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• July 18, 2024 18 Jul'24

  Aviatrix CEO pitches cloud networking to 'underserved buyer'

  Doug Merritt has been in the multi-cloud networking business for a year, but still draws on his experience as CEO of Splunk to steer Aviatrix toward a new phase of growth.

• July 18, 2024 18 Jul'24

  With Project Lightning, Dell to strike out in new directions

  Dell's Project Lightning is a parallel file system that will be tied to the vendor's AI Factory portfolio, but the promise of new hardware could also mean entry into new markets.

• July 18, 2024 18 Jul'24

  Cerabyte brings permanent storage to the U.S.

  Cerabyte increased its footprint in the U.S. with two new offices as it looks to go beyond the prototype stage for a potential commercialization in the coming years.

• July 16, 2024 16 Jul'24

  AI gateways emerge in response to governance concerns

  Enterprise IT investment is pouring into AI, but security and governance remain major stumbling blocks to production. Enter API gateway vendors eager to assist -- and cash in.

• July 10, 2024 10 Jul'24

  JetCool CEO on liquid cooling and the modern data center

  In this Q&A, JetCool's CEO talks about the growing interest in liquid cooling and how it's being used to divert heat away from compute so that bigger workloads can run consistently.

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• July 10, 2024 10 Jul'24

  IT ops pros grapple with glut of AI assistants

  After nearly two years of hype, it's still early for enterprise GenAI. That said, skepticism -- and outright pessimism -- have begun to emerge about AI assistants for IT automation.

• July 10, 2024 10 Jul'24

  Storj buys Valdi for cloud compute to bolster storage offers

  The acquisition brings Storj's distributed storage offerings together with Valdi's distributed compute services for high-performance workloads, including generative AI.

• July 03, 2024 03 Jul'24

  Cloud malware protection is a path to object cyberstorage

  Hyperscaler service offerings to detect or eliminate malware add features that analysts call cyberstorage to common object storage, a step toward improving security standards.

• June 28, 2024 28 Jun'24

  Lenovo expands AI offerings, liquid cooling

  Lenovo sets itself apart from others by offering configured AI products to speed deployment and shape direction, while also expanding liquid cooling to lower costs.

• June 27, 2024 27 Jun'24

  New Relic CEO sets observability strategy for the AI age

  Former Proofpoint CEO sets an AI-focused agenda, including an Nvidia partnership launched this week, while denying layoff rumors and speculation about a merger with Sumo Logic.

• June 26, 2024 26 Jun'24

  Broadcom faces challenges with latest VMware releases

  CIOs are taking a hard look at the VMware portfolio as the number of alternatives rises in the hybrid cloud infrastructure market.

• June 26, 2024 26 Jun'24

  Datadog DASH updates push into fresh IT automation turf

  A series of product updates at Datadog DASH broke out of the vendor's usual observability domain and into territory held by Atlassian, PagerDuty and others.

• June 25, 2024 25 Jun'24

  StorOne adds data protection, dynamic cross-media tiering

  StorOne adds cross-media tiering in a single volume to bring the same performance at lower costs, while adding a huge number of snapshots and anomaly detection.

• June 25, 2024 25 Jun'24

  JFrog buy bolsters MLOps combo with DevSecOps

  JFrog plans to meld AI/ML development with established DevSecOps pipelines through the acquisition of Qwak in a bid to help more enterprise AI apps reach production.

• June 19, 2024 19 Jun'24

  OpsRamp embraces automation for GenAI workloads

  In this Q&A, Varma Kunaparaju, HPE OpsRamp lead, talks about soon-to-come platform updates, which include GenAI capabilities and building trust for AI-driven automation.

• June 19, 2024 19 Jun'24

  SUSE Rancher gears up amid VMware-Broadcom 'feeding frenzy'

  SUSE Rancher bolsters its bid to capture users dissatisfied with Broadcom's changes to VMware with the acquisition of StackState and other updates to its Prime package.

• June 19, 2024 19 Jun'24

  Pure Storage adds AI and automation, extends SLAs

  Pure Storage is introducing new AI features, including a new copilot aimed at providing efficiency, ease of use and security, while expanding SLAs for data protection and recovery.

• June 18, 2024 18 Jun'24

  HPE GreenLake adds GenAI capabilities as on-premises PaaS

  HPE GreenLake debuts a new PaaS offering for enterprise GenAI development, co-created with Nvidia. HPE also updated OpsRamp and server hardware refreshes for AI workloads.

• June 18, 2024 18 Jun'24

  HPE to offer KVM virtualization for GreenLake private cloud

  HPE debuts its virtualization capability for HPE Private Cloud later this year as an integrated GreenLake alternative to third-party vendors such as VMware, Nutanix or Red Hat.

• June 18, 2024 18 Jun'24

  Datadobi adds analysis and dashboards to StorageMap

  Customers can now see where their critical data is, make a better representation of it and move it to where it is most effectively utilized.

• June 17, 2024 17 Jun'24

  Post-lawsuit, Splunk and Cribl meet again in data pipelines

  Weeks after a jury awarded Splunk $1 in its lawsuit against Cribl, the two vendors remain on a collision course, this time in the realm of data pipelines and federated analytics.

• June 17, 2024 17 Jun'24

  Open source security's systemic challenges

  In this installment of 'IT Ops Query,' Emily Fox talks about how reevaluating 50-year-old open source security practices could lead the community somewhere new.

• June 12, 2024 12 Jun'24

  New Cisco-Splunk observability roadmap details emerge

  Post-acquisition, Cisco puts Splunk's CEO in charge of its observability strategy and lays out the details of how Splunk Observability Cloud will replace its existing platform.

• June 12, 2024 12 Jun'24

  Hammerspace adds S3 interface to Global Data Platform

  Hammerspace adds the S3 interface to its parallel global file system, allowing object storage to talk directly to the software while bringing more efficient data use to compute.

• June 11, 2024 11 Jun'24

  StorMagic debuts HCI, hypervisor as VMware alternative

  StorMagic looks to court customers with smaller data centers for SMBs and the edge with SvHCI, a new VMware alternative with a KVM-based hypervisor and HCI capabilities.

• June 07, 2024 07 Jun'24

  WD unveils storage for AI framework alongside new drives

  As the focus for enterprise AI spreads beyond compute, Western Digital introduces a new SSD and HDD. It also released an AI framework that outlines what storage should be used when.

• June 07, 2024 07 Jun'24

  LTO tape shipments set another capacity record

  The capacity of LTO tape breaks records yet again in annual shipments, but it might be the increase in density more than new customers and use cases.

• June 07, 2024 07 Jun'24

  Cisco makes Splunk the center of observability

  Cisco is integrating Splunk, AppDynamics and ThousandEyes to create a critical differentiator in the observability market. Networking integration will come later.

• June 05, 2024 05 Jun'24

  Cisco commits to GenAI with HyperFabric, $1B fund

  Cisco partners with Nvidia on HyperFabric as customers try to understand how generative AI will help them manage their network infrastructure.

• June 03, 2024 03 Jun'24

  Be prepared for open source software risks

  Companies need to prepare for the risks and responsibilities of using open source software, according to Chainguard's Dan Lorenc. Nothing is ever completely free.

• May 31, 2024 31 May'24

  Hitachi Vantara VSP One adds new block storage

  Hitachi Vantara has added a new block storage appliance to its VSP One storage platform, expanding its aim in the midrange with a 150% performance increase over previous versions.

• May 30, 2024 30 May'24

  Dell exec looks back at history when considering AI's future

  In this Q&A, Dell's Matt Baker lays out how its AI Factory is designed for faster AI adoption, why there are so many chatbots and how AI might affect the workforce of the future.

• May 29, 2024 29 May'24

  JFrog-GitHub partnership eyes software supply chain security

  JFrog and GitHub released a set of focused integrations that provide better visibility across the software supply chain and advance the idea of 'EveryOps.'

• May 28, 2024 28 May'24

  Magical thinking puts open source maintenance in jeopardy

  Open source software maintenance is broken. Tobie Langel has a big picture idea for how to fix it, which he shares in this installment of IT Ops Query.

• May 23, 2024 23 May'24

  Nutanix partners with Dell and Cisco for HCI hardware offerings

  Partnerships with Dell Technologies and Cisco aim to help enterprises transition from VMware platform to Nutanix AHV hypervisor as new technologies strengthen vendor's portfolio.

• May 23, 2024 23 May'24

  Dell AI Factory curates AI tech for customers

  Dell showcased its AI Factory at Dell Technologies World 2024, and some early customers are already talking about the lift AI has given their businesses.

• May 22, 2024 22 May'24

  Infinidat arrays shift from Intel to AMD in new G4 line

  Infinidat's G4 storage line highlights a shift in architecture and customer focus. It's also adding a controller upgrade program as well as new data protection and cloud options.

• May 21, 2024 21 May'24

  Microsoft Visual Studio, Azure updates target AI developers

  Microsoft updates this week aim to address the struggles of early enterprise generative AI adopters that have stalled efforts to put pilot projects into real-world production.

• May 21, 2024 21 May'24

  IBM gives glimpse of HashiCorp plans with AIOps preview

  The idea that IBM's $6.5 billion deal for HashiCorp will change its open source stance has lost steam given plans to unite it with other proprietary tools under IBM Concert.

• May 20, 2024 20 May'24

  Dell refines AI factory, expands Nvidia partnership

  The Dell AI Factory took center stage at Dell Technologies World with new infrastructure additions, a broader AI ecosystem and an expanded partnership with Nvidia.

• May 20, 2024 20 May'24

  Dell revamps storage with PowerStore Prime

  Dell is combining programs and features into its main storage product PowerStore; this prime version brings higher performance, QLC and an Apex AI assistant.

• May 16, 2024 16 May'24

  Bruce Perens on software in a Post-Open world

  What comes after open source software? Bruce Perens shares his ideas on why open source as he first defined it has failed, and what a new paradigm could look like.

• May 15, 2024 15 May'24

  HPE updates Alletra MP, expands block storage to AWS

  HPE is refining its Alletra MP array along with its GreenLake block storage as it doubles capacity, increases lifecycle management and extends to AWS.

• May 14, 2024 14 May'24

  Microsoft handles 2 Windows zero-days on May Patch Tuesday

  In addition to the Windows vulnerabilities exploited in the wild, admins should focus on patching multiple flaws in web browsers from Google, Microsoft and Mozilla.

• May 14, 2024 14 May'24

  What Google Gemini AI updates mean for software developers

  Google's AI dev tools deliver natively multi-modal models that can process huge amounts of data more efficiently and affordably, making it easier to develop apps using AI.

• May 14, 2024 14 May'24

  VMware Cloud on AWS now sold exclusively by Broadcom

  Broadcom discontinues AWS as a reseller of VMware Cloud on AWS, further evidence that it wants hands-on control of how the VM technology is sold, supported and distributed.

• May 14, 2024 14 May'24

  Matt Garman to replace Adam Selipsky as AWS CEO

  Matt Garman will become the new CEO at AWS. He will replace Adam Selipsky, a tech veteran who came to the role when current Amazon CEO Andy Jassy took over for Jeff Bezos.

• May 14, 2024 14 May'24

  Spectra Logic, Geyser Data launch tape as a service

  Spectra Logic and Geyser Data are partnering to provide an as-a-service offering for tape, which gives customers access to tape storage in the cloud.

• May 14, 2024 14 May'24

  NetApp freshens storage hardware with AFF A-Series flash

  A new line of flash storage hardware focused on high availability and performance headlines NetApp's new offerings along with several storage software updates.

• May 13, 2024 13 May'24

  Startup partnerships at MIT Sloan event rev sales channels

  Early-stage companies featured at MIT Sloan's annual CIO event tap partners to speed up technology deployment and broaden their offerings and distribution channels.

• May 13, 2024 13 May'24

  The shortsightedness of open source business models

  Chef Software founder Adam Jacob on the struggle of getting an open source business model right and the licensing approach for his new venture, System Initiative.

• May 10, 2024 10 May'24

  Slow Ansible Lightspeed adoption might reflect AI qualms

  Customers with Ansible Lightspeed in pilots or production remain rare, as concerns about the risks of AI and the need to shore up a solid IT automation foundation prompt caution.

• May 09, 2024 09 May'24

  Red Hat CTO, Nvidia AI exec reveal joint LLMOps roadmap

  The company leaders discussed deepening integration between OpenShift AI and Nvidia NIMs, how they fit into RHEL AI and what's surprised them about AI growth so far.

• May 08, 2024 08 May'24

  Panasas embraces software-defined storage, rebrands as Vdura

  Panasas is now Vdura, a software-defined storage company that aims to make its cluster parallel file system work on a swath of storage media on premises and in the cloud.

• May 07, 2024 07 May'24

  Red Hat OpenShift AI links LLMs into hybrid cloud

  An extensively updated OpenShift AI will underpin RHEL AI and, if Red Hat has its way, enterprises' AI infrastructure from the edge to the public cloud.

• May 03, 2024 03 May'24

  Cloud campaign intensifies for Atlassian software products

  Atlassian plans to continue updating Data Center products, but accelerating cloud updates and migrations touted at Team '24 prompt questions about their long-term future.

• May 03, 2024 03 May'24

  New HPE array brings Cray storage to the data center

  The HPE Cray C500 delivers enough storage and performance for enterprise high-performance computing and AI workloads on-premises, and without the supercomputer price tag.

• May 03, 2024 03 May'24

  Weaveworks' lessons for open source business leaders

  Weaveworks CEO Alexis Richardson talks about the company's beginnings and ultimate end, and offers up some ideas on how to help the businesses of open source software succeed.

• May 01, 2024 01 May'24

  Atlassian Jira now a hub for knowledge management, AI tools

  Atlassian's raft of product updates at Team '24 spanned long-awaited product integrations and previews of AI automation updates, all of which advanced broader ambitions.

• May 01, 2024 01 May'24

  Amazon Bedrock users adapt app dev to GenAI

  Early adopters of Amazon Bedrock shared lessons learned about incorporating generative AI into software engineering workflows, from managing cloud costs to writing prompts.

• April 30, 2024 30 Apr'24

  Buoyant CEO on Linkerd's existential question

  Buoyant CEO William Morgan said project viability and long-term funding underpinned recent changes to Linkerd, problems other open source projects are likely to face.

• April 26, 2024 26 Apr'24

  IBM offers storage hardware subscription program

  IBM Storage Assurance offers a new subscription model centered around on-premises hardware, while FlashSystem 5300 introduces an entry-level all-flash array to the portfolio.

• April 26, 2024 26 Apr'24

  Open source software's tragedy of the commons

  Will open source software become a tragedy of the commons? Senior news writer Beth Pariseau and Sentry's Chad Whitacre take up the question.

• April 24, 2024 24 Apr'24

  Lenovo, AMD broaden AI options for customers

  Lenovo is expanding its partnership with AMD to bring more options for servers and HCI devices aimed at AI. It also launched an AI advisory and professional services offering for customers.

• April 24, 2024 24 Apr'24

  Experts: IBM buy could change HashiCorp open source equation

  IBM will buy HashiCorp for $6.5 billion, prompting speculation that being brought under the same roof as Red Hat could alter Hashi's open source trajectory.

• April 23, 2024 23 Apr'24

  Splunk-Cribl lawsuit yields mixed result for both companies

  Cribl did infringe on Splunk's copyright, a California jury found, but awarded damages of only $1. Both sides declared victory, and Splunk vowed to seek injunctive relief.

• April 19, 2024 19 Apr'24

  Cisco charts new security terrain with Hypershield

  Initially, Hypershield protects software, VMs and containerized applications running on Linux. Cisco's ambition is to eventually broaden its reach.

• April 19, 2024 19 Apr'24

  OpenTofu forges on with beta feature that drew HashiCorp ire

  Defying a HashiCorp cease and desist, OpenTofu 1.7 beta ships with the removed blocks feature and client-side state encryption support long sought by the Terraform community.

• April 18, 2024 18 Apr'24

  GitLab Duo plans harness growing interest in platform AI

  GitLab's next release will tie its Duo AI tools to the full DevSecOps pipeline in a bid to capitalize on increased interest in AI automation among platform engineers.

• April 18, 2024 18 Apr'24

  Cyber-resilient storage a final defense against ransomware

  Features to enhance storage cyber resiliency should be table stakes for buyers, experts say. But enhancements are needed to stave off ransomware attacks.

• April 18, 2024 18 Apr'24

  Hammerspace reaches everywhere with erasure coding

  Hammerspace has sped up its global file system everywhere it touches, even on white box hardware, with the addition of erasure coding technology it gained through an acquisition.

• April 17, 2024 17 Apr'24

  DHS funding breathes fresh life into SBOMs

  Protobom, now an OpenSSF sandbox project, is the first of multiple software supply chain security efforts funded under the Silicon Valley Innovation Program.

• April 16, 2024 16 Apr'24

  Dell partners with Intel, releases file storage for Azure

  With the recent Intel and Azure partnerships, Dell continues to expand its on-premises options for AI while expanding its Apex data file services in the cloud.

• April 12, 2024 12 Apr'24

  Vast Data namespace now reaches across GCP

  Vast partners with Google Cloud to provide customers with AI tools that can be used on premises or in the cloud. It also puts Vast in another place where AI workloads are running.

• April 11, 2024 11 Apr'24

  Storage, infrastructure downplayed at Google Cloud Next '24

  GenAI took center stage at Google Cloud Next, but a smattering of storage updates and an emphasis on AI workloads have some infrastructure experts curious about what's to come.

• April 09, 2024 09 Apr'24

  Microsoft corks Windows zero-day on April Patch Tuesday

  The company delivered one of its largest security update releases in recent years with a proxy driver spoofing vulnerability topping the patching priority list.

• April 09, 2024 09 Apr'24

  Storage vendors work with Nvidia to broaden AI portfolio

  Building a relationship with Nvidia is critical for storage vendors that want to support data on premises, and they showed up at GTC with partnership stories to tell.

• April 09, 2024 09 Apr'24

  New Google Gemini AI tie-ins dig into local codebases

  Google ties in its latest Gemini AI model with company-specific data in a new code assistant and Vertex AI updates that also anticipate a coming wave of AI agent development.

• April 09, 2024 09 Apr'24

  Wasabi adds AI video data tagging to object storage service

  Wasabi will soon launch a new service that uses AI and machine learning to search and tag video data. The capability stems from an acquisition the vendor made earlier this year.

• April 09, 2024 09 Apr'24

  Spectra Logic introduces new tape library, OS

  After more than 14 years, Spectra Logic is making changes to its long-running tape library and underlying OS. It's also unveiling a new tape offering to add to its portfolio.

• April 04, 2024 04 Apr'24

  JetBrains IDEs add local AI code completion

  JetBrains beats GitHub Copilot to an increasingly popular trend that circumvents copyright and data privacy concerns with cloud-based AI assistants.

• April 04, 2024 04 Apr'24

  Splunk-Cribl lawsuit over log management heads to trial

  A jury trial, in which Splunk now accuses Cribl of violating the terms of the Splunk Enterprise license and its partnership agreement, is scheduled to begin April 8.

• April 03, 2024 03 Apr'24

  Enterprise Kubernetes and container storage a work in progress

  Containers and Kubernetes have entirely different storage and backup needs compared with traditional IT, industry experts say, requiring stakeholder input and new vendor offerings.

• April 02, 2024 02 Apr'24

  GitHub Actions-hosted runners tie in Azure private networks

  Private network support is also planned for AWS and Google Cloud Platform, but industry watchers see a power play for Microsoft Azure in GitHub Actions updates this week.

• March 29, 2024 29 Mar'24

  What role does CXL play in AI? Depends on who you ask

  CXL has struggled to find its place in AI, given competing Nvidia components. But some argue the interconnect could help companies get the most out of their GPUs.

• March 22, 2024 22 Mar'24

  Nvidia partners, customers drive AI into data centers

  Nvidia and its partners are providing the tools and infrastructure to build and deploy AI applications that companies say could transform their businesses.

• March 22, 2024 22 Mar'24

  Sidecarless Istio Ambient Mesh clears cloud interop hurdle

  Istio's Ambient Mesh is now compatible with major cloud providers' managed Kubernetes services, available as an Amazon EKS add-on and slated for beta in the next release.

• March 21, 2024 21 Mar'24

  WEKApod appliance built for Nvidia GPUs a first for company

  Weka enters new territory with WEKApod, an appliance purpose-built for Nvidia DGX SuperPod. The offering is part of a major push from storage vendors vying to work with the GPU maker.

• March 19, 2024 19 Mar'24

  HashiCorp stock rises, users' hearts fall on sale report

  HashiCorp could be an enticing asset for a large IT vendor. But a sale wouldn't necessarily be great news for customers who value the neutrality of its cloud-native apps.

• March 19, 2024 19 Mar'24

  NetApp-Nvidia partner to add RAG capabilities to OnTap

  NetApp OnTap now enables data stored in the cloud and on premises to connect with LLMs via Nvidia's NeMo RAG -- a feature that will likely become table stakes for storage vendors.

• March 18, 2024 18 Mar'24

  DDN adds more performance to AI storage offering

  At Nvidia's GTC conference this week, DDN introduced its highest performing AI storage while supporting nearly all the GPU-as-a-service cloud providers.

• March 18, 2024 18 Mar'24

  Cisco lays out security, observability plans for Splunk

  Cisco disclosed broad integration plans for its $28 billion acquisition of Splunk, now officially closed, that will encompass AI, security, observability and networking.

• March 18, 2024 18 Mar'24

  GitOps users warned to patch 3 new Argo CD CVEs

  Three recently identified vulnerabilities, one designated high severity, now have fixes following a lengthy disclosure process and disagreements about their real-world risk.

• March 15, 2024 15 Mar'24

  CISA software supply chain security form omits SBOMs

  Federal suppliers now have a self-attestation deadline amid ongoing efforts to secure software supply chains. But SBOMs' spotlight is fading and big risks remain, experts said.

• March 14, 2024 14 Mar'24

  S3 features unveiled as Amazon reflects on object storage past

  Amazon introduced new features to its storage platform that increase speed and container options during a webinar today. It also looked back at S3's launch 18 years ago.

• March 13, 2024 13 Mar'24

  Vast Data, Nvidia collaborate on new AI architecture

  Vast Data is adding its OS to Nvidia hardware, freeing up GPUs to focus solely on AI workloads -- a new architecture that could potentially speed up processing.

• March 13, 2024 13 Mar'24

  Researchers warn devs of vulnerabilities in ChatGPT plugins

  OpenAI and two third-party providers fixed vulnerabilities in the experimental ChatGPT plugins framework, but Salt Security researchers caution devs that security risks persist.

• March 12, 2024 12 Mar'24

  March Patch Tuesday fixes critical Hyper-V vulnerabilities

  Microsoft also corrects a remote code execution flaw on Exchange Server and issues an advisory related to changes with an outdated file-scanning feature on the messaging platform.

• March 12, 2024 12 Mar'24

  Arista adds network change analysis to CloudVision

  Arista's CloudVision Universal Network Observability analyses network changes to assess their impact on applications and workloads, including those on virtualization platforms.

• March 12, 2024 12 Mar'24

  MinIO bolsters commercial storage with new console, firewall

  MinIO's Enterprise Object Store is aimed squarely at enterprises and reflects how object storage has evolved over the years, one analyst said.