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October 16, 2018 16 Oct'18
SRE model requires technical, organizational optimization skills

Practitioners categorize SRE job descriptions two ways -- by distributed systems architecture design that evolves rapidly, and also by the ability to optimize human workflows.
October 15, 2018 15 Oct'18
Kendo UI helps devs build accessibility into apps, websites

Progress Software updated its UI-building toolkit to enable developers to comply with the latest standards for website and application accessibility.
October 15, 2018 15 Oct'18
Hitachi storage technologies underpin AI and cloud plans

Hitachi Vantara is making several pivots from the storage vendor previously known as Hitachi Data Systems. But has it gone too far from its core storage technology?
October 15, 2018 15 Oct'18
IBM hopes Domino version 10 gives the platform new life

IBM looks to improve its position in the collaboration software market with a buffed-up version of its venerable Domino platform that supports mobile applications.
October 15, 2018 15 Oct'18
Open source tool simplifies Kubernetes on AWS

AWS added an open source tool to manage infrastructure directly through Kubernetes. But the software is targeted at AWS assets, so don't expect it to help with portability.
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October 12, 2018 12 Oct'18
Ctera Networks snares $30 million in Series D funding round

Ctera Networks CEO Liran Eshel said his cloud file system company became cash flow positive this year, but it grabbed $30 million in new funding to grow as part of a booming market. Ctera Networks ...
October 12, 2018 12 Oct'18
Riverbed tailors SteelCentral AppResponse for the cloud

Riverbed has launched SteelCentral AppResponse Cloud. The latest version of the application monitor troubleshoots problems found in business applications running on the AWS cloud.
October 12, 2018 12 Oct'18
ONUG conference to highlight cybersecurity and data protection

At the ONUG fall conference on Oct. 22 to 23, attendees will learn how enterprises can secure assets in a digital economy and how automation, cybersecurity and data protection fit in.
October 12, 2018 12 Oct'18
New Relic acquisition of CoScale boosts Kubernetes prowess

Kubernetes monitoring is all the rage, and New Relic's CoScale buy gives it an edge in an increasingly noisy market for container monitoring tools.
October 11, 2018 11 Oct'18
Quest backup software adds Microsoft Office 365 support

Quest backup has vaulted into the Office 365 workspace. NetVault Backup 12.1 includes a plug-in that enables full and incremental backup and recovery of Office 365 Exchange Online mailboxes. ...
October 11, 2018 11 Oct'18
Cisco Business Critical Services gets better network monitoring

The latest version of Cisco Business Critical Services includes limited management of third-party devices and improved detection of an impending hardware failure.
October 11, 2018 11 Oct'18
Commvault appliance lineup expands by two

Commvault moves its HyperScale appliance platform into the enterprise with the HS3300 and into remote and branch offices with the Remote Office Appliance.
October 11, 2018 11 Oct'18
SevOne and Versa Networks join forces for SD-WAN monitoring

In networking news, SevOne adds SD-WAN monitoring support for Versa Networks; HPE announces new hybrid cloud services with Microsoft; and Aerohive updates its A3 service with cloud management.
October 11, 2018 11 Oct'18
Customers get new dual-region Google Cloud Storage option

Google updated its cloud storage with higher availability SLAs and a new dual-region option designed to give customers greater control over their data.
October 11, 2018 11 Oct'18
Caringo Swarm adds single server option, multi-cloud support

Caringo aims its Swarm Single Server object storage appliance at companies that want object storage but don't need petabytes of it in a multinode cluster.
October 10, 2018 10 Oct'18
Puppet Enterprise updates give IT ops pros a leg up on DevOps

Puppet Enterprise 2019, Puppet Bolt 1.0 and Puppet Insights broaden enterprise IT ops pros' options for DevOps support and infrastructure automation tools.
October 10, 2018 10 Oct'18
PyTorch 1.0 brings developers closer to cloud services

The release candidate version 1.0 of Facebook's PyTorch deep learning framework enables developers to more easily include machine learning in their applications.
October 10, 2018 10 Oct'18
CenturyLink service offers self-serve connection to AWS

CenturyLink has introduced a service that lets companies create a temporary virtual connection to AWS. The pay-as-you-go CenturyLink service is called Cloud Connect Dynamic Connections.
October 10, 2018 10 Oct'18
Embrace DevOps innovation to modernize legacy applications

To bring legacy applications into the DevOps fold, IT teams must be creative and collaborate in ways that may differ sharply from approaches to greenfield projects.
October 09, 2018 09 Oct'18
October Patch Tuesday grounds JET Database Engine flaw

Administrators have a relatively light workload for October Patch Tuesday, but IT workers should pay attention to multiple workstation fixes and issues with older patches.
October 09, 2018 09 Oct'18
CI/CD workflows, IT roles lead to organizational disharmony

Divides between IT teams and roles in an organization can impede software delivery, even if they use the right tools. Some companies have chipped away at those barriers.
October 08, 2018 08 Oct'18
City buses use Cloudian storage for video data

Cloudian object storage hops a ride on Montebello Bus Lines, helping the California city improve its storage system for surveillance camera footage that had proved challenging.
October 05, 2018 05 Oct'18
Nyansa Voyance gets user collaboration feature

Nyansa Voyance has a new feature that lets companies request the contact information of other users of the Wi-Fi performance monitoring software.
October 05, 2018 05 Oct'18
Users mull Ansible Tower features' config management controls

Ansible users know their way around a CLI, but some envision an all-inclusive IT automation platform based on the Ansible Tower management console UI and features.
October 05, 2018 05 Oct'18
Automated root cause analysis moves into the mainstream

DevOps monitoring tools that offer automated root cause analysis are now in production within mainstream enterprises. When it comes to their ease of use, however, there is still room to improve.
October 05, 2018 05 Oct'18
Jenkins Configuration as Code eases dev and admin woes

Version 1.0 of a CloudBees plug-in aims to help developers and administrators advance CI/CD while saving time and effort with Jenkins configuration tasks.
October 05, 2018 05 Oct'18
AT&T blockchain effort includes IBM, Microsoft

AT&T has linked its IoT services to the blockchain offerings of IBM and Microsoft. The AT&T blockchain effort is aimed at retailers, manufacturers and healthcare organizations.
October 04, 2018 04 Oct'18
Wi-Fi Alliance introduces Wi-Fi 6 as part of new naming system

In networking news, Wi-Fi 6 now connotes 802.11ax technology, Aerohive Networks introduces machine learning analytics tools and Viavi releases a platform update.
October 03, 2018 03 Oct'18
Chaos engineering enters mainstream QA, drills down to apps

Add a bit of chaos to predeployment application testing to gain resilience. Gremlin CEO Kolton Andrus discussed the value of breaking apps to fix them.
October 03, 2018 03 Oct'18
Violin Systems AFA lineup adds XVS8 power hitter

Violin, an 'emerging company that's been around a while,' adds new all-flash system that will support NVMe over Fabrics next year and promises extreme performance.
October 02, 2018 02 Oct'18
AT&T 5G router expected to lower purchases from established vendors

AT&T has handed the Open Compute Project its internally designed cell site router. The AT&T 5G router could take as much as $200 million in sales from the carrier's suppliers.
October 02, 2018 02 Oct'18
Kubernetes TLS tweaks whet user appetite for easier management

Kubernetes TLS bootstrap improvements in version 1.12 tackle container management complexity, and users hope there's more where that came from.
September 28, 2018 28 Sep'18
FCC 5G ruling tries to speed up small cell deployments in cities

The Federal Communications Commission has ordered cities to move faster in deciding on small cell deployments. Telecom firms praise the new FCC 5G rules while cities denounce them.
September 28, 2018 28 Sep'18
Report: Support for high availability applications is 'mixed'

What are high availability applications if they're not highly available? According to a report released this month by SIOS, in partnership with ActualTech Media, one-quarter of respondents say ...
September 28, 2018 28 Sep'18
CloudBees sets a path to Cloud Native Jenkins

CloudBees advanced its core CI/CD platform to broaden developers' options to create apps and access additional services in the cloud.
September 28, 2018 28 Sep'18
DevOps on-premises opportunities spur CloudBees-Lenovo pact

IT teams get a leg up in DevOps initiatives in data centers, as Lenovo enhances its server-side DevOps with OpenShift Solution with CloudBees Core, a CI/CD automation platform.
September 28, 2018 28 Sep'18
AWS month in review: More for hybrid cloud architectures

September was a low-key month for AWS, even though it rolled out more than 70 updates to its platform. AWS advancements in September were a lot of the standard fodder: services expanded to ...
September 28, 2018 28 Sep'18
OutSystems 11 buffs up low-code options -- with a ceiling

Version 11 of OutSystems' low-code platform takes aim at troublesome legacy apps. Some developers see low-code benefits, but other shops remain skeptical.
September 28, 2018 28 Sep'18
Linux Foundation drives VNF migration to cloud-native functions

The Linux Foundation is driving VNF migration to cloud-native network functions, claiming the transition results in better efficiency, scalability and reliability.
September 27, 2018 27 Sep'18
Hitachi analytics sharpens heterogeneous storage management

Upgraded Hitachi Vantara analytics for storage improves visual mapping of application storage and integrates dynamic-cooling IoT technologies from Vigilent.
September 27, 2018 27 Sep'18
Network security challenges remain a top concern for IT pros

In networking news, security remains a top concern for IT pros; ExtraHop integrates with Microsoft Azure; and Barefoot Networks unveils developer tools for programmable ASICs.
September 27, 2018 27 Sep'18
VMware, Riverbed integrate SD-WANs with Azure Virtual WAN

VMware and Riverbed have integrated their SD-WAN software with Azure Virtual WAN, improving interoperability between the products and Microsoft Azure.
September 27, 2018 27 Sep'18
Startup raises $60 million to grow Datrium DVX business

Datrium's latest $60 million funding will fuel its hybrid cloud computing and data management product line and business expansion into Europe. The Series D funding round boosted the Sunnyvale, ...
September 27, 2018 27 Sep'18
Amazon Aurora Parallel Query blurs database lines

AWS continues to add features to its managed transactional database service. The latest takes advantage of Aurora's scale-out approach to potentially double query speed.
September 26, 2018 26 Sep'18
X-IO Axellio hitches HCI star to Microsoft, NVMe

X-IO side steps VMware, enters hyper-competitive hyper-converged market with dense NVMe blades packed with Microsoft virtualization and storage software.
September 26, 2018 26 Sep'18
OwnBackup Salesforce tools include archive and blockchain

OwnBackup's fall release includes a new data archiving product, a blockchain-powered compliance component and improved capabilities for its Salesforce protection app.
September 26, 2018 26 Sep'18
Nasuni storage adds lower-cost cloud archive service option

Newly packaged Nasuni Cloud File Services offers a low-cost archive option as part of an effort to expand beyond high-end NAS and collaboration into traditional file and archive workloads.
September 26, 2018 26 Sep'18
Windows Admin Center unlocks Server 2019 features

Not just for troubleshooting, Windows Admin Center helps admins unlock the full potential of the latest Windows Server offering.
September 26, 2018 26 Sep'18
Hitachi Vantara storage takes turn to NVMe, cloud

Hitachi Vantara updates its products and prepares to lay out a strategy for using its storage for IoT and distributed data management amid the multi-cloud movement.
September 26, 2018 26 Sep'18
Dell EMC, Nutanix share HCI market leadership

Dell EMC extended its lead over Nutanix in hyper-converged systems sales in the second quarter, although Nutanix crept ahead of Dell-owned VMware into first when the market is measured by HCI ...
September 25, 2018 25 Sep'18
Dell EMC VxRail powers Mercy Ships' floating hospital DCs

Dell EMC hyper-converged appliances float the Mercy Ships IT team's boat. VxRail helps the medical charity consolidate IT technology in its floating hospitals and headquarters.
September 24, 2018 24 Sep'18
Google Cloud CTO talks Cloud Services Platform hybrid play

Google Cloud CTO Brian Stevens envisions an IT landscape where enterprises can more easily develop and manage apps that span on premises and the cloud. Hint: Kubernetes plays a big role.
September 24, 2018 24 Sep'18
Microsoft embraces Azure cloud platform as its strategic heart

Microsoft's showcase of Azure-based offerings asserts the cloud at the heart of the company's future, and further cements its position against cloud archrival AWS.
September 21, 2018 21 Sep'18
NetApp Kubernetes Service launched to orchestrate containers

NetApp launched its Data Fabric architecture to adapt its storage to manage applications built for the cloud. Container orchestration had largely been a missing aspect in Data Fabric, but the ...
September 21, 2018 21 Sep'18
Trump tariffs on China could spark Cisco, Juniper price increase

Enterprises will pay more for networking gear as a result of President Donald Trump's tariffs on China. Vendors planning to pass on added costs to customers include Cisco and Juniper.
September 20, 2018 20 Sep'18
Jenkins on Kubernetes is promising, but integration needs work

Jenkins and Kubernetes are a natural fit for automated application development and delivery, and the open source community has plans to improve how Jenkins runs on containers.
September 20, 2018 20 Sep'18
Linksys enters cloud-managed Wi-Fi market

Belkin International's Linksys unit has launched a cloud-managed Wi-Fi system. Linksys is tapping MSPs for help in selling Cloud Manager to small businesses.
September 20, 2018 20 Sep'18
Scality Zenko goes GA for multi-cloud data management

Scality launches Zenko 1.0 multi-cloud data controller software, offering a commercially supported enterprise edition and a freely available open source version.
September 20, 2018 20 Sep'18
HPE 3PAR StoreServ all-flash fixes hospital's image problems

Riverside Healthcare dedicates its all-flash 3PAR StoreServ array to revamp its PACS. New images are stored in HPE's onboard cache for quicker retrieval by radiologists.
September 19, 2018 19 Sep'18
Sumo Logic breaks security data silos with cloud SIEM

Sumo Logic has added cloud security monitoring features that put security in context with business intelligence analytics.
September 19, 2018 19 Sep'18
Quantum Xcellis unwraps NVMe-powered StorNext NAS

Quantum upgrades its StorNext file system to bolster file sharing and replication on Xcellis NVMe flash appliances. It's the first product release under new CEO Jamie Lerner.
September 19, 2018 19 Sep'18
Juniper bundles Contrail Networking, OpenStack for the edge

Juniper Networks has introduced the Contrail Edge Cloud. The platform for running service providers' network edge applications includes Contrail Networking and Red Hat OpenStack.
September 19, 2018 19 Sep'18
CloudBees Core sets its sights beyond enterprise Jenkins

CloudBees and its competitors vie to offer the visibility and data-driven performance measurement into CI/CD processes that enterprises need to strive for better DevOps governance.
September 19, 2018 19 Sep'18
Cloud storage startup Wasabi Technologies raises $68 million

Newcomer Wasabi Technologies will try to build up its brand recognition and take on the Big Three public cloud providers after raising $68 million in Series B funding. “You don’t go up against ...
September 19, 2018 19 Sep'18
Nuage Networks, Talari SD-WAN tack on multi-cloud connectivity

With their respective SD-WAN platform updates this week, Nuage Networks and Talari took a page from Oprah: You get multi-cloud connectivity, and you get multi-cloud connectivity.
September 18, 2018 18 Sep'18
DevOps security takes on the dark side of digital transformation

Without better organizational discipline, digital businesses are at risk for massively disruptive data breaches and attacks. Can DevSecOps transform IT in time to avert disaster?
September 17, 2018 17 Sep'18
Are SD-WAN security concerns warranted?

Networking analysts and engineers examine SD-WAN security concerns, the importance of cabling in wireless environments and a new security attack that's difficult to detect.
September 17, 2018 17 Sep'18
Microsoft seeks broader developer appeal with Azure DevOps

Azure DevOps, which replaces Visual Studio Team Services, offers a suite of five services to help developers plan, build and deploy software, even across platforms.
September 14, 2018 14 Sep'18
Verizon 5G rollout could change broadband competition

Verizon launches Oct. 1 a 5G internet service in four U.S. cities. The Verizon 5G rollout could give the company an edge against cable companies in the high-speed internet market.
September 14, 2018 14 Sep'18
GPU-buffed servers advance Cisco's AI agenda

Cisco's latest UCS servers with Nvidia's GPUs aim to help larger IT shops more quickly run AI and machine learning workloads -- and help Cisco keep pace with Dell and HPE.
September 14, 2018 14 Sep'18
Mist automates WLAN monitoring with new AI features

Mist says its AI platform for WLAN monitoring can now handle hundreds of queries and will use deep learning to flag anomalies before they cause problems for users.
September 14, 2018 14 Sep'18
Mature DevSecOps orgs refine developer security skills training

Some advanced organizations tackle DevSecOps with automated security for CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure, and will complete the picture with developer security skills training.
September 13, 2018 13 Sep'18
Learn from these Microsoft's Azure outage postmortem takeaways

Microsoft shed more light on last week's major Azure outage that generally confirm what everyone already knew - a storm near the Azure South Central US region knocked cooling systems offline and ...
September 13, 2018 13 Sep'18
Lenovo-NetApp partnership targets rivals Dell and HPE

Lenovo and NetApp go after Dell and Hewlett Packard Enterprise with a multiyear partnership to bolster enterprise storage offerings and create a joint venture company in China.
September 13, 2018 13 Sep'18
AT&T Spark highlights big changes in networking market

The AT&T Spark event showed more than the service provider's latest 5G technology. It also revealed how AT&T is redefining the role of networking vendors in its data centers.
September 13, 2018 13 Sep'18
Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 launched for entry-level SAN

While the industry watches its midrange lines, Dell EMC pushes out a new array of entry-level, flashy PowerVault systems for smaller organizations and branch offices.
September 13, 2018 13 Sep'18
IT experts exchange container security tips and caveats

Real-world container security requires users to dig in to the finer points of container, host, Kubernetes and application configurations.
September 13, 2018 13 Sep'18
Julia 1.0 brings API stability to machine learning language

The Julia programming language is catching on with enterprise developers, particularly to create data science and AI apps, or in other situations that require computational applications.
September 12, 2018 12 Sep'18
New enterprise 14 TB HDD options cater to cloud-scale users

Enterprise-class 14 TB HDDs from Seagate, Toshiba and Western Digital target cloud-scale users in need of economical, high-density storage to cope with exponential data growth.
September 12, 2018 12 Sep'18
Cisco ASR 9000 router gets usage-based pricing

Cisco has changed licensing for the ASR 9000 router to let service providers pay only for the throughput they use. The new pricing arrives as service providers prepare for 5G.
September 11, 2018 11 Sep'18
Microsoft shuts down zero-day exploit on September Patch Tuesday

Administrators should prioritize patching systems affected by four public disclosures resolved by the Patch Tuesday updates.
September 11, 2018 11 Sep'18
PagerDuty incident response tools loop in business stakeholders

PagerDuty follows Atlassian with incident response tracking for corporate management, while IT pros on the front lines of incident triage also seek enhancements to low-level alerting configurations.
September 10, 2018 10 Sep'18
Network functions morph with SD-WAN deployment strategy

Companies are approaching network infrastructure upgrades with SD-WAN deployment, but a new survey shows they're weighing issues like service chaining and integrated functionality.
September 07, 2018 07 Sep'18
Juniper-Ericsson partnership aimed at 5G market

Juniper Networks has partnered with Ericsson to sell 5G gear and software to carriers. The Juniper-Ericsson alliance arrives as Cisco's partnership with Ericsson weakens.
September 07, 2018 07 Sep'18
Azure outage spotlights cloud infrastructure choices

One difference in Microsoft's cloud infrastructure design may have contributed to the extended outage this week in an Azure region that hit a large number of customers.
September 06, 2018 06 Sep'18
VMware Project Dimension to deliver managed HCI, edge networking

VMware's lightweight hyper-converged infrastructure system, called Project Dimension, includes the vendor's SD-WAN. The HCI appliance is aimed at retailers and manufacturers.
September 06, 2018 06 Sep'18
Samsung adds Z-NAND data center SSD

Samsung's new lineup of data center SSDs designed for channel sales to SMBs includes high-performance Z-NAND add-in card, U.2 and M.2 NVMe PCIe models and 2.5-inch SATA drives.
September 06, 2018 06 Sep'18
Dell EMC midrange convergence due in 2019

The long-awaited convergence of the Dell EMC midrange storage into one platform will happen in 2019, according to Dell Technologies’ chief storage honcho. Jeff Clarke, VP chairman of products and ...
September 06, 2018 06 Sep'18
VMworld pushes vSAN HCI to cloud, edge

Private beta for next vSAN version includes built-in snapshots, NFS file services and cloud-native storage, as well as improved cluster management for the HCI software.
September 05, 2018 05 Sep'18
5G services to headline Mobile World Congress Americas 2018

In a roundup of industry insights, 5G services will be a hot topic at Mobile World Congress, VMware embraces multi-cloud and cybersecurity platforms require key features.
September 05, 2018 05 Sep'18
Atlassian shops size up OpsGenie buy, Jira for incident management

Atlassian snapped up OpsGenie and rolled out Jira Ops as part of a shift in focus to IT incident management. Users will follow the strategy cautiously.
September 04, 2018 04 Sep'18
Pivot3 storage moves toward composable capabilities

CEO Ron Nash said Pivot3 and NexGen Storage are integrated as a single code base. NexGen gives Pivot3 automated QoS and dynamic provisioning for multi-cloud enterprises.
August 31, 2018 31 Aug'18
CloudHealth's Kinsella weighs in on VMware, cloud management

VMware expanded its footprint in cloud management when it acquired CloudHealth Technologies. CloudHealth CTO Joe Kinsella observed the market changes that call for a complex management portfolio.
August 31, 2018 31 Aug'18
NSS Labs-Cisco spat raises licensing restriction enforceability

The NSS Labs-Cisco tiff raises questions on the validity of licensing that prohibits customers from testing software performance and publishing the results.
August 30, 2018 30 Aug'18
Startup Infinite io ropes new investors for its cloud NAS controller

Sometimes a storage startup makes a bang, fades into the background, and you forget about it – until the company snares a passel of new investors. That was the case with NAS controller specialist ...
August 30, 2018 30 Aug'18
Third-party Kubernetes tools hone performance for database containerization

Kubernetes tools look to carve out a market niche in database containerization with performance monitoring and quality-of-service management features.
August 30, 2018 30 Aug'18
SmartBear-Zephyr deal spotlights software quality tools shake-up

Competition has tightened in the software test market as vendors strategically acquire additional tools and align with developer ecosystem players.
August 30, 2018 30 Aug'18
AWS balances GA of Aurora Serverless with new instance types

AWS updates in August include general availability of Amazon Aurora Serverless for MySQL, more instance types, continued progress into serverless territory, and deeper ties to VMware on premises ...
August 30, 2018 30 Aug'18
Panzura tackles multi-cloud data management

Vizion.ai software as a service lets Panzura peer into customer data in on-premises and off-premises clouds to index, search, analyze and control it.
August 30, 2018 30 Aug'18
VMware takes NSX security to AWS workloads

VMware has brought NSX microsegmentation to workloads running on Amazon Web Services. Also, at VMworld 2018, VMware said NSX security is now enforceable on Arista switches.

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