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• 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.

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• 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

  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.

• September 08, 2020 08 Sep'20

  Top 2020 data center industry trends include edge, private cloud

  IT infrastructure isn't just an on-premises data center anymore. The '2020 State of the Data Center' report shows growing interest in private cloud, edge and colocation.

• September 08, 2020 08 Sep'20

  Progress Software battles legacy rep amid Chef Software buy

  Progress Software, a 40-year-old tech company, will mix Chef products into its portfolio of acquisitions, as both seek to keep up with rapid changes in IT automation.

• September 08, 2020 08 Sep'20

  Nutanix Next steps into cloud: Clusters available in Azure

  The Microsoft deal is part of Nutanix's pivot from an HCI vendor to provider of cloud software as it battles VMware and faces the same challenges as other infrastructure companies.

• September 03, 2020 03 Sep'20

  Mendix looks to change the low-code landscape

  At Mendix World, low-code app dev platform provider Mendix laid out plans to build up its ecosystem of third-party low-code tools in hopes of broadening its appeal to developers.

• September 03, 2020 03 Sep'20

  Kubernetes monitoring eases migration, security at scale

  IT pros in high-scale environments have found that moving to Kubernetes-based infrastructure called for a fresh approach to monitoring for performance and security.

• September 03, 2020 03 Sep'20

  Tape data storage industry tackles challenges, archival uses

  The tape data storage market has confronted a major legal issue and a pandemic. Buoyed by strong archival use and offline protection, capacity shipments rose last year.

• September 03, 2020 03 Sep'20

  Law firm makes compelling case for Pure Storage all-flash

  CSK Legal first used Pure Storage all-flash arrays to move VMs to VMware vSphere. Primary Pure FlashArray replicates VMs to second target used exclusively for backups.

• September 02, 2020 02 Sep'20

  Bloomberg storage engineering team leans on open source, SDS

  The Bloomberg Storage Engineering team built an internal storage cloud that has withstood great trading volatility during the pandemic and keeps 'infrastructure out of the way.'

• September 02, 2020 02 Sep'20

  Microsoft, VMware make Azure Spring Cloud GA

  Azure Spring Cloud has reached general availability as a service that enables Spring Boot developers to build and run Java apps on Microsoft's Azure cloud platform.

• September 01, 2020 01 Sep'20

  Datadobi locks critical data in an air-gapped vault

  Datadobi's DobiProtect replication product lets customers store business-critical unstructured data in its native format in an air-gapped, limited-access vault.

• August 31, 2020 31 Aug'20

  Developers must consider low-code app security

  Security is baked into most low-code development platforms, but developers still need to pay attention to security issues and test for vulnerabilities.

• August 28, 2020 28 Aug'20

  Dell EMC storage revenue slides as IT spending contracts

  The Dell storage subsidiary reported a revenue decline last quarter. PowerMax and VxRail were the bright spots in Dell EMC storage. New PowerStore is expected to ramp sales in 2022.

• August 28, 2020 28 Aug'20

  Nutanix CEO plans to step down, search for successor begins

  Nutanix CEO Dheeraj Pandey declared his intent to retire, pending the appointment of his replacement, following a $750 million investment from Bain Capital Private Equity.

• August 28, 2020 28 Aug'20

  How the DevOps model will build the new remote workforce

  What IT pros expect from remote work post-COVID-19, and ways the DevOps model for collaboration and incident response can address its human and technical problems.

• August 27, 2020 27 Aug'20

  Layoffs put damper on positive NetApp storage earnings

  NetApp storage growth was modest last quarter, despite the pandemic, but not sufficient to forestall layoffs. The cuts include engineers and sales professionals at SolidFire.

• August 26, 2020 26 Aug'20

  Nimbus adds cheaper 64 TB QLC SSDs to complement 100 TB SSD

  New 3.5-inch 64 TB SSDs from Nimbus Data with QLC flash offer a higher-performance alternative to HDDs for enterprises trying to reduce power, cooling and rack space costs.

• August 26, 2020 26 Aug'20

  TypeScript's co-creator speaks out on TypeScript 4.0

  A co-creator of Microsoft's TypeScript programming language says TypeScript 4.0 improves developer productivity and moves toward first-class status in the JavaScript ecosystem.

• August 26, 2020 26 Aug'20

  Google Anthos update adds on-premises clout

  An update to Google's Anthos makes the container management and orchestration platform feel more at home inside customers' data centers.

• August 26, 2020 26 Aug'20

  Pure Storage FlashArray//C set sights on hybrid flash market

  Pure Storage FlashArray//C incorporates QLC NAND-based SSDs in the vendor's DirectFlash modules. The arrays are positioned as an alternative to hybrid flash for backup and DR.

• August 24, 2020 24 Aug'20

  IBM quantum system reaches a quantum volume of 64

  IBM's quantum technology continued its march forward, announcing one of its quantum computers achieved a quantum volume of 64, double that of its quantum systems from last year.

• August 24, 2020 24 Aug'20

  Portworx storage update offers backup, provisioning modules

  The Portworx storage platform enables data persistence in large Kubernetes clusters. Data backup, automated capacity planning modules are generally available.

• August 21, 2020 21 Aug'20

  Kubernetes security defaults prompt upstream dilemma

  As Kubernetes matures, community maintainers weigh enterprise demand for secure upstream defaults against concerns about sprawl and customizability.

• August 21, 2020 21 Aug'20

  OpenTelemetry aids distributed tracing, Kubernetes monitoring

  OpenTelemetry combines multiple CNCF observability projects, as well as multiple enterprise data collection mechanisms, simplifying Kubernetes monitoring.

• August 20, 2020 20 Aug'20

  Snyk, Accurics secure infrastructure as code

  Snyk has introduced a new tool to help developers secure their infrastructure-as-code configurations. Accurics also upgraded its infrastructure-as-code security tool.

• August 20, 2020 20 Aug'20

  SSD and NAND flash prices will decline through start of 2021

  NAND flash and enterprise SSD prices that spiked in early 2020 will continue to fall through the end of the year and into 2021 as demand weakens, industry analysts predict.

• August 20, 2020 20 Aug'20

  Arista will charge a premium for CloudVision as a service

  Arista's CloudVision as a service will have a higher subscription price than the on-premises version. The vendor says the new product will have better network analytics.

• August 19, 2020 19 Aug'20

  GitOps gains momentum among Kubernetes deployment tools

  The growing popularity of Kubernetes GitOps tools reflects increasing cloud-native maturity and complexity among enterprise shops such as American Express.

• August 18, 2020 18 Aug'20

  IBM debuts Power10 processor, aimed at hybrid clouds

  IBM's Power10 chip promises to make life easier for IT pros installing hybrid clouds -- but they will have to wait until late next year to see for themselves.

• August 18, 2020 18 Aug'20

  TrueNAS Enterprise, TrueNAS Core merge as single storage OS

  Established as a systems integrator, iXsystems sells open source NAS appliances. A single software code now unifies the TrueNAS Enterprise and TrueNAS Core versions.

• August 18, 2020 18 Aug'20

  Chip startup debuts with Fungible data processing unit (DPU)

  Fungible, backed with $300 million-plus in funding, launches data processing unit (DPU) chips it will use to build high-performance composable infrastructure storage systems.

• August 17, 2020 17 Aug'20

  Application architecture changes force IT to adjust focus

  IT teams should focus on developer needs to control security and cost management and prevent vendor lock-in as businesses demand faster application turnaround, a consultant advises.

• August 17, 2020 17 Aug'20

  Mirantis buys Lens Kubernetes IDE to reach developers

  With the Lens Kubernetes IDE in hand, Mirantis wants to connect directly to a developer base that is becoming more influential in the enterprise.

• August 14, 2020 14 Aug'20

  Slack integrations to form alternate UI for Atlassian tools

  Atlassian plans to make Slack a full alternative interface for its software development and incident response tools, including single sign-on features.

• August 14, 2020 14 Aug'20

  Cisco restructuring follows weak revenues, forecast

  The Cisco restructuring includes shifting research and development to different technology areas and offering employees early retirement. An analyst says layoffs are likely.

• August 13, 2020 13 Aug'20

  Salesforce Apex developers tap into CircleCI's CI/CD engine

  CircleCI has teamed up with Salesforce to help developers building applications on Salesforce's Java-like Apex development platform tap into the CircleCI CI/CD engine.

• August 13, 2020 13 Aug'20

  Infrastructure-as-code upstart boosts Kubernetes deployment

  Pulumi has expanded its integrations with Kubernetes deployment tools including OPA, Helm v3 and Kustomize, offering a central collaboration point for DevOps container management.

• August 13, 2020 13 Aug'20

  Data storage vendors face 'uncertain' future during pandemic

  COVID-19 has thrown IT and storage spending into pandemic mode, making it hard for vendors and IT teams to get a handle on when they'll rebound.

• August 13, 2020 13 Aug'20

  IBM Z mainframes revived by Red Hat, AI and security

  It's not quite the glory days of the 1960s, but IBM mainframes are getting by with a little help from open source friends. IBM discusses the boost and plans for security and AI.

• August 13, 2020 13 Aug'20

  NetApp Data Fabric aids manufacturer's gene-sequencing gear

  Pacific Biosciences makes equipment and systems for gene sequencing and life sciences. The company uses NetApp Data Fabric to scale capacity and performance for shared storage.

• August 12, 2020 12 Aug'20

  Terraform Cloud adds enterprise support, usage-based pricing

  Terraform Cloud's new Business tier is a sign of what's to come for both Terraform Enterprise and IT ops teams overwhelmed with tools to manage, industry analysts say.

• August 12, 2020 12 Aug'20

  Nutanix launches clusters for AWS

  Hyper-converged infrastructure pioneer Nutanix puts clusters on AWS, enabling common management of applications and workloads on premises and in the public cloud.

• August 12, 2020 12 Aug'20

  Microsoft plugs 2 zero-days on August Patch Tuesday

  In addition to the actively exploited flaws, IT workers must contend with a domain controller exploit that could give an attacker administrative access.

• August 11, 2020 11 Aug'20

  IBM storage GM Walsh leaves Big Blue for startup ChaosSearch

  IBM recruited Ed Walsh in 2016 to revive its flagging storage division. Analysts credit Walsh for prioritizing all-flash and cloud data services. Now he’s heading to ChaosSearch.

• August 10, 2020 10 Aug'20

  World of technology changed forever by the pandemic

  While most of the events of a remarkable 2020 would not be welcome again, changes to the IT and storage landscape will stay with us for the foreseeable future.

• August 10, 2020 10 Aug'20

  IBM's OpenAPI Comment Parser helps devs document APIs

  IBM's OpenAPI Comment Parser gives developers a new tool to simplify the process of documenting APIs, so that developers down the line will be able to use them with less effort.

• August 07, 2020 07 Aug'20

  T-Mobile 5G progresses, Samsung intros 5G tablets

  This week's 5G news includes T-Mobile 5G taking a significant step forward, Samsung releasing tablets and Intel and VMware joining forces on network infrastructure.

• August 07, 2020 07 Aug'20

  Value stream management tames DevOps chaos at Eli Lilly

  The pharma firm straightened out disorganized DevOps processes, which now include data management for COVID-19 clinical trials, with a Plutora value stream management tool.

• August 07, 2020 07 Aug'20

  Big Blue ties its IBM Z Series tighter to hybrid clouds

  In its ongoing mission to keep mainframes relevant, IBM rolled out a raft of hardware and software offerings that move it closer to the heart of IT shops' hybrid cloud strategies.

• August 06, 2020 06 Aug'20

  Panasas storage revs up parallelization for HPC workloads

  Panasas storage software focuses on novel method to boost capacity and efficiency. Dynamic Data Acceleration in PanFS shuttles data to disk or flash based on file size.

• August 06, 2020 06 Aug'20

  IMT Software cracks open SoDA data management

  Integrated Media Technologies, an MSP targeting media and entertainment, expanded into software development with SoDA, an unstructured data management tool.

• August 05, 2020 05 Aug'20

  DevOps pipeline consolidation continues among CI/CD tools

  Bespoke DevOps pipelines are becoming a thing of the past as specialist vendors such as Harness and Drone.io merge to compete with large platform vendors.

• August 05, 2020 05 Aug'20

  Microsoft unveils Open Service Mesh, vows donation to CNCF

  Microsoft pledged to donate its service mesh to the CNCF in a stab at Istio, setting the stage for potential vendor collaboration around multi-cloud interoperability standards.

• August 03, 2020 03 Aug'20

  Google, Microsoft add to their cloud migration toolkits

  New cloud migration tools and services from Google and Microsoft seek to meet customer demand for easier, faster deployments amid rising favor for multi-cloud deployments.

• August 03, 2020 03 Aug'20

  Deloitte, Unqork team up to bring no-code to the enterprise

  Deloitte has partnered with no-code development platform provider Unqork to help enterprise customers that are undergoing digital transformations and app modernizations.

• August 03, 2020 03 Aug'20

  Fujifilm offers subscriptions for tape-based object storage

  AWS established Glacier as a cloud alternative to on-premises tape storage. Now Fujifilm positions its Object Archive to tape as an on-premises alternative to Glacier.

• August 03, 2020 03 Aug'20

  Qumulo cloud approach gang-tackles file-to-object conversion

  Qumulo grabs $125 million in funding as the file storage world shifts to the cloud; CEO Bill Richter says unstructured data growth presents an opportunity that could lead to IPO.

• July 30, 2020 30 Jul'20

  Juniper Mist stretches to WAN management

  Jackson Electric Cooperative expects Juniper Mist's new WAN management features to reduce the number of customer trouble tickets and simplify access to network performance data.

• July 30, 2020 30 Jul'20

  New Relic pricing plummets with product overhaul

  New Relic dropped pricing for a newly unified set of IT monitoring tools, as it faces fresh competitive pressures and users adjust to cloud-native complexity.

• July 29, 2020 29 Jul'20

  Styra policy builder eases access to IT compliance as code

  Styra's Rego Policy Builder guides novice users through the process of rendering OPA policies, part of the vendor's push to broaden the audience for its commercial software.

• July 29, 2020 29 Jul'20

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3 beta released

  The latest beta of Red Hat Enterprise Linux has new System Roles for logging and environmental metrics, along with improvements to help developers create more stable applications.

• July 29, 2020 29 Jul'20

  Pivot3 Acuity streamlines streaming video with automation

  Pivot3 Acuity refresh injects health analytics and tools to orchestrate system-wide HCI upgrades. The vendor targets organizations with dense streaming media.

• July 29, 2020 29 Jul'20

  COVID-19 dominates enterprise storage news so far this year

  The year hasn't gone as expected in enterprise storage, with the pandemic affecting conferences, sales results, use cases, funding and even CEO health.

• July 29, 2020 29 Jul'20

  Altova debuts debugger for low-code applications

  Low-code app development could gain a quality boost from Altova and its debugger for low-code applications, which helps developers catch and fix bugs in the development process.

• July 28, 2020 28 Jul'20

  Snyk shows developers top-priority vulnerabilities

  Snyk's new prioritization capabilities help developers decide which security vulnerabilities to address first in order to shore up enterprise systems.

• July 28, 2020 28 Jul'20

  What's in a name? Dell EMC PowerFlex brand replaces VxFlex

  Vendor claims hundreds of Dell EMC PowerFlex customers in education, finance and healthcare. It marks the second name change for ScaleIO platform that EMC bought in 2013.

• July 24, 2020 24 Jul'20

  IT's move to Azure drives Microsoft revenues skyward

  The shift to remote work and accelerated cloud migrations during the pandemic have resulted in strong revenue growth for Microsoft. The company reported its Q4 earnings this week.

• July 22, 2020 22 Jul'20

  VMware load balancing aimed at NSX-T

  Users reacted positively to the latest VMware load-balancing product. The NSX Advanced Load Balancer promises to improve application performance in a VMware NSX-T virtual network.

• July 22, 2020 22 Jul'20

  NVMe over Fabrics startup Lightbits Labs adds clustering

  Lightbits Labs' LightOS now enables application servers to access NVMe flash SSDs in a cluster of servers -- not just a single box -- over standard Ethernet via NVMe over TCP.

• July 21, 2020 21 Jul'20

  New IBM Power systems offer pay-as-you-go pricing

  IBM rolled out a low-end Power system with pay-as-you-go pricing to make it easier for users to deploy hybrid clouds for mission-critical applications.

• July 17, 2020 17 Jul'20

  JFrog taps partners, adds features to bolster DevOps platform

  JFrog fills gaps in its DevOps platform with new features and partnerships with tool providers to help developers ship secure code and use issue-free open source code.

• July 16, 2020 16 Jul'20

  Google's OUC play muddies Istio service mesh outlook

  Google surprised even major partners with the transfer of Istio's trademark to a new organization it launched last week, leaving some key governance details undefined.