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- November 16, 2020
16 Nov'20
Japan named HPC leader as world races to exascale
Exascale computers are due to arrive in 2021 in the U.S. and China. Developers are being urged to make these systems user-friendly and accessible.
- November 16, 2020
16 Nov'20
Flexential Archive Storage heats up with Wasabi
Cloud storage has trended up since the coronavirus pandemic hit. Flexential and Wasabi have teamed up on an archival storage platform that takes advantage of the cloud.
- November 13, 2020
13 Nov'20
Cisco sees an end to string of quarterly revenue declines
Cisco is cautiously optimistic that revenues will improve following a 9% drop last quarter. Rising enterprise orders contributed to a positive forecast for the current quarter.
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- November 13, 2020
13 Nov'20
NVMe, Optane, GPUs exert big impact on enterprise storage
Enterprises in need of high-performance storage for AI, analytics and virtualization may find help in new NVMe, Optane and processor technologies, a Flash Memory Summit panel says.
- November 11, 2020
11 Nov'20
Flash storage grows up with new EDSFF SSDs, denser 3D NAND
Expansive new directions for flash memory technology shine brightly in the launch of 176-layer 3D NAND chips, EDSFF E1.S and Zoned Namespace SSDs, and computational storage drives.
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How Utilities Are Turning AI Ambition Into Operational Reality with Hybrid AI
Sponsored by Dell and NVIDIA - To translate AI capabilities into operational impact, utilities need to evaluate where AI workloads run. As workloads grow more complex and cybersecurity needs change, utilities need a hybrid approach that pairs the unique benefits of both cloud computing and dedicated on-premises and edge processing, bringing AI closer to where speed, reliability, and data sovereignty matter most. See More
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Why now is the moment for high-density flash storage
Sponsored by Dell Technologies - AI workloads have caused an enterprise data storage rethink. As training sets and AI inference requirements drive up data volumes, 83% of IT shops are scrambling to upgrade capacity this year, according to research from ESG. Eighty per cent of those survey respondents also dumped more data into the public cloud due to AI needs. They face a double whammy of on-prem capacity constraints and potentially eye-watering plus egress bills that make it difficult to support the AI models they want. See More
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Real-world lessons for building an EDC blueprint
Sponsored by Pure Storage - Enterprises are at a tipping point. Traditional storage applications, built decades ago, are not meeting the demand for unified, instant data access. It's essential, however, to acknowledge that past infrastructure decisions were the right ones at the time—but AI has changed the requirements. See More
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Intelligent threat detection: Your last layer of storage defense
Sponsored by Dell Technologies - Don't feel too pleased that you just completed your quarterly cybersecurity audit; today's attackers are moving faster than you are. See More
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- November 11, 2020
11 Nov'20
Windows zero-day shut down on November Patch Tuesday
In addition to fixing the exploited Windows flaw, Microsoft rolls out a new look to the Security Update Guide that draws some criticism.
- November 11, 2020
11 Nov'20
Quantum NAS options expand with All-Terrain File System
Quantum adds to its NAS lineup with All-Terrain File System aimed at general-purpose use cases while enhancing its StorNext parallel file system and ActiveScale object storage.
- November 10, 2020
10 Nov'20
Atlassian ITSM challenges ServiceNow with DevOps focus
Cloud customers of Atlassian's Jira Service Management will get some Opsgenie incident management features included at no cost, as the vendor plans its ITSM expansion.
- November 10, 2020
10 Nov'20
Caringo Swarm 12 adds remote sync, SSO and updated UI
Caringo's updates to Swarm are designed to make the object storage easier to access and manage while working with distributed data at scale as remote work becomes prevalent.
- November 09, 2020
09 Nov'20
AMD, Nvidia chip acquisitions target Intel's dominance
AMD, Nvidia and Intel raised the competitive heat in the chip industry with all three making strategic acquisitions to run AI workloads.
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- November 06, 2020
06 Nov'20
MSP acquisitions rise with platforms in demand
Recent merger and acquisition activity highlights a trend of private equity firms increasingly targeting MSP platform companies; more IT channel news.
- November 05, 2020
05 Nov'20
Dell readies server with Sonic SmartNIC for branch offices
Companies could install and manage the business application server remotely. The product would be small enough to mount on a wall and use open source Sonic for networking.
- November 02, 2020
02 Nov'20
Honeywell's quantum computer makes a quantum volume leap
Honeywell rolled out a quantum computer with a quantum volume of 128, accompanied by the company's first subscription program that assures users get the latest upgrades quickly.
- October 30, 2020
30 Oct'20
Adoption of Intel Optane persistent memory picks up in 2020
Intel provides an update on adoption trends for its Optane persistent memory modules, showing that SAP HANA, virtualization and high-performance computing are top use cases.
- October 30, 2020
30 Oct'20
Composable storage startup Fungible chases hyperscalers
Fungible's composable storage includes FS1600 block storage server and Fungible Composer management backplane. Fungible offloads data services to its FS1 Data Processing Unit.
- October 30, 2020
30 Oct'20
StorCentric buys flash storage pioneer Violin to fill gap
StorCentric's storage portfolio added an NVMe-based midrange option to its Nexsan and Vexata lines with the acquisition of beleaguered all-flash array pioneer Violin Systems.
- October 29, 2020
29 Oct'20
Observability blitz intensifies with Grafana, AppDynamics
Grafana and AppDynamics are the latest monitoring vendors to try to capitalize on the hype around observability, as users face more complex choices than ever in this market.
- October 29, 2020
29 Oct'20
IBM Spectrum protects OpenShift container data
IBM seeks to outdo Tanzu; Spectrum Protect for Red Hat OpenShift launches as new containers are spun into operation, and protects OpenShift Container Storage with snapshots.
- October 29, 2020
29 Oct'20
RHEL 8.3 updates target digital transformation
Red Hat has released RHEL 8.3 with features for users engaged in digital transformation projects. New System Roles improve security and stability.
- October 29, 2020
29 Oct'20
Video game hosting company uses Optane memory to cut costs
Intel's Optane persistent memory modules enable a global online game hosting provider to expand memory and lower costs over DRAM with negligible performance difference.
- October 27, 2020
27 Oct'20
HashiCorp Nomad 1.0 expands monitoring polish, autoscaling
HashiCorp Nomad has been used in production before its 1.0 release, but its rapid development this year makes it applicable to a wider variety of uses.
- October 27, 2020
27 Oct'20
NetApp Spot tools abstract compute, storage for containers
NetApp Spot optimizes containers for OnTap storage. The objective is to boost data management and protection as containers migrate between Kubernetes clusters.
- October 27, 2020
27 Oct'20
StorCentric enters data management with Data Mobility Suite
StorCentric's Data Mobility Suite helps customers manage and move data across heterogeneous storage environments. It is entering a market space with stiff competition.
- October 26, 2020
26 Oct'20
TrueNAS Scale arrays place open source HCI into spotlight
TrueNAS Scale gives iXsystems a foothold in converged systems. Customers can obtain it as open source software or as an integrated system based on TrueNAS storage servers.
- October 23, 2020
23 Oct'20
Microsoft's SpaceX partnership sends Azure to the final frontier
Microsoft has partnered with SpaceX to tie Azure to low-orbiting satellites. The company also introduced a modular data center to connect remote locations to satellites.
- October 23, 2020
23 Oct'20
Accenture, ServiceNow launch business group
The new Accenture ServiceNow Business Group aims to initially deliver industry offerings in financial services, government citizen services and telecommunications; other news.
- October 23, 2020
23 Oct'20
HashiCorp Consul Terraform Sync creates coveted connection
HashiCorp Consul and Terraform can now sync for network infrastructure automation, a sought-after connection some users had previously tried to cobble together themselves.
- October 23, 2020
23 Oct'20
NetApp cloud overshadows everything else at Insight 2020
NetApp stitches cloud services with its Data Fabric technology. NetApp Insight 2020 will showcase new cloud consumption options and storage for microservices-based applications.
- October 22, 2020
22 Oct'20
Splunk Observability integrates acquisitions, boosts AIOps
Splunk opened the product update floodgates this week with a new Observability Suite that integrates recent acquisitions, enhanced AIOps and the purchase of two more companies.
- October 22, 2020
22 Oct'20
Bye-bye ISR, hello Catalyst 8000 for Cisco SD-WAN
The new Catalyst 8300 Series of routers replace ISRs that customers said were ill-equipped to run the Cisco SD-WAN. Cisco also introduced Catalyst 8500 aggregation routers.
- October 22, 2020
22 Oct'20
Dell: VMware spinoff would have 'no change for customers'
Dell CEO Michael Dell says customers aren't concerned about his company's plan to possibly spin off VMware shares; VMware's CEO says the companies will continue to 'R&D together.'
- October 21, 2020
21 Oct'20
Project Apex brings Dell into battle to control IT services
If you were looking for new products at Dell Tech World 2020, you went to the wrong place. It's all about Dell's Project Apex initiative for selling infrastructure as a service.
- October 21, 2020
21 Oct'20
IBM cloud revenues climb as hardware continues to decline
IBM cloud revenues continue to increase as hardware sales drop, sharpening the company's strategy to focus on hybrid cloud.
- October 20, 2020
20 Oct'20
Dell cloud shoots high with Project Apex initiative
Dell's cloud focus culminates in launch of Project Apex, which allows data centers to flexibly consume IT and storage infrastructure as a cloud-delivered service on premises.
- October 20, 2020
20 Oct'20
Intel offloads NAND flash memory to SK Hynix for $9 billion
Intel exits NAND flash business with $9 billion sale to rival SK Hynix to focus on faster Optane SSDs and memory modules, AI, 5G networking and edge computing.
- October 20, 2020
20 Oct'20
Juniper's 128 acquisition needed to improve SD-WAN
Juniper Networks plans to 'enhance' its Contrail SD-WAN through the acquisition of 128 Technology. 128 has a more advanced SD-WAN that competes with Cisco and VMware products.
- October 20, 2020
20 Oct'20
Enterprise architecture tools add pandemic-related updates
The COVID-19 pandemic spurs vendors of enterprise architecture products to add new online and mobile capabilities and promote business functionality to address changing customer needs.
- October 20, 2020
20 Oct'20
Atlassian cloud shift quickens with Data Center price hikes
Atlassian's on-premises customer base has expressed alarm at the company's plans to discontinue Server licenses and make major Data Center price increases.
- October 20, 2020
20 Oct'20
Cloud NAS vendor Ctera adds security, migration Mac support
Along with making its NAS platform faster and more secure across multiple clouds, Ctera adds Mac support for its Enterprise File Services Platform's more creative users.
- October 20, 2020
20 Oct'20
DDN storage unifies IntelliFlash, Nexenta, Tintri pickups
DDN launches IntelliFlash H-Series and Tintri VMstore T7000 hybrid arrays. The new NVMe-based systems incorporate technology from recent DDN storage acquisitions.
- October 20, 2020
20 Oct'20
NetApp OnTap 9.8 revamps replication, storage arrays
NetApp OnTap SnapMirror Business Continuity provides failover with granular copy management. NetApp FAS and AFF arrays hit the market as file vendor gears up for digital user event.
- October 16, 2020
16 Oct'20
IBM partners with HBCUs to promote quantum computing
IBM is partnering with a group of historically Black colleges and universities to set up a quantum computing center in hopes of attracting Black students to the field.
- October 15, 2020
15 Oct'20
HashiCorp wades into continuous delivery with Waypoint
HashiCorp launched another new open source project this week, this time a continuous delivery utility called Waypoint, which IT pros hope will simplify DevOps deployments.
- October 15, 2020
15 Oct'20
Red Hat bolsters Ansible-Kubernetes bond via OpenShift ACM
Red Hat previewed new ties between its Ansible Automation Platform and OpenShift Kubernetes within its Advanced Cluster Management tool, as container platform competition intensifies.
- October 14, 2020
14 Oct'20
HashiCorp launches Boundary for cloud security
HashiCorp revealed its first new open source project in five years this week: a cloud security framework for access control called Boundary.
- October 14, 2020
14 Oct'20
Critical TCP/IP bug gets fixed for October Patch Tuesday
The number of security updates from Microsoft dips below the average of the previous several months, but a TCP/IP bug looms large for administrators.
- October 13, 2020
13 Oct'20
File system software startup Quobyte chases IT, developers
Quobyte tempts developers and app owners with a free version of its distributed parallel file system software, hoping they will convince their IT admins to buy fully supported editions.
- October 12, 2020
12 Oct'20
You can now run a Nvidia vGPU on VMware infrastructure
VMware's partnership with Nvidia aims to make machine learning more accessible. By pairing Nvidia vGPUs with vSphere, companies can accelerate computing and maintain management.
- October 09, 2020
09 Oct'20
Service mesh upstarts challenge Istio, Linkerd
Istio seemed destined for Kubernetes-like dominance in the service mesh market, but recent open source governance drama created an opening for competition from networking vendors.
- October 09, 2020
09 Oct'20
Komprise expands data management coverage to Azure
Komprise deepened its relationship with Microsoft, opening shop in Azure Marketplace and enabling customers to easily manage hot and cold data between Azure and Azure Blob.
- October 08, 2020
08 Oct'20
Cisco ordered to pay $1.9B in Centripetal security patent suit
U.S. District Judge Henry Coke Morgan Jr. ruled that Cisco's infringement of Centripetal Network's patents was 'willful and egregious.' Cisco said it would appeal the ruling.
- October 08, 2020
08 Oct'20
Sumo Logic ships tools for AWS, Kubernetes observability
Sumo Logic has rolled out AWS and Kubernetes observability tools with automated root cause analysis. Users say they offer easy setup at an affordable price.
- October 08, 2020
08 Oct'20
IBM to spin off IT services to focus on hybrid cloud, AI
IBM will spin off its Managed Infrastructure Services unit as a public company to focus on hybrid cloud and AI.
- October 08, 2020
08 Oct'20
Dell EMC PowerEdge XE7100 seeks to corral unstructured data
Dell looks to snap server sales slump with two new PowerEdge XE servers. The dense models have flexible configurations of compute, storage and networking, and joint code development with Splunk.
- October 07, 2020
07 Oct'20
Oracle launches Cloud Observability and Management Platform
Oracle's new Cloud Observability and Management Platform seeks to appeal to customers with complex multi-cloud and on-premises environments.
- October 07, 2020
07 Oct'20
New LeanIX EA module can ease linking IT to business goals
LeanIX's new Business Transformation Management module tries to simplify planning through its 'GitHub for IT architecture' approach and Apple Time Machine-like visualization tool.
- October 06, 2020
06 Oct'20
Rancher Kubernetes bolsters security, multi-cloud management
Rancher Kubernetes stays ahead of competitors in multi-cloud management with version 2.5, but will its innovation and SUSE's backing be enough to fend off Red Hat and VMware?
- October 06, 2020
06 Oct'20
Ardoq architecture tool adds new Scenarios planning module
The new Scenarios module in Ardoq's enterprise architecture tool enables customers to model and analyze potential future states in a collaborative way.
- October 06, 2020
06 Oct'20
VMware bulks up vSAN against container-native threats
As VMware embraces Tanzu and Kubernetes, it expands vSAN hyper-converged infrastructure software to try to make it a better fit for developers who embrace containers.
- October 06, 2020
06 Oct'20
StorOne storage system flexes data protection muscles
StorOne enhances its All-Flash Array.next storage system based on Intel Optane and QLC NAND drives with data protection features for disaster recovery.
- October 02, 2020
02 Oct'20
Exchange Server vNext will have subscription requirement
The news from Microsoft from this year's Ignite show for Exchange administrators was: You can keep your on-premises email platform, but you'll have to pay for it like Office 365.
- October 02, 2020
02 Oct'20
VMware updates vRealize Network Insight, NSX-T
Launched at VMworld 2020, the latest version of vRealize Network Insight has verification technology that lets managers see the impact of network changes before deploying them.
- October 01, 2020
01 Oct'20
AWS Cost Management adds anomaly detection
AWS has added an Anomaly Detection service to its Cost Management suite that applies machine learning to a customer's usage and fires off alerts when thresholds are exceeded.
- September 30, 2020
30 Sep'20
VMware unveils rearchitected vSphere as Project Monterey
At VMworld 2020, VMware unveiled a rearchitected vSphere dubbed Project Monterey. The new product will benefit VMware customers across industries, an analyst said.
- September 30, 2020
30 Sep'20
The Open Group finalizes Open Agile Architecture standard
The Open Group published a new standard to provide guidance and best practices for enterprise architects transitioning to Agile methodologies for digital transformation.
- September 30, 2020
30 Sep'20
VMware Tanzu Kubernetes strategy hits integration milestone
VMware follows competitors in shipping a fully integrated Kubernetes infrastructure package, but vSphere tie-ins and a strong AWS partnership will bolster its enterprise appeal.
- September 30, 2020
30 Sep'20
Private cloud networking creates public cloud UX on premises
Organizations can run a private cloud like a public cloud with the help of the right networking and security tools and achieve agility and flexibility on premises.
- September 30, 2020
30 Sep'20
TechTarget announces Best of VMworld 2020 Award winners
The Best of VMworld 2020 Awards highlight the most innovative products from VMware ecosystem partners. Here are the winners of all six categories and the Best of Show.
- September 30, 2020
30 Sep'20
Winners of the Best of VMworld 2020 Awards
Best of VMworld 2020 Awards recognize the most innovative new products associated with VMworld 2020. A panel of judges named winners in seven categories, including Best of Show.
- September 30, 2020
30 Sep'20
Dell EMC, Pure embrace VMware storage innovations
VMware Site Recovery Manager for Virtual Volumes lets customers replicate VMs with Dell EMC PowerMax snapshots. VMware storage management includes Tanzu for Kubernetes clusters.
- September 30, 2020
30 Sep'20
Seagate's open source Cortx object store targets HAMR HDDs
Seagate launched new open source object storage software that is designed to exploit its highest capacity hard disk drives in supported Lyve Drive converged infrastructure racks.
- September 29, 2020
29 Sep'20
VMware buys SaltStack for security, configuration management
The acquisition of SaltStack will help VMware build event-driven security automation and configuration management into vRealize Automation, as open source Salt gains VMware's backing.
- September 24, 2020
24 Sep'20
Jenkins CI/CD roadmap plots a path toward GitOps
Open source Jenkins now has a public roadmap, which shows plans to address user experience issues, at a time when enterprise IT pros favor 'everything as code' to foster GitOps.
- September 24, 2020
24 Sep'20
Microsoft's Azure Arc reaches GA milestone
Microsoft has delivered a key component of Azure Arc -- the ability to manage Windows and Linux-based virtual and physical servers in on-premises environments and rival clouds.
- September 24, 2020
24 Sep'20
In new LTO roadmap, LTO-9 features 45 TB capacity
Long-term archiving and offline data protection are two key uses for LTO-9, the latest generation of tapes from the LTO Program. The roadmap extends to LTO-12.
- September 24, 2020
24 Sep'20
All-flash Vast Data storage trains AI data at LightSpeed
Vast Data LightSpeed combines bulk QLC SSD storage with Intel Optane acceleration. The system supports Nvidia beta technology allowing writes from storage to GPU.
- September 23, 2020
23 Sep'20
Accenture Cloud First to invest in partnerships
Accenture's $3 billion investment in its Accenture Cloud First business will bring together 70,000 professionals from a range of disciplines and practices, from cloud-native development to human ...
- September 23, 2020
23 Sep'20
Red Hat OpenShift Storage rides wave of container momentum
Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage (OCS) now part of IBM Spectrum Discover catalog and focuses on bringing containers into production infrastructure.
- September 22, 2020
22 Sep'20
CloudBees revises software delivery management plan, pricing
CloudBees has pledged to roll out software delivery management modules by the end of the year and answered calls to adjust CloudBees CD pricing.
- September 21, 2020
21 Sep'20
New Amazon grocery stores run on computer vision, apps
Amazon dives deeper into the grocery business with its first 'new concept' grocery store, driven by automation, computer vision and sensors.
- September 18, 2020
18 Sep'20
Partner products now certified for AWS Outposts
AWS has brought more than 30 certified partner software products into the mix for Outposts, the on-premises version of its public cloud.
- September 18, 2020
18 Sep'20
Palo Alto SD-WAN gets analytics, Prisma security
The Prisma integration and root cause analysis in the Palo Alto SD-WAN could help it standout in a market packed with competitors. Palo Alto also launched two SD-WAN appliances.
- September 18, 2020
18 Sep'20
WANdisco launches automated Hadoop data migrator for AWS
WANdisco LiveData Migrator moves Hadoop data while avoiding downtime. Although niche, it solves the hurdle of migrating Hadoop data while it's going through active changes.
- September 18, 2020
18 Sep'20
Kubernetes on Windows matures, but networking snags remain
Kubernetes on Windows is viable in production for some users via cloud providers' managed services, but IT pros need more networking and storage maturity for on-prem apps.
- September 17, 2020
17 Sep'20
MinIO brings high-performance object storage to VMware Tanzu
MinIO brings software-defined, cloud-native object storage to VMware Cloud Foundation with Tanzu through the newly launched vSAN Data Persistence platform.
- September 17, 2020
17 Sep'20
Google Cloud's new app platform aims for no-code edge
Google Cloud brings low-code application development and API management to its new Business Application Platform, but robotic process automation isn't yet in the mix.
- September 17, 2020
17 Sep'20
Mirantis rethinks Docker Swarm vs. Kubernetes
Docker Enterprise users say plans to allow Docker Swarm to run on a Kubernetes back end could provide both ease of use for developers and granular infrastructure control for ops.
- September 17, 2020
17 Sep'20
Rivals Cloudian, Scality embrace all-flash object storage
Primarily used as a disk repository, object storage use cases are evolving to support workloads that need fast flash. Rivals Cloudian and Scality provide the latest evidence.
- September 17, 2020
17 Sep'20
Extreme launches ExtremeCloud IQ apps, switches
The latest apps for Extreme's cloud-based network management portal include intrusion prevention , IoT onboarding and compliance testing for the wireless LAN.
- September 16, 2020
16 Sep'20
IBM roadmap promises a 1,121-qubit quantum computer by 2023
IBM outlined plans to deliver a series of quantum computers over the next three years culminating with IBM Quantum Condor, a 1,121-qubit system capable of solving complex problems.
- September 16, 2020
16 Sep'20
Mirantis rejuvenates Docker Enterprise cloud tools, support
Docker Enterprise Container Cloud keeps pace with recent trends in Kubernetes management, such as multicluster and multi-cloud support but faces stiff competition.
- September 16, 2020
16 Sep'20
Pure Storage acquires Portworx for container management
Pure Storage container support includes the Pure Service Orchestrator. Portworx will operate as a new Pure Cloud Native business unit focused on storage for cloud apps.
- September 15, 2020
15 Sep'20
Dell layoffs mark the latest distress signal from tech companies
Dell layoffs started this week and may extend to next year. It is the latest among IT infrastructure vendors to tighten budgets amid COVID-19.
- September 14, 2020
14 Sep'20
DevSecOps strategy mimics cloud shared responsibility model
Real-world DevSecOps centralizes IT security around the CI/CD pipeline but defines separate roles that each IT constituency plays in securing apps and infrastructure.
- September 11, 2020
11 Sep'20
Oracle moves OpenJDK to Git and GitHub
As Git and GitHub gain momentum with a majority of developers, Oracle has moved the OpenJDK repository to the Git source code management system and GitHub hosting platform.
- September 11, 2020
11 Sep'20
Mega Hopex update focuses on aligning IT to business goals
Mega's Hopex upgrade adds IT Business Management, Information Architecture and Risk Management features designed to help users keep their technology in line with business goals.
- September 11, 2020
11 Sep'20
Kaminario storage dons Silk, vows smooth cloud migrations
Here is the story behind why Kaminario changed its name to Silk and launched the Silk Cloud Data Platform that builds on Kaminario storage stack and runs in Google cloud.
- September 09, 2020
09 Sep'20
New Red Hat Marketplace pushes OpenShift to hybrid clouds
A new Red Hat marketplace is a one-stop shop for 50 OpenShift-certified applications that can operate like cloud services.
- September 09, 2020
09 Sep'20
Retiring Nutanix CEO Pandey ponders what's next
As he prepares to hand over the reins of Nutanix, CEO Dheeraj Pandey said the vendor's next big question is, 'How will HCI morph in this world of hyperscalers?'
- September 09, 2020
09 Sep'20
SharePoint gets multiple fixes for September Patch Tuesday
There were no zero-days or public disclosures from Microsoft this month, but patches for SharePoint and Exchange should get prompt attention.