Data center security tips
Data breaches have become more common as more companies use the cloud to conduct day-to-day business operations. Just last year, for example, one of the country’s biggest credit report companies, Equifax, announced the personal information of potentially 143 million U.S. citizens...
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...
A free-floating buzzword
Software-defined storage is a buzzword that has received significant attention over the past few years. Despite the widespread attention the term has received, software-defined storage isn’t exactly well-defined. This is in part due to the fact that different vendors use the term...
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...
Splunk to acquire Phantom Cyber Corporation
Data analytics service provider Splunk Inc. recently announced a definitive agreement to purchase security company Phantom Cyber Corporation for approximately $350 million. The acquisition is anticipated to close during the first half of this year.
Phantom Cyber was founded in...
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...
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...
Carrier Blockchain Study Group announces new members
LG Uplus, Etisalat Group, KT, Telefónica and PLDT have become members of the Carrier Blockchain Study Group (CBSG) as part of an initiative to develop a blockchain platform specifically for telecom carriers.
CBSG was originally launched last September as...
Sprint will use Synchronoss Technologies' Digital platform to boost its business services with a streamlined, smarter online portal for enterprise customers and expanded internal capabilities for customer care. The digital transformation partnership was announced today and is aimed at simplifying Sprint's operations and reducing...
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...
Switching to DevOps
DevOps is a hot topic in the tech industry. While definitions vary, the basic idea behind DevOps is to merge developers and operations staff to deliver time-to-market applications quicker with a variety of automation tools. Switching to a DevOps work environment isn’t...
Accedian buys Performance Vision
Accedian announced its acquisition of network and application performance management (NPM/APM) provider Performance Vision as part of an initiative to grow its revenue, and expand into new markets and business segments. Financial details of the purchase were not disclosed.
Performance Vision offers...
Cisco announces Crosswork Network Automation software portfolio
Cisco unveiled five new pieces of software as part of its Cisco Crosswork Network Automation software portfolio for service providers. The new solutions, which are designed to work together, include Cisco’s Crosswork Change Automation, Crosswork Health Insights, Crosswork...
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...
Cloud-integrated software framework accelerates time-to-market for IoT devices
Whether its an asset tracking platform meant to follow materials across a production floor or a light monitor that helps lower energy consumption in an industrial facility, at the heart of every internet of things (IoT) device...
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...
Verizon announces SD-WLAN
Verizon Enterprise Solutions recently deployed its Software-Defined Wireless Local Area Network (SD-WLAN), which provides visibility into both corporate wireless network operations and Bluetooth-enabled devices connected to the network.
The company reports SD-WLAN enables network access and security configurations. What makes Verizon’s SD-WLAN different...
