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HCI, Storage Revenue, and HPE Next Cost Cuts Boost HPE’s Bottom Line
The company saved about $83 million over the first half of fiscal 2018 though its HPE Next cost-cutting initiative.
Cisco Warns Massive Russian Malware Attack Hit 500k Routers Globally
Security researchers tied the malware to a Russian group responsible for hacking incidents during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign.
Pivot3 Adds Live Migration Across AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud
The hyperconverged infrastructure vendor partnered with CloudEndure, whose software provides disaster recovery and live migration technology, for the new services.
Spectre and Meltdown Chip Flaws Back From the Dead as ‘Variant 4’
Microsoft and Google security researchers disclosed the new bugs, which affect Intel, AMD, and ARM processors.
Red Hat OpenStack HCI Targets Telco Hybrid Cloud, 5G Deployments
The hyperconverged platform combines Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 and Red Hat Ceph Storage 3 into one product.
Microsoft Buys Conversational AI Startup Semantic Machines
The startup’s technology aims to make digital assistants and bots sound more human.
Dell Still Pondering IPO, VMware Merger, Puts a New Option on the Table
Under this scenario Dell would exchange its common stock, privately held by Michael Dell and Silver Lake, for shares of the company’s publicly traded VMware stock.
Microsoft and Dell Win Mega Cloud Deal With US Intelligence Community
The contract comes as Microsoft competes against other cloud providers for a $10 billion Pentagon deal called JEDI.
Cisco’s New Security Guru Talks About How to Kill Complexity in 3 Steps
Gee Rittenhouse says security needs to be simpler. The complexity that today's security professionals deal with is overwhelming.
Barracuda Drops Cloud-Delivered Web Application Firewall Service
Verizon’s annual data breach report found web applications had the most breaches in 2017.
Trump Axes Top Cybersecurity Role, Kaspersky Moves to Switzerland
A new U.S. cybersecurity strategy calls on government agencies to work more closely with private sector companies to reduce risks.
Cryptojacking Is the New Black, Cloud Security Reports Say
One report found that 25 percent of organizations currently have illicit cryptomining activity in their cloud environments.
HPE Buys Plexxi, Flexes Hyperconverged and Composable Muscles
Plexxi simultaneously announced updates to its hyperconverged software stack, building on its intent-based networking capabilities.
Will Intel White Box uCPE Pass Service Providers’ Taste Tests?
A handful of OEMs are already building products based on the new reference architecture for uCPE.
Fortanix Scores Partnerships with IBM Cloud and Equinix, Encrypts Data in Use
The encryption software only runs on Intel hardware now, but the startup isn’t ruling out support for other vendors in the future.
Symantec Cops to Internal Investigation, Sends Stock Crashing 35%
The mysterious probe isn’t related to a breach or any security concern about its products.
Google Gobbles Up Cloud Migration Startup Velostrata
The software moves workloads between on-premises data centers and the cloud and allows customers to automate where their data lives.
Nutanix Adds SDN, Multi-Cloud Management to Software Stack
The company rolled out its first PaaS and SaaS products at its .NEXT conference.
NetApp Partners With Google, Ups the Ante in its Cloud-Connected Game
Analysts praised the company for its ongoing effort to transition from a traditional storage vendor to a cloud data services company
Intel and Packet Give Open Source, Commercial Software Projects Free Infrastructure Access
Developing software on Optane hardware reduces transaction costs for latency-sensitive workloads and increases scale per server.