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Cyber-physical assets join IT as a combined attack surface
The discovering and providing of security data about IT assets, performed by cloud-delivered, machine-learning security firm CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. is about to be expanded. It will be augmented now through a collaboration with cyber-physical security provider Claroty Ltd. Operational technology), extended internet of things), building management systems and other cyber-physical assets are increasingly becoming a ...
VMware evolves integrated ecosystem approach and partner network
As VMware Inc.’s business strategy shifts to a subscription-based, software-as-a-service model with annual recurring revenue as its income stream, the organization has to adapt in its relationship with channel partners and global systems integrators, according to the executive tasked with revamping the sales channels. “We do a pretty good job on the channel side. We ...
Why hyperscalers aren’t always the best choice for infrastructure
The “mentality of optimization” should be at the forefront of enterprises’ minds when transitioning from in-house data centers. It’s why one chooses an IT company specializing in pay-per-use bare metal cloud and other niches rather than simply dumping everything into public cloud. “People need to learn how to make that choice,” said William Bell (pictured), executive ...
Cloud storage solution targets scalable, efficient data management
Adding supplemental storage, including at multicloud, is one of the main advantages of the Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP product. The new product, long in development and now commercially available for partners to sell, is the only third-party cloud storage service to be certified and supported as a supplemental datastore for VMware Cloud for AWS, ...
Unstructured workloads are taking over storage space, says Pure Storage exec
Machine learning opportunities are seeing massive upticks, according to a Pure Storage executive. Health sciences, genome sequencing and medical imaging are joined by federal government and the automotive sectors in a thrust toward unstructured workloads taking over the storage space. “We’re seeing tremendous growth in that unstructured space,” said Vaughn Stewart (pictured), vice president of ...
How do you monetize free tech? OpenFaaS founder weighs in
Lending insights as a community leader is how one goes about the difficult task of getting paid for developing open-source projects, according to the founder of a growing open-source, serverless deployment platform for Kubernetes. “I eventually accepted the fact that companies don’t pay for something they can get for free,” said Alex Ellis, founder of ...
Container infrastructure continues to progress for application developers
Dedicated infrastructure layers found in service meshes like Istio, along with other containers add-ons, are addressing the challenges developers and operators face. Safer rollouts, for example, is a challenge Istio solves, says Varun Talwar (pictured), co-founder of Tetrate.io Inc. “How are my services performing? Where is the latency, error rate?” are the kinds of questions that ...
Applications are expanding and evolving security for Kubernetes, says containers interface developer
Kubernetes is rapidly shifting toward the edge, believes an executive tasked with providing a management interface for the container solution. It’s because telcos are now looking to run other applications on top of core radio functions and networks; and also because factories are increasingly requiring lower latency for manufacturing robotics. Other verticals, too, are adopting ...
Infosys weighs in on digital transformation strategy and trends
Digital transformation isn’t slowing despite supply chain issues, a war in Europe and escalating inflation, according to a major digital services provider. The reason: “It’s all about growth,” said Anant Adya (pictured, right), executive vice president at Infosys Ltd. Post-pandemic business growth supplants pandemic-caused isolation economy, now, in other words. “What we hear from most ...
Inside VMware and HPE GreenLake’s deepening hybrid cloud collaboration
Some VMware Inc. staff who had been working on the virtualizer’s Dell Technologies Inc. partnership were moved to a growing VMware/HPE GreenLake hybrid cloud collaboration, according to Ricky Cooper (pictured, right), vice president of global and transformational partners at VMware Inc. After Dell spun off virtualization technology company VMware, the 2021 separation conceivably had the advantage of ...