Top 10 IT Operations and Management Articles: February 2022

Today's IT professionals are constantly being barraged with new and upgraded technology that they need to keep abreast of. On top  of that, they need to support their organizations' sustainability efforts. And is getting ITIL-certified still necessary, or is it a waste of their time?

This roundup of IT operations and management articles covers automation's role in helping enterprises achieve their sustainability goals, what tools IT pros should have in their toolboxes, the importance of an ITIL certification in the age of DevOps, new ITOps product releases, and more.

1. Automation’s Role in Corporate Sustainability Initiatives

More than 80% of executives report that they are concerned about climate change, and automation technology has the potential to support their sustainability initiatives. Here's how automation can help enterprises achieve their sustainability goals by improving energy efficiency and more.

2. How Important Is an ITIL Certification in 2022?

Mastery of the Information Technology Infrastructure Library, or ITIL, was once a key requirement for a variety of IT jobs. But in the age of DevOps, getting an ITIL certification isn't as crucial as it once was. There are still reasons for becoming ITIL-certified, however.

3. Cortex Query Builder Improves IT Operations Visibility, Site Reliability Engineering

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For site reliability engineering to be most effective, there needs to be visibility into what's actually running. This article explains how Cortex Query Builder helps SREs and ITOps professionals recognize what software is running in their environments, which helps them find systems that need to be patched for vulnerabilities as well as identify service issues.

4. How to Construct the Ideal DevOps Team Structure

There are many ways to structure a DevOps team, so how do you decide which team structure is right for DevOps to flourish in your organization? This how-to articles examines five of the most common DevOps team models.

5. ITSM Productivity Challenges Swell in Hybrid Work World

In the era of a hybrid workforce, using the phone is still the top method used by both onsite and remote employees to get help — and it's an approach that isn't leading to good results. Here's how virtual agents can help.

6. Codefresh Revamps DevOps Platform for GitOps with Argo

This article delves into how Codefresh's Software Delivery Platform deeply integrates the open source Argo projects and GitOps to help users build and manage applications.

7. What Is NoOps?

Total NoOps – the idea of attaining fully automated IT operations that require no human involvement – may never be achieved, but is it even desirable? This article explains how NoOps works, as well as its benefits and drawbacks.

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8. 8 Essential IT Operations Tools for Today's IT Pro

The evolution of IT operations means new challenges for IT engineers — and so new ITOps tools to meet those challenges. Expert Christopher Tozzi looks at which types of tools modern ITOps engineers should include in their arsenal.

9. Wallaroo to Build Out Enterprise MLOps Platform with $25M Fund Raise

Getting machine learning models to work in production effectively is the challenge that enterprise Wallaroo is looking to solve. Read on to find out what initiatives the company is working on in 2022 to build out its enterprise MLOps platform.

10. Will SREs Make the ITOps Engineer Obsolete?

Since site reliability engineers handle many of the same tasks as IT operations engineers, is ITOps engineering is an endangered occupation? This tech explainer examines the impact of SREs on ITOps.