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 with the speed and manageability of container technologies. According to the organization, Kata Containers “is...
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 ARF) yesterday. The purpose of the group is to define a framework for the interoperability...
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 reached an agreement in which the former’s Edge Computing IoT (EC-IoT) solution will be integrated...
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 container management platform to be used on AWS.
Kubernetes is the most popular container orchestration platform...
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 expand its hybrid cloud security to DevOps. The company intends to combine automation protection with...
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% increase in web application attacks in the third quarter of 2017 in comparison to the...
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 German enterprise software company SAP. The companies will deploy each other’s cloud solutions internally, and...
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. The main idea behind DevOps is that by breaking down barriers between these two departments,...
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 an encompassing set of solutions that can be managed through a centralized console. The agreement...
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 deal comes fewer than eight months after the company was spun out from Intel as...
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 of container security, including host security, continuous image assurance, runtime configuration assessment, visibility and compliance,...
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 Open, Disaggregated Networking Operating System” with a push toward software-defined networking (SDN) and white box...
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 will share threat intelligence with the international police network Interpol in a joint effort to...
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 aimed at improving applications running on Kubernetes and Docker.
Docker and Kubernetes are two container management...
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 to its infrastructure-as-a-service platform. The tool, available Nov. 27, signals a move on Microsoft’s part...
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 by Corero Network Security. In particular, Corero found its customers experienced an average of 237...
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 year after the deal was first announced last November.
Broadcom is attempting to become a major...
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 the platform is to decrease costs and time for virtual network functions (VNF) vendors, enabling...
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 with Amazon Web Services (AWS) Service Brokers.
Modern applications made for digital transformation are dependent on...
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 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...
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,...
Cisco and VMware deepen rivalry with acquisitions
Cisco and VMware were deemed the leaders in the software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) market in a recent IHS Markit report.
According to IHS Markit’s Data Center and Enterprise SDN Hardware and Software Biannual Market Tracker, SD-WAN is a...
Lurie takes on new role after leaving AT&T Mobility
Glenn Lurie, who retired as president of AT&T Mobility in September, has been named CEO of telecom software company Synchronoss Technologies.
Steven Waldis, Synchronoss' current CEO and chairman of its board of directors, will transition to serving...
