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Alibaba Cloud and Baidu become CNCF members Austin, Texas — The two major cloud companies, Alibaba Cloud and Baidu, have announced their support of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) …

The role of Kubernetes in AWS Austin, Texas — Pay-as-you-go, self-service, global distribution and high utilization — those are the principles that undergird cloud native, noted Adrian Cockcroft, vice president …

Big Switch addresses data center scaling issues with SDN Big Switch Networks, a data center networking company, unveiled a new capability of its SDN-based Big Monitoring (Big Mon) Fabric called …

OpenStack unveils new open source project ‘Kata Containers’ The OpenStack Foundation announced a new open source project dubbed Kata Containers, which aims to combine the security benefits of virtual machines …

ETSI premieres new augmented reality group Rolling into the augmented reality (AR) space, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) launched a new Industry Specification Group called Augmented Reality Framework (ISG …

Huawei to integrate EC-IoT solution into Wapwag’s smart supply management platform Huawei and Wapwag Smart Water Public Co. announced at the Edge Computing Industry Summit 2017 in Beijing they have …

AWS launches Amazon Elastic Container Services for Kubernetes Following its cloud competitors, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced it has added Kubernetes to its Amazon Elastic Container Services (ECS), enabling the …

Trend Micro purchases Immunio to enhance software security offering Security firm Trend Micro announced it has recently acquired Immunio, a startup focused on web app security, in a bid to …

2017 State of the Internet Security Report discovers web app attacks on the rise Akamai Technologies published its third quarter 2017 State of the Internet Security Report, revealing a 30% …

Microsoft and SAP compete against Amazon in cloud market space In an effort to compete with Amazon in the cloud market space, Microsoft announced it is expanding its partnership with …

A budding concept DevOps — a term used to refer to the integration of software developers and operations teams — continues to spread like wildfire throughout the open networking ecosystem. …

AWS joins Fortinet Fabric-Ready Partner Program Fortinet, a global leader in high-performance cybersecurity solutions, announced it has extended its virtualized Security Fabric applications to Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers with …

McAfee announces intent to purchase Skyhigh Networks In an effort to build upon its security portfolio, McAfee announced Monday it intends to acquire Skyhigh Networks for an undisclosed amount. The …

CloudPassage launches Container Secure Cloud storage and security provider CloudPassage unveiled an encompassing set of automated compliance and controls for containers dubbed “Container Secure” today. The solution covers five key elements …

AT&T divulges Open Disaggregated Network Operating System vision AT&T gave a glimpse into its vision of a Disaggregated Network Operating System (dNOS) in a recent white paper titled “Toward an …

Cisco, Interpol partner to combat cyber criminals worldwide Following a day after Amazon Web Services (AWS) unveiled its “Secret Region” cloud service for the U.S. Intelligence Community, Cisco announced it …

Sumo Logic releases unified logs and metrics solution for Kubernetes and Docker Sumo Logic, a cloud-based log management and analytics service provider, announced a first-to-market unified logs and metrics solution …

Microsoft sports new cloud tool “Azure Migrate” Microsoft unveiled a free cloud tool called Azure Migrate yesterday, which the company said will make it easier to move VMware based applications …

Corero Network Security report notes uptick in DDoS attacks Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are becoming more sophisticated and common, according to the latest DDoS Trends and Analysis report …

Broadcom finalizes purchase of Brocade Broadcom announced it finished its $5.9 billion purchase of Brocade Friday following more than 11 months of strict regulatory review. The acquisition comes nearly a …

ONAP Amsterdam focuses on virtual network automation The Open Network Automation Platform (ONAP) announced the release of ONAP Amsterdam, a unified architecture for closed-loop, end-to-end network automation. The purpose of …

Red Hat releases newest version of OpenShift Container Platform Red Hat recently unveiled OpenShift Container Platform 3.7, the latest version of its Kubernetes container application platform, which includes native integrations …

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 …

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 …

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. …