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Nutanix’s Multi-Cloud Management Moves Into the Data Center
The software initially supported AWS and Azure, and the company extended this cost-comparison and governance tool to on-premises Nutanix environments.
Cisco Study Finds Enterprises Racing Toward ‘Preemptive’ IT
Cisco developed a four-step model for IT operations maturity showing where organizations are now and where they would like to be in two years.
Icahn Sues Dell Over VMware Tracking Stock Deal
A Dell spokesperson said the company will file a legal response later today and called Icahn’s lawsuit “unfounded.”
Cisco’s 400G Data Center Switches Extend Intent-Based Networking
The Nexus 400 gigabit Ethernet switches target hyperscale cloud providers, large enterprise data centers, and telecommunications providers moving to 5G.
Google Does Good While Other Cloud Providers Battle for JEDI
It’s not all rainbows and flowers at Google. Hundreds of employees are planning a walkout following a report that the cloud giant rewarded a top exec accused of sexual misconduct.
Oracle Cloud Tech Seems Solid. But Is It Too Late?
The company’s got about a year to turn around its Oracle cloud business if it’s going to meet its lofty goals.
Google Cloud Revenue Boosts Alphabet’s Earnings
When it comes to hybrid cloud, “we are thinking about how to do that better,” said Google CEO Sundar Pichai.
Cloud Business Sends Intel Data Center Revenue Soaring
The chip giant’s third-quarter fiscal 2018 revenue of $19.2 billion was an all-time record, up 19 percent year over year, with all business groups posting record revenue.
Lenovo Leads Scale Computing’s $34.8M Series F
CEO Jeff Ready expect this to be the last round before reaching profitability. But he won’t comment on IPO plans.
Check Point Buys Cloud Security Startup Dome9 for $175 Million
Dome9’s platform will add new capabilities — specifically cloud management and policy enforcement — to Check Point’s recently launched CloudGuard product portfolio.
Cisco, Nokia, Microsoft Back $85M Team8-Led Security Fund
These investors and other major companies also joined a Team8-led coalition that aims to rethink security by building it into network and cloud infrastructure.
Oracle Buys DataFox, Pledges to Embed AI Into Everything
Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd predicted that by 2025 all cloud apps will include artificial intelligence. And likely because of this AI strategy, the company reached a deal to acquire DataFox and its cloud-based AI data engine.
Oracle Brings ‘Star Wars Cyber Defenses’ and Robots to Cloud Security
The company's new cloud architecture features "impenetrable barriers" that block threats and autonomous robots that find threats and kill them, said CTO Larry Ellison.
Cumulus, Facebook Push Open Data Center Interconnect
Cumulus Networks launched a transponder abstraction interface, which is a vendor-agnostic way to manage transponders. This makes data center interconnect technology more open.
McAfee Uncovers New Security Threat Linked to China
McAfee also added new products to its Mvision enterprise security portfolio including endpoint detection and response and an integrated data loss prevention policy engine across endpoints, networks, and the cloud.
Dell EMC Dips Its Toes Into Security With Cyber Recovery Software
The new software shows how the lines between traditional backup and recovery and data security are being blurred.
Alibaba and Fortanix Forge Cloud Security Partnership
Fortanix’s key management and secuity software ensures that even cloud providers don’t have access to the customer’s encrypted data.
IBM ‘Winning’ With Hybrid Cloud, CFO Says
IBM increased its cloud revenue 20 percent during the third quarter of 2018. But overall revenue dropped 2 percent compared to last year.
Major Operators Collaborate on TIP White Box Gateway Device
These devices will be open, disaggregated, interoperable, and supplier-neutral, and they target mobile operators’ 5G deployments.
VMware Leads Cloud System Management Market, IDC Says
The virtualization giant controls 21.7 percent of the $4 billion of the market. Microsoft ranks No. 2.