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Pay-as-you-go model inspires HPE, Rackspace private cloud

HPE and Rackspace bring pay-as-you-go service to OpenStack Private Cloud Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and Rackspace announced they have partnered to provide OpenStack Private Cloud as a pay-as-you-go service. According to the companies, this is the industry’s first pay-as-you-go OpenStack private cloud. “The launch of OpenStack...

451 Research: Hybrid IT management lessons and challenges

451 Research report explores various approaches to hybrid IT management Schneider Electric, a global specialist in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, disclosed a newly commissioned 451 Research study, which explored various approaches to hybrid IT management. In particular, the authors of the...

Cloud migration facilitated by Toptal on-demand DevOps service

Toptal on-demand DevOps service focuses on aiding cloud migration Toptal, an American company that provides freelance software engineers, designers and finance experts to companies, announced a new DevOps on-demand service. The new service connects businesses with a pool of freelance DevOps professionals specializing in virtualization,...

VMware, M1 eye digital start-ups with new cloud offering

VMware, M1 new cloud offering targets digital start-ups and SMEs Singaporean communications company M1 Limited and software and services provider VMware announced a new cloud offering Tuesday made for digital start-ups, and small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs). According to the companies, the service will enable budding tech...

What is cloud computing?

The rise of the cloud Cloud computing is a buzzword with a host of different meanings. Some see it as a method for delivering information technology (IT) services, whereas others view it as a direct way to connect a server. In order to provide clarity...

HPE eyes hybrid IT with OneView software update

HPE debuts OneView 4.0 Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) recently announced it has updated its OneView software, version 4.0, with a focus on streamlining data center management and operations, and simplifying hybrid IT. In addition, the company debuted a string of new cloud management partners that...

Salesforce, Google partner to bolster cloud computing

Salesforce and Google partnership focuses on G Suite and Google Cloud Salesforce and Google announced Monday they are bolstering their partnership to enable a more collaborate experience for its customers across Google Cloud and Analytics. The announcement confirmed speculations from earlier this year that the...

Synopsys fortifies security with $565 million Black Duck acquisition

Synopsys announces intent to acquire Black Duck Software Synopsys has announced it intends to acquire Black Duck Software for approximately $565 million, or $548 million net cash. According to a company press release, the transaction will be funded by U.S. cash, is subject to Hart...

Is edge computing all around us right now?

Instead of a complex infrastructure deployment, latent computing resources could be used to support the edge computing needs of the IoT The data processing and storage needs of the internet of things (IoT) will quickly become more than our current model of centralized, data center-based...

Juniper pushes telco cloud with Contrail software update

Juniper integrates Contrail Cloud into Red Hat OpenStack Platform Juniper Networks, an American multinational corporation for networking products, announced updates to its Contrail Cloud Platform, a turnkey cloud management platform that automates and orchestrates compute, storage and networking resources to create scalable clouds. As part...

China cloud growth spurs Microsoft to triple Azure capacity

Stronger than expected cloud demand compels Microsoft to triple Azure presence in China Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella recently announced during the Microsoft Tech Summit 2017 in Beijing the company intends to triple its Azure presence in China over the next six months to meet stronger-than-expected demand...

AlgoSec: Security issues hindering widespread cloud adoption

AlgoSec survey highlights hurdles enterprises face moving to the cloud Although interest in the public cloud continues to grow, security issues are hindering organizations from embracing the platform, stymieing widespread adoption in return. That is the conclusion of a recent survey by AlgoSec titled “Hybrid...

IBM moves into container space with private cloud platform

IBM launches new Cloud Private software built on Kubernetes IBM rolled out its new Cloud Private software platform Wednesday aimed at tech-companies that want on-premise cloud capabilities to deploy and launch applications. Many companies intend to migrate to the public cloud, but are hesitant to abandon...

Hybridization pushes Google to update Dedicated Interconnect

Google targets hybrid cloud market with Dedicated Interconnect updates Google announced Tuesday updates to Dedicated Interconnect, which are aimed at Google customers seeking to develop hybrid cloud deployments. The company is expanding its networking capabilities to allow customers to have more ways to connect to...

What is the difference between SaaS, PaaS and IaaS?

Alphabet soup Tech jargon is like alphabet soup with acronyms such as NFV, CPU and GUI floating around. With respect to the cloud services industry, their are three acronyms that typically come to mind: Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS). When a business is...

Hybrid cloud migration drives AT&T, AWS partnership expansion

Amazon seeks to move into hybrid cloud market with AT&T, AWS collaboration AT&T recently announced it is expanding its cloud networking solutions with Amazon Web Services (AWS) with a focus on the cloud, security and the internet of things (IoT). As part of the expansion,...

What’s the difference between the fog and the edge?

Depends on who you ask SANTA CLARA, Calif.--“I think edge is to fog as to what apple is to fruit," Helder Antunes, chairman of the OpenFog Consortium told RCR Wireless News during Fog World Congress.  He continued: "We look at fog computing as an end-to-end...

Cloud growth boosts big tech third-quarter earnings

Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft and Intel beat earning expectations Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft and Intel posted quarterly earnings last Thursday, which reflected a shift away from company-owned data centers and toward the cloud. All of the companies surpassed expected earnings, resulting in a surge in share prices...

Hybrid cloud demand forges Google, Cisco partnership

Google and Cisco team up on hybrid cloud solution offering Google and Cisco recently announced they are teaming up to provide a hybrid cloud solution that allows applications and services to be launched, managed and secured over on-premise environments and Google Cloud Platform. The collaboration indicates...

Fog computing standards materializing with IEEE working group

IEEE working group focuses on accelerating fog computing adoption To help meet the demand of fog and edge computing, the OpenFog Consortium recently announced its OpenFog Reference Architecture will provide a foundation for a new IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) working group. The purpose of the...

Arm CTO discusses tech progress, hurdles and opportunities

“There is more and more intelligence in the networks that is joining us together,” Arm CTO says Santa Clara, Cali. – Chief Technology Officer of Arm Mike Muller, in a keynote presentation during the 2017 Arm TechCon, discussed some of the major engineering feats that...

IBM, Docker partner to push container driven cloud adoption

Companies expand partnership to boost app migration to the cloud IBM and Docker recently announced they are extending their current partnership with an eye toward enabling companies to use Docker containers to transfer workloads to the cloud faster. The collaboration will focus on three areas: expanding...

Cisco to drop $1.9 billion to acquire BroadSoft

Part of cloud investment strategy for enterprise digitization Following industry rumblings, Cisco this morning discussed its decision to acquire BroadSoft for $1.9 billion. According to a company announcement, benefits will be the "acceleration of the pace of innovation across Cisco’s collaboration portfolio, the delivery of...

Digital transformation pushes expansion of Microsoft’s Azure Government service

Microsoft announces Azure Government Secret service expansion at Government Cloud Forum Microsoft recently announced it is expanding its Azure Government Secret service at its Government Cloud Forum. The service will provide the U.S. Government, along with defense agencies, the intelligence community and every U.S. military...