides all the hype these days, it’s actually pretty cool and can save you a lot of time and effort.
The names we use for certifications are important. They should communicate clearly what they represent someone can do and how they relate to one another. Three years ago we made some policy and structure changes to provide more flexibility and choices for people participating in the certification program. We are now making another choice to make Red Hat Certification a better tool for IT professionals and for organizations that use Red Hat technologies.
A recent study from IDC noted that in 2017, infrastructure IT spend for cloud environments is estimated at $41.7 billion. Further, 14.7 percent of that $41.7 billion is to be dedicated to private cloud infrastructure initiatives – that’s about $6 billion, if you were wondering.
The world of OpenStack is forever evolving and improving. Virtually everything is virtual: virtual routers, virtual switches, virtual cables, and virtual bridges.
Satellite is Red Hat’s content management, provisioning, configuration management, and lifecycle management solution to help keep your infrastructure running efficiently and more securely while reducing costs and overall complexity. Regardless of your what your environment looks like, you can benefit from the configuration management capabilities that Satellite provides. In this short video, we discuss machine provisioning, one of the most popular features of Satellite 6, and demonstrate the Satellite provisioning workflow:
Many organisations realise that automation is the key to success for maintaining multiple applications, servers, networks, and teams. While the overall concept of automation is easy to grasp, implementing automation requires a set of tools and governance to ensure maintainability and extendibility of not only the automation but the entire IT environment. Here are a few examples of why a defined set of tools and process governance is needed:
With the accelerated pace of technology, acquiring and maintaining critical IT team skills can require training. When looking to invest in training, it can often come down to two questions; what is the business value of training? Why should IT team training be prioritized now?
