W3C forms new interest group for tackling web sustainability
The W3C has announced that it has formed a new group called the Sustainable Web Interest Group to tackle improving the sustainability of the Internet. According to the W3C, “if the Internet were a country it would be one of the top five polluters,” and its resource demands are only going to continue to grow … continue reading
Microsoft launches Azure OpenAI Data Zones to give customers more flexibility over data residency
Microsoft has announced a new deployment option in Azure OpenAI that provides more flexibility and control over data privacy and residency for companies in the United States and European Union. With Azure OpenAI Data Zones, customers can process and store data within specific geographic areas without compromising performance. According to Microsoft, Data Zones allow for … continue reading
Edera releases open source container security benchmark and runtime scanner
Edera, provider of a secure-by-design Kubernetes and AI solution, today announced the availability of Am I Isolated, an open-source container security benchmark that probes users runtime environments and tests for container isolation. The Rust-based container runtime scanner runs as a container and detects gaps in users’ container runtime isolation. It also provides guidance to improve … continue reading
IBM and Cognizant partner to help companies address escalating technology costs
IBM and the IT modernization company Cognizant have announced the launch of the FinOps Center of Excellence, which will combine IBM’s technologies with Cognizant’s expertise to help companies address the escalating costs associated with AI readiness, cloud governance, and architectural modernization. “Modern businesses face significant challenges in managing complexity, operational risks, and cost overhead due … continue reading
CrowdStrike to acquire Adaptive Shield
CrowdStrike has announced that it will be acquiring Adaptive Shield, a company that provides security monitoring capabilities for SaaS applications. “This acquisition will propel CrowdStrike to become the only cybersecurity vendor to provide full protection against identity-based attacks across the modern cloud ecosystem — from on-premises Active Directory to cloud-based identity providers and the growing … continue reading
Tintri Introduces Advanced Kubernetes Data Management with New VMstore CSI Driver
Tintri®, a subsidiary of DDN®, and leader in AI-powered data management solutions, today announced the availability of Tintri’s VMstore™ features to Kubernetes environments with its new VMstore Container Storage Interface (CSI) driver. The Tintri VMstore platform provides unparalleled visibility into performance, data protection and management for virtual machine workloads, with a focus on simplicity. The CSI … continue reading
Pure Storage Simplifies Cloud Migrations for Enterprise-scale VMware Environments on Microsoft Azure
Pure Storage, the IT pioneer that delivers the world’s most advanced data storage technology and services, today announced Pure Storage Cloud for Microsoft Azure VMware Solution (AVS), a new fully managed block storage-as-a-service (STaaS) offering available for AVS. This new solution, soon to be in preview, will be offered as an Azure Native integration. The … continue reading
New Relic Unveils Industry’s First Intelligent Observability Platform
New Relic unveiled the New Relic Intelligent Observability Platform, transforming observability from ensuring uptime and reliability into a key driver of business growth and developer velocity for enterprises worldwide. The platform is strengthened by the New Relic AI Engine to predict and prevent issues, and streamline business and IT operations with automation. With new innovations like … continue reading
Report: The challenges of Infrastructure as Code
Usage of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is prevalent, but like with any technology, the pros aren’t without cons. IaC has the potential to improve reliability, security, and development velocity, but in reality, developers are running into some issues using this practice. Insights into some of these challenges were revealed in new research called Stacked Up: … continue reading
Edera launches open source OpenPaX patch to improve memory safety in Linux
Container security company Edera is working to improve application-level memory safety in Linux with the release of OpenPaX, an open source kernel patch that mitigates common memory safety errors. It was initially created to benefit Edera’s own customers, but the company decided to open source it to make it available to the broader community. The … continue reading
Cloud Canaries enables companies to enhance their current observability platforms with OpenTelemetry
The observability company Cloud Canaries has announced the launch of Observability Canaries, enabling teams to enhance their existing observability tools with OpenTelemetry. By integrating observability tools with OpenTelemetry, teams get access to a “readily available, additional data source for model creation, alarming, forecast generation and validation,” Cloud Canaries wrote in its announcement. According to the … continue reading
Kentik offers free Cloud Latency Map to provide insights into cloud latency around the world
Network observability platform Kentik today released Cloud Latency Map, a free tool that provides insights into latency in over 100 different cloud regions around the world. According to Doug Madory, director of internet analysis at Kentik and the creator of the Cloud Latency Map, this new tool can help IT teams determine if a connectivity … continue reading
Lenovo and Cisco partner to provide enterprise solutions for workplace collaboration, AI
Earlier this year, Lenovo and Cisco announced that they were collaborating to bring their customers workplace solutions that incorporate generative AI and improve enterprise productivity. Now, the two companies are revealing several new offerings that have come about through this partnership. First, they announced TruScale Meeting Room as a Service (TS MRaaS), which is a … continue reading
Better together: How to break down persistent IT and security silos
More streamlined IT and security collaboration is something the industry has been moving toward for the better part of the past decade, but thanks to some recent changes in organizational reporting structures (i.e., the CIO emerging as the de facto leader for IT and cybersecurity) and a convergence of in-demand IT/security skills, the relationship between … continue reading
