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• 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.

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• 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.

• September 08, 2022 08 Sep'22

  Storage, backup services to expand on Google Cloud Platform

  Google Cloud Platform adds new features and managed services, including high-performance block storage, Kubernetes backup services and new products using Actifio technology.

• September 07, 2022 07 Sep'22

  IBM iSeries subscription plan aims to simplify IT budgets

  Following the lead of competitors including Dell and HPE, IBM has debuted an all-in-one subscription plan for iSeries that bundles hardware, software and technical services.

• September 06, 2022 06 Sep'22

  Xandr's bumpy ride to AI software test automation success

  AI-based software testing tool Mabl reduced bugs and testing complexity for advertising company Xandr, but the initial implementation process was far from smooth.

• September 01, 2022 01 Sep'22

  StorPool tests high-end block storage software in AWS

  StorPool Storage's block storage software can now run on AWS for enterprise applications that demand hyperscale performance.

• August 31, 2022 31 Aug'22

  VMware Tanzu sets up edge computing showdown with OpenShift

  Enterprise edge computing is still at a nascent stage, but a battle is brewing between Kubernetes platforms such as VMware Tanzu and OpenShift to support the emerging trend.

• August 31, 2022 31 Aug'22

  VMware CEO reveals big changes amid multi-cloud shift

  VMware plans to change products, strategic direction and marketing to keep up with customers rushing to deploy multi-cloud architectures.

• August 31, 2022 31 Aug'22

  Folio Photonics sees optical disk as alternative for archive

  Folio Photonics has increased the layers of optical disk, lowering the cost and increasing the capacity while delivering higher performance than LTO tapes.

• August 31, 2022 31 Aug'22

  CodeSee brings code mapping tool to enterprise developers

  CodeSee, which maps code for the entire development pipeline, fills a market need for simplification in the face of growing complexity, according to one analyst.

• August 30, 2022 30 Aug'22

  IBM, VMware to jointly develop services for hybrid clouds

  IBM and VMware expanded their long-held partnership with a deal to provide hybrid cloud services and consulting to IT pros in regulated industries.

• August 30, 2022 30 Aug'22

  VMware Tanzu teases vSphere, PaaS tie-ins -- but doubts linger

  VMware said enhanced Kubernetes integrations for vSphere and Cloud Foundry, some in the works for years, will ship soon, but the pending Broadcom deal gives some observers pause.

• August 30, 2022 30 Aug'22

  VMware expands vSphere, vSAN for hybrid cloud enterprises

  Updates to VMware's flagship vSphere and vSAN software keep pace with enterprise interest in hybrid cloud infrastructure for applications and workloads.

• August 30, 2022 30 Aug'22

  VMware unveils Aria for multi-cloud management

  The Aria product portfolio includes a software console powered by a central data store to deliver a map of the applications running in a multi-cloud environment.

• August 29, 2022 29 Aug'22

  Heroku to end free tiers, creating platform void for devs

  Heroku will cease offering its free tiers this November, leaving developers to choose from an array of alternatives that don't quite match up, according to industry experts.

• August 29, 2022 29 Aug'22

  XenData's tape workaround cuts out egress fees

  To help customers avoid costly egress and geo-replication fees, XenData has introduced a new tape archive appliance for local copies that can be moved at much lower costs.

• August 26, 2022 26 Aug'22

  The legacy of Optane goes on

  Intel's storage class memory has ceased production, but the technology and the mission for cheaper, more performant storage disrupted an entire market.

• August 26, 2022 26 Aug'22

  Intel's Wei Li on low-code/no-code AI and sentience

  Wei Li, Intel's vice president and general manager of AI and analytics, outlines how low-code/no-code AI can help developers and chimes in on the sentient AI debate.

• August 25, 2022 25 Aug'22

  Kioxia looks back at 35 years of NAND -- and at what's ahead

  Kioxia invented NAND memory 35 years ago. At FMS, the company highlighted the technological achievements of NAND while introducing new SSDs and protocols.

• August 25, 2022 25 Aug'22

  Kubernetes security reaches maturity milestone with v1.25

  Kubernetes Pod Security Admission has reached stable status, replacing Pod Security Policies, as the core Kubernetes framework delegates advanced features to the wider community.

• August 24, 2022 24 Aug'22

  PyPI phishing renews call for mandatory 2FA, package signing

  Some developers view compulsory 2FA and package signing as a threat to productivity, but industry experts say such requirements are inevitable amid ongoing cyberattacks.

• August 24, 2022 24 Aug'22

  The storage administrator is dead; long live the storage admin

  IT employers still see the value of keeping storage administrator jobs in house despite the allure of savings with managed services.

• August 24, 2022 24 Aug'22

  Low-code platforms create call for business-savvy developers

  The rising popularity of low-code platforms may mark a decline for coding as a job priority, but demand is up for developers with a strong grasp of business knowledge, say experts.

• August 18, 2022 18 Aug'22

  Infinidat guarantees 1-minute restore of primary storage

  Infinidat has several guarantees around availability and performance, as well as the ability to recover and restore an immutable snapshot on primary storage in less than a minute.

• August 18, 2022 18 Aug'22

  Cisco earnings improve with easing supply shortage

  Cisco expects component shortages to continue through fiscal 2023, holding revenue growth to between 4% and 6%. Component prices could ease after the current quarter.

• August 17, 2022 17 Aug'22

  New Amazon File Cache service takes on Ctera, Nasuni

  A new service for faster access to storage in AWS cloud challenges the capabilities of many other cloud vendors, but lacks important components.

• August 16, 2022 16 Aug'22

  Cloudian's new load balancer targets object storage sprawl

  Cloudian customers can simplify support needs and hardware misconfigurations with the new HyperBalance load balancer, the result of a new partnership with LoadBalancer.org.

• August 15, 2022 15 Aug'22

  Semiconductor companies face a long road back to growth

  Even with government money soon headed their way, top-tier semiconductor companies will still have to deal with a range of challenges, from falling PC sales to material shortages.

• August 12, 2022 12 Aug'22

  Kubernetes training, tech can tackle orchestration pain

  DevOps can force developers to work outside their comfort zone and create frustration, but the right Kubernetes training and tools can ease the burden.

• August 11, 2022 11 Aug'22

  Sigstore co-creator talks GitHub, Kubernetes and next steps

  Dan Lorenc reflects on a whirlwind year for his open source project, now officially incorporated into Kubernetes and GitHub's npm registry, and his plans for the year to come.

• August 10, 2022 10 Aug'22

  AWS, Splunk and more launch cybersecurity analytics standard

  AWS and other IT vendors will start building connectors based on a new standard schema meant to streamline data sharing between cybersecurity tools.

• August 10, 2022 10 Aug'22

  COBOL programming skills gap thwarts modernization to Java

  The challenge of migrating COBOL applications to run in the cloud is made nearly impossible with tricky line-to-line conversions and a lack of developers with the right skills.

• August 09, 2022 09 Aug'22

  DogWalk zero-day squashed on August Patch Tuesday

  In addition to a long-simmering bug in the Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool, Microsoft corrects a sizeable number of flaws in its Azure Site Recovery product.

• August 08, 2022 08 Aug'22

  Phison's new X1 controller to power Seagate SSD

  Seagate continues its partnership with Phison through the release of the X1, a customizable SSD controller that promises higher performance and lower power use.

• August 08, 2022 08 Aug'22

  Devs don't trust AI in software testing

  Artificial intelligence can eliminate mundane testing tasks and reduce bugs without human intervention, but its inner machinations make testers uneasy.

• August 08, 2022 08 Aug'22

  Blue chips hone continuous compliance as GRC pressures mount

  The concept of continuous improvement has found its way into IT governance, as companies such as Fannie Mae, JPMorgan Chase and John Deere embrace continuous compliance.

• August 05, 2022 05 Aug'22

  Cisco executive Todd Nightingale to take Fastly CEO job

  Executive Todd Nightingale will step away from Cisco after a decade. Cisco plans to combine the enterprise networking and cloud division he led with another department.

• August 05, 2022 05 Aug'22

  Velocity-over-quality mindset leads to software testing gaps

  Insufficient software testing happens because of a lack of talent, time and cash. But inattentive CEOs and development methodologies such as Agile also contribute to the problem.

• August 04, 2022 04 Aug'22

  Arista acquires Pluribus Networks for cloud fabric product

  Arista plans to fold Pluribus technology into a new product that lets telcos run a software-defined network across switches, routers, computer servers and accelerator DPUs.

• August 04, 2022 04 Aug'22

  How customers could be affected by MinIO-Nutanix dispute

  MinIO revoked Nutanix's open source license, which could mean customers would have to work with Nutanix on how to best use its Objects product moving forward.

• August 03, 2022 03 Aug'22

  Another new CloudBees CEO faces fierce CI/CD tools rivalry

  Former SAP and Cisco strategy exec Anuj Kapur is tasked with keeping CloudBees CI/CD and DevOps platform tools relevant as the cloud-native arms race intensifies.

• August 02, 2022 02 Aug'22

  GitHub launches Projects, ratcheting up dev ecosystem battle

  GitHub Projects brings new features to GitHub developers, but users of other application lifecycle management tools such as Jira are unlikely to make the switch.

• August 01, 2022 01 Aug'22

  Will cloud, IT services prove recession-resistant businesses?

  Partners expect demand for their offerings to endure through economic turbulence and, to some extent, because of the unsettling times; more IT channel news.

• July 29, 2022 29 Jul'22

  Developer search engine for code snippets comes with caveats

  The YouCode search engine gives developers a fast way to find code snippets. But, like any code completion tool, results should be taken with a grain of salt.

• July 29, 2022 29 Jul'22

  Intel pulls the plug on Optane

  Intel will wind down its storage class memory business as it plans to shift focus elsewhere, while still supporting current customers using the technology.

• July 29, 2022 29 Jul'22

  AIOps in networking helps but can't solve complex problems

  The AIOps tools offered by network management vendors are good at solving routine problems but lack the intelligence to address complicated issues, customers said.

• July 28, 2022 28 Jul'22

  House sends CHIPS Act to Biden's desk

  Congress approved the CHIPS Act and billions more for scientific research to help the U.S. better compete against China in technology markets.

• July 28, 2022 28 Jul'22

  CircleCI and GitLab integration expands DevOps tool choices

  CircleCI expands code repository choices, benefitting mutual customers of the highly optimized platform, say industry analysts.

• July 28, 2022 28 Jul'22

  AWS adds Kubernetes security tie-ins amid SecOps tool sprawl

  Amazon Detective pulls Kubernetes security data into a broader threat detection and CSPM context as IT pros at large orgs seek integrated multi-cloud security workflows.

• July 28, 2022 28 Jul'22

  How Zoom security incident response survived the pandemic

  March 2020's influx of users meant the video conferencing company had to massively scale its incident response operation and the observability infrastructure that fed it, and fast.

• July 27, 2022 27 Jul'22

  Microsoft Azure revenue continues to climb, despite slowdown

  Microsoft Azure revenue extended its rocket rise in the latest quarter -- but a variety of industry and geopolitical issues put a lid on the company's overall revenue growth.

• July 27, 2022 27 Jul'22

  Aruba adds Client Insights in Central Foundation license

  Aruba automated routine network management tasks like device discovery in Aruba Central. The customer plans to add a change rollback feature next.

• July 27, 2022 27 Jul'22

  Micron breaks the 200-layer barrier in NAND

  Micron is shipping a 232-layer NAND that brings higher density and performance with potentially lower costs, starting on the client side before moving to the data center.