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Q&A: Cyber resiliency starts with cyber culture: Insights from Mercury Financial’s cybersecurity leaders

Teryn O'Brien — Thu, 06 Apr 2023 19:00:39 +0000

During the recent Fal.Con event, CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. announced new Cloud Native Application Protection Platform capabilities for its CrowdStrike Cloud Security line of products. These capabilities offer new features like Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management, which helps enterprises prevent identity-based threats resulting from improperly configured cloud entitlements across cloud service providers. So how are these new capabilities affecting actual businesses? Anthony Cunha (pictured, […]

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Q&A: Inside CrowdStrike’s partnership with Cyber Defense Labs

Teryn O'Brien — Thu, 06 Apr 2023 16:00:59 +0000

Last September, global cybersecurity company CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. launched its CrowdStrike Powered Service Provider Program. One of its “Elite Partners” in the initiative is Cyber Defense Labs LLC, which helps businesses navigate cybersecurity risk and threats. This partnership is bringing expanded market opportunities for Cyber Defense Labs — delivered in the CrowdStrike Falcon cloud-native platform, which provides features […]

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Cloud-native storage solutions for modern apps

Teryn O'Brien — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 20:37:47 +0000

Modern apps are the key to competitiveness, but traditional storage can’t keep up — especially when cloud-native solutions are becoming increasingly important. Pure Storage Inc. acquired Portworx at the end of 2020 to help solve this problem, because it’s clear that cloud-native will continue to expand, according to Murli Thirumale (pictured), vice president and general […]

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Q&A: Managing cloud infrastructure costs for smarter decisions

Teryn O'Brien — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 16:10:36 +0000

While many enterprises understand that cloud is an essential part of a business model, they also understand that managing cloud costs is difficult. Nearly 50% of cloud infrastructure spend is unaccounted for, according to Yotascale Inc., which leaves engineers without the data they need to take ownership of their cloud infrastructure costs and make smarter […]

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Sensors provide security tracking for Kubernetes environments

Teryn O'Brien — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 16:45:37 +0000

Kubernetes naturally introduces new variables into the digital landscape, creating potential vulnerabilities and highlighting the need for security. So what are the nuances of building a Kubernetes-based environment that is actually secure? Deepfence Inc. has been creating a unique solution. “Kubernetes grows, it scales, it’s elastic, and the perimeter around a Kubernetes application is very, very […]

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Companies learn how to thrive in the cloud after speedy digital transformations

Teryn O'Brien — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 17:15:02 +0000

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many enterprises were thrust into the world of cloud before they were truly ready to do so. There was no choice but to survive. Now, however, companies are reevaluating how they will use cloud moving forward, and SoftwareOne AG is helping enterprises come out of survival mode and learn to […]

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‘Intersecting tech’ and how to navigate the data-driven path

Teryn O'Brien — Fri, 10 Feb 2023 16:20:11 +0000

No matter which industry someone is in, both individuals and entire companies are waking up to the reality that data must play a primary role in both career and business strategies moving forward. Tia Dubuisson (pictured), co-founder and president Belle Fleur Technologies Inc., believes that helping individuals and business become more data driven is extremely important, and […]

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The three pillars of observability: How valid are they?

Teryn O'Brien — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 19:37:02 +0000

Many believe that the “three pillars of observability” — logs, metrics and traces — are generally the important types of data for observing applications or infrastructure. Ian Smith (pictured), field chief technology officer of Chronosphere Inc., however, believes these three pillars get overly emphasized. “What do you do with that? There’s no action there. It’s […]

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Q&A: Cockroach Labs, Authzed stress the importance of distributed SQL databases

Teryn O'Brien — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 17:50:03 +0000

As companies choose the right database to build their services on for cloud-native services, the idea of a distributed database is a hot topic. Cockroach Labs Inc., which offers a distributed SQL database that is highly scalable, reliable and resilient, and one of its customers, Authzed Inc., are convinced that distributed databases on open source are the […]

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Q&A: Red Hat addresses complex cloud security issues

Teryn O'Brien — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 20:28:17 +0000

When it comes to the accelerated advancement of technology implementation like Kubernetes containers, cloud adoption and app modernization — security conversations are at an all-time high as enterprises address complex security issues that mean changing the way its been done in the past. Red Hat Inc. has been addressing these security issues through a recently […]

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Q&A: Dell, AWS expand partnership for data protection, management

Teryn O'Brien — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 21:45:27 +0000

As an important partner of Amazon Web Services Inc., Dell Technologies Inc. helps organizations make the most of their AWS investment through data protection and management. Dell’s most recent announcement is that Dell PowerFlex is now available in the AWS Marketplace, enabling customers to utilize PowerFlex’s performance, scale, resilience and management. Dell’s data protection solutions — including APEX Backup Services, PowerProtect Data […]

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Q&A: Nasdaq’s journey to transform the capital markets industry

Teryn O'Brien — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 18:10:32 +0000

Nasdaq Inc. and Amazon Web Services Inc. have had a 12-year relationship, and their partnership announcement in 2021 indicated that they wanted to create a blueprint on how to transform the entire capital markets industry. So how are they doing, and what has the last year been like as they continue to take on this goal? Brad […]

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Q&A: Meet Domestic & General, a 110-year-old company tackling digital transformation

Teryn O'Brien — Mon, 02 Jan 2023 05:07:34 +0000

Domestic & General Group Ltd., a provider of appliance breakdown protection in 13 countries, is a 110-year-old company that has been navigating the digital transformation through the adoption of software as a service (SaaS) with the help of Hexaware Technologies Ltd., a company looking to lead any company into the cloud no matter the challenges. So […]

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Q&A: With 38 million members, AARP narrates its own digital transformation

Teryn O'Brien — Thu, 22 Dec 2022 17:47:23 +0000

The American Association of Retired Persons has 38 million members, 66,000 volunteers, and 2,300 employees across every state in the U.S. Not to mention, the magazine and bulletin AARP sends to members remain the two largest-circulation publications in the country. These numbers suggest a monumental challenge to managing data in ways that few organizations encounter, but […]

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MongoDB CISO weighs in on developer multicloud tools and data transformation

Teryn O'Brien — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 15:30:46 +0000

2022 has been a transformative year for developers. At least that’s that the opinion of Lena Smart (pictured), chief information security officer at MongoDB Inc. — a company that has created a multicloud developer data platform called MongoDB Atlas that provides services and tools for developers to quickly build applications at the scale users demand. “We’re […]

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Q&A: Why Red Hat, AWS are partnering for OpenShift services

Teryn O'Brien — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 00:30:14 +0000

In 2021, Red Hat Inc. and Amazon Web Services Inc. launched a service to make it easier for Red Hat OpenShift customers to build, scale and manage containerized applications on AWS. The service, called Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA), has been expanding in 2022 to offer features like Red Hat OpenShift Data Science — just in […]

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Q&A: How are cloud technologies supporting the industrial marketplace?

Teryn O'Brien — Tue, 06 Dec 2022 23:30:02 +0000

As industrial enterprises continue to adopt and leverage the burgeoning options when it comes to cloud technologies, concepts like hybrid, multicloud, automation, machine learning, edge computing and more are all just pieces of the puzzle in solving larger industrial questions like global issues in supply chains, tracking supplies across the world and cultivating data-driven results. […]

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Q&A: T-Mobile creates digital commerce platform with ‘headless APIs’ for cloud-native platform

Teryn O'Brien — Tue, 06 Dec 2022 00:00:02 +0000

T-Mobile USA Inc., who has branded itself as the “un-carrier,” is now poised to be a leader in the U.S. in telephone communications. The telco has done this by creating a digital commerce domain that runs a digital commerce platform with a set of application platform interfaces — referred to by T-Mobile as “headless APIs,” according […]

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Capital One embraces cloud-first banking innovation, new software company

Teryn O'Brien — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 19:38:48 +0000

Retail banking with physical bank branches are in decline as more and more people do their banking on mobile apps or through computers, particularly younger customers. One of the nation’s leading banks, Capital One Services LLC has been navigating this digital transformation by recreating their customer experience through real-time data at scale, AI and machine […]

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Rockwell Automation brings OT, IT world together through Red Hat’s Ansible

Teryn O'Brien — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 22:40:34 +0000

As the adoption of automation, internet of things, cloud computing and edge technologies continues to explode throughout the enterprise, the conversations and tensions between operational technology and information technology systems begin to increasingly emerge. “Even the connectivity to that OT space makes people uncomfortable in that world, because there’s obviously moving pieces … damage to […]

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Q&A: Event-Driven Ansible developer preview enhances, expands automation

Teryn O'Brien — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 13:41:20 +0000

As IT environments grow in complexity, event-handling solutions can quickly execute key IT actions with full end-to-end automation. Red Hat Inc., a leading provider of open-source software products to enterprises, has recently announced it’s launching Event-Driven Ansible in developer preview — a scalable, responsive automation solution that can automate a variety of tasks across an enterprise […]

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Inside Aserto’s authorization-as-a-service model for identity management

Teryn O'Brien — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 18:47:17 +0000

Identity security and management is a critical need for enterprises with the cloud-native space. While there’s plenty of solutions on the market, Aserto Inc. is helping to solve a unique problem with its authorization-as-a-service model. “[Larger cloud vendors] entirely focus on one part: the “i” part, the identity part of the problem,” said Omri Gazitt (pictured), co-founder and chief […]

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Q&A: Snowflake, Qlik deepen partnership for real-time data access

Teryn O'Brien — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 21:40:40 +0000

QlikTech International AB recently announced multiple new and enhanced capabilities within Snowflake Inc.’s Data Cloud. These include new cloud analytics services features like Direct Query, which provideS data leaders with a comprehensive understanding of how to best optimize Snowflake workloads. The new and enhanced services from QlikTech expand the ability to both seamlessly feed and access Snowflake with […]

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Data is the security flaw, says Immuta’s CEO; company moves to fill gap

Teryn O'Brien — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 20:45:18 +0000

Enterprises across the world are struggling with the complexity of data policies, rules and regulations. This is because data management and security has been rapidly changing, and the data itself can bring huge security threats. “What you’re seeing in the market now is the catalog players are really maturing, and they’re starting to add a […]

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Dell builds consistency, trust as it tackles a post-pandemic reality

Teryn O'Brien — Tue, 10 May 2022 21:30:07 +0000

The past few years have been unpredictable and chaotic as the world navigated many challenges during a pandemic. And while the pandemic appears to have slowed down, it’s clear that businesses are not going back to business as usual before the pandemic. So what has Dell Technologies Inc. learned along the way, and what values […]

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Dell, Snowflake showcase importance of partner ecosystems

Teryn O'Brien — Fri, 06 May 2022 17:01:33 +0000

Dell Technologies Inc. recently announced that it would be partnering with Snowflake Inc., a cloud-based data storage and analytics service termed “data warehouse-as-a-service,” to work together to connect Dell’s storage portfolio with the Snowflake Data Cloud. This collaboration will be a first of its kind, helping Dell’s customers with greater flexibility to manage data in multi-cloud environments. […]

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Pariveda, AWS partner to help enterprises fight climate change

Teryn O'Brien — Tue, 14 Dec 2021 18:03:52 +0000

Amazon.com Inc. is already the largest purchaser of renewable energy in the world, and the company will be at 100% renewable energy by 2025. Pariveda Solutions LP, a technology services firm that helps enterprises strategize around business, product and technology, helps companies figure out how to become more energy efficient during climate change. Several years ago, […]

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New serverless data analytics offerings help AWS provide unified governance, cohesive ecosystem

Teryn O'Brien — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 23:15:28 +0000

Proving that enterprises are even more interested in big data than ever before, Amazon Web Services Inc. recently announced multiple new serverless analytics offerings for Amazon Redshift, Amazon EMR and Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (or MSK). Why is this all so important? “Data’s just becoming more and more critical and top of mind for customers,” said Rahul […]

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Q&A: Red Hat and AWS reveal latest updates on partnership

Teryn O'Brien — Tue, 07 Dec 2021 21:30:12 +0000

While Amazon Web Services Inc. and Red Hat Inc. have been partnering since 2008, the pace of innovation has only increased over the past few years. The largest addition to their partnership recently was the Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (or ROSA), a managed version of OpenShift for container-based applications, which launched in April. Manu Parbhakar (pictured, […]

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Q&A: NetApp’s cloud transformation evolves with key acquisitions

Teryn O'Brien — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 19:00:42 +0000

It was during 2020 that NetApp Inc., a hybrid cloud data services and data management company, acquired Spotinst LTD, now known as Spot by NetApp. Spot creates software that works with leading cloud platforms to simplify and automate cloud infrastructure. The acquirement has been one of the best things that has ever happened, according to […]

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