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Cloud Computing

OPA: A general-purpose policy engine for cloud-native

August 5, 2020

Via: InfoWorld all

As your organization embraces the cloud, you may find that the dynamism and scale of the cloud-native stack requires a far more complicated security and compliance landscape. For instance, with container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes gaining traction, developers and devops […]


Cloud Computing

Why the future of financial markets is in the cloud

June 22, 2020

Via: Fortune

Think of critical infrastructure, and sectors such as telecommunications, agriculture, and construction likely come to mind, as physical assets such as networks, farms, roads, and bridges keep economies humming. But the financial services industry is also among this cohort, according […]


Cloud Computing

Microsoft Azure becomes SAS’s preferred cloud platform

June 15, 2020

Via: ZDnet

SAS and Microsoft are jointly announcing today a strategic partnership making Azure the preferred cloud platform for SAS’s analytics portfolio. Although nothing is firm at this point, there is potential to integrate SAS with many Azure services. While SAS will […]


Cloud Computing

Cloud infrastructure operators should quickly patch VMware Cloud Director flaw

June 2, 2020

Via: CSO Online

Public and private cloud administrators who are using VMware Cloud Director should immediately apply the patch for a high-risk vulnerability that can be used by hackers to take full control of virtualized cloud infrastructure, security experts warn. VMware released fixes […]


Cloud Computing

Cloud configuration drift leaves organizations open to attack, research finds

May 19, 2020

Via: CSO Online

Many organizations are automating their cloud infrastructure deployments through code. This allows them to establish a secure configuration baseline early in their DevOps lifecycle, but the security posture of most cloud resources later drifts due to undocumented changes that often […]


Cybersecurity

Cloud servers hacked via critical SaltStack vulnerabilities

May 4, 2020

Via: CSO Online

Attackers are exploiting two critical vulnerabilities disclosed late last week in the popular SaltStack infrastructure automation software to take control of servers. Several organizations and open-source projects already had their servers hacked and had to shut down services over the […]


Cloud Computing

DHS looks to the cloud to manage its Procurement Innovation Lab

April 13, 2020

Via: FCW

The Department of Homeland Security wants a workload management system that will give its team of expert procurement coaches a cloud based tool that will help them cultivate innovative acquisition at the agency and beyond. The agency issued a request […]


Cloud Computing

VMware updates Virtual Cloud Network as virtual networking gains traction

April 8, 2020

Via: ZDnet

VMware on Wednesday announced updates to the components of the Virtual Cloud Network, a package of products that bring virtual networking and security capabilities to workloads running anywhere, from the edge to the cloud. The ultimate of the Virtual Cloud […]


Hardware & Software, Networking & Wireless, Tech

Four technologies that have got the biggest potential to change your healthcare for the better

January 13, 2020

Via: ZDnet

While it’s exciting to think of the long-term impact of brain-computer interfaces and virtual reality in healthcare, digital leaders in the NHS face the much more immediate challenge of using constrained budgets to help improve administrative processes and patient outcomes. […]


Cloud Computing

Why Google Cloud Needs to Get Less Googley

December 12, 2019

Via: Fortune

Each of the three biggest online services, or cloud companies–Amazon, Microsoft, and Google–has its own founding story. Amazon Web Services grew out of the digital software programs the retailer built for itself. Microsoft realized its bigger customers would pay for […]


Cloud Computing

Cloud computing: SaaS, IaaS or PaaS – which is growing fastest?

November 13, 2019

Via: ZDnet

As cloud computing continues to eat up traditional tech spending, businesses are beginning to change where they spend their money. The worldwide public cloud services market is forecast to grow 17% in 2020 to a total of $266.4 billion, up […]


Cloud Computing

Europe’s cloud computing plan won’t do much to scare the US giants

November 1, 2019

Via: ZDnet

AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud together now comfortably account for over half of the global cloud infrastructure market, but it takes more than that to stop the French finance minister Bruno Le Maire and his German counterpart Peter Altmaier […]


Cloud Computing, Hardware & Software, Tech

Google Cloud: G Suite is getting three new security and access-control features

October 29, 2019

Via: ZDnet

Google Cloud has unveiled a raft of new G Suite security and identity management features to help enterprise IT admins manage access and control work desktop devices. The three key updates include desktop management for Mac, Windows, Chrome OS and […]


Cloud Computing

Linux Foundation exec believes edge computing will be more important than cloud computing

September 23, 2019

Via: ZDnet

Once upon a time, back when we all had mainframes and then servers in our offices, we had edge computing. Our compute power was literally down the hall. Then, along came the cloud, and all that changed. Computers were hundreds […]


Cloud Computing

The top cloud providers for financial services

August 7, 2019

Via: ZDnet

Financial services companies are reluctant to use cloud-based services because security and privacy are imperative in this strictly regulated sector. At a minimum, these companies see industry auditors every 18 months. When privacy and security measures are breached, the consequences […]


Cloud Computing

How do you secure the cloud? New data points a way

June 6, 2019

Via: CSO Online

The march toward the cloud for data and services has many companies rethinking their approach to cyber security. Do they need a cloud security strategy? What is different about a cloud security strategy? Recent surveys have shed light on how […]


Cloud Computing

The case for “stepping stone” private clouds

May 21, 2019

Via: InfoWorld all

Public cloud providers surprised a great deal of people when they came out with proprietary private clouds. (That’s where actual hardware and software support a subset of public cloud services.) I’m pretty sure they don’t like me to call them […]


Cloud Computing

Adobe intros Commerce Cloud integrations with Google, Amazon and PayPal

May 13, 2019

Via: ZDnet

Adobe on Monday introduced a slew of new features for Commerce Cloud, including integrations with Google, Amazon and PayPal. The software giant said the latest batch of updates, timed to Adobe’s Imagine conference taking place this week, focuses on SMBs […]


Cloud Computing

Cloud computing and AI: Can IBM finally catch the wave this time around?

May 7, 2019

Via: ZDnet

It’s easy to see that IBM’s current annual revenues of $79.95bn have put it back where it was in 1998, when its revenues were $81.67bn: the numbers are on the public record. But this doesn’t allow for inflation. If you […]


Cloud Computing

Blockchain, zero-code machine learning coming to Azure

May 3, 2019

Via: ArsTechnica

Microsoft’s annual developer conference kicks off on Monday, and the company will no doubt have all manner of things to announce for Azure and, if we’re lucky, Windows. To whet our appetites, the company has unveiled a crop of new […]