Topic: cloud
Aqua introduces new features for multi-cloud and hybrid infrastructures
Aqua Security’s cloud native security platform reached version 4.0 today, introducing new controls for security and policy enforcement across virtual, containerized and microservice-based infrastructures, on-premises and in the cloud. “Aqua’s comprehensive serverless security solution now includes a full chain of controls to discover functions across multiple cloud accounts, scan them for vulnerabilities, detect excessive permissions … continue reading
How to keep costs down in the cloud
There are many reasons companies are growing their investments in the public cloud, from needing to innovate faster and deliver better service to customers or to support DevOps workflows and modern applications. Yet cost savings is still a driving incentive for many CIOs. The metrics are undeniable: reports vary from an automatic savings of 10 … continue reading
SnapRoute delivers cloud-native network operating system
Saying that today’s network operating systems are keeping organizations from fully taking advantage of modern software architectures, SnapRoute today announced it is making available its Cloud Native Network Operating System (CN-NOS). The CN-NOS is containerized and cloud-native, and uses DevOps principles to give organizations the ability to deliver new services more rapidly and reliably as … continue reading
Citus brings coveted extensions to Microsoft’s Azure database PostgreSQL service
While Microsoft’s recent acquisition of PostgreSQL database provider Citus Data moves the company deeper into the open source world, it addresses a far greater need to bring more scale to the Azure database-as-a-service portfolio. Microsoft’s focus on open source across the board is no longer in dispute. It’s now safe to say that Microsoft has … continue reading
Veeam provides new updates for cloud data management
Backup company Veeam has announced the release of Veeam Availability Suite 9.5 Update 4. Veeam Availability Suite provides organizations with the ability to make all of their workloads highly available. “Veeam delivers Availability for any app, any data, across any cloud, reducing complexity and out-performing legacy backup. Meeting your SLAs for low recovery time and … continue reading
Google looks to fill in cloud skills gap
Google Cloud is looking to improve upon what it sees as a “cloud skills crisis” with new certifications and training resources. The company announced three initiatives to improve cloud skills in 2019. Expanding role-based certifications Offering new learning options Making cloud learning and certification more accessible “As cloud technology becomes more mainstream, many of the … continue reading
Linux Foundation launches edge computing organization
The Linux Foundation today announced LF Edge, an organization created to establish an open framework for edge computing. LF Edge consists of five projects that will make up a software stack dealing with location, latency and mobility differentiation, according to the foundation’s announcement. According to the Linux Foundation, the projects include: Akraino Edge Stack, which … continue reading
IT Ops cost and digitization is accelerating retail industry move to cloud
Traditional retailers’ IT Ops teams are moving a greater percentage of their business-critical workloads from their datacenters to public clouds than their counterparts in other industries. The shift, a prevailing focus at last week’s annual National Retail Federation (NRF) show in New York, is poised to continue over the next few years. Various studies that … continue reading
Red Hat brings workflow enhancements to Ansible Tower
Red Hat today rolled out its Ansible Tower 3.4 with workflow enhancements designed to improve IT operations automation in the areas of infrastructure, cloud, networks and security. With the company’s IT management portfolio — which includes Ansible Tower, Red Hat Satellite (for Linux management) and Red Hat Cloud Forms (for bare metal, virtual machines and … continue reading
Cloud Foundry Foundation: Technology maturity is driving cloud adoption
As cloud technology continues to mature, more businesses are making the jump towards cloud adoption. A recent report from the Cloud Foundry Foundation found that if it weren’t for the cloud’s maturity and reliability, adoption would have diminished. The Cloud Foundry Foundation’s report is designed to look at what is driving businesses to the cloud. … continue reading
Catchpoint launches SaaS monitoring for Office 365 and Salesforce
Digital experience monitoring company Catchpoint is launching a new solution to provide in-depth monitoring for SaaS applications. According to the company, this is the first product in its SaaS Monitoring product line. The latest release introduces monitoring for Office 365 and Salesforce. The release is part of the company’s mission to help businesses cope with some … continue reading
Twistlock introduces hybrid cloud, Kubernetes and serverless capabilities in 18.11
Twistlock announced the latest release of its container and cloud-native security platform with new support and features for hybrid cloud, Kubernetes and serverless. This is the company’s 15th major release in the last three years. “Since we shipped the first version of Twistlock in 2015 we’ve worked on 11,100 issues, pushed 5,800 commits, built Twistlock … continue reading
