Another Bullish Forecast for Cloud Adoption
New research confirms that a majority of U.S. enterprises will increase annual spending on cloud computing in 2016, with nearly half identifying increased business efficiencies as the primary benefit ...Full Article
OpenStack Service Targets Deployment Hassles
Rackspace and Red Hat are responding to complaints that the OpenStack cloud-computing platform is too complicated with a new managed service feature designed to make it easier to deploy ...Full Article
Detecting ‘Multi-Stage’ Cloud Cyber-Attacks from the Start
From small, hardly noticeable beginnings the biggest cloud cyber-attacks grow. Called multi-stage intrusion attacks, it’s how hackers create a virtual machine in a public cloud to penetrate the on-prem ...Full Article
App Containers Get a Needed Security Boost
Application container rivals CoreOS and Docker each released "production ready" versions of their platforms this week as the expanding container ecosystem moves to button down secure distribution of enterprise ...Full Article
IBM Extends Spark Push With Analytics Tools
IBM is expanding its Bluemix cloud development platform with a heavy dose of data analytics tools designed to integrate data services into a growing number of hybrid cloud deployments. ...Full Article
Microsoft Eyes Hybrid Cloud Shift With Azure Stack
Microsoft is zeroing in on the steady shift to hybrid cloud deployments with an Azure cloud-based platform that would allow customers to deliver Azure services from their own datacenters. ...Full Article
Docker Acquires Cloud Pioneer Unikernel Systems
Industry consolidation around an emerging application container ecosystem gained momentum this week with Docker Inc.'s acquisition of U.K.-based Unikernel Systems, a developer of lightweight operating systems used to deliver ...Full Article
Hazelcast Platform Targets Cloud, App Container Rollouts
In-memory computing specialist Hazelcast Inc. rolled out the latest version of its "data grid" that includes support for new cloud management and application container deployments along with a higher ...Full Article
‘Social Good’ Startup Captricity Raises $35M to Expand Automation Platform
While most enterprises we cover are focused on scaling their infrastructure and with it their growth, a small but growing number of "social good" enterprises are looking for ways ...Full Article
Getting a Handle on ‘Shadow IT’
Shadow IT, the systems and solutions used inside organizations without explicit approval, are becoming a fact of life for most organizations. Indeed, industry studies estimate that nearly 30 percent ...Full Article
