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• December 05, 2022 05 Dec'22

  Reynolds runs its first cloud test in manufacturing

  The maker of popular household brands will decide whether an IoT system from DXC Technology will help reduce natural gas use in Reynolds' manufacturing operations.

• December 02, 2022 02 Dec'22

  AWS' Kevin Miller talks S3 in 2023 and beyond

  Amazon S3 has become a massive portfolio of products, which only grew at re:Invent 2022. Here, the vice president and general manager of S3 talks about what's next.

• December 01, 2022 01 Dec'22

  AWS DevOps tools expand low-code features, focus on devx

  Many of the features of AWS CodeCatalyst and Application Composer were technically possible before, but the new services package them accessibly via a low-code UI.

• December 01, 2022 01 Dec'22

  Rise in Nutanix revenue driven by subscription renewals

  Nutanix revenues jumped 15% thanks to more users renewing their subscriptions. The company also reported positive quarterly non-GAAP income for the first time.

• November 30, 2022 30 Nov'22

  AWS joins Microsoft in providing supply chain visibility

  AWS found that the core reason companies find supply chains challenging to manage is the lack of visibility across complicated networks.

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• November 29, 2022 29 Nov'22

  Amazon boosts CodeWhisperer, AI and ML tools

  AWS rolled out updates to a series of AI tools and services, highlighted by improvements to its CodeWhisperer coding system and Textract AI service for extracting document text.

• November 28, 2022 28 Nov'22

  Ciena acquires Benu and Tibit for PON, edge

  Ciena acquires Benu for advanced subscriber management and Tibit for pluggable PON technology that connects to existing hardware. Acquisitions bring engineers during shortage.

• November 28, 2022 28 Nov'22

  Small open source projects pose significant security risks

  Open source security initiatives might prevent large-scale vulnerabilities such as Log4j, but smaller projects pose risks without more maintainer support, industry experts say.

• November 23, 2022 23 Nov'22

  Warriors joins other NBA teams in building smart arenas

  The Golden State Warriors installed 250 Wi-Fi 6E access points in Chase Center to deliver high-speed internet almost anywhere in the arena. Faster networks are a trend in the NBA.

• November 22, 2022 22 Nov'22

  Scality's Ring9 adds NVMe storage tier, new APIs

  Scality Ring introduces its ninth major update, bringing an all-NVMe tier for better performance and new APIs for tighter integration to tools and third-party applications.

• November 21, 2022 21 Nov'22

  Software developer layoffs and hiring freezes on the rise

  As tech companies tighten their belts, developers should prepare for a tighter job market by updating resumes and expanding job searches beyond big tech, say industry experts.

• November 21, 2022 21 Nov'22

  Dell PowerFlex comes to AWS for hybrid cloud storage

  Dell brings its software-defined storage PowerFlex to AWS. The new offering is part of its Project Alpine initiative to connect its storage OSes to hyperscalers.

• November 21, 2022 21 Nov'22

  Diffblue expands AI-powered unit testing platform

  Diffblue Cover is gaining traction amidst a trend toward AI-augmented testing, say industry analysts. Cover can now run a suite of unit tests without developer intervention.

• November 18, 2022 18 Nov'22

  Cisco lays off staff, cuts office space in $600M restructuring

  Cisco's shake-up will affect about 4,000 workers as the company doubles down on security, enterprise networking and its platform strategy.

• November 18, 2022 18 Nov'22

  Knowledge graphs and GraphQL: What DevOps pros need to know

  New approaches to data management and business analytics have found their way into IT automation and observability tools -- now what?

• November 18, 2022 18 Nov'22

  Seagate quietly expands multi-actuator HDD product line

  Seagate has added to its multi-actuator line of Exos 2X HDDs, now offering up to 18 TB in capacity in its attempt to start paving the way for future use cases.

• November 17, 2022 17 Nov'22

  Server-side WebAssembly prepares for takeoff in 2023

  Server-side WebAssembly is still a work in progress, but engineers at Adobe and BMW say it shows promise for fast, flexible app management among cloud and edge environments.

• November 16, 2022 16 Nov'22

  Atlassian Open DevOps tools stitch together more workflows

  As all-in-one DevOps tools vendors grow, Atlassian argues users want choice; customers say third-party tools integration is a timesaver, but the company faces headwinds.

• November 14, 2022 14 Nov'22

  Microsoft Ignite 2022 conference recap

  Tom Walat, SearchWindowsServer site editor, covers some of the news from Microsoft's Ignite 2022 conference.

• November 14, 2022 14 Nov'22

  VMware adds multi-cloud management tools

  VMware debuted HCX+, a managed service for multi-cloud data centers, as well as Kubernetes capabilities for private clouds and more SD-WAN points of presence.

• November 14, 2022 14 Nov'22

  HPE's low-end supercomputers take aim at the AI market

  HPE rolls out lower-cost supercomputers designed to handle complex AI-based workloads. Dell looks to meet its longtime rival in the middle with its highest-end HPC offering.

• November 10, 2022 10 Nov'22

  Low-code API management tool fights complexity, with caveats

  A new low-code API management tool could bring benefits such as increased speed, fewer coding errors and wider accessibility. But it must prove itself in the market.

• November 09, 2022 09 Nov'22

  Samsung begins producing 1 terabit TLC NAND

  Samsung has begun mass production on its latest generation of V-NAND, bringing 1 terabit per chip to raise density and increase speed.

• November 09, 2022 09 Nov'22

  GitHub security updates and Copilot expansion make waves

  New features unveiled at GitHub Universe include private channels for security issues and Copilot for business, which may fall under a cloud of ongoing litigation.

• November 08, 2022 08 Nov'22

  Microsoft resolves 6 zero-days on November Patch Tuesday

  Two Exchange Server zero-days discovered in September get security updates this month along with four Windows vulnerabilities that had been actively exploited.

• November 07, 2022 07 Nov'22

  Commvault Metallic adds archive to cloud service

  Commvault added a standalone cloud file and object archive service to its Metallic SaaS to help tackle unstructured data growth and the associated costs.

• November 04, 2022 04 Nov'22

  Go updates to tackle pain points, but Golang 2 is dead

  Go Day 2022 highlights include possible Go updates to tackle compatibility, security and developer pain points such as for-loop scoping. But Golang 2 will never happen.

• November 03, 2022 03 Nov'22

  New ServiceNow apps automate organizational productivity

  ServiceNow rolled out applications for the Now Platform that assists IT shops with organizational productivity planning and building flexible hybrid work environments.

• November 03, 2022 03 Nov'22

  Pega CTO: Ethical AI for developers demands transparency

  Pegasystems CTO Don Schuerman believes the cure for AI's ethical issues lies in broad data inputs, being sensitive to biases and algorithms that make explainable decisions.

• November 02, 2022 02 Nov'22

  Fresh crop of IT automation tools targets platform engineers

  As enterprise IT shifts from full-stack DevOps to platform engineering, IT automation tools reinvented for the Kubernetes era can reduce toil for operators.

• November 01, 2022 01 Nov'22

  Sustainable software needs more tools, corporate buy-in

  Several tools can help developers build sustainable software, but it won't make a dent in carbon emissions without organizational support and better monitoring tools.

• November 01, 2022 01 Nov'22

  Security AI shifts left into DevSecOps

  DevSecOps vendors such as GitLab and Palo Alto's Prisma Cloud embrace security AI throughout the software development lifecycle, as IT trust in AI grows.

• November 01, 2022 01 Nov'22

  Promises, potential pitfalls of software-enabled flash

  An open source project is aiming to upend how storage architecture runs, but for developers to see potential gains, they'll have to invest in both hardware and software.

• November 01, 2022 01 Nov'22

  HPE updates ProLiant servers bundled with GreenLake license

  HPE added another software and service option with the new ProLiant servers featuring GreenLake, improved security software and Nextpoint services.

• November 01, 2022 01 Nov'22

  Cisco Networking Academy offers rookie cybersecurity classes

  Cisco's cybersecurity track equips students for entry-level positions, including cybersecurity technician, junior cybersecurity analyst, and tier 1 help desk support role.

• November 01, 2022 01 Nov'22

  NetApp unites storage services under one console with BlueXP

  Storage vendor NetApp launches a free web service aimed at providing on-premises hardware or SaaS customers visibility into their hybrid cloud infrastructure.

• October 28, 2022 28 Oct'22

  Filmmaker uses NAS storage for better collaboration

  With normal workflows out the window, horror filmmaker Damien LeVeck eased the collaborative movie editing process by going all-in with Blackmagic Cloud Store.

• October 28, 2022 28 Oct'22

  For API security to succeed, devs need integrated tooling

  For greater API security and clearer boundaries for developers, experts at API World called for developer-focused security tools that dovetail seamlessly into their workflows.

• October 28, 2022 28 Oct'22

  Sidecarless service mesh: Fad or the future?

  Istio's experimental Ambient Mesh is gathering buzz with the promise of simpler operations, but Linkerd loyalists contend that the sidecar itself isn't the real problem.

• October 27, 2022 27 Oct'22

  API documentation can make or break developer experience

  At this week's API World, experts highlight issues with poor API documentation and suggest ways to fix it, such as ditching jargon and adopting the OpenAPI Specification.

• October 27, 2022 27 Oct'22

  Platform engineers plug abstraction leaks

  Platform engineers presented at KubeCon about how new tools have helped them better hide infrastructure complexity from developers. But a paradox of choice remains.

• October 25, 2022 25 Oct'22

  OpenShift roadmap preps for Kubernetes multi-cluster sprawl

  OpenShift now supports Kubernetes deployments from data centers to edge devices, which calls for fresh ways to scale out multi-cluster control planes.

• October 25, 2022 25 Oct'22

  Verity ES launches enterprise-grade data deletion software

  Verity ES, a new spinoff from data deletion specialist Revert Inc., has emerged from stealth and is focused on platter purging for enterprise customers.

• October 24, 2022 24 Oct'22

  Developers want improved performance, efficiency in Java 20

  Java 20 will likely include useful features such as improvements to concurrency and profiling, but the incremental updates are unlikely to please everyone.

• October 20, 2022 20 Oct'22

  Observability tools add FinOps amid macroeconomic worries

  FinOps features added to observability tools from Datadog and Sysdig this week reflect concerns about cloud cost management amid gloomy economic forecasts.

• October 20, 2022 20 Oct'22

  VMware ESXi users must decide: Should I stay or should I go?

  With many VMware ESXi servers reaching end of life, users must decide to extend existing support agreements, upgrade to version 7 or -- an unlikely scenario -- switch vendors.

• October 20, 2022 20 Oct'22

  Developers warned: GitHub Copilot code may be licensed

  Questions surround GitHub Copilot's use of open source code, but it's a Supreme Court decision on Warhol's art that developers should keep an eye on, according to one legal expert.

• October 20, 2022 20 Oct'22

  St. Luke's triages healthcare data management for hospitals

  Storage administrators for a network of hospitals and medical offices across Idaho turn to tagging and tiering software to staunch unstructured and ever-growing healthcare data.

• October 20, 2022 20 Oct'22

  IBM introduces Diamondback tape library for cloud providers

  IBM's Diamondback tape library delivers 27 PB of capacity in a single rack space. The technology is geared to cloud and service providers as cheap, efficient storage.

• October 18, 2022 18 Oct'22

  Oracle CloudWorld rollout includes new serverless options

  New Oracle Cloud Infrastructure serverless offerings hide more of the gory infrastructure details from application developers to hasten software delivery workflows.

• October 18, 2022 18 Oct'22

  Enterprises learn the downsides of DevSecOps metrics

  DevSecOps metrics can be helpful, but they can also steer developer and security collaboration in an unproductive direction if they are over-emphasized, practitioners said.

• October 18, 2022 18 Oct'22

  Oracle partners can now sell Oracle Cloud as their own

  Alloy, a new infrastructure platform, lets partners and Oracle-affiliated enterprises resell OCI to customers in regulated industries or at the edge.

• October 17, 2022 17 Oct'22

  Fixing software developer burnout could increase retention

  Software developer burnout is a pervasive issue that can cause problems for companies and their employees, but tackling it won't be easy.

• October 13, 2022 13 Oct'22

  Dell adds Project Frontier for edge, expands HCI with Azure

  Dell dropped news at separate events this week -- one that showcased edge management software, another that showed deepening HCI ties with Azure -- but the items are connected.

• October 13, 2022 13 Oct'22

  Managed SAN service enters preview on Microsoft Azure

  Microsoft Azure's newest managed storage service, now in preview, supports demanding enterprise SANs fully in the cloud. Azure also added faster SSD storage and a performance tier.

• October 12, 2022 12 Oct'22

  Google Software Delivery Shield braces supply chain security

  Software Delivery Shield reduces security risks across the development pipeline -- but it also increases developer productivity, according to industry experts.

• October 11, 2022 11 Oct'22

  Microsoft resolves Windows zero-day on October Patch Tuesday

  The company released mitigation instructions for two Exchange Server zero-days discovered late last month but had no security updates to close the flaws on the email platform.

• October 11, 2022 11 Oct'22

  Tech for democracy gains traction but may pay lip service

  The Copenhagen Pledge on Tech for Democracy highlights how tech can crumble or shore up democracy and human rights. But it lacks action and accountability, industry experts say.

• October 11, 2022 11 Oct'22

  HubSpot DEI program shores up software engineer shortage

  HubSpot has been building its DEI program for years, which includes in its hiring practices. By focusing on a more diverse talent pool, the company has found it can better manage the software engineer shortage.

• October 06, 2022 06 Oct'22

  HashiCorp Waypoint public beta adds fresh take on PaaS

  The sales pitch for HashiCorp Waypoint sounds a lot like traditional PaaS, but its technical approach may be uniquely well-suited to the recent rise of DevOps platform engineering.

• October 06, 2022 06 Oct'22

  Companies search for ROI from cloud spending

  A KPMG survey of 1,000 executives found that two-thirds were reevaluating cloud spending after failing to achieve a significant ROI.

• October 06, 2022 06 Oct'22

  ServiceNow buys Era Software to unify observability strategy

  ServiceNow's acquisition of Era Software looks to strengthen the company's position in the observability market and make digital transformation projects easier to implement.

• October 06, 2022 06 Oct'22

  Splunk suit claims Cribl built on stolen log management IP

  Former Splunk employees and industry watchers reacted to a lawsuit filed by Splunk this week alleging that Cribl's business is based on stolen log management code.

• October 06, 2022 06 Oct'22

  Terraform Cloud continuous validation inches toward GitOps

  Terraform is already part of the GitOps workflow for some enterprises, but a new continuous validation feature could increase its overlap with tools such as Argo CD and Flux.

• October 06, 2022 06 Oct'22

  Microsoft, Kyndryl deal connects Azure to IBM mainframe data

  Aiming to break the mainframe out of its silo, Microsoft and Kyndryl will collaborate on allowing mainframe users to send data across multi-cloud environments.

• October 05, 2022 05 Oct'22

  HashiCorp cloud security evolves via Boundary, Consul, Vault

  With the debut of Boundary on HashiCorp Cloud Platform, along with updates for Vault and Consul, the vendor lays the foundation for a long-term product strategy.

• October 04, 2022 04 Oct'22

  IBM integrates Red Hat storage for hybrid cloud

  IBM storage has integrated Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation and Ceph into its new hybrid cloud data storage offering. Analysts said the move is good for both vendors.

• October 04, 2022 04 Oct'22

  Dynatrace overhauls AIOps back end, beefs up log analytics

  The AIOps vendor unveiled a new approach to data management that has enterprise customers such as BT hopeful it could eliminate the need for separate log analytics products.

• October 03, 2022 03 Oct'22

  EvolveWare feature adds agility to application modernization

  EvolveWare's Intellisys gives enterprises a business rules extraction option that won't lock up legacy or modernized applications when code changes are required.

• October 03, 2022 03 Oct'22

  Spot by NetApp exec on acquisitions and catalog slimming

  In this Q&A, Spot by NetApp's Kevin McGrath talks about the future of Fylamynt, evolving partnerships with hyperscalers and how buying teams for Spot's technology are changing.

• September 29, 2022 29 Sep'22

  Climate LLC taps feature flags for mobile app development

  Feature flags facilitated fast rollbacks and trunk-based mobile development for a digital farming software maker amid volatility due to business growth and climate change.

• September 29, 2022 29 Sep'22

  State tax agency nixes slow HDD backup for speedier flash

  The Mississippi Department of Revenue chose an all-flash storage and backup setup to maximize app performance and minimize headaches after a spinning-platter disaster.

• September 29, 2022 29 Sep'22

  Environments as a service tackle development bottlenecks

  Environments as a service are gaining traction as a tool to reduce delays, manage environments and improve developer productivity, according to industry analysts.

• September 29, 2022 29 Sep'22

  Cloud Custodian spans FinOps, SecOps cloud policies

  Users such as Avalara and HBO Max use Cloud Custodian to manage cloud cost and security policies, as the project's founders prepare Kubernetes support to rival OPA and Kyverno.

• September 28, 2022 28 Sep'22

  LTO Program looks to surpass 1.4 PB per tape

  The LTO Program laid out an updated roadmap showing that tape could break the 1 petabyte barrier within the next decade, keeping pace with ever-growing data storage needs.

• September 28, 2022 28 Sep'22

  Intel SDKs give developers tools for AI, quantum software

  Intel launched new SDKs for AI and quantum computing and added tools underpinned by the Intel Developer Cloud in an effort to attract developers to build on its hardware.

• September 28, 2022 28 Sep'22

  Intel expands Developer Cloud, updates GPUs, CPUs

  Administrators who manage many users can go one step further toward streamlining license assignments by taking advantage of a new feature from Microsoft.

• September 28, 2022 28 Sep'22

  CloudBees ReleaseIQ buy renews CI/CD pipeline, SaaS support

  The newly acquired startup adds SaaS-based low-code views into multiple tools and doesn't require upfront integration work, as CloudBees regroups after recent upheavals.

• September 27, 2022 27 Sep'22

  Storage vendors pitching self-service as-a-service

  Storage vendors like Dell Technologies are adding self-service products to their as-a-service portfolios, directed at enterprises seeking to keep daily operation in house.

• September 26, 2022 26 Sep'22

  HPE expands Alletra with lower prices and more options

  HPE added the hybrid Alletra 5000 to its block storage portfolio and GreenLake, giving customers more capacity and more consumption options while lowering costs.

• September 26, 2022 26 Sep'22

  Lenovo launches entry-level block storage arrays

  Lenovo has released to the entry-level market new all-flash and hybrid arrays, which provide companies with a boost in previous performance, and has unified hardware management.

• September 23, 2022 23 Sep'22

  TGI Fridays dishes up modern hybrid cloud storage

  TGI Fridays' corporate IT team traded business headaches from end- of-life hardware to a modern hybrid cloud storage system using Nasuni and Microsoft Azure.

• September 22, 2022 22 Sep'22

  IT pros pan government software supply chain security advice

  As the prospect of federally mandated SBOM drives up usage of the software supply chain security tech, the government's documentation so far adds to risky confusion, experts say.

• September 22, 2022 22 Sep'22

  Globalization won't fix software engineer shortage

  While a global talent search can fill niche positions and diversify a development team, it isn't a silver bullet for the software engineer shortage, experts say.

• September 21, 2022 21 Sep'22

  Harness CTO: Where shift left goes wrong

  In this Q&A, Harness' field CTO Nick Durkin shares his thoughts on the impossible burden that shift left places on developers and what can be done to lessen the load.

• September 21, 2022 21 Sep'22

  ServiceNow Now Platform 'Tokyo' delivers AI, automation

  ServiceNow doubled down on its commitment to take the complexity out of digital transformation projects with a new version of its ServiceNow platform sporting new AI capabilities.

• September 21, 2022 21 Sep'22

  IntelliProp CEO describes how CXL will change memory market

  In this Q&A, IntelliProp CEO John Spiers talks about his vision for CXL and how it will affect both storage performance and the storage market.

• September 20, 2022 20 Sep'22

  Aqua adds software supply chain security to DevSecOps mix

  A new software supply chain security module for Aqua's platform correlates runtime security monitoring with pre-deployment scans as IT pros look to merge disparate tools.

• September 19, 2022 19 Sep'22

  Dell Apex joins with OpenShift, deepens VMware uncertainty

  Dell jumps on the Red Hat OpenShift bandwagon with its Apex container management products, intensifying uncertainty about the future of VMware Tanzu under Broadcom.

• September 16, 2022 16 Sep'22

  IXsystems, Storj unveil distributed storage feature

  As an alternative to AWS S3 or storage-as-a-service offerings, iXsystems and Storj now offer a distributed storage model on TrueNAS Scale for $4 per TB, per month.

• September 15, 2022 15 Sep'22

  Valmont Industries tests network as a service to improve WAN

  Valmont Industries wants an agile WAN that the company can modify in days instead of months. The global manufacturer is testing network-as-a-service provider Graphiant.

• September 15, 2022 15 Sep'22

  Experts: 3 trends in software development worth following

  Trends come and go, but AIOps and MLOps, spatial computing, and a low-code and high-code toolkit are the future of software development, industry experts say.

• September 15, 2022 15 Sep'22

  Arm Neoverse roadmap targets enterprise infrastructure, cloud

  Arm's roadmap for Neoverse V2 core is designed to handle 5G, HPC and edge workloads. Nvidia will incorporate the offering in its Grace data center chip in 2023.

• September 14, 2022 14 Sep'22

  AutoRabit tool seeks to simplify Salesforce security for DevOps

  OrgScan extends CodeScan's security scanning ability in Salesforce. CodeScan Shield aims to simplify security for devs as the trend to shift left continues, industry analysts say.

• September 13, 2022 13 Sep'22

  Windows zero-day quashed for September Patch Tuesday

  A relatively light patching workload awaits admins this month, but a "wormable" threat should increase the sense of urgency to rapidly deploy Microsoft's batch of fixes.

• September 13, 2022 13 Sep'22

  Oracle hones in on AWS cost, multi-cloud database support

  Oracle is allowing its database users to access those services on rival clouds, while aggressively pursuing AWS customers in search of lower-cost cloud infrastructure.

• September 13, 2022 13 Sep'22

  IBM targets energy-saving mainframes at Linux users

  IBMs new generation of Linux-based mainframes can significantly reduce energy use for companies willing to replace x86 servers with proprietary systems.

• September 13, 2022 13 Sep'22

  COBOL application modernization tools and techniques

  COBOL code modernization options range from a simple, yet expensive, application re-write to automated tools that can convert code and extract business rules.

• September 08, 2022 08 Sep'22

  5 reasons to prioritize application modernization

  Application modernization should be at the top of an enterprise's to-do list for five reasons, including security concerns, staffing shortages and competitive differentiation.

• September 08, 2022 08 Sep'22

  NAND prices drop, but customers won't benefit

  Supply chain disruptions, recession fears and war in Ukraine have helped push the price of NAND down sharply, but OEMs may not lower their prices any time soon.