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
The distributed Postgres company pgEdge has announced the general availability of its pgEdge Cloud Enterprise Edition, which will make it easier for businesses to distribute their databases across multiple regions and providers. According to the company, this offering builds upon the new capabilities added in the pgEdge Platform Constellation release, which included improvements to logical … continue reading
Companies are experiencing fewer cloud security incidents this year than in years past, yet they still have concerns related to cloud and edge. This is according to SUSE’s latest Securing the Cloud report, which surveyed 820 IT engineers, architects, developers, security managers, and directors across the US, Germany, UK, France, and the Netherlands. According to … continue reading
Cloudforet is an open-source project hosted by the Linux Foundation that provides a single platform for managing cloud resources from different providers. By having everything accessible from one platform, IT admins can quickly search cloud resources and analyze them. They also get better visibility into costs because billing data is also included and there are … continue reading
Edge operations dominate the CTO agenda today, and as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning grow increasingly important across business operations, the CIO, CAIO, CDO, and other leaders are joining the conversation, leaning into edge operations to deliver AI at scale. However, the traditional edge operations designed to support distributed web apps can’t handle the … continue reading
The security company Lacework has announced the addition of new capabilities to its platform to help IT and security teams more easily secure their cloud environments. The first new addition is Lacework Explorer, which is designed to provide better visibility into potential threats. It provides a visualization of the relationships between cloud resources, which helps … continue reading
Kyndryl and Cloudflare have announced an expansion of their partnership aimed at enabling enterprises to migrate and manage networks for multi-cloud connectivity and comprehensive network security. This partnership leverages Kyndryl’s consulting services and expertise in enterprise networking, security, and resiliency, alongside Cloudflare’s connectivity cloud that integrates security, performance, and cloud flexibility. Initially partnering in May … continue reading
Cloudflare has announced two new security solutions designed to help protect against AI-based threats: Defensive AI, a personalized approach to securing organizations against risks caused by AI, and Firewall for AI, which scans LLM prompts for language commonly used in attacks. Defensive AI provides tailored mitigations that enable the protection of critical applications and entire … continue reading
Kentik, a company specializing in network observability, has announced the introduction of Kentik AI, a new tool designed to simplify the process of troubleshooting complex networks for engineers, operators, architects, and developers. This launch aims to make it easier for professionals to identify and resolve network issues promptly and efficiently. Alongside Kentik AI, the company … continue reading
The evolution of enterprise software engineering has been marked by a series of “less” shifts – from client-server to web and mobile (“client-less”), data center to cloud (“data-center-less”), and app server to serverless. These transitions have simplified aspects of software engineering, including deployment and operation, allowing users to focus less on the underlying systems and … continue reading
IBM Hybrid Cloud Mesh, which IBM announced earlier this year, is now officially available. The new solution is a SaaS product for connecting applications to the network in a secure, easy, app-centric way. “Just as cloud can provide a virtual platform to consume underlying resources like compute and storage, app-centric connectivity offers a new network … continue reading
The FinOps Cost and Usage Specification (FOCUS) provides consistency and standardization to cloud cost data. It helps companies visualize the value of cloud services and transforms complex billing data into a simple standardized schema. FOCUS simplifies multi-cloud billing data, enhances reporting consistency across various vendors, and streamlines FinOps capabilities such as allocation, chargeback, budgeting, forecasting, … continue reading