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Icahn Says He Will ‘Do Everything in My Power’ to Stop Dell-VMware Deal
Icahn holds 8.3 percent of DVMT, the stock that tracks Dell’s controlling stake in VMware. This makes him the second-largest shareholder.
TidalScale Raises $24M for Software-Defined Servers
The startup developed a type of composable infrastructure that focuses specifically on computing resources.
IBM Protests Pentagon’s JEDI, Still Plans to Bid for the $10B Deal
“No business in the world would build a cloud the way JEDI would and then lock in to it for a decade,” IBM's Sam Gordy says.
Google Bumps Up Enterprise Cloud Networking
Google is pulling out all the stops to bring more enterprise customers to its cloud.
Carbon Black Adds Threat Hunting to Its Security Cloud
The new service, called Cb ThreatHunter, is essentially a cloud-delivered version of the company’s on-premises endpoint detection and response device.
Dell, Microsoft Back CNEX Labs’ $23M Series D Round
The company makes solid-state drive (SSD) controllers and software for cloud and hyperscale data centers.
Will Cloud Security Expansion Lift Symantec Back Into the Black?
After a disappointing first quarter Symantec needs these cloud security updates to boost its bottom line and clout with enterprise customers.
Google Won’t Compete for Pentagon’s $10B JEDI Cloud Deal
Google on Monday also said it would shut down its Google+ social network after a vulnerability exposed the personal data of approximately 500,000 users.
Cisco Extends AI-Powered Predictive Services to Third-Party Tech
Like Cisco's intent-based networking its Business Critical Services use analytics and automation.
CloudHealth Founder Talks VMware Acquisition, Cloud’s Next Phase
CloudHealth CTO and co-founder Joe Kinsella says VMware plans to target managed service providers with its new multi-cloud management product line.
Bloomberg China Chip-Hack Controversy Highlights Fake News, National Security Fears
By now the story and resulting controversy is as much about media credibility as it is about cyber — and national — security.
Nation-States Attack MSP Networks, DHS Security Alert Warns
Managed service providers' customers — especially IT, energy, healthcare, communications, and manufacturing companies — are the end target for these attacks.
China Hacked Supermicro Servers to Spy on Amazon, Microsoft, Report Says
A former U.S. intelligent official said that data center server provider Supermicro was the "Microsoft of the hardware world" and that attacking Supermicro motherboards was "like attacking the whole world.”
Dell Technologies Confirms IPO Is Its Backup Plan
Dell said in a filing with the SEC that the company met with investment banks to explore an IPO.
San Francisco Giants Save $15K Per Year With Cohesity
The Major League Baseball team wanted to update its antiquated backup platform and utilize cloud storage to further reduce costs.
Palo Alto Networks Pays $173M for Cloud Security Startup RedLock
Palo Alto Networks plans to combine technologies from RedLock and Evident, another recent acquisition, into one product that provides cloud security analytics, advanced threat detection, continuous security, and compliance monitoring.
Digital Realty’s New Global Command Center Provides Centralized Network Monitoring
The new facility plays into the data center provider’s plan to pull hyperscale cloud deals away from competitors including Equinix.
Cohesity Targets Service Providers With Multi-Tenant Platform
The software-defined platform runs on top of Cohesity, Cisco, HPE, or Dell EMC hyperconverged secondary storage appliances.
Cisco and SAP Team Up on Containers, Hybrid Cloud
The jointly-developed software integrates SAP’s Data Hub and Cisco’s Container Platform.
HPE Revamps Its StoreOnce Data Protection and Backup
The updates essentially allow enterprises to store data once, then copy it to an all-flash on-premises array, and send it to a public cloud for for archiving or disaster recovery.