December 6, 2018

Towards the end of the day yesterday, I saw my colleague Adrian Kingsley-Hughes’ piece about how Apple is heavily discounting the iPhone XR due to lower than anticipated demand. Apparently, depending on the existing phone you have, you can get […]

December 5, 2018

A critical privilege-escalation vulnerability (CVE-2018-1002105) has been uncovered in the Kubernetes open-source container software, which is a fixture in much of today’s cloud infrastructure. It could allow an attacker unfettered, remote access for stealing data or crashing production applications. It […]

December 5, 2018

As organisations have realised the importance of shifting their data on the cloud to enhance efficiency and avail other benefits, the next step involves the security of data. Data security providers have been developing various innovative solutions to enable security […]

December 4, 2018

The whole idea of edge computing is to push some processing and data retention out to the edge of the network. As we move to internet of things (IoT) devices that are gathering gobs of data, it makes sense to […]

December 4, 2018

Microsoft and Docker today announced a new joint open-source project, the Cloud Native Application Bundle (CNAB), that aims to make the lifecycle management of cloud-native applications easier. At its core, the CNAB is nothing but a specification that allows developers […]

December 3, 2018

Multicloud Systems Before, there was a single cloud that could be shared by entire organisations or individual people. Multicloud systems will become more popular in 2019, helping organisations limit access to and share information. This will give them greater control […]

December 3, 2018

Most companies are just getting started on their cloud journey. They’ve maybe completed 10 to 20 percent of the trek, with a focus on cost and productivity efficiency, as well as scaling compute power. There’s a lot more though to […]

November 29, 2018

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 […]

November 28, 2018

As hybrid cloud and multicloud use by businesses grows, Red Hat is moving to broaden its data management services by acquiring NooBaa, a startup that offers software to help businesses manage data across hybrid and multicloud infrastructures. NooBaa, which was […]

November 28, 2018

Security considerations must be taken into account in every line of code for any app developer, no matter what the application or where it is to run. This much is standard operating practice today. With serverless computing, however, it becomes […]