BROWSING: AWS

Pentagon reduces $950 million Rean Cloud contract by over 90%

Pentagon criticized for awarding $950 million contract to Amazon partner The Pentagon is reducing a cloud deal with Virginia-based company Rean Cloud potentially worth $950 million to $65 million amid criticism of awarding the contract to the Amazon partner. Rean Cloud was awarded the contract last...

CloudBees embraces Kubernetes for enterprise DevOps

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...

Demand for security drives Palo Alto second quarter revenue growth

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...

Riverbed SD-WAN updates focus on securing cloud connectivity

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...

Five cloud market leaders

A growing market The cloud computing market has become increasingly dense as vendors of all sizes compete for customers who have gravitated to the technology as a way to run their business operations. Research firm IDC projects global public cloud spending will reach $203.4 billion...

Juniper expands portfolio to ease multi-cloud adoption

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...

Mentor looks to streamline embedded IoT for Industry 4.0

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 acquire CloudCoreo in hybrid cloud security push

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...

REAN Cloud lands potential $950 million DoD cloud contract

REAN Cloud scores DoD deal to accelerate cloud migration Northern Virginia cloud systems integrator REAN Cloud announced last week it landed a five-year contract with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) potentially worth $950 million. As part of the deal, REAN Cloud will provide Pentagon...

Rumors circulate VMware might buy Dell in reverse merger

Dell reportedly flirting with making a VMware initial public offering (IPO) CNBC sources report that Dell Technologies is considering a reverse merger with VMware in which the latter company would purchase the former parent company. Dell originally agreed to purchase EMC for $67 billion in...

Nokia to open three hubs as part of cloud strategy

Nokia to open three cloud collaboration hubs In an effort to bolster its cloud initiative, Nokia announced it will open three new cloud collaboration hubs. One hub is currently open in Singapore, which will be followed by a hub in Irving, Texas in February and...

Microsoft gains competitive edge over AWS in cloud computing market

Microsoft outcompetes AWS in fourth quarter of 2017 While Microsoft and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have both been deemed leaders in infrastructure-as-a-services (IaaS) and platform-as-a-service (PaaS) segments, the former is gaining a competitive edge over the latter, according to research from KeyBanc analysts cited by...

Saguna pushing users to the edge with MEC Starter Kit

Saguna launches MEC Starter Kit Multi-access edge computing (MEC) company Saguna launched what it claims to be the world’s first MEC Starter Kit. MEC is a network architecture that allows IT and cloud-computing capabilities to be performed at the edge of the cellular network. The purpose...

Intel security glitch may impact processors stretching back a decade

Patches to Intel kernel flaw could slow down computers by 30 % An apparent security flaw has been reportedly found in almost every Intel processor chip made in the last decade, forcing a redesign of Linux and Windows kernels. Adding insult to injury, the required...

Analyst Angle: What spectrum bands will US operators use for Mobile 5G?

  Although much of the dialogue on 5G spectrum in the US has focused on millimeter (mmWave) spectrum, it is not clear whether the mmWave spectrum is suitable for mobile network deployment in the near to mid-term future. This is exactly why Verizon is concentrating on...

AWS launches blockchain partners portal

AWS announces new program for blockchain integration Amazon Web Services (AWS) recently announced it is investing in blockchain technology through its partner ecosystem program. According to the company, the AWS Blockchain Partners Program supports customer integration of blockchain solutions with systems built on AWS. Among...

#TBT: Wheeler steps down; LTE boom in China; Google Things debuts … this week in 2016

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Wheeler steps down...

AWS, Ningxia collaborate to extend China’s cloud region

AWS launches new cloud region in China Amazon announced Monday it is expanding its cloud computing service Amazon Web Services (AWS) in China with a local partner and launch of the AWS China (Ningxia) Region, operated by NWCD. The China cloud region consists of two...

AWS VP of architect strategy highlights cloud native principles

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 of cloud architecture strategy at AWS, during a keynote presentation at this year’s KubeCon +...

AWS embraces Kubernetes with elastic container service

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...

AWS, VMware tighten partnership by expanding hybrid cloud

Amazon and VMware extend availability of VMware Cloud on AWS Amazon Web Services (AWS) and VMware announced they are expanding the availability of VMware Cloud on AWS, as well as providing additional capabilities that help customers with disaster recovery and incorporate on-demand capacity. VMware customers have...

Amazon Web Services launches new set of IoT services

Amazon Web Services said new offering allows customers to manage, protect, and perform analytics on IoT devices Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced six new services and capabilities for connected devices. AWS said the new offering includes AWS IoT 1-Click, AWS IoT Device Management, AWS IoT...

Amazon, NXP tap IoT potential via node-to-cloud connectivity

Amazon offers tools to help deploy MCU-based connected devices NXP Semiconductors, a Dutch global semiconductor manufacturer, introduced the LPC54018 MCU-based IoT module with support for the recently launched Amazon FreeRTOS on Amazon Web Services (AWS), providing developers with universal connections to AWS. The cost and complexity...

Fortinet extends virtualized Security Fabric apps to AWS users

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...