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• January 25, 2023 25 Jan'23

  OpenSSF GM talks funding, legal software supply chain issues

  The OpenSSF leader lays out plans fund open source software supply chain security in a slowing economy and to speak out against the EU's Cyber Resilience Act.

• January 25, 2023 25 Jan'23

  Devs discuss when to use TypeScript vs. JavaScript

  TypeScript catches errors at compile time, which benefits developers and users. But the language isn't suitable for every project due to its additional overhead.

• January 25, 2023 25 Jan'23

  Storage vendors look to make case for sustainability

  Energy costs are rising, and sustainability is all the rage. But storage vendors may struggle convincing customers to combat climate change during an economic downturn.

• January 24, 2023 24 Jan'23

  Microsoft offers developer guidance on green software tools

  Microsoft, UBS and others back developers' use of open source carbon-aware tools. Two case studies -- one enterprise and one academic -- demonstrate green software tools in action.

• January 24, 2023 24 Jan'23

  IT budgets under pressure spur tool consolidation

  As the tech industry suffers layoffs and slowing growth, IT organizations such as Boeing are handing some of their IT vendors pink slips of their own.

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• January 20, 2023 20 Jan'23

  Latest Google Cloud AI shines spotlight on retail automation

  AI-powered automated inventory tracking systems aren't perfect. However, retailers with high rates of lost sales from missing items in stores could still achieve a decent ROI.

• January 19, 2023 19 Jan'23

  Data pipelines feed IT’s observability beast

  Amid data growth, cloud complexity and demand for advanced automation, the data pipelines developed to satisfy the appetites of AI apps also serve observability tools.

• January 18, 2023 18 Jan'23

  HPE expands Alletra with focused storage servers

  HPE released new storage servers for container and software-defined storage with the Alletra 4000. The new servers bring high compute with new Intel CPUs in a denser package.

• January 18, 2023 18 Jan'23

  Dell's next-generation PowerEdge servers target AI inferencing

  Dell has delivered versions of its PowerEdge servers using Intel's 4th Gen Xeon Scalable processors and AMD's EPYC chips.

• January 17, 2023 17 Jan'23

  CircleCI incident adds to SecOps toil

  SaaS CI/CD vendor CircleCI urged customers to rotate all secrets data, the latest of several security breaches weighing on SecOps pros charged with responding.

• January 17, 2023 17 Jan'23

  Experts rate programming languages for beginners in 2023

  Python and JavaScript are two standouts for novices, according to developer experts. But fledgling coders should diversify their toolbox with newer languages too.

• January 12, 2023 12 Jan'23

  Startup's eBPF APM tools turn up heat on Datadog

  Lemonade plans to put tools from eBPF startup Groundcover in production this year in a bid to reduce instrumentation work and other overhead for its small DevOps team.

• January 12, 2023 12 Jan'23

  Updates to GitHub Actions add efficiency, risk of friction

  GitHub Actions required workflows and configuration variables can reduce duplicate configuration code and shore up policy compliance but may add to developer frustration.

• January 12, 2023 12 Jan'23

  Micron's 9400 U.3 SSD aimed at AI, ML workloads

  Micron has expanded its NVMe SSD portfolio with the 9400 U.3, a TLC drive designed to provide high-performance storage for high-performance use cases.

• January 11, 2023 11 Jan'23

  Amazon S3 now encrypts data by default

  AWS has changed a setting for new Amazon S3 buckets to encrypt data by default, a move that increases data protection and places more emphasis on customer security.

• January 10, 2023 10 Jan'23

  Microsoft resolves Windows zero-day on January Patch Tuesday

  The company also issues five corrections, all with a rating of important, to address vulnerabilities on its on-premises Exchange Server email platform.

• January 09, 2023 09 Jan'23

  Data growth to help storage vendors weather slowing economy

  The economy may be slowing down, but reliance on data isn't -- a reality that might help enterprise storage vendors wade through economic turbulence in 2023.

• January 09, 2023 09 Jan'23

  AI risks shadow software development security trend

  The rise of AI-assisted workflows will facilitate software development security amid growing open source vulnerabilities, but comes with the threat of AI-generated attacks.

• January 09, 2023 09 Jan'23

  Microsoft acquires DPU maker Fungible

  Microsoft has acquired Fungible, possibly giving Azure its own data processing units.

• January 09, 2023 09 Jan'23

  Public cloud spending, competition to rise in 2023

  In 2023, companies expect to increase spending on public cloud applications and infrastructure, and hyperscalers that have dominated the market will face new competition.

• January 05, 2023 05 Jan'23

  Micro credentials could stave off software engineer layoffs

  Software developers can take measures to protect their jobs with micro credentials tailored to their company’s needs within hot trends such as cloud computing and AI.

• January 03, 2023 03 Jan'23

  Multi-cloud networking trends to watch in 2023

  As multi-cloud networking becomes an industry standard, enterprises increasingly seek tools to wrangle data, services and security in a sprawling network that can span countries.

• December 22, 2022 22 Dec'22

  RackTop Systems, Seagate deepen partnership for secure NAS

  RackTop Systems and Seagate are offering more in turnkey storage appliances and private cloud integration, combining security software into primary storage devices.

• December 21, 2022 21 Dec'22

  Dish Media swaps observability sprawl for Elastic Stack SaaS

  With fewer tools and data repositories to wrangle and Elastic cluster management outsourced to SaaS, Dish Media's ops teams reduced toil and achieved proactive incident response.

• December 21, 2022 21 Dec'22

  VMware adds managed storage service for VMs on AWS

  Cloud Flex Storage by VMware provides to customers of VMware Cloud on AWS a managed storage service with cloud console provisioning.

• December 21, 2022 21 Dec'22

  Prospects unclear for two Nucamp coding boot camp graduates

  A coding boot camp can jumpstart a career in tech, but only for those willing to go the extra mile. Here's how two non-developers fared in a four-week web development boot camp.

• December 20, 2022 20 Dec'22

  Arista's new switches support 800GbE for hyperscalers

  Arista's new switches provide more options for enterprises and higher speeds for bandwidth-hungry hyperscalers. The latest hardware is generally available.

• December 20, 2022 20 Dec'22

  Review the top IT operations news stories of 2022

  2022 was full of industry updates, company shake-ups and emerging technologies. Review the highlights of this year's IT ops news to prepare for what's next in 2023.

• December 16, 2022 16 Dec'22

  Salesforce DevOps Center ships to rein in low-code apps

  Salesforce DevOps Center rolled out with features meant to bring low-code and pro-code custom apps on its CRM platform up to date with current software development practices.

• December 15, 2022 15 Dec'22

  Software moved needle for enterprise storage in 2022

  Consultants and analysts say SaaS and cloud sales will dominate enterprise storage market into 2023. But hardware innovations are still possible and on the horizon.

• December 15, 2022 15 Dec'22

  Lego site vulnerabilities highlight API security gaps

  What's old is new again: Lego site BrickLink was found vulnerable to cross-site scripting and other well-understood types of attacks, intensifying scrutiny on API security.

• December 15, 2022 15 Dec'22

  Spotify Plugins for Backstage aimed at developer productivity

  Spotify Plugins for Backstage improves the development environment, but it can also help users tackle the developer shortage, according to one industry expert.

• December 14, 2022 14 Dec'22

  ChatGPT writes code, but won't replace developers

  Recent advancements in AI portend the rise of the robot coder. Developers will need new skills to succeed in an AI-based industry, experts say.

• December 14, 2022 14 Dec'22

  T-Mobile expands fastest 5G coverage to 260 million

  T-Mobile has expanded its mid-band 5G coverage across most of the nation, pulling further ahead of rivals Verizon and AT&T.

• December 13, 2022 13 Dec'22

  Tidelift GC: Paid open source can stave off another Log4j

  If the industry wants to thwart software supply chain attacks and prevent another Log4Shell, the way forward is to pay open source maintainers, Tidelift GC Luis Villa says.

• December 13, 2022 13 Dec'22

  Geek gifts 2022: Business travel essentials and music-making

  For better or for worse, the world re-opened this year, renewing geeks' need for business travel accessories, while others sought to explore their musical creativity.

• December 12, 2022 12 Dec'22

  Prep school uses Wasabi storage to protect student data

  A Connecticut prep school with a massive amount of data to protect chose a combination of cloud storage providers to get the job done within a tight budget.

• December 12, 2022 12 Dec'22

  Updates to Ctera global file system target regulated industries

  Data deduplication, edge caching, encryption key management and permanent delete all empower administrators in the new Ctera 7.5 global file system update.

• December 12, 2022 12 Dec'22

  Creative AI, FinOps among hot developer trends of 2023

  Here's a look at the hottest trends for application developers in 2023. Keep an eye out for decentralization, FinOps, consolidation and AI.

• December 09, 2022 09 Dec'22

  Juniper's CN2 supports Kubernetes networking on AWS

  Juniper simplifies Kubernetes networking on Amazon's Elastic Kubernetes Service by adding virtual networks and multi-dimensional segmentation in the hybrid cloud.

• December 09, 2022 09 Dec'22

  New OpenDrives CEO on the current state of storage

  Izhar Sharon weighs in on the evolving direction of the company, the commoditization of hardware and storage trends for the year ahead.

• December 09, 2022 09 Dec'22

  Automation company swaps Isilon for software-defined storage

  The Swedish automation company Hexagon needed super scale and performance for its files. The new SDS upgrade speeds up customer response times.

• December 08, 2022 08 Dec'22

  Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Oracle win JWCC contract

  The Department of Defense Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract allows DOD departments to acquire cloud services and technology from Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Oracle.

• December 08, 2022 08 Dec'22

  GitOps hits stride as CNCF graduates Flux CD and Argo CD

  Flux and Argo CD earned graduated status within CNCF after a year in which platform engineering adoption and DevOps advances put both in the enterprise spotlight.

• December 08, 2022 08 Dec'22

  What I learned at a 4-week Nucamp coding boot camp

  Would a four-week web development coding boot camp designed by a Microsoft veteran provide me with enough skills to land a job? I was going to find out.

• December 07, 2022 07 Dec'22

  HPE GreenLake for Private Cloud updates boost hybrid clouds

  HPE continues investing in GreenLake for private and hybrid clouds as demand for those services increases. Meanwhile, competition in the cloud market heats up.

• December 06, 2022 06 Dec'22

  Cisco teases new capabilities with SD-WAN update

  Cisco SD-WAN 17.10 enhancements give enterprises the option of using security service edge providers Cloudflare and Netskope in secure access service edge deployments.

• 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 02, 2022 02 Dec'22

  Top AWS cloud consultants earn 6-to-1 revenue multiplier

  AWS ecosystem research suggests partners generate more services dollars when they invest in a broader portfolio of offerings; other partner developments at re:Invent.

• 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.

• 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

  VMware partner ecosystem tapped to accelerate cloud projects

  VMware is expanding ties with global systems integrators and other partners as it looks for resources to help customers ramp up the adoption of its cloud technology.

• 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.