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• August 14, 2023 14 Aug'23

  Cisco acquisitions target mostly ThousandEyes, Cloud Security

  Cisco has made nine acquisitions this year, with all but two focused on improving internet monitor ThousandEyes as well as security manager and policy administrator Security Cloud.

• August 11, 2023 11 Aug'23

  MemVerge, XConn, Samsung, H3 unite to show benefits of CXL

  Four vendors combine technologies to demonstrate CXL memory pooling at the Flash Memory Summit and tout its benefits to use cases like generative AI.

• August 11, 2023 11 Aug'23

  HashiCorp open source change targets competitors

  HashiCorp moves to a Business Source License for all its future product releases that prohibits use for commercial purposes, renewing questions about open core business models.

• August 10, 2023 10 Aug'23

  The long wait for CHIPS Act money just got a little longer

  Swamped by applications from more than 400 chip manufacturers hoping to get CHIPS Act money, government officials have pushed back the delivery of those funds to year's end.

• August 10, 2023 10 Aug'23

  AWS adds vaulting, multi-cloud services at Storage Day

  The hyperscaler introduced new features and services to AWS including an air-gapped cyber vault service and support for multi-cloud at its annual storage event.

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• August 09, 2023 09 Aug'23

  Several Exchange Server flaws fixed on August Patch Tuesday

  Microsoft addresses 74 vulnerabilities this month with the on-premises email server platform returning to the spotlight with corrections to close six security holes.

• August 08, 2023 08 Aug'23

  Vast Data sets sights on analytics, AI

  Vast Data expands on its primary storage origin story, adding database management options and targeting analytics, all with an eye on AI workloads.

• August 07, 2023 07 Aug'23

  SDI swaps Cisco wired, wireless LAN for Nile NaaS

  Supply chain software maker SDI claims it cut LAN costs by a third with Nile. But Gartner says NaaS is unlikely to become a dominant option for on-premises networking.

• August 03, 2023 03 Aug'23

  IT pros mull observability tools, devx and generative AI

  Observability as a common language for both developers and operations teams still has plenty of room for improvement in the era of platform engineering, according to experts.

• August 01, 2023 01 Aug'23

  Experts expect Sumo Logic match post-New Relic acquisition

  New Relic and Sumo Logic were both taken private by the same firm, as consolidation -- and attrition -- continues among observability tools.

• August 01, 2023 01 Aug'23

  Vast Data looks beyond storage to the data lakehouse

  Vast Data, a storage software vendor, introduces a new data management platform that unites its software capabilities into a platform.

• July 31, 2023 31 Jul'23

  Enterprises rework log analytics to cut observability costs

  Organizations such as Netflix could be a harbinger of an observability cost crisis, where monitoring cloud-native apps comprises an untenable portion of operational costs.

• July 27, 2023 27 Jul'23

  Industry tackles observability's data management problems

  Enterprises and the vendors they buy from have begun to fundamentally rethink data management for observability, including a new startup with close ties to Cisco.

• July 21, 2023 21 Jul'23

  For hybrid, on-prem storage, containers need fresh approach

  Organizations want the flexibility of containers and the reliability of legacy storage. IT experts weigh in on how IT built for different eras can -- and needs to -- work together.

• July 21, 2023 21 Jul'23

  Postman API platform will use Akita to tame rogue endpoints

  Akita's discovery and observability will feed undocumented APIs into Postman's design and testing framework to bring them into the enterprise governance fold.

• July 20, 2023 20 Jul'23

  Dell Moogsoft AIOps buy could start filling gaps post-VMware

  Dell's purchase of Moogsoft this week could help it regain some enterprise software appeal it lost when it spun out VMware. But the future is unclear for Moogsoft users.

• July 20, 2023 20 Jul'23

  GitHub Copilot Chat aims to replace Googling for devs

  GitHub's public beta of Copilot Chat rolls out GPT-4 integration that embeds a chat assistant into Visual Studio, but concerns about AI linger for some developers.

• July 19, 2023 19 Jul'23

  Chainguard automates SBOMs, but has Images-based agenda

  Container images, that is. Chainguard Enforce now automates SBOMs, but execs and an early customer say they aren't the ultimate answer to software supply chain security.

• July 18, 2023 18 Jul'23

  Splunk AI update adds specialized models for SecOps tasks

  Splunk AI updates this week included specialized models for SecOps that detect and automatically respond to common issues such as DNS exfiltration and suspicious processes.

• July 18, 2023 18 Jul'23

  Microsoft Sentinel, Nasuni stand watch over cloud storage

  A new integration between Microsoft Sentinel and Nasuni enables visibility into data compromises or other issues logged by the storage vendor through the SIEM console.

• July 14, 2023 14 Jul'23

  IOTech Edge Connect frees data from factory floor devices

  IOTech designed Edge Connect to collect data from operational technology and send it to IT systems that monitor and control devices in manufacturing and other industries.

• July 13, 2023 13 Jul'23

  DreamWorks Animation taps NetApp in transition to cloud

  DreamWorks Animation built a microservices-focused hybrid storage architecture by combining NetApp flash storage and software with Microsoft Azure cloud services.

• July 13, 2023 13 Jul'23

  RHEL users question Red Hat's reliance on CentOS Stream

  Despite criticism from developers, Red Hat continues its commitment to CentOS as the delivery vehicle for RHEL, believing it benefits open source developers in the long run.

• July 12, 2023 12 Jul'23

  Storage in space? The data's already there

  As research and businesses become more established in space, data storage needs are growing. Vendors are building for the otherworldly conditions and keeping an eye on the moon.

• July 11, 2023 11 Jul'23

  Microsoft repairs 5 zero-days for July Patch Tuesday

  The company addressed 130 vulnerabilities and provided additional instructions to fully resolve several bugs, which will require extra attention from IT this month.

• July 07, 2023 07 Jul'23

  Prices for cloud infrastructure soar 30%

  Tough macroeconomic conditions as well as high average selling prices for cloud computing and storage servers have forced enterprises to spend less on private cloud infrastructure.

• June 30, 2023 30 Jun'23

  Prosimo offers free multi-cloud connectivity

  The new MCN Foundation can find and connect to public clouds and provide visibility. The company's full-stack product powers the limited free version.

• June 29, 2023 29 Jun'23

  Cisco to add SamKnows broadband visibility to ThousandEyes

  SamKnows data in ThousandEyes will let enterprises monitor the broadband connections of employees working from home. The information can help companies troubleshoot problems.

• June 29, 2023 29 Jun'23

  Cued by breach postmortems, fintech refines zero trust

  In a quest to continuously improve, Mercury's security leader takes inspiration from other companies' lessons learned, then updates tools and practices accordingly.

• June 28, 2023 28 Jun'23

  Banks dump Terraform for Crossplane infrastructure as code

  Two EU banks favor Crossplane's reconciliation approach over Terraform's dependency graph, saying the former hastens deployments -- with a few migration caveats.

• June 28, 2023 28 Jun'23

  Refining HPE GreenLake as it sets its sights on everything

  HPE's Bryan Thompson talks about how HPE GreenLake has become synonymous with the brand, and looks to its future and how the platform will meet customers' specific needs.

• June 28, 2023 28 Jun'23

  NetApp adds backup and offline capabilities to BlueXP

  BlueXP, NetApp's cloud console for managing its SaaS and hardware, gains new backup capabilities, including Oracle databases and access to an offline version.

• June 27, 2023 27 Jun'23

  HashiCorp Vault to expand in DevSecOps with BluBracket buy

  HashiCorp expands Vault's focus to include DevSecOps with the acquisition of a secrets scanning startup, setting the stage for a potential showdown with Microsoft and GitHub.

• June 27, 2023 27 Jun'23

  New AWS service targets data security, genAI feature to come

  The cloud provider's new service helps employees within organizations be more productive while securing their work. The vendor will add a generative AI feature in the future.

• June 26, 2023 26 Jun'23

  IBM aims to reduce cloud costs with $4.6B Apptio acquisition

  Apptio fills FinOps holes in IBM Turbonomic, providing a tool to help organizations make IT budgeting decisions based on their business objectives.

• June 26, 2023 26 Jun'23

  HPE GreenLake exec: It's always the year of storage

  In this Q&A, HPE's Omer Asad talks about HPE GreenLake's transformation into an on-premises hyperscaler and the importance of both storage hardware and the abstraction of it.

• June 26, 2023 26 Jun'23

  HPE customers move to embrace hybrid cloud by design

  Hybrid clouds are often a reaction to problems. The Dallas Cowboys, Texas Children's Hospital and Experian turned to HPE GreenLake ahead of -- rather than in response to -- issues.

• June 22, 2023 22 Jun'23

  Distributed blockchain storage survives Web3 hype

  Storage vendors selling distributed blockchain storage continue to make an enterprise pitch for Web3 technology, despite a wary market following the Web3 hype cycle.

• June 22, 2023 22 Jun'23

  Cisco acquires Accedian for Network Assurance portfolio

  Cisco expects Accedian to bolster its Network Assurance portfolio for service providers. The product line provides network troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and remediation.

• June 21, 2023 21 Jun'23

  Western Canada Lottery bets on HPE Alletra MP storage

  When its old infrastructure needed an upgrade, Western Canada Lottery went all in with GreenLake and HPE Alletra storage.

• June 21, 2023 21 Jun'23

  Retail companies gain DORA metrics ROI from specialist tools

  DORA metrics and other measures of engineering efficiency are popping up in add-ons to existing DevOps tools. But third-party vendors added more value for Puma and Sensormatic.

• June 21, 2023 21 Jun'23

  Chef founder's new venture: IT infrastructure digital twins

  System Initiative, out in private beta this week, visualizes complex IT environments in digital simulations where users can test updates before real-world deployments.

• June 20, 2023 20 Jun'23

  HPE GreenLake expands further into AWS, VMware clouds

  Updates to GreenLake services and new partnerships allow customers to integrate more AWS and VMware public cloud workloads into HPE's private cloud.

• June 20, 2023 20 Jun'23

  HPE GreenLake private cloud gets self-managed, pre-deployed

  At HPE Discover 2023, the vendor introduced new container support, a lower-tier private cloud and easier deployment at colocation data centers.

• June 19, 2023 19 Jun'23

  United Airlines clears CI/CD pipelines for takeoff

  In an industry heavily affected by pandemic disruptions, United Airlines brought in a new orchestration tool to navigate fluctuating software delivery requirements.

• June 15, 2023 15 Jun'23

  CISA SBOM standards efforts stymied by confusion, inertia

  Efforts to establish SBOM standards and guidance have progressed, but unanswered questions persist -- including how the federal government plans to enforce its own requirements.

• June 14, 2023 14 Jun'23

  HashiCorp Vault trims SaaS; Boundary hooks up Enterprise

  HashiCorp Vault's appeal to a broader field of users gets a boost from a new entry-level cloud service, while a new Boundary Enterprise targets the high end of the market.

• June 14, 2023 14 Jun'23

  Pure takes aim at HDDs with FlashArray for colder storage

  Pure Storage added a new, cost-efficient model to its FlashArray line expanding potential uses cases. It's also rolling out new controller upgrades and data protection SLAs.

• June 14, 2023 14 Jun'23

  June Patch Tuesday settles two Exchange Server bugs

  Microsoft's plans for upcoming security hardening in Kerberos and Netlogon protocols will have admins busy with testing over the next several weeks.

• June 13, 2023 13 Jun'23

  AWS shuffles DevSecOps deck with CodeGuru Security SAST

  A new DevSecOps service links AWS security code scanning to third-party pipeline tools, potentially a shot at GitHub Copilot that increases overlap with AWS SAST partners.

• June 13, 2023 13 Jun'23

  Ctera's Ransom Protect update helps guard file system

  A new update to Ctera's file gateway offering adds ransomware protection into the file system itself, protecting data with AI-powered detection and alerts.

• June 13, 2023 13 Jun'23

  VergeIO's new IOfortify halts ransomware spread

  Diminutive snapshots, a new alert system and code improvements empower the software of HCI vendor VergeIO against ransomware attacks in its latest release.

• June 08, 2023 08 Jun'23

  Sysdig CNAPP runtime threat detection wins over BigCommerce

  Sysdig's fast, comprehensive data collection, now part of a larger CNAPP product, sealed the deal with the e-commerce company. Next, it might replace vulnerability management tools.

• June 06, 2023 06 Jun'23

  Free Atlassian Jira DevSecOps tab opens doors to expansion

  Vulnerability management data from Atlassian partners surfaces in a new Security in Jira tab for cloud customers, setting the stage for a potential DevSecOps expansion.

• June 06, 2023 06 Jun'23

  Cisco releases plans for Networking Cloud

  Cisco's introduction of Networking Cloud lacked technical details and delivery dates for the high-level console for accessing all the company's network management platforms.

• June 05, 2023 05 Jun'23

  Atlassian cloud preps threat tool as security boss departs

  Atlassian Beacon shores up cloud security as it adds transparency around security issues, but the chief trust officer role at the company is also changing hands.

• June 02, 2023 02 Jun'23

  LTO tape shipments continued to grow in 2022

  Driven by data growth and the uptick in ransomware, tape continues to excel as a storage medium despite newer kids on the block. Experts don't see that trend ending anytime soon.

• June 01, 2023 01 Jun'23

  Google interconnects with rival cloud providers

  Video platform provider Pexip said Google's Cross-Cloud Interconnect reduced the cost of connecting Google Cloud with Microsoft Azure by eliminating other products.

• May 25, 2023 25 May'23

  AI and automation take center stage at AnsibleFest 2023

  Amid excitement around the possibilities raised by AI and automation, experts at Red Hat Summit and AnsibleFest 2023 highlighted the importance of trust and responsibility.

• May 25, 2023 25 May'23

  Infinidat goes hybrid, adds cyber detection

  Infinidat introduces a cloud OS, expanding its storage capabilities to the hybrid cloud, and adds cyber detection for advanced data protection to primary storage.

• May 25, 2023 25 May'23

  Now a DevOps platform, OpenShift ups value -- and complexity

  Red Hat raises OpenShift's profile as a DevOps platform with software supply chain security but faces questions about networking strategy and observability staff departures.

• May 24, 2023 24 May'23

  Event-Driven Ansible early adopters share lessons learned

  Beta testers of the new Event-Driven Ansible tool from Red Hat said expanding automation and moving toward self-healing systems requires fresh skills and organizational shifts.

• May 23, 2023 23 May'23

  Ansible Lightspeed leads Red Hat generative AI agenda

  Red Hat leans on IBM's expertise in training Watson Code Assistant to write Ansible playbooks, as worries linger about AI-generated code risks and rivals hold a strong lead.

• May 23, 2023 23 May'23

  Dell takes edge deployment from the frontier to NativeEdge

  At Dell Tech World, the vendor seeks to simplify deploying and managing up to thousands of edge devices in various locations, as Project Frontier becomes Dell NativeEdge.

• May 22, 2023 22 May'23

  NetApp rolls out new ASA block storage, recovery guarantee

  NetApp's latest update includes a new line of all-flash SAN, an expansion of its OnTap software to all storage systems and a ransomware recovery guarantee.

• May 22, 2023 22 May'23

  Dell finds storage Apex of Project Alpine

  Storage and cloud products developed under Dell Technologies' Project Alpine emerge for Dell Apex, including storage platforms for partner clouds and public cloud offerings.

• May 18, 2023 18 May'23

  DDN launches all-QLC ExaScaler

  The all-QLC ExaScaler scale-out parallel file system from DDN slots in between performance and costs. It comes at a time when AI workloads are on the rise.

• May 16, 2023 16 May'23

  SONiC NOS faces challenges fitting in with mainstream

  Gartner estimates that fewer than 200 enterprises have SONiC in production, out of a potential data center market of 100,000. One startup describes the NOS as 'a mess' to deploy.

• May 16, 2023 16 May'23

  Micron 6500 Ion increases layers over 200, lowers price

  Micron expanded its enterprise SSD portfolio with the 232-layer Micron 6500 Ion to lower costs and the Micron XTR, a new SLC, to increase overall performance.

• May 16, 2023 16 May'23

  Scality hardens Artesca in 2.0, deepens Veeam connections

  Artesca 2.0, the latest update for Scality's object storage service, includes new security features, such as login MFA, and greater support for Veeam's data protection APIs.

• May 11, 2023 11 May'23

  Dell PowerStore zeros in on security, energy efficiency

  Dell has added a handful of security features and integrations to PowerStore through an OS update, while obtaining Energy Star certification for two of its PowerStore models.

• May 11, 2023 11 May'23

  Hammerspace acquires Rozo Systems for storage tech

  French software-defined storage vendor Rozo Systems becomes a new feature and performance benchmark for Hammerspace data management capabilities later this calendar year.

• May 10, 2023 10 May'23

  Google teases generative AI expansion within its own cloud

  Google's new generative AI features, including a coding assistant, were tied closely to GCP in preview demos this week, while industry experts said its LLM still lags rivals.

• May 10, 2023 10 May'23

  Cloud repatriation vs. multi-cloud: IT seeks cost relief

  Amid fiscal worries, IT orgs reassess cloud investments. Whether they go back on-premises or expand to multi-cloud, they face similar distributed computing management challenges.

• May 09, 2023 09 May'23

  Light May Patch Tuesday will weigh heavily on Windows admins

  A zero-day that targets the Secure Boot feature will require extensive work from sysadmins to protect Windows systems from the Black Lotus bootkit.

• May 09, 2023 09 May'23

  Storage's role in generative AI

  Generative AI continues to create industry buzz. Experts say storage plays a critical role in making the technology run.

• May 03, 2023 03 May'23

  Observability maven 'cranky' about AIOps embraces GPT

  Honeycomb's observability tools will add natural language queries via OpenAI's GPT API, a departure from its co-founder and CTO's broader stance on AI in IT ops tools.

• May 03, 2023 03 May'23

  Baptist Health leaves Cisco for Arista

  Baptist Health in Jacksonville, Fla., expects Arista's single wired, wireless and data center network operating system to eliminate partial outages during infrastructure upgrades.

• May 02, 2023 02 May'23

  Citing data privacy, GitLab syncs with Google generative AI

  GitLab's deal with Google lets it keep sensitive customer data in the GitLab cloud while training models, amid enterprise concerns about generative AI licensing and security risks.

• May 02, 2023 02 May'23

  What lies beyond the yottabyte?

  Once data is measured in yottabytes, the world will need new terms for data projections. That's where two new terms -- the ronnabyte and the quettabyte -- come in.

• April 28, 2023 28 Apr'23

  Amid supply chain attacks, emerging vendor rethinks SBOM

  Early adopters such as Swisscom have used startup Codenotary’s notarization system to establish and track the provenance of software artifacts in pipelines and production.

• April 27, 2023 27 Apr'23

  Pure unifies block, file storage on single FlashArray

  Pure Storage expanded the unified storage market by granting native file, block and VM support on a FlashArray, which could reduce complexity and costs for some customers.

• April 25, 2023 25 Apr'23

  A fine, earnings and new tech for Seagate

  Seagate faces a $300 million fine for selling HDDs to Huawei and reported less than stellar earnings, but it continues to press forward on HDD technology.

• April 25, 2023 25 Apr'23

  KubeCon highlights open source to combat climate change

  Addressing climate change takes a community. At KubeCon Europe 2023, experts discussed how open source practices and projects can foster sustainability.

• April 20, 2023 20 Apr'23

  Sidecarless eBPF service mesh sparks debate

  As cloud-native service meshes expand beyond Kubernetes, open source community members raise concerns about the security and suitability of eBPF in sidecarless architectures.

• April 20, 2023 20 Apr'23

  HPE brings multi-protocol Alletra storage to GreenLake

  HPE's newest addition to its Alletra portfolio supports block, file and object protocols. It reflects a shift toward simplification and commoditization in storage hardware.

• April 19, 2023 19 Apr'23

  Zadara taps new CEO as founder moves to CTO role

  Yoram Novick, the second CEO for cloud startup Zadara, brings decades of IT executive experience to the role and talks about private cloud competition in this Q&A.

• April 19, 2023 19 Apr'23

  Atlassian demos ChatGPT tie-ins for Confluence, Jira Cloud

  Atlassian teased early previews of cloud platform AI that supports natural language queries and automated links between Jira, Confluence and third-party products.

• April 19, 2023 19 Apr'23

  Server-side Wasm boosts K8s bonds, devx ahead of key update

  Early adopters await a WASI update this year before server-side Wasm can be ready for wider production use. For now, PaaS vendors have begun to bridge some of the gaps.

• April 13, 2023 13 Apr'23

  ChatGPT craze hits infrastructure as code

  From GitHub's Copilot to a purpose-built product from Pulumi, generative AI is emerging for infrastructure as code, with the same potential benefits and risks it presents for apps.

• April 11, 2023 11 Apr'23

  Microsoft mends Windows zero-day on April Patch Tuesday

  What's old is new again as multiple security updates from the past made a comeback this month to push the total number of vulnerabilities addressed to 102.

• April 11, 2023 11 Apr'23

  Quantum containerizes file, object storage

  In a shift for Quantum Corp., the vendor is now competing in the file and object storage market with its all-flash, software-defined, scale-out Myriad offering.

• April 07, 2023 07 Apr'23

  The potential effects of Pure Storage's 300 TB SSDs

  Pure Storage plans to have 300 TB SSD modules by 2026, potentially putting other HDD- and SSD-based systems at a scalability disadvantage. But with two-plus years to go, that advantage could change.

• April 06, 2023 06 Apr'23

  Mainframe modernization to AI apps: USPTO reinvents itself

  How the US Patent and Trade Office, founded in 1802, maintained IT resilience while managing systems ranging from mainframes to the cloud, AI and beyond.

• April 05, 2023 05 Apr'23

  Securing remote access grows crucial for DevSecOps

  Between remote work and hybrid cloud lies a menacing security gap that experts warn more and more businesses will fall into without a cohesive approach.

• April 04, 2023 04 Apr'23

  OnAsset logistics service taps Amazon Sidewalk

  Logistics company OnAsset Intelligence expects Amazon Sidewalk to be most beneficial for tracking goods on trucks heading to their final destinations in densely populated areas.

• April 04, 2023 04 Apr'23

  Vast dips into HPE GreenLake with new file storage service

  HPE enlists Vast Data to provide a new file storage service in the company's GreenLake SaaS offerings, a storage area the tech giant has struggled to perform in.

• April 04, 2023 04 Apr'23

  IBM's rack mount Z16 mainframe targets edge computing

  IBM's new rack mount Z16 mainframe gives edge locations the ability to process workloads locally, taking the burden off systems running workloads in larger data centers.

• April 03, 2023 03 Apr'23

  Istio service mesh doyen departs Google, touts Ambient Mesh

  After 16 years at Google, Istio's co-founder takes over as CTO at Solo.io and goes all in on a project he believes will determine the future of cloud-native networking.

• April 03, 2023 03 Apr'23

  New Ctera CEO sees future in data lakes, data protection

  Ctera's new CEO, Oded Nagel, is focused on forming partnerships and providing capabilities for data resilience, interconnectivity and the edge data management.