DevOps

AWS finally has a direct challenger: Google Compute Engine. Find out how they stack up on pricing and performance.

Python and Ruby are two of the best examples of the new generation of high-level languages which focus on simplicity.

IT testing automation is an important, growing field in which IT professionals are able to make a name for themselves. Learn what the top five skills are.

Recognize conflict, understand the nature of conflict, and to be able to bring a swift and just resolution to conflict will help your DevOps initiative.

You've got a brand new Linux server. Now what? Take these 10 steps up front to improve security and reduce problems and management down the road.

How does Tanium's 15-second endpoint visibility and control stack up against Microsoft's leading systems management platform? Find out in this comparison.

Interested to learn more about the origins and processes of both Heroku and AppEngine? We put them head to head to see which comes out on top.

ServiceNow is enterprise-oriented, focused around ITIL. JIRA Service is designed to be accessible by all organization types and is easier to learn.

Interested to learn more about the origins and processes of both Salt and Chef? We put them head to head to see which comes out on top.

Interested to learn more about the origins and processes of both OpsWorks and Hosted Chef? We put them head to head to see which comes out on top.

Find out if free Open Source Puppet can hold its own against Puppet Enterprise's features and official support that is absent in the free version.

Apache is an established player in the web server market but Nginx has some strong advantages. Find out which works for you.

For busy system administrators, Configuration Management (CM) tools like Ansible and Salt are absolute lifesavers.

Learn about the top 5 best and worst attributes of Ansible.

Interested to learn more about the origins and processes of both Docker and Vagrant? We put them head to head to see which comes out on top.

Heroku is a PaaS providing hardware and software on its own infrastructure while AWS is IaaS providing virtualized computing resources over the internet.