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• 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.

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• 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.

• January 07, 2020 07 Jan'20

  Alaska Airlines plans to switch IT onto autopilot with AIOps

  Alaska Airlines' e-commerce division will chart a course for hands-off IT ops and a sharper focus on strategic SRE duties through AIOps tools.

• January 07, 2020 07 Jan'20

  IBM acquisitions may be best path back to the top

  With internal AI and cloud projects such as Watson failing to deliver much revenue, analysts think IBM needs to acquire, not build, its way back to sustainable growth.

• January 02, 2020 02 Jan'20

  5 data storage trends to watch in 2020

  Containers, cloud, flash memory and SaaS dominated data storage news in 2019. We take a look ahead at how these and other developments will play out in 2020.

• December 31, 2019 31 Dec'19

  AWS month in review: An AWS re:Invent recap of overlooked roll outs

  It's almost impossible to keep up with all the services and capabilities AWS trots out for its annual re:Invent conference. Catch up on Amazon cloud updates you missed with this AWS re:Invent recap.

• December 31, 2019 31 Dec'19

  2019 storage mergers and acquisitions covered by clouds

  2019 enterprise data storage mergers and acquisitions often included a cloud angle, followed by data protection, NVMe flash and scale-out file storage.

• December 30, 2019 30 Dec'19

  AWS AI tools focus on developers

  AWS sells many AI products, tools and services aimed at developers, including several for AI newcomers, such as DeepRacer, DeepLens and DeepComposer.

• December 30, 2019 30 Dec'19

  Cloudian CEO: AI, IoT drive demand for edge storage

  Describing AI as an 'infinite data consumer,' Cloudian CEO Michael Tso said there's growing demand for edge storage because there's too much data being created to efficiently move.

• December 30, 2019 30 Dec'19

  Cisco 2020: Challenges, prospects shape the new year

  Cisco 2020: The networking giant begins the new year with an overhauled service provider business, and SD-WAN and customer challenges in the enterprise.

• December 27, 2019 27 Dec'19

  SwiftStack layoffs reflect change in focus to AI, analytics

  Object storage vendor SwiftStack hands out layoff notices for the holidays -- cuts sales, marketing, partner team members, while shifting focus to analytics, AI, machine learning.

• December 26, 2019 26 Dec'19

  Enterprise flash adoption poised for new uses, experts say

  Enterprise flash memory technologies are evolving with NVMe fabrics, QLC drives and storage class memory. The new options will enable data centers to expand flash use cases.

• December 23, 2019 23 Dec'19

  Amazon healthcare strategy is built on pilot projects

  Amazon may be known as an online retail giant. But the company has its sights set on something else: healthcare.

• December 23, 2019 23 Dec'19

  5 can't-miss software development news stories of 2019

  Before you finalize your 2020 plans, take a minute to catch up on app-dev news stories that will shape the next year. Here are the five top news stories for 2019, with analysis.

• December 20, 2019 20 Dec'19

  Manual mainframe testing persists in the age of automation

  Mainframe testing is still done manually by many IT shops, despite mainframe modernization and digitization efforts that benefit from automated software testing methods.

• December 20, 2019 20 Dec'19

  Top cloud news of 2019 from AWS, Microsoft, Google and Oracle

  It's been quite a year for the major cloud providers, with product releases, lawsuits, layoffs and IT competitions. Review the biggest news stories of 2019 to see how 2020 will shape up.

• December 20, 2019 20 Dec'19

  How Amazon HR influences hiring trends

  Amazon recently reached the 750,000 employee mark. As the company gets larger, so does its potential to shape wages and hiring. But its HR influence is a matter of debate.

• December 19, 2019 19 Dec'19

  Hybrid, cost management cloud trends to continue in 2020

  Hybrid and multi-cloud approaches evolved in 2019, cost management efforts rose and deployment options vied for dominance. Those trends are all likely to continue through 2020.

• December 19, 2019 19 Dec'19

  Azure confidential computing, AWS aim to better secure cloud data

  Microsoft's confidential computing for Kubernetes and AWS' upcoming Nitro Enclaves both aim to give IT pros ways to create isolated compute environments for sensitive data.

• December 19, 2019 19 Dec'19

  AWS storage changes the game inside, outside data centers

  Long-term influence of Amazon storage centers on S3 API for object systems and extends to pricing, data durability and IT infrastructure planning and decision-making.

• December 18, 2019 18 Dec'19

  Ex-PayPal pros shun AI with SecOps IT automation firm

  Machine learning and AI are all the rage in IT automation tools -- except for the one produced by a new startup founded by two former PayPal cybersecurity engineers.

• December 18, 2019 18 Dec'19

  New Kubernetes security tools abound as container deployments grow

  As Kubernetes use expands in production, enterprises have a number of IT security tools to choose from for centralized, policy-based control over container clusters.

• December 18, 2019 18 Dec'19

  Acronis acquires cloud management company 5nine

  Data protection vendor Acronis acquires cybersecurity and cloud management startup 5nine, and plans integration of 5nine technology into Acronis Cyber Cloud.

• December 17, 2019 17 Dec'19

  Verizon, Walmart embrace DevOps dojo for IT training

  Some IT training experts say 'Dojo is a no-go,' but companies such as Verizon and Walmart say the DevOps dojo approach has been well worth it for them.

• December 17, 2019 17 Dec'19

  How Amazon customer experience became e-commerce standard

  Amazon made personalization, one-click shopping, quick shipping and easy returns de facto standards for all B2C and now, B2B businesses. Read about how the company did it, and what's next.

• December 17, 2019 17 Dec'19

  Experts say storage administrators should broaden roles

  IT experts predict the number of single-focus storage pros will shrink as their responsibilities expand due to the emergence of cloud, hyper-converged and other technologies.

• December 17, 2019 17 Dec'19

  Cisco to acquire Exablaze for high-performance switching

  Cisco plans to acquire Australia-based Exablaze and eventually use its technology in AI applicatons. The acquisition is similar to rival Arista's 2018 purchase of Metamoko.

• December 16, 2019 16 Dec'19

  Government Amazon antitrust inquiries scrutinize market dominance

  The federal government and states are examining whether Amazon stifles competition and violates antitrust laws. The inquiries could result in action such as breakup of the tech giant.

• December 16, 2019 16 Dec'19

  Amazon's growth strategy could target 5 key markets

  Amazon could move well beyond its core e-commerce and cloud services businesses in pursuit of growth, targeting markets such as publishing, health care and travel.

• December 16, 2019 16 Dec'19

  Ramp up carefully during AIOps implementation

  Sound IT automation and data management practices -- along with a healthy dose of patience -- are prerequisites for a smooth AIOps implementation.

• December 16, 2019 16 Dec'19

  XenData launches plug-and-play archive appliance

  XenData's X1 appliance makes archiving by tape, Sony Optical Disc Archive and cloud object storage simpler and more network-friendly. It connects archives for multiple users.

• December 16, 2019 16 Dec'19

  6 enterprise data storage startups to watch in 2020

  Even as cloud and flash flourish, it is tougher than ever for data storage newcomers to take root. We've highlighted six startups trying to crack the enterprise market.

• December 16, 2019 16 Dec'19

  Amazon supply chain model disrupts entire industry

  Amazon has conditioned consumers to get goods as quickly as possible, which has affected the global supply chain industry from top to bottom, including inventory management and logistics.

• December 13, 2019 13 Dec'19

  Amazon stores struggle to move from the cloud to solid ground

  Looking for new kingdoms to conquer, Amazon is aggressively moving into physical retail locations. This time the e-commerce giant may face tougher competition.

• December 13, 2019 13 Dec'19

  Put infrastructure automation at the heart of modern IT ops

  IT automation, DevOps at scale and hybrid infrastructure management are three critical -- and interconnected -- IT operations initiatives for 2020.

• December 13, 2019 13 Dec'19

  Geek gifts 2019: Think Opex, not Capex with subscriptions

  Why manage buying your own gifts for geeks, when there are so many subscription gift box services that will do that kind of undifferentiated heavy lifting for you?

• December 12, 2019 12 Dec'19

  Pivot3, Scale Computing HCI appliances zoom in on AI, edge

  Pivot3 Acuity automates data protection for self-healing node rebuilds. New Scale Computing HE150 HCI systems combine M.2 NVMe SSD, Scale networking software and Intel mini-PCs.

• December 12, 2019 12 Dec'19

  Amazon tech VP lays out ambitious AWS storage vision

  Amazon storage plans include central management console in 2020 and support for more than 30 file systems over time, AWS VP of technology Bill Vass says.

• December 12, 2019 12 Dec'19

  Cisco's Silicon One networking chip targets cloud data centers

  Cisco's Silicon One chip launch demonstrates a willingness to embrace white box routers in the hyperscale data centers of cloud providers.

• December 12, 2019 12 Dec'19

  Dynatrace monitoring faces market ambivalence in NoOps push

  Dynatrace is gung-ho about NoOps with training services and an open source tool for CI/CD automation, but may face skepticism from a wary enterprise IT audience.