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• August 18, 2021 18 Aug'21

  CNCF policy-as-code project bridges Kubernetes security gaps

  Kyverno, a CNCF policy-as-code sandbox project, can help platform engineers navigate the transition toward the successor to Kubernetes pod security policies.

• August 18, 2021 18 Aug'21

  Seagate promises predictable storage pricing with Lyve Cloud

  Seagate Technology's Lyve Cloud adds to the lineup of enterprise cloud storage offerings that give IT pros a way to retain more of the data being generated each year.

• August 16, 2021 16 Aug'21

  Data storage trends include increases in cloud, NAND flash

  "The cloud is here to stay," said analyst Scott Sinclair. So are containers. NAND flash is another popular storage trend highlighted in a recent report.

• August 12, 2021 12 Aug'21

  DevSecOps acquisitions follow enterprise IT shift

  As IT roles converge under DevSecOps, enterprise IT vendors are consolidating as well, blending security features with developer appeal in a string of mergers and acquisitions.

• August 11, 2021 11 Aug'21

  More printer spooler bugs resolved on August Patch Tuesday

  Microsoft corrects a Windows zero-day and two publicly disclosed vulnerabilities in this month's batch of security updates.

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• August 10, 2021 10 Aug'21

  StorOne serves up backup storage for America's Test Kitchen

  America's Test Kitchen uses Rubrik to store backups and snapshots in the cloud, then archives older data to an on-premises StorOne appliance for faster and cheaper retrieval.

• August 05, 2021 05 Aug'21

  UK banking giant doubles down on IBM z15 mainframes

  Responding to users demands for dependable access to banking services, Nationwide Building Society continued its commitment to IBM's Z series of mainframes upgrading to the z15.

• August 05, 2021 05 Aug'21

  DevSecOps suffers from a lack of specifics, IT leaders say

  Cybersecurity won't improve without clearer guidance from regulators and industry experts about how to implement DevSecOps, according to discussions at a virtual event this week.

• August 05, 2021 05 Aug'21

  Nutanix, Red Hat partner to ease container app deployment

  A Nutanix-Red Hat partnership could help the vendors compete with VMware in the growing market for Kubernetes platforms that span public and private clouds.

• August 05, 2021 05 Aug'21

  DevOps security pros share steps for success

  DevOps security isn't a technical problem -- it's a people and process problem, experts say. Enterprise IT pros offer their advice on how to solve it.

• August 05, 2021 05 Aug'21

  Komprise COO talks 2021 growth and future software plans

  Krishna Subramanian, COO of Komprise, discusses improvements made to the company's flagship data management software and updates planned for the remainder of the year.

• August 03, 2021 03 Aug'21

  Oracle WebLogic users get a bridge to Kubernetes deployment

  Java developers in Oracle shops can use the new Verrazzano container platform to deploy apps to Kubernetes without a ground-up rewrite.

• August 03, 2021 03 Aug'21

  Mexican production studio storage needs supported by Quantum

  Quantum's StorNext File System supports new Mexican production studio looking to grow their business worldwide with an expandable NVMe storage setup and ongoing tape backups.

• July 30, 2021 30 Jul'21

  New HPE Alletra extends cloud console to Primera, Nimble

  Hewlett Packard Enterprise's new Alletra storage brand will bear striking similarity to Primera and Nimble arrays on the operating system and management front.

• July 30, 2021 30 Jul'21

  When long-term data archiving means 'forever'

  Storage customers such as the German data processing service center GWDG have started to think about how they can archive data forever. It's challenging and complex, but possible.

• July 29, 2021 29 Jul'21

  Linkerd service mesh plans expansion post-graduation

  Linkerd joins the likes of Kubernetes, Prometheus and Envoy as a graduated project within CNCF and lays out a fresh roadmap for the coming year.

• July 28, 2021 28 Jul'21

  Distributed storage carves niches for enterprise use

  Numerous vendors specializing in distributed storage and other distributed services look to expand userbases and find new appeal for enterprise customers.

• July 27, 2021 27 Jul'21

  Datadobi touts SMB and product streamlining in update

  Datadobi's 5.12 update unites software under a single engine and adds SMB file transfer support, as the company looks to evolve next year.

• July 27, 2021 27 Jul'21

  IBM z/OS V2.5 integrates mainframes with hybrid clouds, AI

  Bringing mainframes deeper into the hybrid cloud mix, IBM delivered an updated version of z/OS that makes it easier for IT pros to modernize applications and improve security.

• July 27, 2021 27 Jul'21

  Cloud Foundry Kubernetes integration hits snags

  Cloud Foundry platform users want an on-ramp to Kubernetes, but the community is still sorting through how to create a unified developer experience.

• July 23, 2021 23 Jul'21

  Pure Storage adds service options for FlashStack, Portworx

  Pure Storage users can now choose consumption-based pricing for FlashStack converged infrastructure and Portworx storage for containerized workloads.

• July 22, 2021 22 Jul'21

  Cubbit offers 'green' distributed cloud storage option

  New EU startup aims to offer alternative to major cloud storage with a distributed model, offering increased security and potentially less environmental waste for a lower cost.

• July 22, 2021 22 Jul'21

  DevOps platforms seen as key to enterprise evolution

  Ten years into the DevOps movement, an industry report finds DevOps is still rarely done well at scale, and says centralized platforms hold the key to further progress.

• July 20, 2021 20 Jul'21

  Sysdig deal reflects infrastructure-as-code security buzz

  Enterprise Kubernetes maturity has pushed infrastructure deployments into DevOps pipelines, prompting container security vendors to support infrastructure-as-code scans.

• July 20, 2021 20 Jul'21

  Purported Intel-GlobalFoundries deal targets chip shortage

  Hoping to build its chip production to better compete with TSCM and Samsung, Intel is rumored to be making a bid to acquire GlobalFoundries for $30 billion, among other moves.

• July 20, 2021 20 Jul'21

  Civo and StorageOS partner for Kubernetes in the cloud

  Civo, a managed Kubernetes cloud service, selects StorageOS to provide lightweight, persistent storage for their customers' container application needs and future database storage.

• July 20, 2021 20 Jul'21

  IBM FlashSystem adds storage as a service, attack protection

  IBM introduces new consumption-based Storage as a Service for FlashSystem based on performance, capacity and contract term; and adds Safeguarded Copy to guard against cyberattacks.

• July 14, 2021 14 Jul'21

  3 Windows zero-days fixed on July Patch Tuesday

  Microsoft addressed 116 unique CVEs, including several corrections for Exchange Server, in this month's batch of security updates.

• July 13, 2021 13 Jul'21

  XenData links up tape archives with S3 interface

  XenData launched an object storage interface for its LTO archives, along with a new synchronization service that consolidates multiple archives into a single, global repository.

• July 13, 2021 13 Jul'21

  StrongBox Data's StrongLink adds multisite storage management

  StrongLink version 3.2 adds new features to StrongBox Data's flagship software, including multisite storage management, a command-line interface and more.

• July 12, 2021 12 Jul'21

  Flexify.IO CTO says multi-cloud migration within easy reach

  Multi-cloud storage and migration can be a costly hassle, but Flexify.IO CTO Sergey Kandaurov claims his company's flagship product can help eliminate fees and woes about lock-in.

• July 12, 2021 12 Jul'21

  Aqua adds free infrastructure-as-code security for Terraform

  Infrastructure-as-code security scans appeal to enterprises as they shift cloud-native security left; Aqua's tfsec buy adds to its free offerings amid broad competition.

• July 06, 2021 06 Jul'21

  DoD scraps politically fraught $10B JEDI cloud deal

  The Pentagon's $10 billion cloud contract with Microsoft is no more. The DoD will solicit bids from Microsoft and AWS for a new pact called Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability.

• July 02, 2021 02 Jul'21

  Whitehurst out as IBM president amid executive changes

  Top executives leading IBM have moved, including IBM president Jim Whitehurst, and the company has added a new face to its systems business, recruited from HPE.

• July 01, 2021 01 Jul'21

  Micron 3D XPoint supply will end with $900M fab sale to TI

  Micron's $900 million deal to sell its Utah semiconductor factory to Texas Instruments will end the plant's 3D XPoint supplies for Intel Optane memory and storage products.

• July 01, 2021 01 Jul'21

  Microsoft will host AT&T 5G network on Azure

  AT&T will move its 5G services to Microsoft's Azure cloud. The move provides Microsoft with a critical 5G customer while AT&T cuts costs and gains scalability.

• June 30, 2021 30 Jun'21

  Dell HPC and AI work spawn deployment-easing Omnia software

  Dell Technologies spotlighted its open source Omnia software as part of its latest initiatives to ease the deployment and management of HPC, AI and data analytics workloads.

• June 30, 2021 30 Jun'21

  IT pros work out the nuances of GitOps security, maturity

  GitOps is catching on among enterprises, especially as edge workloads increase, but the industry must strike a time-honored balance between security and flexibility as it matures.

• June 30, 2021 30 Jun'21

  Nvidia finalizes GPUDirect Storage 1.0 to accelerate AI, HPC

  Nvidia GPUDirect Storage's driver hit 1.0 status to enable direct memory access between GPU and storage and boost the performance of data-intensive AI, HPC and analytics workloads.

• June 29, 2021 29 Jun'21

  Cloud storage market calms after historic year

  While 2020 became an unpredictable year for companies with regard to storage needs, analysts are predicting a much quieter and standard outlook for the rest of 2021.

• June 29, 2021 29 Jun'21

  JFrog to acquire Vdoo, take 'shift right' view of DevSecOps

  The combined companies will expand JFrog's Xray tool to embed security throughout its DevSecOps pipeline products, with a focus on application artifacts, rather than source code.

• June 24, 2021 24 Jun'21

  New Seagate Exos storage uses self-healing drive technology

  Seagate's Exos Corvault petabyte-scale storage array introduces self-healing HDD capabilities to ease maintenance and adds erasure coding to protect data at lower overhead.

• June 24, 2021 24 Jun'21

  Kubernetes security automation saves SecOps sanity

  As Kubernetes clusters grow and multiply, IT pros rethink their security automation approach to keep SecOps functions manageable while maintaining flexibility for developers.

• June 24, 2021 24 Jun'21

  Datadobi's DobiMigrate helps Decathlon sprint to cloud storage

  Datadobi's DobiMigrate software allows Decathlon, an international athleticwear retailer, to transition its data to numerous major cloud providers and sunset on-prem data centers.

• June 23, 2021 23 Jun'21

  Ctera teams with Varonis on new file monitoring, controls

  Varonis adds another storage provider to its growing list of partners, and Ctera offers increased protection and controls for users via a new partnership.

• June 23, 2021 23 Jun'21

  Pat Gelsinger reorganizes Intel, creates datacenter, AI group

  Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has reorganized business units and moved executive leaders to focus on AI, graphics and other emerging data center technologies.

• June 23, 2021 23 Jun'21

  DOD enlists IT vendors for new DevSecOps missions

  In the second year of its DevSecOps project, the Department of Defense is fielding bids to resell its DevSecOps platform and is funding research into software supply chain security.

• June 22, 2021 22 Jun'21

  HPE bolsters GreenLake with support for Microsoft Azure Stack

  HPE took another step toward its goal of being mainly a software-as-a-services company by 2022 with new services for GreenLake and several partnerships, including Microsoft.

• June 22, 2021 22 Jun'21

  Oracle offers on-premise support discount for cloud buyers

  Oracle's latest bid to attract customer workloads to its public cloud involves discounts on traditional software license maintenance and support fees.

• June 17, 2021 17 Jun'21

  OpenShift Virtualization gives KubeVirt enterprise foothold

  Industry experts are wary of OpenShift Virtualization, but some Red Hat users favor it to help with application modernization and, in one case, nested Kubernetes clusters.

• June 17, 2021 17 Jun'21

  Infinidat expands beyond HDDs with new all-solid-state array

  Infinidat's new all-solid-state InfiniBox SSA storage array is built on the same deep-learning software and DRAM cache technology that its flagship disk-based InfiniBox models use.

• June 16, 2021 16 Jun'21

  Harness baits CI/CD set with feature flags, cloud auto-stop

  New modules from Harness may entice customers to buy more of its CI/CD software, but unseating DevOps pipeline tools from larger vendors remains a daunting challenge.

• June 14, 2021 14 Jun'21

  Animation studio adopts fully remote workflow using Qumulo

  Animation and advertising studio Psyop transitioned to fully remote work with the help of Qumulo, a hybrid cloud storage vendor with products specifically for media companies.

• June 11, 2021 11 Jun'21

  Cisco DNA Center update tackles customer headaches

  The latest DNA Center upgrade simplifies deploying the campus network controller and scaling the platform to handle more endpoints. Cisco plans to release it in mid-June.

• June 09, 2021 09 Jun'21

  Prisma Cloud CSPM looks to mitigate DevSecOps conflicts

  Palo Alto Networks' CSPM product uses machine learning to tackle a point of DevSecOps friction -- too many security alerts that aren't tied to imminent threats.

• June 09, 2021 09 Jun'21

  HashiCorp Consul pricing adjusts to SaaS

  Some users balked at HCP Consul pricing when it first became available, prompting HashiCorp to add a Starter SKU, though it has yet to release specifics on cost.

• June 09, 2021 09 Jun'21

  Microsoft resolves 6 zero-days for June Patch Tuesday

  The tech company confirmed there were signs of exploitation in the wild for the vulnerabilities that affect Windows desktop and server operating systems.

• June 08, 2021 08 Jun'21

  Honeywell, Cambridge Quantum Computing form new company

  Honeywell merged with Cambridge Quantum Computing, combining their respective quantum computing offerings to chase opportunities in the cybersecurity market.

• June 08, 2021 08 Jun'21

  HashiCorp Terraform 1.0 features stability, upgrade relief

  With graduation to a stable version, HashiCorp Terraform users won't have to deal with any more breaking changes in new versions of the infrastructure-as-code tool.

• June 08, 2021 08 Jun'21

  Cloudian gives AWS Outposts a bigger home in the data center

  Cloudian Hyperstore's AWS Outpost readiness lets customers deploy on-premises object storage alongside Outposts for more cost-effective and scalable storage.

• June 08, 2021 08 Jun'21

  NetApp, Equinix team up for hybrid cloud storage subscription

  NetApp will roll out numerous updates to its enterprise catalog, including a new storage-as-a-service subscription that provides hybrid cloud privacy with public cloud features.

• June 07, 2021 07 Jun'21

  Oracle Cloud lures developers with 'Always Free' services

  Oracle Cloud Infrastructure lags rivals, but the company hopes that a broader set of free services will draw interest from a critical constituency – developers.

• June 04, 2021 04 Jun'21

  Cisco readies portfolio for hybrid cloud, modern data centers

  Cisco tackles hybrid cloud complexity with the introduction of the UCS X-Series unified computing system, ThousandEyes integrations and Intersight advancements.

• June 03, 2021 03 Jun'21

  AI, new skills and self-defense code emerge as app-dev musts

  Gartner analysts paint an app-dev vision for 2021 and beyond marked by AI-driven tooling, novel approaches to app security and new skills.

• June 02, 2021 02 Jun'21

  Microsoft buys ReFirm Labs to bolster IoT firmware security

  Microsoft has bought ReFirm Labs in an IoT security play. The company said Refirm's open source-based products would help it address firmware vulnerabilities in IoT devices.

• June 02, 2021 02 Jun'21

  New Dell VxRail systems improve speed, resource management

  Dell VxRail hardware and software updates improve performance and ease deployment and management, while enabling discrete compute and storage scaling for demanding workloads.

• June 02, 2021 02 Jun'21

  Nasuni offers Windows File alternative on Google Cloud

  Cloud storage vendor Nasuni has made its flagship cloud file storage service available through the Google Cloud Marketplace, with the added enticement of migration services.

• May 28, 2021 28 May'21

  Jitterbit buys iPaaS vendor for EDI, e-commerce capabilities

  Jitterbit broadened its reach to retailers and their trading partners with the acquisition of eBridge Connections to address EDI and e-commerce use cases.

• May 27, 2021 27 May'21

  Wasabi CEO plots global expansion for its cloud storage

  New data centers, increased market attention and more are planned for cloud storage company Wasabi by its CEO David Friend after a $137 million Series C funding round.

• May 27, 2021 27 May'21

  Juniper ships first major Apstra release

  Juniper said the latest update to its recently acquired Apstra network automation product sends a message to customers that the company is committed to multi-platform support.

• May 26, 2021 26 May'21

  New Relic streamlines DevOps monitoring tools amid upheavals

  Amid price reductions, executive changes and layoffs, New Relic hones ease of use for its DevOps monitoring tools in a bid to boost its cachet among software engineers.

• May 25, 2021 25 May'21

  Oracle's new Arm-based cloud instances target penny pinchers

  Oracle enters the Arm-based processor market alongside other top-tier cloud providers to improve price-performance for cloud app development.

• May 25, 2021 25 May'21

  Pure Storage CEO zones in on enabling digital transformation

  Pure Storage's CEO said the company will probably pursue acquisitions beyond its 2020 Portworx purchase to further assist customers in their digital transformation efforts.

• May 25, 2021 25 May'21

  Atlassian Forge fills key role in cloud migration strategy

  After a two-year development effort, Atlassian Forge is generally available as a distribution point for the add-on apps users need to match on-premises features in the cloud.

• May 25, 2021 25 May'21

  Backblaze B2 update adds more S3 features

  The latest version of Backblaze's B2 cloud storage adds better security features and S3-compatible integrations ahead of a partner API rollout later this year.

• May 24, 2021 24 May'21

  Open source effort seeks to build tech diversity into code

  A CNCF initiative to build tech diversity directly into open source code and documentation takes shape as the industry faces pressure to become more inclusive.

• May 24, 2021 24 May'21

  Pandemic-fueled cloud rush causes cost optimization woes

  Amid the rise in cloud adoption prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, enterprises seek to contain and optimize costs through practices such as FinOps.

• May 24, 2021 24 May'21

  WANdisco introduces Hive metadata migration to Databricks

  WANdisco LiveData Migrator can now move Hive metadata alongside Hadoop data to Databricks, saving customers from a lengthy and manual transformation process.

• May 20, 2021 20 May'21

  LucidLink eyes Filespaces upgrade, biz expansion with new funding

  LucidLink CEO Peter Thompson discusses his company's plans into 2021 and new storage market expansion possibilities after a $12 million Series A funding round.

• May 20, 2021 20 May'21

  Demand for Cisco products rises during pandemic recovery

  Cisco reported higher product demand and sales as massive COVID-19 vaccination efforts in the U.S. led companies to prepare for an economic recovery.

• May 19, 2021 19 May'21

  Spurred by pandemic, BizDevOps becomes a reality

  In diverse industries from healthcare to banking and manufacturing, nontechnical teams are adopting Agile approaches to work alongside digital tools once used primarily by engineers.

• May 17, 2021 17 May'21

  CircleCI nabs $100M, buys Vamp release orchestration

  Along with recent $100 million venture funding round, CI/CD vendor CircleCI has acquired the Vamp release orchestration platform to bolster its tools offering.

• May 14, 2021 14 May'21

  Cisco's latest acquisition spree nabs three companies

  Cisco's acquisitions, announced this week, would improve event hosting in Webex, boost network speeds for 5G, and enhance its security platform. Deal terms were not released.

• May 13, 2021 13 May'21

  IT pros see AWS SaaS Boost as a rudimentary start

  AWS SaaS Boost may give developers a place to begin, but the new open source project needs work to become more than a lock-in tool for AWS, according to industry observers.

• May 13, 2021 13 May'21

  StorOne moves into the cloud with Azure storage service

  StorOne has expanded its software-defined storage product to Azure, promising lower prices and the ability to adjust storage needs on demand.

• May 13, 2021 13 May'21

  Pure Storage updates management tool, integrates Portworx

  Pure launched its first Portworx container storage update since acquiring the startup last year and enabled management through its newly updated Pure1 management tool.

• May 13, 2021 13 May'21

  May Patch Tuesday brings more bad news for Exchange admins

  Microsoft releases four fixes for the email server product, which remains firmly in the sights of threat actors seeking new ways to exploit the system.

• May 12, 2021 12 May'21

  VMware's surprise CEO pick brings cloud tech chops

  VMware has named a new CEO in Rangarajan (Raghu) Raghuram, who will be a familiar face to longtime customers. Raghuram takes over the top job on June 1.

• May 12, 2021 12 May'21

  VMware Tanzu service mesh tie-in syncs multi-cloud networks

  Newly tightened integration between VMware's Tanzu service mesh and Avi load balancer is meant to simplify provisioning, facilitate multi-cloud failover and automate cloud bursting.

• May 12, 2021 12 May'21

  Cisco bolsters CSP portfolio with Sedona Systems acquisition

  Cisco's acquisition of Sedona Systems is expected to add significant carrier technology for 5G slicing and routed optical networking.

• May 11, 2021 11 May'21

  IBM hybrid cloud, AI offerings ease data integration

  IBM rolled out new hybrid cloud and AI offerings this week, while CEO Arvind Krishna offered his vision for how those technologies will reshape business.

• May 11, 2021 11 May'21

  Dell EMC PowerScale adds all-NVMe, Nvidia GPUDirect options

  A Dell EMC PowerScale update adds a high-end all-NVMe F900 model with Nvidia GPUDirect support for AI and analytics workloads plus a OneFS 9.2 upgrade to improve performance.

• May 11, 2021 11 May'21

  IBM hangs its hopes on hybrid clouds, AI to revive growth

  After a decade of stagnant growth, IBM is betting all of its chips that hybrid clouds, new partnerships and AI will catapult it to a more competitive position.

• May 10, 2021 10 May'21

  ServiceNow adds Lightstep observability as BizDevOps grows

  BizDevOps is taking off amid widespread digital transformation, and ServiceNow's Lightstep buy could bring observability to teams via its workflow platform.

• May 07, 2021 07 May'21

  Belgian telecom picks Datadobi for NAS migration

  Large-scale storage migrations can be difficult without the help of a software tool, as telecom Proximus Group found.

• May 06, 2021 06 May'21

  CNCF projects hone multi-cluster Kubernetes management

  Cluster API is considered production-ready by early adopters of multi-cluster Kubernetes, while a new multi-cluster API and control plane prototypes take shape.

• May 06, 2021 06 May'21

  Prometheus Q&A: How the Kubernetes monitoring tool is evolving

  Prometheus has a reputation for being hard to work with. Richard Hartmann, a member of the Prometheus team and community director at Grafana Labs, talks about how that might be changing.

• May 06, 2021 06 May'21

  IBM's 2 nanometer CPU roadmap heats up chip manufacturer race

  IBM continues its push to be more competitive in the chip manufacturer competition, showing off its first 2 nanometer chip expected to boost performance of its Power and Z series mainframes by 40%.

• May 05, 2021 05 May'21

  New Relic open sources Pixie observability platform

  The Pixie Kubernetes-native observability platform is now available to the open source community after New Relic, which acquired the tech last December, contributed it to the CNCF.

• May 05, 2021 05 May'21

  Dell Apex launches data storage, cloud as-a-service options

  Dell's new Apex data storage and cloud services take aim at HPE GreenLake and other as-a-service options that bring the public cloud operating model to on-premises infrastructure.