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• February 24, 2021 24 Feb'21

  Observability updates target DevOps pipelines

  LogicMonitor's Airbrake acquisition and a new Dynatrace product strengthen correlations between code releases and IT infrastructure performance.

• February 24, 2021 24 Feb'21

  IBM extends Call for Code for Racial Justice program

  IBM, in conjunction with the Linux Foundation, has delivered two additional projects to its Call for Code for Racial Justice program.

• February 24, 2021 24 Feb'21

  Juniper adds Mist AIOps to its 128 Technology-based SD-WAN

  Juniper has brought Mist's cloud-based analytics to the 128 Technology SD-WAN that the company acquired late last year. Juniper also launched Mist integration with the SRX gateway.

• February 24, 2021 24 Feb'21

  Lightbend launches new Akka Cloud Platform on AWS

  Lightbend's new Akka Cloud Platform seeks to bring a simpler approach to cloud-native development than options from hyperscalers and companies such as Pulumi and Serverless.

• February 23, 2021 23 Feb'21

  IBM leans on Red Hat to adapt Power servers for hybrid cloud

  New Red Hat tools and integrated system offerings allow IBM Power users to run workloads across multiple cloud environments.

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• February 22, 2021 22 Feb'21

  Cloud file storage still nascent, but growing quickly

  File storage lags behind object and block storage in the market, but Nasuni's offering on Google Cloud indicates a growing appetite for the format.

• February 19, 2021 19 Feb'21

  News briefs: Cisco investigates embezzlement scheme in China

  Cisco has started an investigation of employees in China who allegedly made payments to workers at state-owned enterprises. Cisco disclosed the probe in an SEC filing.

• February 18, 2021 18 Feb'21

  Violin, Stratoscale data storage technologies rise from dust

  StorCentric's data storage technologies added Violin Systems in a bargain pickup last year. Zadara this week snagged the remnants of Stratoscale's HCI software.

• February 18, 2021 18 Feb'21

  CircleCI orbs go private for DevOps teams

  CircleCI has released new functionality that enables developers to build CircleCI orb configuration packages that run only in their private enterprise environment.

• February 18, 2021 18 Feb'21

  Google, Microsoft back Python and Rust programming languages

  As Google and Microsoft join and strengthen forces with the foundations behind the Python and Rust programming languages, the companies will get to help shape their future.

• February 17, 2021 17 Feb'21

  Palo Alto to buy Checkov creator, Bridgecrew

  Palo Alto said it will acquire Bridgecrew, the developer of the static code analysis tool Checkov. DevOps teams use the open source tool to build cloud applications.

• February 16, 2021 16 Feb'21

  Pure Storage nudges all-flash toward hybrid workloads

  Pure Storage all-flash revolves around unified fast file and object storage to consolidate local and cloud-based application data on a single high-performance flash platform.

• February 16, 2021 16 Feb'21

  Microsoft VS Code: Winning developer mindshare

  With Microsoft Visual Code, developers receive a free, open source development tool that can be used by any developer, in any language and on any device.

• February 16, 2021 16 Feb'21

  DataCore's Caringo buy spotlights need for object storage

  Object store acquisitions by DataCore, Nvidia and Quantum underscore the growing importance of object storage to address enterprise workloads ranging from archives to analytics.

• February 14, 2021 14 Feb'21

  The best enterprise storage products of 2020

• February 12, 2021 12 Feb'21

  IBM, LucidLink the latest to tackle cloud file storage

  Startup LucidLink has bundled its Filespaces file system with IBM's Cloud Object Storage offerings. Distributed work teams can access shared data as network-attached storage.

• February 12, 2021 12 Feb'21

  Dynatrace expands observability tools with an eye toward BI

  With new features and roadmap plans, Dynatrace looked past IT observability toward becoming a broader business intelligence platform.

• February 10, 2021 10 Feb'21

  IBM-Palantir pact speeds AI app delivery for hybrid clouds

  The new Palantir IBM Cloud Pak for Data is designed to help inexperienced users create AI-based applications that can work across multiple hybrid cloud platforms.

• February 10, 2021 10 Feb'21

  Cisco expects revenue to grow as people return to offices

  Cisco forecasts revenue growth between 3.5% and 5.5% this quarter, driven by increased sales of wireless networking products and video conferencing hardware and software.

• February 10, 2021 10 Feb'21

  New Relic condenses observability views for fast IT response

  New Relic Explorer reflects a need for simple, quick troubleshooting within observability tools from enterprises whose businesses increasingly depend on application performance.

• February 10, 2021 10 Feb'21

  Microsoft plugs Windows zero-day for February Patch Tuesday

  Microsoft addresses 56 total unique vulnerabilities, including six that were publicly disclosed, and gives administrators their second dose for August's Zerologon issue.

• February 09, 2021 09 Feb'21

  Elasticsearch license schism stirs open source funding fears

  Elasticsearch license changes have forced a fork, which could broaden choices for IT buyers interested in that project. But worries also linger about open source sustainability.

• February 09, 2021 09 Feb'21

  IBM flash storage seeks wider appeal with FlashSystem array

  New IBM flash storage includes 1U FlashSystem building block starting at 38 TB. The launch comes as IBM consolidates storage products around its FlashSystem flagship.

• February 09, 2021 09 Feb'21

  Survey: Open source skills more valued than proprietary ones

  In the hybrid cloud world, developers with open source skills are more likely to be hired by enterprises than developers skilled in proprietary technologies.

• February 08, 2021 08 Feb'21

  NetApp HCI keeps classes in session amid pandemic lockdown

  Barry University initially deployed NetApp HCI to host its VMware farm. The hyper-converged system allowed the Miami-area school to scale its private cloud during the pandemic.

• February 08, 2021 08 Feb'21

  Cloudian adds object storage for containers on VMware vSAN

  Cloudian's integration with VMware's vSAN Data Persistence platform allows its customers to consolidate on-premises and cloud-native applications on the same object storage software.

• February 05, 2021 05 Feb'21

  Open Group turns focus to TOGAF, Agile architecture guidance

  The Open Group's Steve Nunn discusses upcoming work to improve its Open Agile Architecture standard and TOGAF guides as well as COVID-19's impact on enterprise architecture.

• February 05, 2021 05 Feb'21

  News briefs: Dell, partners to deliver OneBox MEC

  OneBox MEC is a 5G-enabled mobile edge computing platform. The hardware will contain turnkey technology for deploying a private 5G network and application services.

• February 04, 2021 04 Feb'21

  IBM turns to open source software to build quantum ecosystem

  IBM plans to create an ecosystem made up of open source software developers that will work collaboratively to speed delivery of production-ready quantum applications.

• February 04, 2021 04 Feb'21

  Google launches Apigee X API management tool

  Google's new Apigee X API management system helps users develop and manage their API strategies and enjoy more security, performance, networking and app-dev capabilities.

• February 04, 2021 04 Feb'21

  Arista launches zero-trust security with a Forescout option

  Arista's zero-trust security framework segments devices into groups and sets policies for network access. Forescout integration is available for dynamic device identification.

• February 04, 2021 04 Feb'21

  Cisco folds vulnerability management into AppDynamics AIOps

  A new module for AppDynamics' AIOps platform uses APM data to perform vulnerability management monitoring and automated attack blocking as DevSecOps market buzz continues.

• February 03, 2021 03 Feb'21

  Kite launches enterprise-grade code completion tool

  Kite's new enterprise version of its code completion tool, Kite Team Server, targets larger development teams to help them write code faster by automating repetitive tasks.

• February 03, 2021 03 Feb'21

  New CloudBees CEO eyes IPO, M&A to build DevOps tools

  CloudBees co-founder Sacha Labourey will lead product strategy for the company's DevOps tools, while new CEO Stephen DeWitt readies the business for its next stage of growth.

• February 03, 2021 03 Feb'21

  Panasas storage yearns for expanded enterprise presence

  After six years as chief operating officer, Panasas CEO Tom Shea took the helm last year to pilot the company's storage roadmap.

• February 02, 2021 02 Feb'21

  Amazon CEO Bezos to step down; AWS' Jassy will take reins

  Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos will step down from his role later this year. He will be succeeded by AWS CEO Andy Jassy, in a move some observers have expected.

• February 02, 2021 02 Feb'21

  Atlassian cloud sweetens licensing deal for enterprises

  An Atlassian Cloud Enterprise licensing update furthers its appeal to customers contemplating a move to SaaS to offload and streamline IT ops.

• February 02, 2021 02 Feb'21

  Pandemic cloud migration push to have lasting impact

  Enterprises boosted their investments in cloud computing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Even if vaccines resolve the crisis, COVID-19's influence will linger in the cloud market.

• February 01, 2021 01 Feb'21

  App dev focuses on low-code, Kubernetes development in 2021

  Software developers in 2021 must adapt to the growth of low-code/no-code and Kubernetes development tools as more citizen developers begin to build applications for the enterprise.

• February 01, 2021 01 Feb'21

  Experts predict hot trends in cloud architecture, infrastructure

  Top CTOs and analysts predict hyperscale architecture, hybrid cloud, IT as a service, containers and AI infrastructure will be hot trends for IT organizations in 2021.

• January 29, 2021 29 Jan'21

  QLC flash drives are hot '21 trend, pressure HDDs on price

  Hot 2021 trends in memory and storage will include the ramp of QLC SSDs in enterprise flash arrays, pressuring HDDs on price, increasing Optane adoption and NVMe over TCP.

• January 29, 2021 29 Jan'21

  NIST drafts service mesh guidance for DevSecOps

  A new NIST special publication shows how a service mesh can enhance access control for DevSecOps shops, but the network architecture hasn't gained widespread deployment.

• January 29, 2021 29 Jan'21

  Cisco adds lower-end routers to Catalyst 8000 line

  The 8200 and 8500L are for branch and aggregation use cases, respectively. The 8200 is for companies requiring an entry-level device for running a Cisco SD-WAN in the branch.

• January 29, 2021 29 Jan'21

  Potential magnetic tape storage capacity surges in 'renaissance'

  Tape technology continues to improve, resulting in huge possibilities for capacity. With data growth, tape has received new customers; some don't even realize they're using it.

• January 29, 2021 29 Jan'21

  Qumulo update, Quantum arrays target unstructured data

  File vendors Qumulo and Quantum product launches differ in approach, but the impetus is identical: giving enterprise data centers the tools to subdue sprawling unstructured data.

• January 28, 2021 28 Jan'21

  Network startup DriveNets reaches unicorn status

  DriveNets' latest round of funding drove its valuation to $1 billion. The company's plans include developing network services that service providers run as microservices.

• January 27, 2021 27 Jan'21

  Microsoft cloud revenues soar on digital transformation trend

  Momentum for Microsoft Azure continues to build with the company reporting a 50% increase in sales of the cloud platform, helping lift sales of the company's other cloud offerings.

• January 27, 2021 27 Jan'21

  Microsoft HCI partnership with Intel aimed at Dell, Nutanix

  Microsoft Azure Stack HCI extends Azure public cloud services to on-premises deployments. Intel will install Microsoft's HCI OS on L9 Intel server systems.

• January 27, 2021 27 Jan'21

  AWS Dev Hour focuses on cloud-native app building

  Amazon is set to launch a new training program on its Twitch service called AWS Dev Hour: Building Modern Applications. The series targets developers building cloud-native apps.

• January 27, 2021 27 Jan'21

  Rancher Longhorn hones Kubernetes storage for edge computing

  Kubernetes storage products such as Rancher Longhorn target edge computing environments, as adoption of the trend creates a fresh opportunity for container infrastructure.

• January 27, 2021 27 Jan'21

  Veritas NetBackup 9 adds Flex Scale scale-out architecture

  NetBackup 9 offers a new scale-out deployment aimed at software-defined, hyper-converged data centers, allowing customers to add storage nodes as they see fit.

• January 27, 2021 27 Jan'21

  Storage as a service trending in 2021

  Questions for 2021: Can Dell reach the Apex? How green is HPE's GreenLake? Large vendors highlight storage as a service as a hot area, but mass acceptance could take years.

• January 27, 2021 27 Jan'21

  Candy-maker sweetens IT setup with VxRail, PowerProtect

  Warrell Corp. treated itself to a new IT infrastructure to drive its candy manufacturing, adding hyper-converged backup appliances and cloud DR from Dell EMC.

• January 26, 2021 26 Jan'21

  Docker taps JFrog Artifactory for developer partnership

  A new partnership helps developers access Docker Hub through JFrog Artifactory to simplify how DevOps teams work together.

• January 26, 2021 26 Jan'21

  DataCore Software buys Caringo to fill object storage gap

  DataCore's acquisition of object storage pioneer Caringo plugs a hole in its software-defined storage and advances its goal of block, file and object storage from a single vendor.

• January 25, 2021 25 Jan'21

  IBM tackles racial justice in Call for Code hackathon

  IBM has issued a Call for Code for applications that help promote racial justice in an attempt to combat systemic racism.

• January 25, 2021 25 Jan'21

  Hyperscale shift to 18 TB, SMR HDDs top '21 hard disk trends

  New 20 TB energy-assisted and SMR hard disk options are starting to ship, but experts predict the top 2021 trend in data center hard drives will be the transition to 18 TB HDDs.

• January 25, 2021 25 Jan'21

  Enterprises gear up for surge in cloud security M&A

  Users look forward to benefits and brace for potential risks as experts say Red Hat's acquisition of StackRox portends major consolidation in cloud security this year.

• January 25, 2021 25 Jan'21

  Vast Data storage packages Nvidia GPU for AI processing

  Vast Data storage reference architecture combines the vendor's Universal Storage all-flash system with Nvidia DGX supercomputers. NFS multipathing over RDMA boosts AI data training.

• January 22, 2021 22 Jan'21

  Microsoft: 2021 tools must support 'remote-first' developers

  Microsoft has labeled developers the 'digital first responders' in the enterprise and is telling coders to prepare for application development oriented around remote work.

• January 22, 2021 22 Jan'21

  IBM revenues head south again as hardware, services sales dip

  Reporting its sharpest decline in five years, IBM revenues for 2020 dove 5%. CEO Arvind Krishna highlights opportunities and vows to run IBM differently in 2021.

• January 21, 2021 21 Jan'21

  Flush with funds, rising DevSecOps vendor reveals roadmap

  Lacework has a fresh $525 million to help develop its machine learning-driven DevSecOps product, which integrates into CI/CD pipelines. CEO Dan Hubbard reveals his expansion plans.

• January 21, 2021 21 Jan'21

  Hitachi Vantara follows the herd on Kubernetes storage

  HKS allows Hitachi Unified Compute Systems systems to directly manage file volumes and objects on clustered Kubernetes nodes. Hitachi acquired the software code from Containership.

• January 20, 2021 20 Jan'21

  IBM acquisition spree targets hybrid cloud consulting market

  Acquiring five providers specializing in cloud-based consulting and managed services since November, IBM wants to make it easier for users to move workloads across multiple clouds.

• January 19, 2021 19 Jan'21

  Mendix brings its low-code application platform to China

  China beckons and Mendix answers the call to bring its low-code application development system to meet the digital transformation needs of Chinese developers.

• January 19, 2021 19 Jan'21

  New Infinidat CEO discusses storage transition

  Ex-Western Digital exec Phil Bullinger replaces founder Moshe Yanai as CEO of storage vendor Infinidat. Bullinger says Infinidat surpassed 6 exabytes under management last year.

• January 14, 2021 14 Jan'21

  When the chips are down, Intel turns to VMware's Pat Gelsinger

  Newly appointed Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger brings technical chops to the top of the giant chipmaker, but it may take a while to right the ship. Does he have enough time?

• January 14, 2021 14 Jan'21

  Analysts mixed on future growth of MLOps, AutoML tools

  Demand for MLOps and AutoML tools is on the upswing, and the machine learning market will undergo an increase in consolidation, analysts say.

• January 13, 2021 13 Jan'21

  Oracle offers APEX low-code dev platform as managed service

  Oracle has released its APEX low-code development platform as a managed service, touting it as a high-functioning, lower-cost alternative to other low-code tools.

• January 13, 2021 13 Jan'21

  Intel CEO Bob Swan to be replaced by VMware's Pat Gelsinger

  Facing delays of critical products along with superior offerings by AMD and Nvidia the past couple of years, Intel CEO is stepping down to be replaced by VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger.

• January 13, 2021 13 Jan'21

  Microsoft Defender zero-day fixed for January Patch Tuesday

  In addition to the fix for its antivirus software, Microsoft also corrected a publicly disclosed printer driver flaw that affected Windows client and server systems.

• January 12, 2021 12 Jan'21

  Internal launches no-code app dev platform for enterprises

  Internal, a San Francisco startup, has delivered an enterprise-focused, no-code app dev platform that will compete with the likes of Google's AppSheet.

• January 06, 2021 06 Jan'21

  Services, cloud dominated data storage news in 2020

  Storage as a service, hybrid cloud, Kubernetes storage, economic fallout from COVID-19, and backup mergers and acquisitions dominated data storage news in 2020.

• January 06, 2021 06 Jan'21

  GrubHub's infrastructure-as-code feeds pandemic resiliency

  GrubHub SREs fostered more consistent deployment patterns for resources such as DNS and AWS load balancers with a move to self-service infrastructure-as-code tools for DevOps teams last year.

• January 06, 2021 06 Jan'21

  Tape storage protects research on Antarctic science ship

  British Antarctic Survey outfitted the RRS Sir David Attenborough with Quantum QXS hybrid disk and Scalar i3 tape libraries to store and protect research data mid-voyage.

• January 06, 2021 06 Jan'21

  Enterprise data storage startups to watch in 2021

  Launching a data storage startup is always challenging, and the pandemic made it even tougher in 2020. Here are six startups that can change the way enterprises buy storage.

• December 31, 2020 31 Dec'20

  30 TB PCIe 4.0 SSDs, 20 TB HDDs push storage limits in 2020

  Enterprise storage drives continued to push the limits of performance and capacity in 2020, with fast new PCIe Gen4 SSDs at 30 TB and energy-assisted HDDs at 20 TB.

• December 29, 2020 29 Dec'20

  VMware sues new Nutanix CEO Ramaswami for breach of contract

  VMware said Nutanix CEO Ramaswami broke his contractual obligations when he interviewed for top job at its HCI rival while still working as VMware's chief operating officer.

• December 29, 2020 29 Dec'20

  Private 5G networks to gain momentum in 2021

  Enterprises using industrial IoT devices are among the early adopters of private 5G networks, which could become an $8 billion market by 2027.

• December 28, 2020 28 Dec'20

  Zadara VPSAs help power Pratum security services

  Security services firm Pratum was ahead of the curve in adopting Zadara Virtual Private Storage Array (VSPA) storage as a service to quickly scale capacity and performance.

• December 24, 2020 24 Dec'20

  Enterprise architecture tools could be acquisition targets

  Avolution, Bizzdesign, Mega and Software AG tools lead the Gartner Magic Quadrant on enterprise architecture, but analysts see big players in neighboring markets joining the fray.

• December 23, 2020 23 Dec'20

  COVID-19 drives, informs low-code/no-code movement

  Low-code/no-code application development platforms got a boost from the COVID-19 pandemic. Going forward, enterprises must focus on scalability and integration.

• December 23, 2020 23 Dec'20

  Data center market M&A deals hit new high in 2020

  This year proved to be a banner year for data center mergers and acquisitions with 113 deals valued at over $30 billion, a pace that is unlikely to slow in 2021.

• December 23, 2020 23 Dec'20

  DevOps news and trends to watch in 2021

  Join veteran IT journalists in a conversation about the top development, DevOps, low-code and CI/CD news in 2020, and where these trends will take us in 2021.

• December 21, 2020 21 Dec'20

  Top cloud computing tips of 2020

  As the saying goes, hindsight is 20/20. Check out the articles that caught the attention of IT pros this year and learn what that says about the current state of the market.

• December 21, 2020 21 Dec'20

  Enterprises reckon with Kubernetes cluster scale

  Kubernetes has landed in enterprise production -- the next task is for it to expand to accommodate very large clusters, as well as many small clusters for multi-cloud and edge computing.

• December 21, 2020 21 Dec'20

  Research lab mixes Excelero NVMesh, SSDs for performance pop

  La Jolla Institute turned to Excelero NVMesh to help deal with SSD storage required for COVID-19 research, two 10-foot microscopes generating TBs of data a day, and remote work.

• December 18, 2020 18 Dec'20

  Re:Invent recap: Week 3

  Another re:Invent is -- mostly -- in the books. Check out the highlights from the third week of the virtual conference, including product news and thoughts from AWS leadership.

• December 17, 2020 17 Dec'20

  Cloud recasts global data center switch market

  Cloud providers and enterprise cloud makers have dramatically changed the global switch market, dampening traditional networking gear's importance in the modern data center.

• December 17, 2020 17 Dec'20

  Veeam acquisition, Google-Actifio highlight 2020 storage M&A

  Data protection vendors Veeam, Actifio and Datrium were acquisition targets in 2020; Google and VMware opened their wallets; and Intel sold its memory business -- but kept Optane.

• December 17, 2020 17 Dec'20

  DevSecOps pros struggle with tech changes, top-down mandates

  Upper management's rising interest in DevSecOps raises the stakes for IT pros as they contend with rapidly evolving cloud-native apps.

• December 17, 2020 17 Dec'20

  Wholesaler rings up Christmas sales with HPE Nimble Storage

  National Tree Company remedied sluggish performance with an HPE Nimble Storage dHCI converged all-flash system, boosting order processing and sales in time for the holidays.

• December 16, 2020 16 Dec'20

  SolarWinds attack stumps SecOps experts

  An attack on U.S. government agencies via vendor software updates illuminates a SecOps frontier where users must figure out how to reliably evaluate third-party dependencies.

• December 16, 2020 16 Dec'20

  Intel launches fastest Optane SSD, 144-layer QLC NAND SSDs

  New additions to Intel's memory and storage product roadmap include Optane's fastest solid-state drive yet and dense 144-layer QLC NAND SSDs that top out at 30.72 TB.

• December 11, 2020 11 Dec'20

  Re:Invent recap: Week 2

  The second batch of re:Invent keynotes highlighted AWS AI services and sustainability ventures. Here's what you need to know about the features and services AWS rolled out.

• December 10, 2020 10 Dec'20

  Kubernetes security project faces reckoning over beta status

  Kubernetes Pod Security Policies could be marked for deprecation as soon as the next Kubernetes release, in the wake of new limits on the beta phase for components of the platform.

• December 10, 2020 10 Dec'20

  GitHub Universe announcements hint at a bigger plan

  Stronger automation and new corporate partnerships with open source developers are major additions to GitHub's strategy announced at the GitHub Universe virtual event.

• December 10, 2020 10 Dec'20

  Seagate, Western Digital outline progress on RISC-V designs

  Seagate and Western Digital provide updates on their RISC-V-enabled processor designs that can drive advances in data storage and security at the network's edge.

• December 09, 2020 09 Dec'20

  Aruba launches orchestration software for CX fabric

  The Aruba Fabric Composer is best suited for a CX switching fabric within a small and midsize data center. The company also introduced the 8360 series of CX hardware.

• December 09, 2020 09 Dec'20

  HPE GreenLake delivers high performance computing cloud

  Looking to protect its advantage in the HPC market, HPE showed off a series of cloud services to be delivered via its GreenLake cloud platform.