Cloud computing has played a major role in reshaping how companies conduct business. Several organizations are in the process of migrating to the cloud to achieve scalability, cost-efficiency and enhanced application performance. With increased embracement of cloud computing, let's take a look at some...
Google takes virtual machines to a different level with nested virtualizations
Google recently announced it has brought nested virtualization on Compute Engine virtual machine instances. The feature takes virtual machines to a meta level, enabling users to run virtual machine instances within a virtual machine...
Trans-Atlantic encryption test seen as stepping stone toward commercialization
Ericsson, Telstra and Ciena have joined forces to trial continuous data encryption while ensuring speed and consistency over a 21,940 km multi-vendor network and cable system. The companies announced they successfully encrypted data in transit between...
The connection between cloud native infrastructure and DevOps
Austin, Texas -- The shift from classic non-virtualized hardware to cloud native space has played a major role in shaping DevOps driven environments, according to Robert Starmer, a founder at Kumulus Technologies. Companies need a platform for...
Microsoft VMM Analytics takes pulse of on-site virtual machine
Virtual machines (VMs) are one of the popular technologies among data centers today. Due to their widespread use, keeping tabs on VMs can be an arduous undertaking. To make VM tracking easier, Microsoft recently unveiled a...
Oracle releases survey noting main issues facing service providers and potential solutions
Oracle recently conducted a new global survey titled “The Communications Cloud: CSPs Take on Tomorrow,” polling the top challenges facing customer service providers (CPS) and how they might be overcome. The survey found...
Cisco looks for ways to grow business with cloud-based platform
Cisco took a major step toward migrating its data center management business to the cloud with the debut of Cisco Intersight, a cloud-based automation platform for Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) and HyperFlex. The release...
Verizon choses Vidder to power its Software-Defined perimeter offering
Vidder, a developer of security solutions for cloud based applications, announced its technology is now an essential element of the Verizon Software-Defined Perimeter (SDP) offering. Utilizing Vidder’s tools, Verizon said the new service will help companies...
U.S. Air Force contracts with Dell, General Dynamics and Microsoft to launch CHES program
Cloud migration has helped Dell and industry partners General Dynamics and Microsoft score a $1 billion contract with the U.S. Air Force to implement its Cloud Hosted Enterprise Services (CHES) program....
Riverbed releases results of its Riverbed Future of Network Global Survey
Riverbed Technology recently unveiled the results of the Riverbed Future of Network Global Survey 2017, revealing a near unanimous agreement among IT professionals that legacy infrastructures are hindering cloud and digital strategies. The survey,...
Survey reveals public cloud use continues to grow, but security remains an issue
While the public cloud has grown in popularity among businesses in recent years, security issues have slowed greater adoption, according to a survey conducted by Barracuda Networks, a company that specializes in...
Mass adoption of IoT applications and smart devices fueling expansion of edge computing market
The edge computing market continues to grow, according to a recent global industry trend analysis by Persistence Market Research. The report says the uptick in the market is largely due to...
Microsoft's new security platform targets customers worried about placing sensitive data in public clouds
Microsoft recently announced it is making it more difficult for hackers to breach the data and privacy of its public cloud users with a new set of services and features called...
Imad Sousou, vice president and general manager of Intel Corporation, delivered a keynote presentation titled “How Open Source Powers the Cloud to the Edge” at this year’s Open Source Summit North America.
As vice president, Sousou oversees Intel’s open source software efforts, from virtualization to...
To combat the growing threat of cyber intrusions, VMware introduces new security tool that monitors data center applications
Data centers are challenged to combat the growing threat of cyber intrusions. For this reason, VMware recently unveiled AppDefense at VMWorld, a security solution that enables companies...
VMware joins forces with Frame to deliver Windows apps to Workspace One users
VMware recently announced a partnership with Frame that will enable Workspace One users to stream Windows apps from the cloud. Under the venture, Frame will power VMware’s new App Express service, allowing...
Huawei and Microsoft join forces to expand cloud app portfolio
Microsoft and Huawei have signed a memorandum of understanding, which will bring the former’s applications to the latter’s public cloud. While Huawei already offers Windows Server and Microsoft RDS for SQL Server, the company did...
HPE and Micro Focus merge to create world’s seventh largest software vendor
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) announced it completed a $8.8 billion spin-off and merger with U.K. software businesses Micro Focus Friday, claiming to now be seventh-largest software vendor in the world. The companies will...
Openstack’s newest platform focuses on usability, flexibility and scalability
The Openstack Foundation unveiled the 16th version of its software platform called Pike yesterday. Although Pike isn’t exactly loaded with new features, it does bring flexibility and scalability to OpenStack, a platform known for being difficult...
The two industry giants addressed questions centered on customer service, containers, VMware AppDefense and A.I.
CEO of VMware Pat Gelsinger and CEO of Dell Technologies Michael Dell took questions this week at VMworld 2017 in Las Vegas, Nev. Topics covered were wide and varied, ranging from...
Cisco looks to bring ACI to three major cloud vendors with initial field tests
Cisco recently announced it will commence early field trials for its Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Virtual Edge. The news follows in the foot trails of the company announcing it intends to...
With the push toward hybridization, Juniper Contrail Security helps secure applications running on multiple clouds
Juniper Networks, an American multinational corporation for networking products, unveiled Juniper Contrail Security today, a security and micro segmentation solution created to safeguard applications running on multi-cloud environments.
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CenturyLink private cloud service receives an upgrade with VMware Cloud Foundation
CenturyLink, Inc. recently updated its private cloud service, Dedicated Cloud Compute (DCC) Foundation, to a private service based on VMware Cloud Foundation.
The cloud service gives companies the option of switching to a hybrid-cloud that...
The need for container orchestration
Containers are being embraced by enterprises across the industry. The lightweight technology allows service providers to package applications, along with their dependencies, libraries and other binaries, into isolated environments on an individual server. Accompanying the rise of containers is the...
