Transitioning to the cloud
Companies are increasingly moving to the cloud as a way to run day-to-day business operations. Migrating to the cloud is easier said than done, however. A host of unexpected problems can occur without the proper foresight, costing companies both time and...
Microsoft to combine Azure Stack with Azure Government
Microsoft announced it will integrate its Azure Stack with Azure Government sometime in the middle of the year as part of an initiative to attract government agencies.
The offering is aimed at government agencies that require on-premise servers....
Pentagon criticized for awarding $950 million contract to Amazon partner
The Pentagon is reducing a cloud deal with Virginia-based company Rean Cloud potentially worth $950 million to $65 million amid criticism of awarding the contract to the Amazon partner.
Rean Cloud was awarded the contract last...
Cisco announced security updates to its analytics platform Tetration, including workload protection for any data center or cloud.
Cisco announced its Tetration platform in 2016 as a way to provide total visibility across the data center using either server software sensors, network hardware sensors or...
Hybrid cloud complexity creating security challenges
Container security company Capsule8 recently released a survey conducted by Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) in November 2017 exploring trends in hybrid cloud security. Among these trends, the survey found the complexity of hybrid cloud environments is making it difficult...
CloudBees invests in Kubernetes technology
Continuous delivery software services provider CloudBees announced that it is investing in Kubernetes technology across all of its business domains. As part of the initiative, CloudBees Jenkins Enterprise now supports Kubernetes, is working with Kubernetes talent and has become a...
Alibaba Cloud launches eight new products
Alibaba Cloud, a subsidiary of Alibaba Group, recently deployed eight products spanning the gamut of artificial intelligence (A.I.), big data, infrastructure, security and private cloud solutions.
The products were unveiled at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain. The purpose...
VMware announces vCloud NFV 2.0 updates
VMware is building upon its telco NFV platform with a host of features specifically targeted at communications service providers (CSPs).
VMware rolled out its telco NFV platform, dubbed vCloud NFV 2.0, at Mobile World Congress (MWC) last year. It included...
Palo Alto Networks announces second quarter earnings
Palo Alto Networks released financial results for its fiscal second quarter 2018. The fiscal second quarter 2018 grew 28% year-over-year to $542.4 million, compared with total revenue of $422.6 million for the fiscal second quarter 2017.
Palo Alto attributed its...
Data center themes
Data centers are evolving with the shift toward virtualization. As organizations seek to take advantage of the cloud to manage day-to-day business operations, many are wondering what sort of trends are taking shaping in modern-day data centers. To simplify matters, the following...
Ericsson and Argus working together on protecting automative ecosystem
Automotive cyber security company Argus announced it is collaborating with Ericsson in an effort to bring cyber security to the connected automotive ecosystem. As part of the collaboration, Argus’s Security Operations Center will be combined with...
GTT announcement agreement to purchase Interoute
GTT Communications, Inc. announced a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Interoute, operator of one of Europe's largest independent fiber networks, for $2.3 billion in cash.
GTT benefits from acquiring Interoute in that it is able to expand GTT’s Tier 1...
AT&T extends hybrid networking options
AT&T recently announced it is making its SD-WAN service available to over 150 countries and territories.
AT&T originally deployed its platform, dubbed SD-WAN - Network Based, to select customers in the U.S. in 2017. The expansion of AT&T’s SD-WAN ought to...
Rackspace deploys over 22,000 Cisco firewalls
Rackspace is making Cisco's next-generation firewalls available to customers who need to secure multi-cloud environments.
Cisco and Rackspace’s partnership stretches back nearly 20 years, with Rackspace being recognized as one of Cisco's largest firewall customers. As Cisco’s testing partner, Rackspace...
Cisco releases 2018 Annual Cybersecurity Report
Cyber criminals are increasingly using encryption to evade detection, while security professionals are becoming more reliant on automation, machine learning and artificial intelligence (A.I.).
That is at least the conclusion of Cisco’s recently published 2018 Annual Cybersecurity Report, which involved...
Riverbed announces SteelConnect updates
Riverbed recently announced updates to its SD-WAN solution SteelConnect, including private links that enable users to connect to Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure. Other updates include integration between SteelConnect and Riverbed Xirrus Wi-Fi, and the addition of Long Term...
AT&T and GridRaster team up on AR/VR project
AT&T announced it is working with GridRaster to test augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) services on mobile devices at its edge computing test zone in Silicon Valley.
AT&T noted last November its edge computing test zone would go...
The Linux Foundation unveils Akraino project
The Linux Foundation recently announced a new project, dubbed Akraino, to develop an open source software stack capable of supporting high-availability cloud services for edge computing systems and applications. To kick off the project, AT&T will contribute code made...
A growing market
The cloud computing market has become increasingly dense as vendors of all sizes compete for customers who have gravitated to the technology as a way to run their business operations. Research firm IDC projects global public cloud spending will reach $203.4 billion...
Juniper premieres new product portfolio
Juniper is expanding its portfolio of services with a host of products, which the company said will bring businesses closer to a secure and automated multi-cloud environment.
Enterprises are increasingly transferring on-premise workloads to the cloud. According to RightScale’s sixth annual...
VMware to purchase CloudCoreo
VMware recently announced it is acquiring cloud configuration-management startup CloudCoreo for an undisclosed amount to further secure hybrid cloud environments.
CloudCoreo was founded in 2016 with a focus on building next-generation cloud security services, which identify and fix misconfigurations and vulnerabilities across...
Cisco announces cloud-based security endpoint portfolio
Cisco is taking aim at the managed security service providers (MSSP) market with three cloud-based tools included in its endpoint security portfolio: Cisco AMP for Endpoints, Cisco Umbrella and Meraki Systems Manager.
The security market continues to swell alongside the...
Oracle to purchase Zenedge
Oracle announced it has signed an agreement to purchase cybersecurity firm Zenedge for an undisclosed amount as part of an initiative to secure IT systems launched across multi-cloud environments.
Under the acquisition, Zenedge’s Web Application Firewall (WAF) and Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) mitigation...
The need for distributed intelligence
Advancements in artificial intelligence (A.I.) and machine learning have taken the cloud to new heights over the past few years. Despite this progress, however, one vexing problem remains: mobile apps with A.I. and machine learning algorithms tend to have higher...
