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John Chambers’ VC Firm Backs Security Startup Balbix’s $20M Series B
Cavium, Nutanix, and Equinix are all customers using the security company’s predictive breach-risk platform.
Ping Identity Buys API Security Startup Elastic Beam
Ping Identity also launched a new product that builds on Elastic Beam’s technology, as well as its own API security product, and uses AI to identify and block attacks targeting API infrastructures in public and hybrid clouds.
Google Cloud Adds Fifth U.S. Region, Launches Managed NAS Service
The cloud provider’s global network includes 16 regions across 12 countries. It plans to launch additional regions in Zurich, Hong Kong, and Osaka, Japan in the future.
Is DevSecOps the Answer to Securing the Hybrid Cloud?
DevSecOps automates core security tasks by embedding security controls and processes into DevOps, thus baking security into the code.
Nutanix Gives International Speedway Corporation Instant Octane Boost
International Speedway Corporation needed its applications to run as fast as the race cars on its tracks.
HPE Says Composable Infrastructure Is the Future of Data Center Tech
HPE started shipping its composable infrastructure product last year, and says in the first quarter of fiscal year 2018 alone it increased its customer base by more than 50 percent.
Cisco’s Plan to Pull In Cloud Provider Data Center Customers
To win more cloud provider customers Cisco is focusing on helping hyperscalers solve big engineering problems, and it's embracing open networking.
HPE CEO: Software-Defined Is a Gimmick. We Have Edge to Cloud
Antonio Neri says software defined is just a means to deliver a true edge-to-cloud architecture. He says HPE can deliver, but Dell can’t.
HPE Edge Systems Run Enterprise Software from Microsoft, VMware, and Others
HPE also added more software-defined storage to its edge devices. This enables use cases like AI, video analytics, or databases at the edge.
HPE CEO Antonio Neri Commits $4 Billion to Edge Products, Services
This money will fund what Neri called “intelligent edge” research and development around connectivity, security, edge computing, automation, machine learning, and artificial intelligence.
Aruba Integrates Cloud-Managed SD-WAN Into Its Software-Defined Branch
The new edge offering bundles SD-WAN, wired, and wireless networking technologies, along with unified security and policy enforcement.
HPE Doubles Down on Hybrid Cloud With Service Built on OneSphere
The managed hybrid cloud service initially supports Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Azure Stack.
Uptycs Raises $13M, Launches Osquery-Based Security Platform
Facebook developed the osquery security framework to monitor its own infrastructure before open sourcing it in 2014.
Pivot3 CEO: Our HCI Tops the Acquisition Target List
CEO Ron Nash expects his company to be profitable by next year, which could set the stage for an IPO if Pivot3 isn’t gobbled up first.
Broadcom Cuts 1,100 Employees, Blames Brocade Acquisition
In an SEC filing the company said it saved $178 million during the first two fiscal 2018 quarters “primarily related to employee termination costs.”
Schneider Electric Saves $60K Using Cohesity SD-Storage
Cohesity’s technology helped Schneider Electric eliminate its reliance on legacy backup and shift to a hybrid cloud approach.
New ‘Lazy FPU’ Chip Flaw Hits Intel Processors
Similar to the earlier Spectre and Meltdown bugs the new security flaw could allow access to sensitive data through a side channel. Intel ranks it as a “moderate” vulnerability.
Oracle Sets Internet Map Free, Uses It to Pull Companies Into Its Cloud
The visibility tool is part of the company’s Internet Intelligence initiative and uses technology acquired from Dyn, a cloud-based domain name service provider Oracle bought in 2016.
Rubrik Wraps Its Data Management Software Around Hybrid Cloud
The Alta 4.2 release supports Amazon Web Services EC2 cloud-native workloads and traditional IBM AIX and Oracle Solaris environments.
Juniper Updates MX Routers With New Silicon, Built-In Encryption
The new programmable silicon includes a packet forwarding engine that delivers a 50 percent power efficiency gain over the existing Junos Trio chipset, the company claims.