April 11, 2024
CIOIn a cloud market dominated by three vendors, once cloud-denier Oracle is making a push for enterprise share gains, announcing expanded offerings and customer wins across the globe, including Japan, Mexico, and the Middle East. But with Amazon Web Services […]
April 11, 2024
Network WorldIBM Cloud and Fortinet have rolled out a virtual appliance that promises to protect enterprise traffic and data traversing cloud networks. The Fortinet Virtual FortiGate Security Appliance (vFSA) on IBM Cloud extends the security capabilities of FortiGate next-generation firewalls (NGFW) […]
April 10, 2024
CSO OnlineOn March 30, the US Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) released its review of the July 2023 Microsoft Exchange Online intrusion by the Chinese state group Storm-0558, blasting Microsoft for its shoddy security practices and saying the incident “was preventable […]
April 9, 2024
InfoWorldGoogle Cloud is adding capabilities driven by its proprietary large language model, Gemini to its database offerings, which include Bigtable, Spanner, Memorystore for Redis, Firestore, CloudSQL for MySQL, and AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, the company announced at its annual Next conference. […]
April 9, 2024
InfoWorldTeradata is partnering with Anaconda to add packages of popular programming languages Python and R to its multi-cloud analytics platform offering, VantageCloud Lake. The partnership will see Teradata integrate the packages from Anaconda’s repository into its self-service data analytics offering, […]
Deployment Models, Public Cloud
April 8, 2024
CIO DiveAlibaba faces an uphill battle globally. Mainland China’s largest hyperscaler has a commanding 39% share of its $9.7 billion domestic public cloud market but has struggled to gain traction in other regions, according to John Dinsdale, chief analyst and research […]
April 5, 2024
InfoWorldMicrosoft has updated its Azure AI Search service to increase storage capacity and vector index size at no additional cost, a move it said will make it more economical for enterprises to run generative AI-based applications. Formerly known as Azure […]
April 4, 2024
InfoWorldOnce you get past the chatbot hype, it’s clear that generative AI is a useful tool, providing a way of navigating applications and services using natural language. By tying our large language models (LLMs) to specific data sources, we can […]
April 4, 2024
CIO DiveBanking CIOs have changed their view of the cloud. Rather than seeking cost savings, executives are turning to cloud for flexibility, scalability and AI capabilities, according to the report. But technical debt is complicating adoption initiatives. “Unfortunately, many of the […]
Cloud Security, Service Models
April 3, 2024
CSO OnlineThe US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a critical assessment of Microsoft’s security protocols in the wake of the summer 2023 Exchange Online breach, concluding that security failures within Microsoft created the conditions that allowed Chinese state-backed hacking […]
April 3, 2024
Network WorldAmazon Web Services (AWS) has released a new managed version of its Thinkbox Deadline 10 offering, Deadline Cloud. Deadline Cloud, which has been made generally available, is designed for render management tasks for teams creating computer-generated 2D or 3D graphics, […]
April 3, 2024
TechRadarNextcloud has announced a collaboration with a number of major European players in the cloud storage industry to leverage access to their upcoming on-premise ‘artificial intelligence (AI) as a service’ features, promising GDPR compliance in a cottage industry fraught with […]
April 1, 2024
Network WorldSpending on compute and storage infrastructure for cloud deployments grew 18.5% year over year in the fourth quarter of 2023, according to the latest update to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Infrastructure Tracker, which was issued last week. The total […]
April 1, 2024
TechRadarHe’s been! World Backup Day, or March 31, is over for another year. This brazen PR sleigh ride, asking the people of the world to make one (1) backup of their data, is backed by some of our cloud backup […]
March 26, 2024
InfoWorldYears ago, I found myself sitting in a conference room dealing with a question that I’ve gotten thousands of times in my career: Was the technology I was representing, which I created as the CTO of an enterprise technology company […]
March 26, 2024
CIO DiveAWS loosened its cloud discount pricing restrictions, offering customers who purchase cloud discount Savings Plans a seven-day window to apply for credits and refunds, the company said Monday. The move will provide customers who previously had no way to back […]
March 26, 2024
CSO OnlineAs organizations expand and increasingly invest in more cloud applications and services, their cloud footprint grows and often becomes more complex. That’s why it is critically important to regularly reevaluate the security of those cloud assets to ensure that everything […]
March 25, 2024
InfoWorldThe benefits of developing software in the cloud include increased flexibility and reliability, greater efficiency, and reduced costs. But cloud-based development also presents a host of challenges. Knowing what to watch out for is the first step to protecting your […]
March 25, 2024
Camila MendesIn the last decade or so, cloud technology has become so ingrained in our daily technology that we sometimes take for granted the seamless integration it facilitates. Enabling collaborative work processes, reducing reliance on data centers, and reducing data loss, […]
Deployment Models, Hybrid Cloud
March 25, 2024
CIO DiveHybrid IT environments were an inherent symptom of initial migrations from on-prem data centers. But as companies push forward with cloud adoption, hybrid has become part of broader optimization strategies. “Enterprise workloads – including their applications and data – often […]