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May 30, 2018 30 May'18
Pure Storage cloud plan gets warm reception from end users

Pure Storage made new FlashArray and FlashBlade all-flash systems generally available this week, emphasizing their role in moving data seamlessly between local and cloud storage.
May 30, 2018 30 May'18
Cato's network security feature on the hunt for threats

Cato Networks added a network security feature that detects and identifies threats within customer networks. The capability is built into Cato's SD-WAN platform, Cato Cloud.
May 30, 2018 30 May'18
Developers set to build AI for Accessibility apps

Developers will support Microsoft's $25 million push to get software makers to build apps that benefit disabled individuals.
May 29, 2018 29 May'18
Pure Storage software tooled up for containers, OpenShift, VMware

Pure Storage adds software for building, managing and protecting data in containers, clouds, VMs and on premises. Pure ES2 subscription offers a managed on-premises cloud.
May 25, 2018 25 May'18
Amazon Aurora backtrack: A time-travel weapon of last resort

AWS added a feature to its fastest-growing service that provides more granular response to catastrophic failures and faster recovery -- just hope you never need to use it.
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May 25, 2018 25 May'18
Chef InSpec users wrestle with compliance as code

Learning the ins and outs of the Chef InSpec product is only half the battle for compliance as code. The thornier task for some enterprises is to bridge the gap between compliance expertise and DevOps execution.
May 25, 2018 25 May'18
What makes networking automation so difficult?

Analysts focus on networking automation and the problems facing it, as well as gaming trends that could affect 5G deployment costs and debate questions surrounding the future of blockchain.
May 24, 2018 24 May'18
Red Hat Hyperconverged Infrastructure for Cloud launches

Red Hat expands its hyper-converged infrastructure lineup with a cloud offering that combines OpenStack and Ceph. The new option joins Gluster-based HCI for Virtualization.
May 24, 2018 24 May'18
ZertoCON 2018: IT resilience takes center stage

BOSTON – At the first ZertoCON in 2016, analyst John Morency said that "IT resilience" is becoming the new "disaster recovery." The concept at the time stressed continuous availability and ...
May 24, 2018 24 May'18
IDC, Cisco survey assesses future IT staffing needs

New IDC survey on digital transformation's effects on future IT staffing outline technology trends affecting IT hiring and 20 roles that emphasize need for expanded skill sets.
May 24, 2018 24 May'18
NetApp CEO: Dell EMC ‘years behind’ us on flash, cloud

NetApp CEO George Kurian says things have never been better for the storage vendor since he joined the company in 2011. Kurian maintains NetApp’s all-flash platform is a hit, it’s the first major ...
May 23, 2018 23 May'18
In a serverless architecture age, infrastructure still matters

Sorry, developers, but infrastructure still matters, even as serverless architectures and containers diminish its central role to build new applications.
May 23, 2018 23 May'18
Chef Automate 2.0 renews appeal to DevOps shops

Chef Automate 2.0 lays the groundwork for tighter integration between the IT automation software and third-party tools, as Chef stakes its claim in the DevOps gold rush.
May 23, 2018 23 May'18
HPE storage still on its Nimble high

Hewlett Packard Enterprise extended its impressive storage turnaround last quarter. For the second straight quarter, HPE storage revenue increased 24% year-over-year – jumping to $912 million for ...
May 23, 2018 23 May'18
Pure Storage all-flash revamp accelerates and consolidates

The Pure Accelerate conference kicks off with an NVMe-enabled FlashArray refresh and upgrades to all-flash Pure AIRI and FlashStack-Cisco UCS converged infrastructure for Oracle.
May 22, 2018 22 May'18
Plexxi buy bolsters HPE composable infrastructure strategy

HPE strengthened its composable infrastructure strategy with the acquisition of Plexxi, a startup that adds a networking element crucial to the company's success in that market.
May 22, 2018 22 May'18
Micron starts shipping denser QLC SSD to select customers

Micron and Intel unleash QLC NAND flash that can store 4 bits per cell. Micron starts shipping a 2.5-inch QLC enterprise SATA SSD to select customers and targets fall for general availability.
May 22, 2018 22 May'18
Pica8 wooing campus with white box network switch software

Pica8 is rolling out new white box network switch software aimed at campus and branch-office deployments in a bid to build a new market.
May 22, 2018 22 May'18
Pure Storage: flash is a means, not an end, to shared data

SAN FRANCISCO – Pure Storage will push the theme of a “data-centric architecture” at its annual Accelerate user conference that begins Wednesday. Data-centric architecture is Pure’s description for ...
May 21, 2018 21 May'18
Pavilion Data gets funded for NVMe-oF push

As all-flash array pioneer Pure Storage celebrates its $1 billion in annual revenues, two of its former executives are planning the next big thing in flash. Pavilion Data, whose CEO Gurpreet Singh ...
May 18, 2018 18 May'18
Google acquisition aims to simplify big data projects

Google Cloud analytics tools are well-regarded for their technology, but not necessarily for their ease of use. Google's acquisition of Cask Data could solve that shortcoming.
May 18, 2018 18 May'18
IT pros test out fresh crop of serverless monitoring tools

Serverless monitoring is still more of an art than a science, but tools that offer comprehensive insight into serverless infrastructure dependencies are in development.
May 17, 2018 17 May'18
Serverless infrastructure calls for updated IT ops expertise

IT ops participation is necessary for successful serverless infrastructure management, but operations pros will need to sharpen their skills in systems engineering and infrastructure as code.
May 17, 2018 17 May'18
Q3 Cisco financials show another uptick in sales, services

Cisco financials show a 4% boost in sales as Cisco records its second consecutive quarter of revenue growth and continues to embrace software services.
May 17, 2018 17 May'18
SN blogs: Is Arista making right move with campus switches?

Bloggers discuss Arista's new strategy to market campus switches, examine container security risks and ask the question of whether networking is a commodity.
May 16, 2018 16 May'18
Quest hopes NetVault Backup 12 can vault into enterprise

While Veeam Software uses its VeeamON user conference this week to further its push into the enterprise, Quest Software is making its own attempt to go the same route with its NetVault Backup. ...
May 16, 2018 16 May'18
EC2 features geared toward modest enterprise adoption

AWS infrastructure services now offer more VM control, licensing flexibility and a price cut -- all part of its plan to lure coveted enterprise customers.
May 15, 2018 15 May'18
VeeamON 2018: Beyond availability and data protection

CHICAGO – Veeam unveiled a copy data management feature at its VeeamON 2018 user conference Tuesday as part of its newly branded Hyper-Availability Platform. Veeam DataLabs, part of the vendor's ...
May 15, 2018 15 May'18
Serverless deployment lifts enterprise DevOps velocity

Mainstream companies see mounting demand for serverless deployments for their new apps, but for existing apps, it's another story.
May 15, 2018 15 May'18
Red Hat 3scale 2.2 aligns API management, open source drive

Red Hat recently previewed features for its on-premises API management product, 3scale 2.2, as well as a management initiative that fosters automation.
May 15, 2018 15 May'18
Server maker IXsystems sets sail with new TrueNAS flagship

The vendor claims shipments of its storage systems recently surpassed an exabyte of combined capacity. TrueNAS M-Series is a new high-end system with DRAM, NVDIMM and NVMe.
May 15, 2018 15 May'18
HPE to acquire hyper-converged networking company Plexxi

Plexxi bolstered its hyper-converged networking fabric to further support VMware vSAN and NSX amid the news of HPE's acquisition intent.
May 15, 2018 15 May'18
Red Hat Virtualization 4.2 updates include UI and DR enhancements

The latest updates to Red Hat's virtualization platform enhance enterprise-grade features. But despite improvements, it's still not a VMware killer.
May 14, 2018 14 May'18
Google buys Velostrata to take the lead on cloud migrations

The latest Google acquisition is all about the enterprise market, as it aims to fold in Velostrata to ease the transition from private data centers to its public cloud.
May 14, 2018 14 May'18
Updated IBM storage products focus on cost savings and cloud

IBM storage enhancements focus on data deduplication expansion, cloud-based Storage Insights, VM-based Spectrum NAS and Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud.
May 11, 2018 11 May'18
Network disaggregation key topic at Dell event

Analysts focus on Dell's embrace of network disaggregation, how Google is narrowing the gap between human and machine and whether virtual appliances are ready for prime time.
May 11, 2018 11 May'18
Nutanix combines SDN, microsegmentation in Nutanix Flow

With the availability of Nutanix Flow, the HCI vendor merges SDN and microsegmentation to incorporate networking capabilities in its hyper-converged infrastructure stack.
May 11, 2018 11 May'18
ServiceNow positions Now Platform as workflow engine

ServiceNow made a move to become a major player in the DevOps market by gearing up its Now Platform as a workflow engine that creates cloud-based applications quickly.
May 11, 2018 11 May'18
OwnBackup GDPR features seek to aid compliance

With two weeks to go before the compliance deadline for the General Data Protection Regulation, cloud-to-cloud backup vendor OwnBackup is helping its customers prepare for the comprehensive set of ...
May 10, 2018 10 May'18
ServiceNow Virtual Agent looks to bolster AI strategy

ServiceNow's Virtual Agent technology is designed to automate routine IT tasks and free users and IT workers to focus on more important tasks.
May 10, 2018 10 May'18
Hitachi VSP boosts performance and analytics

Hitachi Vantara outfits new Virtual Storage Platform models with more and faster processors and memory, adds midrange arrays, but makes no NVMe promises yet.
May 10, 2018 10 May'18
Nutanix .NEXT 2018: CEO Pandey talks Xi, Cisco, multi-cloud

Nutanix CEO Dheeraj Pandey discusses why Xi Cloud Services are taking so long to deliver, blames Nutanix No. 1 HCI market share loss on 'funky accounting.'
May 09, 2018 09 May'18
Red Hat OpenShift tie-ups target hybrid cloud portability

Partnerships with major cloud providers help position Red Hat OpenShift as a hybrid cloud management platform that customers hope can solve lock-in troubles.
May 09, 2018 09 May'18
Azure Cosmos DB flexes joints for multiple data stores

Microsoft added multi-master write replication and more granular cost controls to Cosmos DB to cover the broadest number of uses in the hotly competitive managed database market.
May 09, 2018 09 May'18
Microsoft showcases Azure DevOps Project enhancements

Microsoft continues to reach out to developers with an updated tool to help them configure a DevOps pipeline and connect it to the cloud, regardless of the app dev platform.
May 09, 2018 09 May'18
New Arista campus switches aim to simplify designs

The Arista campus switches are an effort by the company to target enterprises with the same set of features used by large data centers and carriers.
May 09, 2018 09 May'18
Telefonica uses Nuage Networks to software-define data centers

Following Telefonica's existing Nuage Networks' SD-WAN deployment, the service provider announced it's in the process of using Nuage to deploy software-defined data centers.
May 09, 2018 09 May'18
Nutanix Flow, Beam, Era highlight .NEXT 2018 launches

Nutanix uses small acquisitions to fuel further expansion of its core HCI into an enterprise cloud OS with Flow, Era and Beam, which were announced at the Nutanix .NEXT 2018.
May 08, 2018 08 May'18
Zero-day exploits resolved by Microsoft on May Patch Tuesday

Microsoft resolved two zero-day exploits and two public disclosures, amid more than 65 exploits affecting operating systems, browsers and Microsoft Office this May Patch Tuesday.
May 08, 2018 08 May'18
APM strikes back in Kubernetes monitoring wars

New Relic and AppDynamics up the ante on Prometheus with dashboards that display Kubernetes time-series data, and monitoring alerts that sync with IT automation tools.
May 08, 2018 08 May'18
Google tips open source cloud tools so customers can be free

Three new tools illustrate Google's strategic approach to its cloud platform customers and echo an old proverb: Set them free, so they can return and stay.
May 08, 2018 08 May'18
NetApp NVMe AFF array plays capacity tune for AI listeners

NetApp pumps out an NVMe-ready All Flash FAS array with 30 TB Samsung drives and 700 TB of usable storage. SAN users can upgrade to FC over NVMe on select OnTap systems.
May 08, 2018 08 May'18
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform adds CoreOS automation

Red Hat plans to swiftly integrate technology recently acquired from CoreOS into its current product line, but the CoreOS name will stick around.
May 08, 2018 08 May'18
Azure IoT Edge tool set stirs AI into Microsoft's cloud

Microsoft extended more of its AI capabilities to connected devices to resolve some of the IoT shortcomings of the public cloud's consolidated data center model.
May 07, 2018 07 May'18
All-flash and hybrid HPE Nimble Storage arrays get updates

HPE enhances its Nimble all-flash arrays with support for NVMe and storage-class memory. Additionally, the vendor collapses its hybrid systems into one product line featuring deduplication.
May 04, 2018 04 May'18
Dell HCI, server upgrades flex hardware muscle for software plans

Upgrades to Dell's high-end PowerEdge servers, along with HCI servers to run machine learning workloads, illustrate the company's balancing act to address corporate users' needs for server hardware and hybrid cloud.
May 04, 2018 04 May'18
Cisco and CoreOS Kubernetes integrations swell IT buyer choices

Cisco and CoreOS added to a growing number of Kubernetes integration options, prompting enterprise IT buyers to consider whether they should rely on one vendor or take on heavy lifting themselves.
May 04, 2018 04 May'18
Verizon SDN used to manage legacy Cisco, Juniper routers

Verizon has built a software-defined networking controller for its legacy routers. The Verizon SDN technology is being used on Cisco and Juniper hardware delivering Ethernet services.
May 03, 2018 03 May'18
C3 IoT simplifies AI and IoT app development

The C3 IoT low-code development platform helps developers of all skill levels build AI and other next-generation applications without having to write any code.
May 03, 2018 03 May'18
Google gVisor serves up container security isolation

There are other VM-like approaches for container security isolation, but Google's Kubernetes cred could make its gVisor a multi-cloud standard for security-sensitive enterprise apps.
May 03, 2018 03 May'18
Why hybrid cloud data protection is so crucial

This week's roundup of analyst musings includes discussions about the importance of hybrid cloud data protection and whether it's beneficial to strike a work-life balance.
May 03, 2018 03 May'18
Enterprises move from SD-WAN testing to deployment, IHS says

Enterprises are undergoing SD-WAN testing to gauge how the technology can offer better WAN control, IHS Markit says. Also, OPNFV releases Fraser to support cloud-native applications.
May 03, 2018 03 May'18
Dell EMC midrange storage keeps its overlapping arrays

Dell EMC plans to keep overlapping midrange storage for now. Dell Technologies World 2018 rollouts included CloudIQ analytics and Isilon SaaS beta with Google Cloud Platform.
May 02, 2018 02 May'18
Virtual Instruments VirtualWisdom 5.6 enhances Cisco support

Virtual Instruments shows off newly integrated Cisco SAN Telemetry Streaming and AppDynamics technology and troubleshooting improvements in its VirtualWisdom 5.6 tool.
May 02, 2018 02 May'18
NSX networking update unifies branch, data center, cloud

VMware is using its VeloCloud SD-WAN to extend NSX networking to the branch. The move makes NSX the unifier of branch, data center and cloud networking.
May 02, 2018 02 May'18
'Software-defined' Dell EMC HCI gets hardware boost

Dell EMC VxRail customers discuss their use of the HCI platform inside and outside the data center; platform moves to faster 14th gen PowerEdge servers powered by NVMe flash.
May 01, 2018 01 May'18
Dell EMC all-flash PowerMax replaces VMAX, injects NVMe

Dell EMC rebrands its high-end, all-flash VMAX system as PowerMax, which is packed with NVMe flash and inline data reduction. A single system scales to 4 PB, with an onboard AI tiering engine.
May 01, 2018 01 May'18
VMware NSX portfolio aims to unify local and cloud workloads

VMware's NSX strategy aims to help enterprises stitch together data centers and cloud environments, though it could be overkill for IT shops with simpler needs that are more specific.
April 30, 2018 30 Apr'18
New DataCore CEO looks to MaxParallel to drive expansion

DataCore CEO Dave Zabrowski takes the reins from founder George Teixeira as the company works to use MaxParallel product to go beyond storage to the software-defined data center.
April 30, 2018 30 Apr'18
AWS Lambda features rev Node.js support

Breathe easier, serverless application developers -- your lengthy wait is over, with AWS Lambda's added support for a newer Node.js runtime After a year's wait, AWS developers can now use Node.js ...
April 27, 2018 27 Apr'18
Big Switch offers analytics, recording with packet broker

Big Switch has added value to its network packet broker with the introduction of analytics and recording nodes. The new products are sold as add-ons to Big Monitoring Fabric.
April 27, 2018 27 Apr'18
Tufin Orca automates security for containers and microservices

Tufin's policy-based security automation tool fortifies DevOps environments, as it integrates with CI/CD tools, scans for threats, and secures containers and microservices.
April 27, 2018 27 Apr'18
AWS blockchain template a response to market demand

AWS was lukewarm on blockchain until recently, but customer demand might have pushed the cloud provider to change its tune and offer some entry-level templates.
April 26, 2018 26 Apr'18
Juniper battles Cisco, VMware with Contrail cloud tools

Juniper plans to release the first iteration of its Contrail cloud tools in June. Contrail Enterprise Multicloud will compete in cloud networking with Cisco ACI and VMware NSX.
April 26, 2018 26 Apr'18
New Red Hat Storage One bundles hardware, SDS

Red Hat partners with Supermicro on first turnkey storage package, bundling Gluster Storage software, server hardware and support at one price in a single SKU.
April 26, 2018 26 Apr'18
Is programmable infrastructure ready for prime time in networking?

In this week's networking blog roundup, analysts examine whether programmable infrastructure is now a thing, what would make a good AI tool and what's wrong with telcos.
April 26, 2018 26 Apr'18
Cloud Foundry users grapple with stateful cloud-native apps

Cloud Foundry shops can refactor stateless apps according to cloud-native principles, but would like to bring stateful applications on board as well.
April 26, 2018 26 Apr'18
Cisco MDS FC Director switches expand with eye on NVMe

Networking giant Cisco adds two MDS FC Director switches for small and medium-sized businesses. The vendor said it wants to speed transition to 32 Gbps FC for NVMe flash.
April 26, 2018 26 Apr'18
GDPR compliance requirements don't come cheap

GDPR has more teeth than any previous data privacy directive, but that looming threat hasn't motivated many companies to get their audit trail in order.
April 25, 2018 25 Apr'18
Unitrends VMware backup takes swipe at Veeam

The Unitrends VMware backup product that launched today is going directly after one of the data protection vendor's major competitors. VM Backup Essentials (vBE) converges many features the vendor ...
April 25, 2018 25 Apr'18
2018 ONUG conference to tackle IT disruption, building blocks

With the spring 2018 ONUG conference coming up on May 8 to 9, Nick Lippis, ONUG co-founder, discusses how IT teams are facing disruption from technologies like the cloud and SD-WAN.
April 25, 2018 25 Apr'18
Dell EMC storage strategy talk buzzes Dell Tech World

Dell EMC World is no more. The combined vendor has renamed its annual user summit Dell Tech World, where data storage product upgrades will touch flash, HCI and software-defined.
April 25, 2018 25 Apr'18
Cohesity CloudSpin serves up test/dev data

Converged secondary storage vendor Cohesity brings copy data management into the cloud for DevOps with CloudSpin and public cloud snapshot API integration.
April 24, 2018 24 Apr'18
New Accedian SkyLIGHT PVX has root-cause analytics

Accedian Networks has launched its first product from the Performance Vision acquisition. SkyLIGHT PVX includes network monitoring, plus root-cause analytics and remediation.
April 24, 2018 24 Apr'18
CF community debates Cloud Foundry and Kubernetes integration

Cloud Foundry PaaS and Kubernetes container orchestration each appeal to DevOps shops, and users want consolidation, as the two camps continue to negotiate.
April 23, 2018 23 Apr'18
Morro Data adds replication, Azure Active Directory support

Startup Morro targets SMB customers with a CloudNAS 3.0 file storage update that adds replication capabilities and support for Microsoft's Azure Active Directory.
April 20, 2018 20 Apr'18
Router security options advised following U.S. hacker alert

A rare government alert that Russian hackers are targeting routers in the United States and the United Kingdom has security experts debating router security options.
April 20, 2018 20 Apr'18
Cloud Foundry PaaS shops hone software delivery process

Enterprises that have deployed Cloud Foundry platform as a service found it catalyzed new thinking about the application delivery process and other organizational practices.
April 20, 2018 20 Apr'18
8base targets blockchain for no-code app development

The popularity of blockchain and demand for blockchain applications has spurred the creation of a no-code application development platform for building blockchain apps.
April 19, 2018 19 Apr'18
128 Technology delivers routing software, SD-WAN on white box

128 Technology integrated its routing software and SD-WAN capabilities with white box CPEs from Lanner. Arrow Electronics will preconfigure the software onto the CPEs.
April 19, 2018 19 Apr'18
Blockchain technology use in networking? Not so fast

Blockchain technology use has little value in networking, according to one IT analyst. Analysts also examine IoT security and what might happen to AI if disasters occur.
April 18, 2018 18 Apr'18
Microsoft takes holistic approach to IoT security concerns

Azure Sphere extends security from the cloud to the device. It's the most holistic approach on the market and provides another example of Microsoft abandoning its insular past.
April 18, 2018 18 Apr'18
Cisco DNA Center gets access to more IoT devices

Cisco DNA Center can now access an additional 620 IoT device profiles. Cisco also introduced this week a couple of Catalyst 9500 switches, including one with 100 GbE ports.
April 18, 2018 18 Apr'18
VxRack Flex at the center of Medicity's SaaS cloud

Hungry for power, healthcare SaaS provider Medicity installed Dell EMC VxRack Flex rack-scale HCI for private cloud to store petabytes of data for its customer network.
April 18, 2018 18 Apr'18
Storage sales make IBM blue

After four straight quarters of growth, IBM storage hardware revenue crashed in the first quarter of 2018. IBM reported a 15% decline in storage hardware revenue, a drop that dragged the entire ...
April 18, 2018 18 Apr'18
Failure to secure open source code spurs DevSecOps boom

A survey of over 2,000 IT pros shows that fear of data breaches is increasing investments in DevSecOps tools, particularly automated security tools and oversight of open source software.
April 17, 2018 17 Apr'18
Docker vs. Mesosphere battleground shifts focus to Kubernetes

Kubernetes integrations in Docker and Mesosphere are generally available, vying for enterprise attention with a focus on ease of use.
April 17, 2018 17 Apr'18
Three laws of IoT connectivity govern AWS' strategy

The growth and proliferation of connected sensors has drawn AWS headlong into the IoT market. And a recent keynote speech provided clues as to how the cloud provider shapes its tools to manage ...
April 17, 2018 17 Apr'18
VMware pulls vSAN 6.7 deeper into vSphere

By giving the vSAN 6.7 release more of a vSphere look and common management, VMware hopes to lure more of its customers to use its hyper-converged storage software.
April 17, 2018 17 Apr'18
Scality Rings up $60 million funding round

With a fresh $60 million in funding, Scality CEO Jerome Lecat said he expects the object storage vendor to become profitable within two years. Scality, which launched its Ring object storage in ...

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