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• May 07, 2019 07 May'19

  RHEL 8 launches with AI, container and hybrid cloud focus

  Red Hat rolled out its long-awaited Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, designed to work across corporate data centers and multiple clouds and anchor its container and AI strategies.

• May 07, 2019 07 May'19

  DDN storage acquisitions continue with Nexenta pickup

  DataDirect Networks keeps expanding by acquisition. The high-performance computing storage specialist this week made its third acquisition in the past year, picking up software-defined storage ...

• May 06, 2019 06 May'19

  Microsoft Build shows Azure's path for big data, open source

  Microsoft Build's agenda shows the company wants every developer under its big tent, yet has a strong focus on open source and big data analytics.

• May 06, 2019 06 May'19

  Jitterbit enterprise integration platform gets updates

  Jitterbit has released Harmony Spring '19, the newest version of its enterprise integration platform as a service. The update includes more than 120 new features.

• May 02, 2019 02 May'19

  Dell EMC offering a VeloCloud SD-WAN Edge appliance

  The new Dell EMC SD-WAN Edge product includes hardware and support, as well as VMware's VeloCloud software.

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• May 02, 2019 02 May'19

  Customers respond to Docker Hub security breach

  A Docker Hub data breach was top of mind at DockerCon this week, but users mostly waved off its broad impact as enterprises generally have their containers on lockdown.

• May 02, 2019 02 May'19

  Docker Enterprise pricing shake-up leaves unanswered questions

  IT pros begin to evaluate the long-term budget implications of a significant change to the Docker Enterprise pricing scheme.

• May 02, 2019 02 May'19

  Updated hybrid cloud backup available from Pure Storage

  In an effort to provide users with unified backup across multiple environments, Pure Storage has expanded its Evergreen Storage Service to provide a hybrid cloud backup system.

• May 01, 2019 01 May'19

  Docker Enterprise suite overhaul eases container uptake

  Docker is working to help enterprises ease their way into using containers with a suite of services and pre-integrated capabilities in products in Docker Enterprise 3.0.

• May 01, 2019 01 May'19

  Dell EMC cloud storage hardware shines light on cloud

  VMware plays a larger role in the Dell EMC storage ecosystem as the vendor rolls out new cloud services to challenge archrival NetApp's cloud storage portfolio.

• May 01, 2019 01 May'19

  Docker on ARM pushes cloud app development to the edge

  Docker's deal with ARM expands the container company's reach to include developers who build applications on the RISC architecture for edge devices.

• April 30, 2019 30 Apr'19

  New NEC hyper-converged infrastructure appliance targets SMBs

  NEC partners with Scale Computing to launch its first hyper-converged infrastructure appliance tailored to SMBs and remote offices in the U.S. and Europe.

• April 30, 2019 30 Apr'19

  New Cisco Wi-Fi 6 products include Catalyst switch, APs

  Cisco has launched itself into the Wi-Fi 6 market with the release of the Catalyst 9600 core campus switch. Other new Cisco Wi-Fi 6 gear includes Catalyst access points.

• April 30, 2019 30 Apr'19

  New Azure-VMware integration means more hybrid cloud options

  Rivals Microsoft and VMware joined forces this week, signing a deal to allow VMware to run natively on Azure, further complicating the coopetition among the top cloud vendors.

• April 30, 2019 30 Apr'19

  Technicolor taps Excelero NVMe storage for blockbuster films

  Excelero's low-latency NVMe flash storage helps Technicolor project teams work on blockbuster films with greater efficiency through concurrent access to data.

• April 30, 2019 30 Apr'19

  AWS month in review: Enable snapshot automation for Redshift

  Boosted AWS snapshot automation aims to improve data backup in Amazon Redshift and Aurora Serverless. AWS also launched block storage for Snowball Edge and updated Amazon Elasticsearch.

• April 30, 2019 30 Apr'19

  Dell EMC Unity XT expands midrange storage overlap

  Even as it plans to winnow away overlapping midrange SANs, Dell EMC adds four capacity models to its Unity XT series designed to broaden support for VMware Cloud.

• April 29, 2019 29 Apr'19

  New hybrid Dell EMC cloud aimed at rising flood of data

  As enterprise data centers cope with newly generated data, the new Dell EMC cloud platform sharpens VMware tool sets to build, implement and manage storage in hybrid environments.

• April 26, 2019 26 Apr'19

  Hitachi Vantara storage and data protection at your service

  Customers that opt for service-based consumption have Hitachi Vantara's storage hardware installed in their data center, and the vendor handles management and backup.

• April 25, 2019 25 Apr'19

  Experian credits incident management tool for IT efficiency

  When Experian deployed xMatters, the IT landscape was very different. But the incident management tool's adaptability kept it useful through shifts in tech trends.

• April 25, 2019 25 Apr'19

  Google's Anthos drives new storage and data management API

  Google's hybrid and multi-cloud vision for running stateful container-based applications sparks work on a new API for data and storage management.

• April 25, 2019 25 Apr'19

  Lightbits Labs soups up NVMe fabric with all-flash SuperSSD

  Startup Lightbits Labs prepares for an NVMe-over-TCP push, with a storage array designed for AI and cloud applications that uses its LightOS software and proprietary accelerator cards.

• April 25, 2019 25 Apr'19

  Pica8 Nymble provides branch network automation

  Pica8's second branch product provides network automation and provisioning. But the jury is out on whether Pica8 Nymble can compete with offerings from established vendors.

• April 25, 2019 25 Apr'19

  How EHT's black hole image data is stored and protected

  The Event Horizon Telescope team had to find a way to capture, store, process and back up petabytes of radio signal data to create the world's first black hole image.

• April 25, 2019 25 Apr'19

  ShieldX adds lateral movement security for cloud protection

  In an effort to prevent lateral movement from cybercriminals within the cloud, ShieldX has added East-West security to its Elastic Security Platform for AWS.

• April 24, 2019 24 Apr'19

  What the AWS and open source spat means for users and enterprises

  Explore the concerns at the center of the AWS vs. open source debate and how they play into a larger conflict between the open source community and public cloud providers.

• April 24, 2019 24 Apr'19

  New Micron SSD series provides faster access and response

  The new series is the third generation of the non-volatile memory express solid-state drives from Micron, and offers capacities up to 15.36 TB.

• April 23, 2019 23 Apr'19

  Azure-to-AWS migration tool aims to lure Microsoft workloads

  Customers might appreciate the flexibility of a new AWS tool that pulls in Azure VM workloads but should be mindful of the big picture when it comes to cloud migrations.

• April 23, 2019 23 Apr'19

  Cumulus NetQ aimed at broader enterprise market

  Cumulus Networks has revamped Cumulus NetQ. The latest version of the network troubleshooting and change validation software is aimed at a larger segment of the enterprise market.

• April 23, 2019 23 Apr'19

  Rancher's Kubernetes updates boost security, UI performance

  Enterprise IT pros expect changes to Rancher's Kubernetes management tools to bolster security configuration and UI performance.

• April 23, 2019 23 Apr'19

  Cisco, Dell Technologies renew VxBlock dalliance

  Cisco and Dell Technologies may be rivals in the server business, but when it comes to converged infrastructure, the two vendors remain strong partners. Cisco, EMC and VMware in 2009 formed VCE, a ...

• April 19, 2019 19 Apr'19

  Steep Google Anthos pricing geared toward large enterprises

  Google Anthos is the company's multi-cloud management play, but customers and prospects should mull the full picture when it comes to cost.

• April 18, 2019 18 Apr'19

  CloudBees' acquisition of Electric Cloud broadens focus

  CloudBees folds in Electric Cloud and pledges to broaden its focus beyond Jenkins, while customers wait and see how that might impact long-term roadmap plans.

• April 18, 2019 18 Apr'19

  Qumulo storage IPO possible, CEO says

  Qumulo's scale-out storage is available as branded NAS appliances and as a software-only license. An integrated NAS fabric replicates data from local arrays to the public cloud.

• April 17, 2019 17 Apr'19

  IoT device monitoring added to Nyansa Voyance

  Nyansa has added IoT traffic analytics to its network monitoring software. The latest version of Nyansa Voyance monitors the activity of IoT devices in healthcare and retail.

• April 16, 2019 16 Apr'19

  MemVerge converges memory, storage on Intel Optane DIMMs

  MemVerge's converged storage and memory appliance hitches a ride on Intel Optane DIMMs -- a risky strategy that can pay off if Optane DC persistent memory becomes a hit.

• April 16, 2019 16 Apr'19

  Google Cloud, HPE team up for new hybrid cloud platforms

  New hybrid cloud platforms, released as a collaboration between Google Cloud and HPE, are available to create similar experiences across both clouds and on-premises environments.

• April 15, 2019 15 Apr'19

  Kroger buys into Google Cloud migration, despite challenges

  It wasn't easy for Kroger to migrate its customer-facing search engine to Google Cloud, but it happened fast, thanks to proper planning and the right mix of talent.

• April 15, 2019 15 Apr'19

  Formulus Black software stores data in persistent memory

  Formulus Black has resurrected Symbolic IO technology to store data from database and analytics workloads in ultrafast system memory without changing the application code.

• April 12, 2019 12 Apr'19

  Carbonite integrating Mozy backup, ending free edition support

  Carbonite will end support for the free edition of Mozy's consumer product on Monday. The cloud data protection heavyweight would like to convert remaining Mozy customers onto its own ...

• April 12, 2019 12 Apr'19

  Opsgenie integrations expand under Atlassian

  Opsgenie's induction into the Atlassian fold reflects a trend of incident management tools' absorption into broader DevOps platforms, but not every user prefers a one-stop shop.

• April 12, 2019 12 Apr'19

  Google Cloud Code extends VS Code, IntelliJ for the cloud

  Google Cloud Code's plugins for IntelliJ and Visual Studio Code aim to make Google Cloud Platform more attractive for developers that build cloud-native apps.

• April 11, 2019 11 Apr'19

  Google expands Windows support with managed SQL Server

  Google's decision to add SQL Server to its Cloud SQL family of managed database services is an appeal to Google Cloud Platform customers with ample Windows workloads.

• April 11, 2019 11 Apr'19

  Juniper SD-WAN as a service linked to wired, wireless LAN

  The new Juniper SD-WAN as a service integrates with the vendor's EX Series wired LAN switches and the Mist wireless LAN. The bundle shows Juniper moving toward an SD-branch offering.

• April 11, 2019 11 Apr'19

  Google Cloud courts Actifio, HYCU for data protection

  While Google made a big deal of working with open source software companies at its Google Cloud Next Conference, it also has been lining up data protection partners. Secondary storage management ...

• April 11, 2019 11 Apr'19

  E8 Storage adds file to flash with BeeGFS overlay for HPC

  NVMe all-flash startup E8 Storage forms 'symbiotic' relationship to support BeeGFS scale-out parallel file system on its NVMe block arrays. Vendors plan to attack the HPC market.

• April 10, 2019 10 Apr'19

  Google's multi-cloud platform goes GA as Anthos

  Google's Cloud Services Platform, now called Anthos, aims to make waves for hybrid and on-premises cloud management, but customers should be aware the GA tag has its limitations.

• April 10, 2019 10 Apr'19

  Excelero strikes deal with Lenovo for NVMesh

  Startup Excelero snared Lenovo as its first major server partner to resell its software that can pool ultra-fast NVMe-based storage resources across a network. Lenovo has added Excelero's NVMesh ...

• April 10, 2019 10 Apr'19

  Cloud Foundry PaaS undergoes seismic shifts as IT evolves

  Cloud Foundry undergoes drastic changes as infrastructure automation technology develops, to the point where some industry experts see more erosion than evolution.

• April 10, 2019 10 Apr'19

  New ASIC bolsters Fortinet SD-WAN performance

  Fortinet claims it has given its FortiGate SD-WAN and security appliance a boost. The vendor said a more powerful ASIC improves the performance of key Fortinet SD-WAN features.

• April 09, 2019 09 Apr'19

  April Patch Tuesday closes 2 zero-day exploits

  In addition to Microsoft's fixes, administrators should patch holes in several Adobe products to keep attackers from creating havoc in their systems.

• April 09, 2019 09 Apr'19

  Quantum NVMe storage array supports dense media production

  Quantum claims the F-Series, its NVMe storage array, will simplify and speed up workflow and improve end-to-end storage capabilities for media production environments.

• April 09, 2019 09 Apr'19

  Google, open source vendors join for cloud managed services

  Google has partnered with seven prominent open source software providers, including MongoDB and Redis, to tap customer demand for managed OSS services in the cloud.

• April 09, 2019 09 Apr'19

  HPE-Nutanix deal expands roster of hyper-converged options

  The Hewlett Packard Enterprise-Nutanix partnership sprang up on two fronts, bringing more layers of coopetition to the world of HCI. But where does this leave HPE SimpliVity?

• April 08, 2019 08 Apr'19

  Users forge ahead with Cloud Foundry-Kubernetes integration

  Complementary roles for Cloud Foundry and Kubernetes are clear to IT pros, and the community plans to knit the two more closely together with the Eirini project.

• April 05, 2019 05 Apr'19

  Execs talk product roadmap at Aruba Atmosphere 2019

  At Aruba Atmosphere 2019, executives said the WLAN vendor plans to improve its cloud services this year with changes to Central, ClearPass, Introspect and NetInsight.

• April 05, 2019 05 Apr'19

  SmartBear LoadNinja API automates performance testing for CI/CD

  A REST API for SmartBear LoadNinja enables development teams to add load testing directly into their CI/CD workflows to automate performance testing for developers.

• April 05, 2019 05 Apr'19

  Carbonite and Webroot close deal, focus on ransomware

  After closing its largest acquisition, Carbonite said it will emphasize, at least initially, a "do-no-harm" method in the integration efforts. In a deal that closed March 26, the backup and ...

• April 04, 2019 04 Apr'19

  Optimized Google Cloud VMs target cutting-edge workloads

  Google Cloud's latest set of instances, optimized for compute- and memory-intensive workloads, underscore customer demand for more powerful cloud infrastructure choices.

• April 04, 2019 04 Apr'19

  Compute-heavy Unitrends appliances allow on-the-box recovery

  Unitrends offers up extra compute and memory in low-capacity backup appliances as an alternative to using the public cloud for small companies and remote offices.

• April 04, 2019 04 Apr'19

  Dell Technologies World 2019 news and analysis

  Dell Tech World 2019 promises plenty of news, from hyper-convergence to the ever-present cloud. Vendor news, such as product consolidation and overlap, will also be discussed.

• April 03, 2019 03 Apr'19

  Long-awaited Intel Optane DC persistent memory module debuts

  Intel promises lots of speed from the Optane DC persistent memory module it took a long time delivering. It also rolled out a new dual-port Optane SSD and ultradense flash SSD.

• April 02, 2019 02 Apr'19

  Modest Visual Studio 2019 advances target productivity

  The latest version of Microsoft's Visual Studio tool set is no big bang, though it does add incremental and useful features for developers to build apps on any platform.

• April 02, 2019 02 Apr'19

  Chef licensing changes prompt debate among IT pros

  IT pros who use Chef automation software have mixed reactions to the company's plan to revamp its software licensing strategy.

• April 02, 2019 02 Apr'19

  Storwize launch brings NVMe to midrange IBM flash arrays

  IBM brings NVMe to the midrange with the latest Storwize SAN array, which includes Spectrum Virtualize software bundle for storage management, data protection and security.

• April 02, 2019 02 Apr'19

  VMware vRealize Suite updates focus on cloud management

  The latest versions of vRealize Operations, Network Insight and Automation offer tools to help VMware admins effectively manage workload resources and control cloud costs.

• April 02, 2019 02 Apr'19

  Pure Storage buys Compuverde, expands file storage

  Pure Storage's second acquisition builds on its unstructured data focus, as Compuverde's file system software runs in virtual NAS or hyper-converged modes.

• April 02, 2019 02 Apr'19

  Aruba ClearPass Device Insight IDs more IoT devices

  Aruba ClearPass Device Insight discovers more IoT devices on the IP network than the company's previous product. The software collects better data from the network to ID hardware.

• April 01, 2019 01 Apr'19

  CEO switch continues BMC's multi-cloud management push

  BMC has reappointed company veteran Bob Beauchamp as CEO as it forges ahead with a strategic shift into multi-cloud management tools and away from its ITSM roots.

• April 01, 2019 01 Apr'19

  Google SREs test the limits of infrastructure automation

  Google SRE veterans spoke publicly about infrastructure automation work, its future and its limitations.

• March 29, 2019 29 Mar'19

  Continuous Delivery Foundation seeks smoother CI/CD paths

  The Linux Foundation's latest project aims to connect CI/CD toolmakers, users and open source projects to establish technical specs for continuous delivery.

• March 29, 2019 29 Mar'19

  Survey: Data protection challenges, costs keep growing

  Despite a great deal of focus on security these days, data protection tools have not kept up with emerging technologies, according to a new Dell EMC data protection survey.

• March 29, 2019 29 Mar'19

  AWS month in review: More AWS deep learning capabilities

  AWS Deep Learning Containers and DeepRacer ramp up the cloud giant's machine learning orchestration and training. AWS also improves Redshift and Direct Connect.

• March 29, 2019 29 Mar'19

  Google looks to poach workloads for its cloud data warehouse

  Google Cloud wants to tap Teradata and Netezza's installed base with a new migration service for BigQuery. It may appeal most to new or smaller deployments.

• March 28, 2019 28 Mar'19

  Komprise launches NAS migration tool, user-driven archiving

  Komprise says customers wanted NAS migration as a separate tool, so it now makes it available even if you don't buy its full Intelligent Data Management platform.

• March 28, 2019 28 Mar'19

  F5 Cloud Services aims ADC features at DevOps

  Initially, F5 Cloud Services will provide only load balancing for DNS servers. Later in the year, F5 plans to add security features for DevOps teams building cloud applications.

• March 28, 2019 28 Mar'19

  IBM-Red Hat merger timing, fairness in question

  Six months after IBM revealed plans to acquire Red Hat, some IT industry experts have reason to believe approvals will take longer than the companies have suggested.

• March 27, 2019 27 Mar'19

  Azure Anomaly Detector service spots business data deviations

  Microsoft's Anomaly Detector service for Azure applies AI to customers' time-series data sets to find deviations or patterns that suggest problems. But humans still have the final say.

• March 27, 2019 27 Mar'19

  Portworx adds security and DR options for container storage

  Cisco, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and NetApp have invested in the container storage software startup. Now, the company aims to get those vendors' customers interested.

• March 26, 2019 26 Mar'19

  Site reliability engineer shift creates IT ops dilemma

  Aspiring SREs find it hard to move away from tactical tasks to focus on strategic projects. Veteran SREs say the path to less toil begins with prioritization and automation.

• March 26, 2019 26 Mar'19

  Latest Arrcus protocols for webscale data centers

  Startup Arrcus has added to its network operating system protocols that could appeal to cloud providers and companies with webscale data centers.

• March 25, 2019 25 Mar'19

  Kubernetes for Windows hits GA, with limitations

  Kubernetes support for Windows nodes was declared stable in Kubernetes 1.14, but extensive fine print remains.

• March 25, 2019 25 Mar'19

  Oracle layoffs underpin its IaaS ambitions

  Oracle plans further investments in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, but to do so it has cut jobs and made plans to hire fresh talent to support its cloud business.

• March 25, 2019 25 Mar'19

  SRE software refines DevOps incident response for enterprise

  SRE workflows often emerge organically within enterprise IT teams, but software tools add measurability and automation for incident response and review in one DevOps shop.

• March 25, 2019 25 Mar'19

  NAS vendor RackTop Systems gets first funding haul

  RackTop Systems has racked up its first round of outside capital, six years after launching its “cyber-converged" BrickStor NAS appliances. The Fulton, Md.-based vendor received $15 million in a ...

• March 22, 2019 22 Mar'19

  Kubernetes management for 'Minecraft' has enterprise IT traits

  What do 'Minecraft' servers and enterprise databases have in common? In the realm of Kubernetes management, more than you might think.

• March 22, 2019 22 Mar'19

  Google Cloud taps into VMware vRealize for hybrid deployments

  Google Cloud is now tied into VMware vRealize through a plug-in that enables users to manage on-premises VMware workloads alongside cloud services such as Google Kubernetes Engine and Cloud SQL from Google Cloud.

• March 22, 2019 22 Mar'19

  7 storage questions ahead of Dell Technologies World

  We'd like to know where Dell EMC stands on midrange storage, NVMe over fabrics, data protection, hyper-convergence, cloud and containers, among other things.

• March 22, 2019 22 Mar'19

  SoftNAS Cloud users get security fix for vulnerability

  SoftNAS says a web server and load balancer component it added to strengthen security for its Cloud NAS actually could enable unauthorized access to the web admin interface.

• March 22, 2019 22 Mar'19

  Array Networks launches monitoring system for app performance

  Array Networks launches a monitoring and reporting tool that draws data from the vendor's application delivery controllers to pinpoint application troubles.

• March 22, 2019 22 Mar'19

  At Dell Technologies World, Dell will put its stamp on EMC

  Dell EMC storage has taken on more of a 'Dell' feel over the past year, thanks in part to reliance on PowerEdge Servers and spinning out Pivotal Software into a public company.

• March 21, 2019 21 Mar'19

  Atlassian, AgileCraft join to scale Agile development

  With its acquisition of AgileCraft, Atlassian aims to help developers work better together, but also scale their Agile practices across an entire enterprise.

• March 21, 2019 21 Mar'19

  AWS Direct Connect tiers address planned network spikes

  AWS Direct Connect pivots toward higher bandwidth requirements and cuts prices on lower tiers to handle customers' seasonal workload peaks and make AWS stickier overall.

• March 21, 2019 21 Mar'19

  Pure Storage AIRI trains FlashBlade NAS at hyperscalers

  Pure Storage teams with Nvidia and Cisco to bring out FlashBlade with Hyperscale AIRI, extending its AIRI partnership with Nvidia, while introducing Pure-Cisco FlashStack for AI.

• March 21, 2019 21 Mar'19

  IT security monitoring at golf club lets IT ops play through

  ClubCorp took stock of its IT security strategy last year, which led to freedom from grunt work and renewed focus for the IT ops team.

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  Turbonomic updates ease multi-cloud management, cut costs

  Turbonomic's latest update focuses on not just ensuring cloud application performance but keeping the cost of cloud management in check.

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  Dell EMC VxBlock 1000 mixes in Unity hybrid, Data Domain

  Ten years later, VCE is gone, EMC is part of Dell and Vblocks have become VxBlocks. But the early converged infrastructure stack is still going, with new products coming online.

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  Aparavi update adds better data classification, more clouds

  Aparavi updates Active Archive with customizable data classification and tagging capabilities for easier future retrieval and improved metadata search.

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  Infovista-Ipanema SD-WAN gets cloud orchestrator for MSPs

  Infovista has added a cloud-based orchestrator to its SD-WAN product. The latest feature in Infovista Ipanema is meant to make the software more attractive to MSPs.

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  Ctera Networks and HPE combine for hyper-converged gateway

  Ctera and HPE partner on new Edge X Series cloud gateway appliance that integrates Ctera's global file system and HPE's SimpliVity hyper-converged software.