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- March 05, 2020
05 Mar'20
Veritas Enterprise Vault adds cloud-based supervision
Veritas added Advanced Supervision to its cloud archiving platform and said even customers outside of heavily regulated industries demand communications monitoring tools.
- March 04, 2020
04 Mar'20
Apple subsidiary delivers Claris Connect no-code tool
Claris Connect, the latest product from Claris, the enterprise software subsidiary of Apple, targets nonprogrammers at SMBs to help them build apps by stitching services together.
- March 04, 2020
04 Mar'20
Pure Storage layoffs signal turbulence in IT market
Layoffs at Pure Storage dampen the flash array vendor's better-than-expected quarterly revenue. Pure is the latest tech vendor to eliminate jobs amid fears of a global slowdown.
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- March 04, 2020
04 Mar'20
Microsoft boosts Azure big data strategy with Hadoop distro
Microsoft Azure's HDInsight has a new, company-backed distribution of Hadoop, which should reassure customers interested in hybrid big data deployments.
- March 04, 2020
04 Mar'20
Mainframe software market shrinks with BMC-Compuware deal
The BMC acquisition of Compuware leaves BMC as the last major independent mainframe software company. But its new portfolio should help users transition to modern world of DevOps.
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Sponsored News
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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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The operational wins driving EDC adoption
Sponsored by Pure Storage - Enterprise data leaders face two kinds of pressure: the need for ongoing innovation and the urgency to quickly address mounting costs and risks. The Pure Storage® approach to EDC is built to do both. Its architecture enables long-term transformation while also delivering measurable wins right away. The impact shows up across five core operational areas. See More
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- March 03, 2020
03 Mar'20
Dell EMC midrange storage launch put on hold
Dell COO Jeff Clarke says he's to blame for delays in shipping the Dell EMC midrange storage array, claiming he pushed the launch so the vendor's sales force can get up to speed.
- February 28, 2020
28 Feb'20
RSA 2020: US needs allies to battle China's 5G threat
Experts at RSA 2020 said the United States and its allies have to solve trade disputes and combine resources to secure global 5G infrastructure against Chinese threats.
- February 28, 2020
28 Feb'20
Coronavirus impact: Dell, Nutanix flag Q1 revenue estimates
Storage vendors with operations and suppliers in Asia are keeping close tabs on the coronavirus outbreak and possible impact on supply chains. Some vendors expect sales to suffer.
- February 28, 2020
28 Feb'20
Top 5 container software trends to watch in 2020
Container software, namely Kubernetes, has become a staple of modern enterprise IT infrastructure -- here's what's coming next for the technology in 2020 and beyond.
- February 28, 2020
28 Feb'20
Pure Storage FlashArray//X goes pure NVMe
The third generation of Pure FlashArray//X includes a new 1 TB capacity DirectFlash module. Pure said the rollout completes its integration of NVMe flash on all arrays.
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- February 28, 2020
28 Feb'20
Rapid7 adds Snyk security to its portfolio
The Snyk security vulnerability database brings an extra layer of protection to Rapid7 by helping developers find and fix vulnerabilities early in the software development process.
- February 27, 2020
27 Feb'20
Kubernetes edge computing takes shape on container frontier
Kubernetes at the edge has emerged as an early stage trend among enterprises that want to push the boundaries of software automation.
- February 27, 2020
27 Feb'20
RSA 2020: Experts say US is too slow in deploying 5G
At the RSA 2020 conference, experts said enterprise-class 5G services are years away. Obstacles include security and doubts about profitability.
- February 27, 2020
27 Feb'20
VMware security for Cloud Foundation ties to Carbon Black
The new VMware Advanced Security for Cloud Foundation binds the company's security offerings with other key VMware offerings such as Carbon Black and NSX.
- February 26, 2020
26 Feb'20
CISA chief can't guarantee election security
CISA Chief Christopher Krebs told RSA attendees he can't guarantee election security. Krebs also discussed CISA's efforts against Iranian hackers and ransomware attacks.
- February 26, 2020
26 Feb'20
Qumulo NAS file system adds encryption, security
Qumulo juices its file system with encryption, real-time security audits and other capabilities designed to position the scale-out NAS for denser, more complex workloads.
- February 26, 2020
26 Feb'20
Genuitec's CodeTogether helps developers collaborate on code
CodeTogether, a new development tool from Genuitec, empowers developers to collaborate on writing and debugging code to build applications as part of development teams.
- February 26, 2020
26 Feb'20
JFrog touts DevSecOps edge in CI/CD tools
JFrog hops aboard a crowded CI/CD bandwagon, but its expertise in artifact and package management could appeal to security-conscious DevOps shops.
- February 25, 2020
25 Feb'20
New enterprise PCIe 4.0 SSDs from Kioxia, Samsung double speed
Kioxia's new performance-boosting PCIe 4.0 enterprise SSDs add support for NVMe 1.4 and U.3 universal backplane specs, join Samsung models offering a maximum capacity of 30.72 TB.
- February 25, 2020
25 Feb'20
New Dell hybrid cloud pricing offers VxRail by subscription
Dell will offer monthly VxRail subscriptions in hopes of appealing to customers that want a more flexible way to create and pay for hybrid and private cloud environments.
- February 25, 2020
25 Feb'20
Mirantis marshals reinforcements for Kubernetes management
Mirantis adds engineering staff and revives Docker Swarm as it plans to do battle in container orchestration against Red Hat, Pivotal and Docker itself.
- February 24, 2020
24 Feb'20
Cisco SecureX provides front end for all security tools
Cisco SecureX, unveiled at RSA, provides centralized intelligence from all the vendor's security products. Also at RSA, Juniper adds encrypted traffic analysis to the Juniper ATP Cloud.
- February 21, 2020
21 Feb'20
Massive DoD DevSecOps standards push may aid enterprise IT
The CNCF, defense contractors and IT vendors have joined forces with the Department of Defense to establish NIST security standards and best practices for DevSecOps.
- February 21, 2020
21 Feb'20
GKE Application Manager does GitOps for Kubernetes config
GKE Application Manager, rolled out in beta this week, bakes in an open source Kubernetes configuration management tool to simplify application deployments to GKE.
- February 20, 2020
20 Feb'20
Cloud conferences to watch out for in 2020
Cloud professionals need to keep up with the latest strategies. If you're looking to attend a few cloud conferences in 2020, these are the ones worth packing your bags for.
- February 20, 2020
20 Feb'20
Google Anthos 'ready' storage includes Dell EMC, HPE, NetApp
Google christens Anthos Ready Storage program to give DevOps customers qualified on-premises storage system options from Dell EMC, HPE, NetApp, Portworx, Pure and Robin.io.
- February 19, 2020
19 Feb'20
New Dell EMC PowerEdge servers are built for the rugged edge
New Dell Streaming Media Platform includes two small form factor PowerEdge servers and a Modular Data Center. Dell aims the products for use in harsh IT environments.
- February 17, 2020
17 Feb'20
CEO cites NetApp cloud storage as key to turnaround
NetApp CEO says cloud storage presents 'exceptional opportunity,' but he expects revenue declines to continue for the foreseeable future as new sales reps learn the ropes.
- February 14, 2020
14 Feb'20
Google adds single-tenant cloud options to court enterprises
Google Cloud has added more features to its single-tenant cloud deployment option, such as live migration for Windows BYOL scenarios, that cater to the needs of certain workloads.
- February 14, 2020
14 Feb'20
Chef IT automation invigorates legacy apps amid cloud surge
Chef Software's Habitat tool carved out a niche as it matured, among enterprise IT pros tasked with modernizing legacy data center apps.
- February 14, 2020
14 Feb'20
Arista's Big Switch buy adds customers, engineers, network software
The Arista-Big Switch deal adds significant software-defined networking technology to Arista's EOS operating system. Also, Arista will acquire 300 customers and dozens of engineers.
- February 14, 2020
14 Feb'20
New tool fixes app accessibility glitches
The new Applause Accessibility Tool helps developers write better apps for disabled users by automatically finding and fixing app accessibility issues in their code as they write it.
- February 14, 2020
14 Feb'20
Synopsys Code Sight combines SAST, SCA testing in the IDE
Synopsys' Code Sight IDE plug-in provides capabilities for simultaneous static application security testing (SAST) and software composition analysis (SCA).
- February 14, 2020
14 Feb'20
Latest Cisco earnings show tech buyers remain skittish
The latest Cisco earnings report shows customers paused tech spending despite a stabler global economy, while the impact of the coronavirus outbreak in China was a looming unknown.
- February 13, 2020
13 Feb'20
Ad firm gets Kubernetes management boost from Agile Stacks
With a small staff of engineers responsible for all of IT, a digital advertising firm needed help to smooth out the learning curve as it migrated from Mesosphere to Kubernetes.
- February 13, 2020
13 Feb'20
Enterprise HDDs hit 20 TB, boost throughput in 2020
While waiting for HAMR to drop, we have more immediate spinning disk developments to watch out for in 2020, such as dual-actuator and shingled drives.
- February 13, 2020
13 Feb'20
IBM Storage folds Storwize arrays into FlashSystem line
IBM merges Storwize and FlashSystem platforms to simplify its storage portfolio on updated Spectrum Virtualize software; adds Optane and Samsung Z-SSD options.
- February 13, 2020
13 Feb'20
Flash startup Vast Data strives to make disk storage extinct
VAST Data CEO has immense plans for storing big data on all-flash systems and predicts his startup's combination of storage class memory and consumer-grade QLC drives will make disk go the way of the dodo.
- February 12, 2020
12 Feb'20
Grafana Loki users reap log data savings, with tradeoffs
Grafana Loki won't replace advanced log analytics tools, but it may be a boon for shops that want to collect massive amounts of log data for troubleshooting applications.
- February 12, 2020
12 Feb'20
Oracle-Microsoft partnership to connect clouds expands to EU
Oracle and Microsoft have added to their cloud interconnect strategy with the addition of a high-speed, private connection between Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Azure in the EU.
- February 12, 2020
12 Feb'20
Network software subscription models befuddle tech buyers
Tech buyers are frustrated and confused over network vendors' software subscription models. Some buyers say they're unconvinced the pricing models favor them.
- February 12, 2020
12 Feb'20
Pegasystems' Pega Express empowers citizen developers
Pegasystems' new Pega Express low-code application development methodology helps business users and citizen developers to quickly create applications.
- February 12, 2020
12 Feb'20
Nutanix Karbon upgrade focuses on non-Kubernetes experts
Nutanix aims Karbon at 'mere mortals' who want to run Kubernetes in on-premises data centers, but it faces plenty of competitors preparing for containers that need persistent storage.
- February 12, 2020
12 Feb'20
February Patch Tuesday resolves IE zero-day
Microsoft released security updates for 99 unique vulnerabilities, including an Internet Explorer flaw the company had notified customers about last month.
- February 10, 2020
10 Feb'20
Speed is 2020 theme in NVMe flash storage, persistent memory
Top technologists and analysts predict 2020 storage hardware trends will center on NVMe-based flash, Optane persistent memory and MRAM memory.
- February 07, 2020
07 Feb'20
Retail software firm takes broad view of Kubernetes security
Kubernetes platform security has supplanted container-level security for enterprises such as retail software vendor Aptos as they deploy microservices in production.
- February 07, 2020
07 Feb'20
LightStep targets developers with new observability tool
LightStep hones its observability software with its new Service Health for Deployments feature, which helps developers find and fix service health issues.
- February 07, 2020
07 Feb'20
Dynatrace deepens AIOps ties with Kubernetes monitoring
Dynatrace has expanded the number of metrics it can feed into its Davis AIOps engine from Kubernetes infrastructure, thereby enhancing autoremediation features for container workloads.
- February 07, 2020
07 Feb'20
Iowa caucus app fiasco a cautionary tale for all enterprises
App testing is crucial to ensuring that mobile apps are ready for mission-critical systems such as the mobile app that failed during the Iowa caucuses.
- February 06, 2020
06 Feb'20
Enterprise service management blurs business, IT operations
IT-style automated workflows are expanding to non-IT departments, even as business initiatives fuse with software projects. IT ops will support both, often with the same toolset.
- February 05, 2020
05 Feb'20
VMware licensing change limits CPUs to 32 cores
VMware moved its per-CPU licensing plan closer to competitors' per-core licensing plans by requiring one license for CPUs with 32 cores.
- February 05, 2020
05 Feb'20
Quantum object storage expands with ActiveScale purchase
Quantum object storage will be used in conjunction with StorNext file system technologies to tackle unstructured data associated with streaming video and surveillance.
- February 05, 2020
05 Feb'20
Samsung spins Stellus Technologies for file storage
Samsung created Stellus to develop new-fangled file system built on key-value storage and optimized for NVMe flash drives, scalability and high throughput.
- February 04, 2020
04 Feb'20
HPE buys Scytale to hone cloud-native security chops
HPE has scooped up Scytale, a startup that has developed a cloud-native security framework for highly distributed applications. While most enterprises don't need such capabilities today, HPE has taken a step that could serve them down the road.
- January 31, 2020
31 Jan'20
Assureon archive is fast, but shouldn't replace backup
Nexsan Assureon 8.3 ramped up retrieval speeds, making it suitable for backup and DR. However, relying on the archive appliance for multiple use cases carries its own risks.
- January 31, 2020
31 Jan'20
Data storage architecture poised for disruption in 2020
Experts predict edge computing, 5G and containers will fuel computational storage, new storage systems dedicated to container-based applications, and flash-based object stores.
- January 31, 2020
31 Jan'20
IBM CEO shakeup puts technologist Krishna at Big Blue's helm
Longtime executive Arvind Krishna will replace IBM CEO Ginni Rometty and Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst has been named IBM president. Analysts expect them to make AI acquisitions.
- January 31, 2020
31 Jan'20
Quantum StorNext is next challenge, following relisting
Quantum StorNext storage will be available as a software-only license for any server hardware this year, targeted at companies that create large volumes of rich media.
- January 30, 2020
30 Jan'20
Enterprise cloud storage: 6 experts expect big changes
Analysts and vendors predict what will shake cloud storage in the coming months, from customer rebellion against egress fees to DNA archiving of data for thousands of years.
- January 30, 2020
30 Jan'20
Dell EMC Isilon tackles high-performance cloud workloads
Dell EMC Isilon release clarifies the vendor's cloud direction. OneFS 8.2 supports files up to 16 TB and Kubernetes deployments for extracting data for real-time analytics.
- January 29, 2020
29 Jan'20
'Limited' number of VMware layoffs confirmed in 'rebalancing'
VMware says the layoffs will allow the company to better focus on helping corporate users figure out their multi-cloud strategies and affected workers may be reassigned.
- January 29, 2020
29 Jan'20
Google App Maker to shut down in wake of AppSheet buy
Google App Maker, the company's low-code development tool, will be shut down in January 2021. Google offers users alternative options for users to switch to as App Maker sunsets.
- January 29, 2020
29 Jan'20
Dell EMC storage CTOs predict 2020 trends
Dell Technologies storage president and GM offers exclusive glimpse into CTO Council's yearlong research project with predictions for 2020 and beyond.
- January 28, 2020
28 Jan'20
Cisco Cyber Vision targets industrial IoT security
Cisco Cyber Vision is the networking company's latest product for industrial IoT security. The technology is based on software Cisco acquired last year when it bought Sentryo.
- January 28, 2020
28 Jan'20
Cisco folds AppDynamics AIOps into its infrastructure tools
Cisco shops might welcome new integrations between AppDynamics AIOps tools and Cisco Intersight management software, but whether they will draw in other users is uncertain.
- January 27, 2020
27 Jan'20
StorMagic SvSAN helps Sheetz hyper-converge at the edge
Retail chain Sheetz simplified its technology on the edge with StorMagic hyper-converged infrastructure software, reducing seven devices at each site to two servers running SvSAN.
- January 27, 2020
27 Jan'20
RapidAPI, MongoDB answer the call for GraphQL support
As developer demand for GraphQL continues to grow, vendors such as MongoDB and RapidAPI are adding support for the API query language in their core products.
- January 27, 2020
27 Jan'20
Quantum tape gets repackaged into turnkey ransomware defense
Quantum says tape's main perk is as an air-gapped defense against ransomware. Its new Ransomware Protection Packs combine tape libraries with a built-in, off-network vault.
- January 24, 2020
24 Jan'20
New themed Amazon pop-up stores built on consumer data
In its never-ending quest to establish unique physical locations, Amazon has plans to launch a chain of themed pop-up stores that will focus on a specific product category or trend.
- January 23, 2020
23 Jan'20
Developers could ease DevOps deployment with CircleCI Orbs
With a new suite of 20 CircleCI integrations known as Orbs, CircleCI targets developers who wish to simplify the automation of their deployments from their CI/CD pipelines.
- January 23, 2020
23 Jan'20
Investments in data storage vendors topped $2B in 2019
Six data storage vendors closed six-figure funding rounds in 2019. Backup, data protection and newer flash technologies generated the most attention from investors.
- January 23, 2020
23 Jan'20
Q&A: SwiftStack object storage zones in on AI, ML, analytics
Q&A: SwiftStack's founder and president Joe Arnold says disk-based object storage can deliver the concurrency and throughput that AI, machine learning and analytics workloads need.
- January 23, 2020
23 Jan'20
Jira Roadmaps connect to Confluence, await Code Barrel
Atlassian rolled out fresh updates to its Jira Roadmaps feature and set the stage for further workflow refinements and integrations with other Atlassian software in 2020.
- January 22, 2020
22 Jan'20
VMware acquisition of Nyansa combines LAN, WAN analytics
The VMware acquisition of Nyansa is expected to provide network traffic analytics that cover the SD-WAN and the wired and wireless LAN.
- January 21, 2020
21 Jan'20
PE firm merges XebiaLabs, CollabNet for new DevOps toolchain
XebiaLabs will join with CollabNet VersionOne to form a new DevOps platform vendor that will compete with Atlassian, GitHub, GitLab and CloudBees.
- January 21, 2020
21 Jan'20
Nakivo update supports tape, physical servers
Nakivo now supports tape and physical servers, a departure from its initial focus on cloud and VMs. Demand and expert opinion suggest there will always be need for physical backup.
- January 17, 2020
17 Jan'20
AIOps exec bets on incident response market shakeup
Resolve Systems, under a newly appointed CEO, will soon roll out a new product based on its FixStream acquisition that combines AIOps and IT automation.
- January 17, 2020
17 Jan'20
5G vs. Wi-Fi: Verizon says cellular will win
In the not-too-distant future, businesses could find themselves weighing 5G vs. Wi-Fi in the campus and office. Verizon has already named 5G the winner.
- January 16, 2020
16 Jan'20
IBM expands patent troll fight with its massive IP portfolio
IBM has contributed more than 80,000 patents to the LOT Network, a group of more than 600 companies that IBM has joined to fight patent trolls and their often frivolous lawsuits.
- January 16, 2020
16 Jan'20
Google Cloud support premium tier woos enterprise customers
Google Cloud has rolled out a new Premium Support offering aimed at deep-pocketed enterprises with larger, more complex implementations. Experts say the timing is right.
- January 16, 2020
16 Jan'20
Battle lines over Windows Server 2008 migration drawn
Microsoft and AWS stepped up their ongoing battle promoting a variety of Windows Server 2008 migration tools in hopes of luring users over to their respective ecosystems.
- January 16, 2020
16 Jan'20
Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage seeks to simplify Ceph
Red Hat delayed a major OpenShift Container Storage update to work on simplifying Ceph storage and management; 4.2 update also improves scalability and multi-cloud portability.
- January 16, 2020
16 Jan'20
SaltStack infrastructure-as-code tools seek cloud-native niche
SaltStack, like other infrastructure-as-code tools, must reinvent itself as cloud-native IT automation approaches such as containers, serverless and Kubernetes Operators grow.
- January 15, 2020
15 Jan'20
Quantum F-Series line expands with entry-level NVMe flash
New Quantum F-Series model is aimed at media customers who need NVMe in a smaller footprint. F-1000 server scales to 77 TB of useable capacity with Quantum StorNext file system.
- January 15, 2020
15 Jan'20
January Patch Tuesday fixes cryptography bug found by NSA
The U.S. National Security Agency shared information with Microsoft about a significant spoofing vulnerability in Windows that enterprises should make a patching priority.
- January 14, 2020
14 Jan'20
Google buys AppSheet for low-code app development
Google has bought AppSheet, maker of a low-code platform that line-of-business employees can use to create cross-platform mobile applications.
- January 14, 2020
14 Jan'20
IBM Power Systems lands on Google Cloud
Google Cloud has added IBM Power Systems to its lineup of instance types. It's available via monthly subscription and could appeal to customers moving SAP apps onto the cloud.
- January 14, 2020
14 Jan'20
Kubernetes security gets an assist with bug bounty program
The Kubernetes Security Product Group will outsource bug triage to HackerOne under a new bug bounty program that will offer rewards for bug reports up to $10,000.
- January 13, 2020
13 Jan'20
SecOps and IT ops merge revs IT monitoring platform rivalry
Enterprises want consolidated monitoring platforms for SecOps and IT ops data. Here's how Sumo Logic plans to compete in that market in 2020 with IP from its JASK acquisition.
- January 13, 2020
13 Jan'20
Portworx helps Esri with stateful container storage for IoT
GIS specialist Esri addresses stateful container storage problem with Portworx' Enterprise software-defined storage in upcoming ArcGIS Analytics for IoT service.
- January 10, 2020
10 Jan'20
Appian buys robotic process automation tools platform
With its acquisition of Novayre Solutions SL, Appian brings robotic process automation (RPA) to its customer base of enterprise low-code app developers.
- January 10, 2020
10 Jan'20
Kioxia expects fab fire will have no flash production impact
Kioxia's NAND flash production will not be affected by fire this week at its fabrication facility in Yokkaichi, Japan, company says; analysts expect no impact to supply, prices.
- January 10, 2020
10 Jan'20
Forbes' Google Cloud migration rooted in trust, cost savings
Forbes has moved its publishing operations to Google Cloud for continued growth, better audience engagement and streamlined operations. Forbes Chief Digital Officer Salah Zalatimo explains why.
- January 10, 2020
10 Jan'20
Quantum computing strides continue with IBM, Q Network growth
IBM literally doubled down on its commitment to quantum computing with the addition of 60 more high-profile IBM Q Network members and news that it has doubled its Quantum Volume metric to 32.
- January 10, 2020
10 Jan'20
Cradlepoint NetCloud update avoids unnecessary data usage
Cradlepoint Netcloud has new analytics that help companies avoid the cost of exceeding the limits of their data plans for wireless links on the vendor's SD-WAN.
- January 09, 2020
09 Jan'20
AWS security faces challenges after a decade of dominance
After a decade of dominating the public cloud market and influencing cloud security, AWS is faced with new challenges stemming from old problems and increasing competition.
- January 09, 2020
09 Jan'20
Major storage vendors map out 2020 plans
Enhanced data management across clouds is a common theme for storage vendors heading into 2020. Vendors also plan to boost AI and predictive analytics to storage hardware.
- January 09, 2020
09 Jan'20
GraphQL vs. REST choice steers microservices development
GraphQL vs. REST: That is the question as teams tackle microservices architecture design, and at Pantheon, the choice came with both business boons and technical debt.
- January 09, 2020
09 Jan'20
Aruba SD-Branch gets intrusion detection, prevention software
The latest update of the Aruba SD-Branch includes intrusion detection and prevention software built into the product's gateway appliance.
- January 08, 2020
08 Jan'20
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure SVP shares 2020 growth strategy
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure isn't just about IaaS, but all levels of the cloud. That's the message Oracle SVP Steve Daheb gave in this Q&A, along with the IT giant's 2020 plans.